Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez has inaugurated the largest wind power plant in Argentina in southern Patagonia. Patagonia’s Rawson wind turbines plant will generate 80 megawatts of electricity.
Continue readingEU energy import bill amounted to ?355 billion in 2010
As Europe forked out ?355.15 billion on the coal, oil or gas used in energy production, bear in mind that in 2010 wind power actually brought down the amount that the EU pays for electricity by ?6.54 billion.
Continue readingVermont?s wind energy: Responding to a New York Times op-ed
The 63-MW Kingdom Community Wind farm project in Lowell, Vt., is a part of this effort, which includes an effort to save our green mountains from ongoing acid rain from Midwest coal generation.
Continue readingNonpartisan congressional report underscores need for stable wind energy policy
Wind power is one of the fastest growing U.S. manufacturing sectors. Huge progress has been made in ‘insourcing’ new wind turbines factories and jobs.
Continue readingChrysler Providing City of Auburn Hills with Test Fleet of Electric Vehicles
Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver four demonstration fleet plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) Ram 1500 pickup trucks to the City of Auburn Hills, Mich.
Continue readingNigeria Can Generate 600,000 MW From Solar Power
As long as there is life in us, solar energy will always be there, everyday. When the Sun comes up, solar energy begins to be available. We also have wind energy as a renewable energy.
Continue readingRWE Innogy builds offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr from Liverpool
The Gwynt y Môr wind farm is currently one of the largest offshore wind energy projects in the world. The wind power plant with an installed capacity of 576 megawatts (MW).
Continue readingOpening of the Andasol 3 concentrated solar thermal power plant in Granada
The completion of the third Andasol concentrating solar power plant on a site measuring some two square kilometres sees the creation of the largest European concentrated solar energy plant.
Continue readingBP Plans US$800 Million Wind Farm in Kansas
“We’ll be paying the land owner group where we’ll actually be sitting our wind turbines, which is more than 200 people, more than a million dollars a year in royalties,” said Graham
Continue readingVattenfall to build 122 MW wind farm in Netherlands
The wind power project, which will be built west of Zeewolde, will include 36 wind turbines and is expected to commence operation in 2013.
Continue readingBrightSource Energy Delivers World?s Largest Solar-to-Steam Facility for Enhanced Oil Recovery to Chevron
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading concentrating solar thermal power technology company, is providing its proprietary LPT solar thermal technology for use in the world?s largest enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project.
Continue readingMichaels errs on wind power’s contribution
Patrick Michaels, a contrarian climate scientist, posted an article at Forbes.com recently criticizing wind energy. The following response was posted as a comment.
Continue readingPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to Supply Hardware for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Towers
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has received a contract from SolarReserve to supply critical hardware for its first commercial-scale concentrating solar power tower project with fully integrated energy storage.
Continue readingWind energy Suzlon wins wind turbines orders worth Rs 200cr
Wind power Suzlon Energy has bagged two wind farm orders worth over Rs 200 crore from third party operators.
Continue readingEDF EN Canada to Begin Construction of the Massif du Sud Wind Energy Project
EDF EN Canada Inc. is pleased to announce it has obtained the ‘Decret’ from the Government of Quebec authorizing the construction and operation of the 150 MW Massif du Sud wind farm.
Continue readingMytrah Energy aims at 5000 MW installed wind energy capacity by 2017 news
Mytrah Eenergy has entered into business partnership agreements with Suzlon Energy and Gamesa India for new wind turbines projects.
Continue readingAbengoa and Santander to develop 74 MW of Brazilian wind power
Abengoa, known in the renewables energy as a concentrating solar thermal power, is also developing wind energy in Uruguay, where it won a state contract to build a 50 MW wind farm in Peralta, Tacuarembó.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa invites its Spanish suppliers to adopt a joint growth strateg
Gamesa?s 2010 purchases from wind turbines suppliers totalled more than 1.7 billion euros: Spanish wind power companies accounted for 45%.
Continue readingBritish Columbians strongly support more wind energy
Seventy-six per cent of British Columbians strongly agree or agree wind power should be further developed as a source of clean electricity.
Continue readingBP announces 419 MW wind farm in Kansas
BP Wind Energy says Flat Ridge Wind Farm 2 will be constructed in Sumner, Kingman, Barber, and Harper counties. “We have enjoyed working closely with BP Wind Energy to create jobs and grow the economy in our state.”
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