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MidAmerican Renewables Acquires Bishop Hill II Wind Farm in Illinois
MidAmerican Renewables, LLC oversees wind energy, geothermal energy, solar power and hydro projects in the unregulated renewables market.
Continue readingCape Wind Farm will reduce regional electricity prices by $7.2 billion
Price suppression in wholesale electric markets occurring as a result of wind power projects has been documented in Europe and in several U.S. power markets.
Continue readingArrangement for a 60.4 MWp photovoltaic solar energy plant in Bulgaria
SunEdison is a global leader in delivering solar power. The company develops, finances, installs and operates distributed solar power plants using proven photovoltaic technologies.
Continue readingSuzlon Wind Power Group re-organizes finance function
Kirti Vagadia, a chartered accountant with over 23 years? experience including 16 years in the wind energy sector.
Continue readingIndia’s onshore wind energy potential re-assessed: Up to 3000 GW instead of 100 GW
Further countries should re-assess and update their wind power potential data.
Continue readingAcciona to install first 3MW wind turbines in North America
Acciona Windpower has announced that it will install two of its AW-3000/116, 3MW wind turbines this year in a wind farm in Cedar County, Iowa, USA.
Continue readingAbengoa will lead two pioneer Concentrating Solar Power projects
Abengoa is developing new concentrating solar thermal power technologies that are more efficient and cost effective.
Continue readingInvenergy closes financing on 200 MW wind energy project
Invenergy Wind has closed debt financing for its 200 MW California Ridge Wind farm with 134 GE wind turbines.
Continue readingFirst Wind to build wind farm in The Palouse
A major wind power plant will be built in the Palouse this summer with 58 giant wind turbines. Is the first wind energy facility in Whitman County.
Continue readingReliance Power to invest more than Rs 6,000 crore for solar power generation projects in Rajasthan
Reliance Power plans to commission 100 MW concentrated solar thermal power plant by the next year.
Continue readingSaudi Arabia to generate 10% solar power by 2020
Arab kingdom announces ambitious energy project which may see it become world’s largest source of solar energy (photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal power); says has so far secured $3 billion in funding.
Continue readingWind Power in the US Industry Market Research Report
The Wind Energy industry?s revenue is expected to grow a brisk 19.3% annually to $4.3 billion in the five years to 2012, with an anticipated revenue rise of 7.6% from 2011 to 2012.
Continue readingWind Energy Update: Can Risk Be Designed Out of Wind Power O&M?
$40billion worth of wind farm will come out of their warranty period in 2012, or to put it another way somewhere between 20,000-40,000 wind turbines will need their future O&M strategy accounted.
Continue readingShams Power Company appoints new general manager
Shams Solar Energy Company Appoints New GM. Shams Power Company is the entity responsible for developing the 100MW Shams One concentrated solar power (CSP) plant.
Continue readingWind energy in Oman: Potential for development of wind power in Thamrait
Prospects for wind energy development are outlined in OPWP?s latest 7-Year outlook. A screening study was based on the potential for a 20 megawatt (MW) wind turbines.
Continue readingIndia’s largest photovoltaic solar energy plant starts production
Minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah inaugurated the 40 MW photovoltaic solar power plant installed by Reliance Power at Pokhran in Jaisalmer.
Continue readingFinavera Wind Energy?s 49.6 MW Wind Farm Secures EA
A 49.6 MW Tumbler Ridge Wind Power Project of Finavera Wind Energy has secured an Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC).
Continue readingA Vestas V112-3.0 MW turbine caught fire at the Gross Eilstorf wind farm in Lower Saxony, Germany
Three other nearby V112 wind turbines have been shut down as well for electrical safety reasons. There is, however, no risk for the other 13 V112 wind turbines at Gross Eilstorf that are still up and running.
Continue readingWind turbines combat global climate change
Contrary to what some anti-wind power media are claiming, local temperature effects do not have any bearing on global climate change. In 2010 in the EU, wind energy avoided the emission of 126 million tonnes of CO2
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