A study is pegging Indian potential for wind power at 3,000 GW. The Centre estimated Indian wind farm potential at 49,000 MW and increased to 100 GW subsequently.
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BTM Consult releases new wind energy report
With 41,712 MW of new wind farm installations, the total installed capacity of wind power grew to around 241,000 MW. This was an increase in cumulative wind turbines installations of 21%.
Continue readingWind energy in Mexico: wind farm will will provide wind power to California
The wind turbinesproject, which is being developed in Jacume, Baja California, Mexico, will have a capacity of between 100 MW and 156 MW
Continue readingGoldwind Wind Power Announces 2011 Annual Results
High Quality Wind Energy Products and Services Support Goldwind’s Rise to China’s Largest Wind Turbines Manufacturer.
Continue readingSilverstein off base on transmission for wind farm
Ken Silverstein had a story in Wednesday’s EnergyBiz insider questioning the likelihood of adequate transmission capacity being available for new power plants using renewable energy sources such as wind turbines.
Continue readingTexas city nears wind energy and gas power deal, eyes savings
The city of San Marcos, Tex., is discussing a potential three-year contract for wholesale electricity from wind developer NextEra Energy, according to the San Marcos Mercury newspaper.
Continue readingAlgeria?s wind energy and solar power targets require outside help
Solar energy forms the foundation for this energy program, with Algeria having a concentrating solar thermal power potential of 169.440 TWh a year.
Continue readingVehicle-to-grid (V2G) and electric vehicles
Nissan has unveiled a system which uses electricity from the LEAF electric car to power ordinary households. The electric car?s lithium-ion batteries can store up to 24kWh of electricity.
Continue readingLead-Carbon Batteries: Cheap Classic Chemistry With 21st Century Performance
Mark Twain quipped, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
Continue readingSolar energy project in Maharashtra
The environment ministry has cleared the way for the world’s largest consolidated solar power project to be located in Dhule, Maharashtra.
Continue readingTITAN delivers concentrating solar rower to be commissioned in South Africa
TITAN TRACKER is a technology based firm specialized in dual-axis trackers for photovoltaic solar energy, Concentrating Solar Power (CPV) and Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) tower and Stirling.
Continue readingDubai abattoirs to apply solar energy system
Dubai Abattoirs are keen to apply the solar thermal system in producing hot water aimed at saving the energy and following green building standards.
Continue readingE-Golf electric vehicles
Volkswagen has announced that it will begin a pilot program of testing 20 prototype E-Golf electric cars over a nine-month period.
Continue readingSolar Millennium sells additional investments
The Company specializes in concentrating solar-thermal power plants, particularly parabolic trough plants.
Continue readingKenyan Wind Farm, Africa’s Largest, to Produce Lowest Cost Electricity
Wind power project plans call for a total of 365 wind turbines to be built.
Continue readingSunbelt International is pleased to announce a new wind farm
This wind power facility in Mongolia is approximately thirty square kilometers with a total capacity of 200 megawatts, with phase 1 capacity of 49.5 megawatts.
Continue readingWind power guidelines aim to lower bird deaths
The Obama administration has offered new guidance on where wind farm should be located to reduce the number of bird deaths while promoting increased use of wind energy.
Continue readingPresident Obama Visits Solar Power Plant
When President Obama visited the Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility in Nevada Wednesday, he got a first-hand look at the first large-scale photovoltaic solar energy facility equipped with sky imagers.
Continue readingWind power in Kenya: major wind farm
A total of 365 wind turbines will be erected near Lake Turkana, where winds blow predictably and regularly, averaging speeds of 11 metres per second, the wind energy project’s officials said.
Continue readingPakistan should move for wind energy and solar power
To make obvious that wind power is feasible in the country; the instance of 85 micro wind turbines, installed to power 356 homes in Mirpur Sakro, is quite enough.
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