KfW and the State Agency for Alternative & Renewable Energy (SAARE) under the Ministry of Industry & Energy have made a brief list of claimants for advisory services on the project of construction of wind power plant.

ABB has won an order worth over US$ 50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), to provide electrical equipment that will improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power.

Fuhrländer, a German wind power maker, expects to sign about 900 million reais ($524 million) worth of sales wind energy contracts in Brazil this month.

Over the past few years, Vestas has established a rooted presence in China with more than RMB 3.5 billion worth of investments and more than 3,000 employees, committed to delivering high quality wind energy solutions.

A subsidiary of Suzlon Group and a North American supplier of wind turbines, Suzlon Wind Energy has secured an order to supply 57 units of Suzlon S97-2.1 MW wind turbines to a 120 MW wind power project in the western US.

Concentrating solar power, in which mirrors collect and focus the sun’s rays to provide the heat used to drive turbines, is better suited for large-scale solar power production, Mr Bhargava says.

The Managing Director of Bank of Industry (BOI), Ms Evelyn Oputu has said that the total investments in renewable energy in Africa rose from $750 million in 2004 to $3.6 billion in 2011.

“William Kamkwamba’s achievements with wind energy show what one person, with an inspired idea, can do to tackle the crisis we face.” Al Gore

In the village of Capuhkwa people are using solar energy, not only to help build businesses – but to transform their lives.

Morocco’s power utility, ONE, on Friday invited companies to submit expressions of interest in five wind farm projects with a total wind power generation capacity of 850 MW, reports Reuters.

MidAmerican Energy is announcing it will build three new wind farm plants. The wind power capacity generated from the combined facilities, which contain a total of 177 wind turbines, will total 407.1 megawatts.

By 2015 the country’s wind power capacity will reach 100 GW, based on the current wind farm capacity of 45 GW.

Stormy weather at the start of December caused some problems for wind turbines. Wind farm plants across the UK have seen their electricity output double. Wind power met about 12% of electricity demand in 2010.

Falling panel costs make PV appealing, mandates demand solar energy on the grid?concentrated solar thermal power can make both easier. CSP result in greater use of non-dispatchable solar PV and wind energy.

Exelon Wind, a unit of Exelon Corp (NYSE: EXC), completed the 90 MW wind farm Michigan Wind 2 Project. The wind power project will use 50 Vestas wind turbines, and is located near the 46-turbine Michigan Wind 1 project.

Through services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Vestas moves closer to the wind energy supporters, media, customers and markets in general.

310 MW wind farm in Kenya. Vestas can confirm that Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) and Vestas have signed a conditional wind turbines order for the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Kenya.

Goldwind will supply 33 GW77-1500 direct-drive permanent-magnet wind turbines made for areas with a temperature range of -20 to 45 degrees Celsius and with a sealed, dust-proof design.