Tough times for the Chinese wind power manufacturers: safety, quality, reliability and after-sale service may well tilt the scales in favour of Western companies.

The 50 MW will be split into photovoltaic solar energy and concentrated solar thermal power, probably as 30 MW and 20 MW respectively.

A financing deal for Kenya’s largest wind farm will be concluded in the first quarter of next year, its sponsors said, setting Kenya on the path to becoming the region’s leader in wind energy.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a wind energy contract for what will be the largest wind farm in the state. The wind farm includes 30 wind turbines.

Resource consent allows MainPower to choose the final wind turbines to be used, allowing for 26 to 67 wind turbines depending on the size chosen.

Musial was selected for initiating NREL’s offshore wind energy research program in 2003, for being a primary technical contact to DOE.

The facility will produce metal structures and roll-formed components and systems for the photovoltaic (PV), concentrated photovoltaic (CPV), and concentrated solar power (CSP) solar energy markets.

Economic South Asian superpower India has firmly embraced solar power, photovoltaic solar energy and concentrating solar thermal power.

Siemens submitted a planning application to build a wind power factory in Hull, UK, which would create a potential 700 jobs upon its opening in 2014.

The Concentrated Solar Power industry in India is poised for massive growth and development in 2012; however, it is crucial that Phase I projects are completed on time and on budget.

The project?s next steps include building a nine-turbine array in Iowa State?s big wind tunnel to study power production and wind flows through a mini wind farm.

Algeria would like to install around 22,000 MW of renewable energy, the largest share is to be generated from solar power plants (photovoltaic solar energy and concentrating solar thermal power) and wind energy.

Vestas has secured a wind energy order from Stena Renewable to supply wind turbines with a total capacity of 96MW for a wind energy project.

Pattern Energy deployed Red Hat Storage Software Appliance in its atmospheric modeling operations to estimate wind energy history.

Wind power?s economic impact on Kimball is featured on the latest installment of WindTV, the American Wind Energy Association?s (AWEA) recently launched vehicle to highlight how wind works for America.

When the incentive has been extended in advance, the wind energy industry has expanded, creating new American manufacturing jobs.

Concerns about resource scarcity and environmental impact have led to the surprising emergence of concentrated solar power in recent years, but the rise of solar energy could also prove beneficial for gas-fired generation.