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Evwind, Other renewables

Apple Partners With SunPower to Build Two Solar Power Projects Totaling 40 MW in China

SunPower Corporation today announced that it plans to partner with Apple to build two solar power projects totaling 40 megawatts (MW) in ABA Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefectures, Sichuan Province of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). When complete, the two projects will be co-owned by Sichuan Shengtian New Energy Development Co., Ltd., SunPower’s project … Continue reading Apple Partners With SunPower to Build Two Solar Power Projects Totaling 40 MW in China →

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Evwind, Other renewables

New Tool Sheds Light On Global Geothermal Energy Potentials

A new tool to investigate global geothermal energy potentials is now available online, just ahead of next week’s World Geothermal Congress in Melbourne, Australia. The new and freely available gravity anomaly maps, the product of collaboration between the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), offer a new technique to gauge … Continue reading New Tool Sheds Light On Global Geothermal Energy Potentials →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

FoundOcean awarded Gemini offshore wind farm grouting contract

FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a revolutionary new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. MasterFlow 9800 possess a unique combination of features that … Continue reading FoundOcean awarded Gemini offshore wind farm grouting contract →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Molycorp Chosen to Supply Rare Earths for Use In High-Efficiency Siemens Wind Turbines

Siemens AG (“Siemens”) has selected Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) (“Molycorp”) to supply rare earth materials over the next 10 years from its Mountain Pass, California facility for incorporation into Siemens’ high-efficiency, direct drive wind turbine generators.  Molycorp will supply rare earth materials to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (“Shin-Etsu”), which will produce the rare earth magnets … Continue reading Molycorp Chosen to Supply Rare Earths for Use In High-Efficiency Siemens Wind Turbines →

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Wind Energy

Siemens gets 100-MW wind turbine order for Ontario wind farm

As part of the wind turbine deal, Siemens will supply, install and commission 40 SWT-3.2-113 direct drive wind turbines. Grand Bend Wind Limited Partnership, a partnership between Northland Power, a Canadian power producer based in Toronto, and two local First Nations, the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation), will construct the … Continue reading Siemens gets 100-MW wind turbine order for Ontario wind farm →

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Evwind, Grids, Other renewables, System Operator, Wind Energy

Iraq plans several renewable energy plants

Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity along with the National Investment Commission (NIC), have announced an investment opportunity to construct three solar power stations and one wind power station. The renewable energy plants will be between the capacity of 5 and 10 MW, and be situated in Diwaniya, Najaf and Missan (Maysan) provinces, according to reports by … Continue reading Iraq plans several renewable energy plants →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in Philippines: EDC gets FIT for Burgos wind farm

Geothermal firm Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has received the certificate of compliance for its Burgos wind power project in Ilocos, the company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday.   With the certification, EDC’s 150-megawatt wind farm is now entitled to the feed-in-tariff (FIT) rate of P8.53 per kilowatt-hour from Nov. 11, … Continue reading Wind energy in Philippines: EDC gets FIT for Burgos wind farm →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Senvion wins four UK wind power orders with Blue Energy totalling over 45 MW

Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, has signed four new contracts totaling 45 megawatts (MW) with leading renewable energy developer Blue Energy. These represent the first contracts Senvion has signed with the UK developer and will involve the supply of turbines … Continue reading Senvion wins four UK wind power orders with Blue Energy totalling over 45 MW →

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Batteries, Evwind, Grids, System Operator, Wind Energy

Saft and Enercon to Help Stabilize Faroe Islands’ Grid

Saft, a Paris-based company who focuses on design development and manufacturing of high-tech batteries, is teaming up with German-based wind turbine manufacturer Enercon to create an energy storage system (ESS) which will aid the Faroe Islands. The 2.3 megawatt project will be Europe’s first ever commercial deployment of a lithium-ion battery system that works in … Continue reading Saft and Enercon to Help Stabilize Faroe Islands’ Grid →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Zimbabwe’s Harare uses solar power to light streets

