The wind turbines will now begin commissioning at the minimum rate of 8 to 10 MW per day, with all 106 MW expected to be fully online, before the end of the year.

The wind farm ?Aldehuelas? comprises a total of 59 wind turbines of the 800-kilowatt class which were built by the Spanish manufacturer Made (currently Gamesa).

Wind energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power has signed an Agreement for Lease (AFL) with UK body The Crown Estate for its 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe wind power project in Scottish territorial waters.

The China Power Investment Corporation (CPIC) recently obtained a 40,000-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) solar power generator project in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

London-based BP Plc, an international oil giant and Europe’s second-largest company, will shut its solar power unit and qit the business entirely after 40 years because it’s become unprofitable.

Backing Recurrent marked Google’s first time investing in large scale solar photovoltaic power plants that generate energy for the US electric grid instead of on individual rooftops, according to Martinez.

The cost of generating Concentrated Solar Power electricity can be reduced by up to 30 percent by 2015 and even by more than 50 percent by 2025.

The U.S. Department of the Interior issued its final approval of the Tule Wind Power Project when Secretary Ken Salazar signed the Record of Decision on the Environmental Impact Statement.

The wind energy farm, 100% owned by Acciona, is located in the municipality of Golice (Lubuskie province) in the west of the country, and consists of nineteen 2 MW wind turbines.

We Energies’ Glacier Hills Wind Power, now the largest wind farm in Wisconsin, was placed into commercial service today with 90 wind turbines.

Salazar also said he will push for offshore wind power projects in the Atlantic Ocean.

Rockland Wind Farm in Power County, Idaho, is a JV between Ridgeline Energy and Diamond Generating Corp. Consisting of 44 Vestas V100 – 1.815 MW wind turbines, the project will provide wind power for Idaho Power.

The Community Wind power project was started by Saint Francis University’s Renewable Energy Center. The university installed a meteorological tower in Patton and Ebensburg and found that was suitable for wind turbines.

The Gemasolar concentrating solar thermal power plant has been operational since June and has already delivered its first uninterrupted 24 hours of electricity.

Thermal Energy Storage in CSP Plants Could Boost Penetration of Solar Energy, Wind Energy. Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) can dispatch power even during periods of high demand.