The American Wind Energy Association has said that a recent study by Navigant Consulting found that extending the PTC would allow the wind turbines sector to grow to 100,000 jobs in just four years.
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Gamesa signs first UK wind energy supply deal with RES
Gamesa will supply 12 G52-850 kW wind turbines for Meikle Carewe wind power and service the wind farm for 10 years.
Continue readingWind Energy Update: Addressing recommendations to cut supply chain costs
Whilst investment is still rife, IKEA recently purchased 30 of Vestas 30 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines, cutting costs is still top of everyone?s agenda.
Continue readingNo show stoppers for concentrating solar power
A recently published study confirms that concentrated solar thermal power is largely unrestricted by materials availability.
Continue readingWind energy in Panama: region’s largest wind farm
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli on Tuesday inaugurated the construction of what will be the largest wind farm in Central America, both in wind power generated and for the wind energy produced.
Continue readingGoldwind’s Wind Farm Approved for Australian Grid
The wind turbines will be located at Goldwind’s Gullen Range Wind Farm. This is the first wind power project in Australia to host Goldwind’s cutting edge 2.5MW Permanent Magnet Direct Drive (PMDD) wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy in Indonesia: Another wind farm
Consisting of 16 to 33 wind turbines, the capacity of the wind power farm will be 50 megawatts.
Continue readingVestas to Supply 50.4 Megawatts of Wind Turbines for Mexico Wind Farm
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS), the world’s largest wind power maker, won a wind energy contract to provide and install 50.4 megawatts of ind power equipment at a wind farm in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco.
Continue readingThe Consumption of Composite Materials in Asia Pacific Wind Energy Industry is Forecast to Cross 1000 Million Lbs by 2017
According to Composite Insights? latest market study, the consumption of composite materials is forecast to decelerate through 2017 in Asia Pacific Wind Power Industry.
Continue readingElectricity prices in Germany to rise by 30 percent
Germany has drawn an ambitious blueprint to reach a stage where 35 percent of its total electricity from comes solar power, wind energy and other renewable energy by 2020, from the current 20 percent.
Continue reading200,000 Bangladesh homes with solar energy by 2013
Grameen Schneider Electric aims, by 2013, to equip nearly 200,000 households with home solar power systems.
Continue readingJapan to become No. 2 photovoltaic solar energy market
Japan is poised to overtake Germany and Italy to become the world’s second-biggest market for solar power.
Continue readingThailand, Japan Jointly Explore Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Under the joint programme, 10-kilowatt solar power generating cells of five different technologies have been installed at the Sirindhorn Science Home in Bangkok’s suburban Prathum Thani province.
Continue readingRotor diameter is key for offshore wind turbines
There?s an offshore wind energy market kicking off and in order to make that market reasonably competitive bigger wind turbines are needed.
Continue readingSalazar Announces Onshore, Offshore Wind Power Milestones
3,000 megawatt Wyoming wind farm and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area take key steps forward.
Continue readingNordex awarded 57.5 MW wind energy project extension in Norway
The wind power manufacturer has now signed the second wind farm contract with Norwegian Midtfjellet Vindkraft AS (MVAS), owned by Østfold Energi AS, EB Kraftproduksjon, Fitjar Kraftlag SA and Vardar AS.
Continue readingAlstom wins wind energy contract to supply wind turbines for a 21 MW wind farm in Finland
Alstom has secured the first Nordic wind power order for its wind turbines by signing a contract with TuuliMuukko Oy for the Muukko wind farm near Lappeenranta in Eastern Finland.
Continue readingChina to Build New Solar Energy Plant in Chile
Commercial concentrated solar power plants were first developed in the 1980s. The 354 MW Concentrating Solar Power Generating System installation is the largest solar power plant in the world.
Continue readingSales of Plug-in Electric Vehicles Will Grow Strongly through 2020
The Obama Administration has made putting a total of 1 million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015 a centerpiece of its transportation policy.
Continue readingRenault sells 1,000 Twizy electric vehicles in Germany
Renault has surprised the auto world by selling 1,000 Twizy electric cars, which was introduced only in mid-April, in Germany alone.
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