MidAmerican Energy has entered into an agreement to buy the 81MW Bishop Hill II wind energy project in the US state of Illinois from Invenergy Wind with 50 GE 1.62-megawatt wind turbines.

A partnership between Terra Nex and Middle East Best Select is poised to invest US$2 billion in solar energy plants and panel manufacturing in Oman.

DA Surya Shakti Services Private Limited (DASSSPL), announced that it has signed a power Offtake agreement (PPA) with Mittal Processors Private Limited (MPPL), for 10 MW of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy.

The Kurgan region in the South Urals the will be the first in Russia to generate wind power. Work is already under way to build a 50-megawatt wind turbines there.

Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, today released its annual and fourth quarter funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity report for the wind energy in 2011.

Black Hills has announced a 29-megawatt wind farm project and will likely add another 125 to 150 megawatts of wind power. About 1,200 wind turbines are spinning on Colorado’s Eastern Plains.

The UAE will set up two renewable energy projects in Tonga and Afghanistan and will partner with the Development Bank of Japan to invest in solar energy and wind power projects elsewhere.

Power major NTPC Ltd is taking small but decisive steps towards renewable energy projects, spanning photovoltaic solar energy, concentrated solar thermal and wind power.

This new braking friction product, when used by wind turbines, is designed to brake quicker during heavy winds. GMP Friction Products will be attending WindPower 2012, hosted by the American Wind Energy Association.

This wind power project, which currently is in construction in Henry County, Ill., will feature 50 General Electric 1.62-megawatt wind turbines.

We Energies announced today that Charles Matthews has been appointed senior vice president – Wholesale Energy and Fuels, and Joan Shafer has been appointed senior vice president – Customer Services.

The wind energy project uses 95 Siemens wind turbines. OG&E announced has completed the Crossroads wind power plant in northwestern Oklahoma.

TVA wind farm contracts, and now has wind energy contracts with five operating wind farms in the Midwest with a combined 542 wind turbines.

Abu Dhabi and Oman, as well as countries in the Levant and Maghreb, have adopted renewable-energy targets, and Egypt’s and Morocco’s first wind energy farms have started operating.

The wind turbine with a rated power of 6.15 MW is the first of 48 REpower 6M wind turbines to be constructed in the phases 2 and 3 of the Belgian offshore wind power farm Thornton Bank.

“Our agreement with Timken will help us continue to provide reliable, cost-effective wind energy to our customers.”

30 wind turbines to be installed by September 2012. It marks another step along the road towards larger offshore wind power plants.

Acciona has started work on the 30 MW Jelinak wind farm in Croatia. Croatia offers interesting prospects for wind energy development.

Gamesa and Iberdrola Renewables brought the 102 MW Cerro de Hula wind power farm online in Honduras with Gamesa’s wind turbines.