The rally is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday and will include speeches by the executive assistant to ISU’s president and the executive director of the Iowa Wind Energy Association.
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Iberdrola adds 1.1GW of wind energy
Spanish utility Iberdrola says its renewable energy capacity ? almost all of it from wind power ? grew by 1.1GW in 2011 to reach 13.69GW
Continue readingLego buy stake in German wind energy project
DONG Energy divests 50 per cent of German offshore wind farm to KIRKBI and the Oticon Foundation. Borkum Riffgrund 1 will consist of 77 3.6 MW wind turbines from Siemens Wind Power.
Continue readingWind power in Idaho: urged to reject moratorium on wind energy
The Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition (NIPPC) urged an Idaho House of Representatives’ committee today to reject a proposed “emergency” two-year moratorium on new wind farm development.
Continue readingNordex in the UK and Ireland to surpass a landmark wind energy capacity of 1,000 MW
Falck Renewables ordering further wind turbines for a wind farm.
Continue readingOffshore wind turbines at least 5 years away in North Carolina
Although the report states that North Carolina has some of the East Coast’s most promising sites for wind farm installations, it will take a while before will be up to par with extant wind power operations.
Continue readingWind energy and solar power in Pakistan
Wind power and solar energy in Pakistan. Balochistan potential for wind farm generation is attractive.
Continue readingApple is constructing a 20 MW solar energy facility
The company is constructing a 20 MW photovoltaic solar power facility on the site of its recently commissioned data center in Maiden, North Carolina.
Continue readingShikun u?Binui launches Arava concentrating solar thermal power plant in Israel
Concentrated solar power facility launched by environment and infrastructure firm includes about 100 parabolic troughs.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa grows profitably through globalisation and efficiency
229 million euro in capital expenditure (wind turbines). Intense activity in the wind farm development. Entry into new wind power markets (e.g. Brazil and India).
Continue readingOffshore wind energy: recession-busting thanks to European Energy Programme for Recovery
Under the ?4 billion EEPR, 44 gas and electricity infrastructure projects, nine offshore wind farm projects and six CCS projects received funding.
Continue readingAnnual Sales of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Will Exceed 8.3 Million in 2020
Government incentives and increasingly stringent emissions regulations will continue to drive the adoption of hybrid and electric cars.
Continue readingInvestment in Community and Residential Energy Storage Systems to Total $4.2 Billion through 2022
The expansion of distributed photovoltaics solar power capacity, the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, and the spread of dynamic pricing programs will all be key drivers.
Continue readingWind power in Mongolia
Newcom Group, a leading Mongolian investment and asset management company, became a pioneer in Mongolian wind energy in 2004.
Continue readingNorth Carolina offshore wind turbines at least 5 years away
Outside the United States, nations in Europe in particular have eagerly embraced offshore wind power technology. In 2011, wind farm projects in Europe accounted for over 21 percent of all new power capacity.
Continue readingBP Wind Energy marks 1000th wind turbine spinning in the US
A dedication ceremony was held to mark the full commercial operation of the Sherbino 2 Wind Farm in Pecos County, BP?s third wind power facility in Texas.
Continue readingThe President of Honduras inaugurates Central America’s largest wind farm
Built by Gamesa and Iberdrola Engineering and equipped with 51 of Gamesa?s G87-2.0 MW wind turbines, the wind power will boost Honduras? installed wind energy capacity by 7%.
Continue readingAcciona starts up 102 MW wind farm in Mexico
Acciona has started operations at its 102 MW Oaxaca II wind energy plant in Mexico’s Tehuantepec isthmus. The wind power plants required total investment of some $690 million.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power in Egypt
The operations manager is Flagsol, the German company that specialises in building concentrated solar thermal power plants in the deserts of the US, Spain and now Egypt.
Continue readingMoran visits Siemens wind power factory, pushes PTC extension
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) visited a Siemens wind turbines plant in Hutchinson, Kans., Monday and expressed his intention to seek an extension of the federal wind energy production tax credit.
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