A wind farm and solar power plant at Staten Island’s Fresh Kills landfill could generate enough energy to power 6000 homes.

350 exhibitors are expected to present their latest products and services from photovoltaics solar power and concentrating solar thermal technologies to trade visitors.

The Wind Farm Cabo Leones project is to build and operate a wind power plant consisting of 85 wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 170 MW.

Chinese solar power company donates panels to area still reeling from quake.

EnXco Service Canada Inc., an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, signed an agreement with Cartier Wind Energy Inc. for 73 GE 1.5-MW SLE wind turbines in a wind power plant.

AREVA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Technip, a leader in project management, to work on integrated Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) solutions for oil and gas industry.

The China Wind Energy Association says that China had 17.6 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbines installed in 2011.

Over 100,000MW of wind power capacity is set to come out of warranty by 2020 forcing operators to either repower or retrofit their wind farm plants or lose money as reported by Wind Energy Update.

Specifically, the proposed rule would create a new subpart concerning “Wind Energy Evaluation Leases (WEELs) and Wind Power and Solar Energy Resource (WSR) Leases.”

Edison Mission Group officially dedicated its Taloga wind power project in Putnam with 54 Mitsubishi wind turbines.

Controversial Bjoern Lomborg, well known for his articles and publications on climate change, but also for using references that don’t support his claims, had an article in Slate yesterday attacking wind energy.

A recent U.S. decision to impose import duties on solar power panels made in China is “mutually destructive,” cutting profits for Chinese manufacturers and eliminating job opportunities in the United States.

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) is a leading and fast-growing wind energy manufacturer in China, focusing on designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing megawatt-class wind turbines.

The UK would be the main market for Irish wind power exports. The source of this potential ?windfall? is the increasing number of wind farm plants around the country.

The UK currently has 7.665 megawatts (MW) of wave energy and tidal energy installed. The UK Government?s Renewable Energy Roadmap sets a target of 300MW by 2020.

EirGrid Director of Operations Fintan Slye announced that that the island of Ireland now has over 2GW of installed wind energy capacity on the system.

The EBRD is extending a loan for the development of Mongolia’s first wind energy project ? the Salkhit wind farm with GE’s wind turbines.

Juwi Holding AG (Wörrstadt, Germany) and Kaltemp (Santiago, Chile) announced plans to build a 1.2 MW solar energy photovoltaic (PV) plant in Chile, with completion scheduled for mid-2012.