Rising fossil fuel prices, devastating oil spills and the nuclear crisis in Fukushima have in 2011 substantially raised expectations of wind power.
Continue readingCanadians get ready for Global Wind Day festivities
A tour of an Ontario wind turbines manufacturing plant followed by a visit to a nearby operating wind farm are among the Canadian events on Wednesday.
Continue readingSuryachakra Pow – MoU with SunBorne and Citadel for establishing 5 MW Concentrating Solar Power
Suryachakra Power has entered into a MOU for establishing a 5 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power project in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Continue readingUtilities Double Solar Energy Capacity in 2010
In 2010, thirty utilities reported owning 140 MW of solar energy which is a drastic 300% increase from 2009. Solar power and include photovoltaic and concentrated solar energy technologies.
Continue readingWind energy in Philippines – Ilocos Norte?s wind farm
More than a cheaper power rate, Ilocos Norte residents have been enjoying clean energy since 2005 with the establishment of the first wind power plant in the Philippines.
Continue readingTwo wind power plants open in Scotland
ScottishPower Renewables has invested more than £1 billion in wind energy over the last decade and estimates that more than 2,000 people have been employed in the construction and management of its wind farms.
Continue readingWind power Suzlon gets new order for S-97-2.1 MW wind turbines
Suzlon Wind Energy Corp has secured a new order for S97-2.1 MW wind turbines at an Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada Wind farm project in development by Sprott Power Corp.
Continue readingBonneville Power Administration violated the Federal Power Act in taking wind energy off the grid
Contracts cannot be broken for wind power or anything else. BPA, a government-owned monopoly, cannot play by different rules and shred contracts with private companies.
Continue readingAustralia looks forward to its first Global Wind Day!
Infigen Energy are looking forward to talking about wind turbines and how wind power is turned into electricity.
Continue readingZinc, most want to use it for grid storage
If you wanted to store 10 percent of the energy that will get generated by the world?s wind turbines in 2020, you would only need 2.3 million tons of zinc.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Day ? tomorrow!
Wind power events are taking place in a whole host of countries from Mexico to New Zealand and all across Europe. Berlin will see the opening of a major new exhibition on wind energy at the capital?s Technical Museum.
Continue readingAir Force Academy Solar Energy Plant
SunPower has worked with federal agencies since 1999, and has more than 40 megawatts of solar power systems installed or under contract at government facilities, including systems at Nellis Air Force Base.
Continue readingMexico to analyze its wind energy potential
According to Amdee, the country has identified so far wind farm projects that together generate 10,000 MW but ?we have the potential for a substantially higher amount.”
Continue readingWind energy plant in Praia, Cape Verde, to start operating in August
Lopes, who was speaking on the sidelines of a visit to the port of Praia to receive the 11 wind turbines, noted that the wind farm would produce around 110 gigawatts (GW) of wind power per year.
Continue readingChina first wind energy technology center opens
Asia’s first third-party wind power technology center started operations Monday in north China’s port city of Tianjin, which specializes in testing fan blades for wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy project in Canada to use Vestas wind turbines
Vestas has entered into turbine supply and long-term service and maintenance agreements with Greengate Power Corp. to supply 166 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for the 300 MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Farm.
Continue readingNextEra Energy Resources Raises $177 Million for a Wind Power Project
The White Oak wind farm, consisting of 150 megawatts of wind energy located in Illinois, is expected to qualify for a cash grant under section 1603 of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
Continue readingIgnacio Galán and Alex Salmond inaugurate the Arecleoch and Mark Hill wind energy plants in Scotland
This has helped strengthen the company’s status as the global leader in wind power sector by wind farm capacity (12,834 MW at the end of the first quarter of 2011).
Continue readingGerman port’s future blowing in the offshore wind energy
The small German port of Cuxhaven is betting its future on North Sea wind power, promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farm plants as the country embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power.
Continue readingAbengoa develops its first concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Chile
Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, design and start-up of the new concentrated solar energy plant in the Atacama Desert, which will comprise a solar field of 1,280 parabolic trough collectors.
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