The local authorities in Zimbabwean capital Harare have resorted to using solar power to light the city’s streets with the hope of curbing surging robberies.   “We are starting with the central business district; then we will move on to other parts of the city,” Micheal Chideme, the Harare City Council’s media officer, told The … Continue reading Zimbabwe’s Harare uses solar power to light streets →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in South Africa: Enel Green Power starts a 111 MW wind farm

Enel Green Power (“EGP”) has begun construction of the new wind farm “Gibson Bay”, located in the Eastern Cape Province, in South Africa.   With a total installed capacity of 111 MW, the new wind farm, held by Gibson Bay Wind Farm (RF) Proprietary Limited, a company controlled by Enel Green Power RSA Proprietary Limited,  … Continue reading Wind energy in South Africa: Enel Green Power starts a 111 MW wind farm →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Marubeni enters the Latin American solar power market with a 146 MW photovoltaic plant in Chile

Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) has agreed with EDF Energies Nouvelles, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Électricité de France (“EDF”) dedicated to renewable energy business, to participate in a 146 MW photovoltaic solar plant project (“Laberinto Project”/“Project”) located in the Atacama Desert in the region of Antofagasta, Chile. The parties have entered into a partnership agreement to jointly … Continue reading Marubeni enters the Latin American solar power market with a 146 MW photovoltaic plant in Chile →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in Mexico: Acciona Windpower will supply 129 MW of wind turbines for a wind farm

Acciona Windpower, the Acciona Group subsidiary that  designs, manufactures and markets wind turbines, will supply 43 three-megawatt  turbines – a total of 129 MW – to a renewable energy sector company for a wind  farm in Mexico. With this contract, ACCIONA Windpower has now sold  988.5 MW in Mexico, of which 38% correspond to its … Continue reading Wind energy in Mexico: Acciona Windpower will supply 129 MW of wind turbines for a wind farm →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in Peru: Enel Green Power wind farm with 18 wind turbines

Enel Green Power announced its intention to build a wind farm in the province of Huaura (Region Lima), which called Pampa Wind Farm Salinas, whose construction investment is estimated at US $ 75 million.   The wind farm aims to increase the supply of electricity generation through the sustainable use of a source of non-conventional … Continue reading Wind energy in Peru: Enel Green Power wind farm with 18 wind turbines →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Newsweek Cloaks Koch-Funded Professor’s Dirty Energy Agenda

Newsweek missed by a mile when it promised to provide readers with “full disclosure” concerning the author of a deeply flawed opinion piece it published attacking wind energy. Newsweek stated that the April 11 column’s primary author, Randy Simmons, is a “professor of political economy at Utah State University” and added: “Full disclosure: Randy Simmons receives funding from the U.S. Department of … Continue reading Newsweek Cloaks Koch-Funded Professor’s Dirty Energy Agenda →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Senvion launches new wind turbines

Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, is launching a new turbine for its 3.XM series. Featuring the Senvion Next Electrical System (NES), comprising a fully rated converter and an asynchronous generator, the turbine meets the rising requirements of grid operators in … Continue reading Senvion launches new wind turbines →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Trina Solar Announced to Supply 116 MW Modules to Japan’s Largest Solar Power Project

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a global leader in photovoltaic (“PV”) modules, solutions, and services, today announced it signed a module supply agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation (“Toyo Engineering”) to supply approximately 116 MW high efficiency modules to the largest solar power project in Japan, an approximately 231-megawatt facility to … Continue reading Trina Solar Announced to Supply 116 MW Modules to Japan’s Largest Solar Power Project →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in South Africa: Enel Green Power has won three wind power projects

Enel Green Power (EGP) has been awarded the right to enter into power supply contracts with the South African utility Eskom for 425 MW of wind power projects in the fourth phase of the REIPPPP (Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme) tender, which is promoted by the South African government. In line with REIPPPP … Continue reading Wind energy in South Africa: Enel Green Power has won three wind power projects →

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