A 49.5 megawatt (MW) wind energy plant was connected to the national power grid earlier this month on Dangjin Mountain, located 3420 meters above sea level, in northwest China’s Gansu province, Xinhua reported

The wind power project, which entails building the large wind farm within Loiyangalani, a remote region in north-western Kenya near the Lake Turkana basin, could begin generating electricity after 2013.

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation is to construct six wind power and one geothermal energy plant this fiscal year.

The wind farm utilizes 18 G90 and one G87 Gamesa wind turbines with a rated capacity of two megawatts.

China will start work on its second installment of wind power projects for the 2011-2015 period, aiming to add a wind farm capacity of 15-18 GW. Installed wind turbines capacity is likely to exceed 20 GW in 2011.

In addition to the planned layoffs of 2,335 employees in the coming months, Vestas prepares for a potential slowdown in the US in case the present Production Tax Credit (PTC) is not extended.

Solar energy: sunflower-inspired layout could reduce the footprint of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plants by about 20 percent.

Photovoltaic solar power with at least 761.9 megawatts in capacity were installed by the end of last year, compared with 76.8 megawatts at the end of 2010, according to figures on the website of energy regulator Ofgem.

The wind farm features 331.5-MW wind turbines. Wind energy developers, including Huanang Renewables and Longyuan Power, have built wind farms on the plateaus of southwest China, located 2,000 meters above sea level.

In addition to offshore wind farm plants, Guodian United Power said the wind turbine is fit for onshore wind power and intertidal wind farms.

According to China Wind Energy Association (CWEA), China is able to produce 35GW wind turbines a year if the planned production capacities are put into operation in 80-odd wind turbine makers.

Nordex particularly benefited from its strong position in the European wind farm markets, which accounted for around 77 percent of its wind turbines order intake.

German wind turbine manufacturer Fuhrlander AG has announced that it has acquired a majority interest in wind energy engineering company W2E Wind to Energy GmbH.

Vestas has received a 396 MW wind turbines order in Mexico for the Mareña Renovables wind power project. Once built, Vestas said it will be the largest wind energy project in Mexico.

There is a plan to build huge wind power generators in the sea, for setting up wind turbines that are 200 meters tall. In Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, efforts are under way to build a solar energy plant.

Consisting of 50 REpower 2.05 megawatt wind turbines, Shiloh 3 wind power generates electricity to supply approximately 50,000 customers with renewable energy.