Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is leveraging its interests in five of its commercial wind farms to finance continued investments in renewable power.
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Texas Tech Announces Formation of National Institute For Renewable Energy
NIRE will address the future energy needs of Texas and the nation through research wind farm.
Continue readingEaton Showcases Solutions that Transform Wind Energy into Reliable Power
Wind farms require a complex collection of equipment that needs to work together effectively to generate electricity and transmit it to the utility grid.
Continue readingLiebherr at the 2010 Windpower
Liebherr will be taking advantage of the international wind energy trade fair, the “Windpower Conference & Exhibition” to present a selection of high per-formance components for wind power systems.
Continue readingThe first Vänern offshore wind farm inaugurated
The first offshore wind power plant in the lake Vänern was inaugurated near Gässlingegrund in Sweden. The wind farm of ten three megawatt WinWinD wind turbines was inaugurated by the Swedish prince Carl Philip.
Continue readingFavourable wind power forecasts also in Latin America
Though a strong growth of wind energy like that of some European countries is not expected to occur, there will be a stable rise of around 13% per year, with about 46,000 new MW installed by 2025, led by Brazil.
Continue readingTexas Consumers to Reap Windfall from CREZ By Tom Gray (AWEA)
The typical Texas residential consumer is expected to potentially save $160 to $355 annually in electricity bills, once new transmission lines are completed to deliver wind power throughout the state.
Continue readingWind Factory Watch: Beckmann Volmer, Arkansas By Carl Levesque (AWEA)
Beckmann Volmer, a producer of major steel components for wind turbines, this week announced it will locate a new manufacturing facility employing approximately 300 people, and potentially 500, in Osceola, Ark.
Continue readingGreen Mountain Power Files to Build Wind Farm in Vermont (63 MW)
Green Mountain Power filed with state regulators for permission to build a second wind power plant, up to 63 megawatts, in Lowell, Vermont.
Continue readingTesla Motors Announces Factory in Silicon Valley (Northern California)
Tesla Motors has purchased the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, California, where it will build the Model S sedan and future Tesla electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingWind Power Gets Clean Bill of Health from Ontario By Tom Gray (AWEA)
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health has released a new report saying there is no evidence that wind turbines sound causes adverse health effects.
Continue readingNissan Introduces Quick Electric Vehicles Charger
Nissan Motor Co. announced that it is commencing sales of Nissan-developed quick chargers through its regional parts sales affiliates in preparation for the December release of its electric car Nissan LEAF.
Continue readingSiemens secures its single largest onshore wind energy project in the United States
Puget Sound Energy, Washington state?s oldest, local energy utility, has ordered about 150 wind turbines for the Lower Snake River Wind Power Project in Washington State.
Continue readingWind power lowers electricity prices in poor Central American nation
Interest in wind energ in tropical Nicaragua got a boost recently when AEI bought a controlling share of the largest wind farm operation in Central America with wind turbines from Suzlon.
Continue readingII Ukrainian Renewable Energy Forum will be held on October 14-15, in Kyiv
In 2011 the first major private wind farm in Ukraine is expected to start its work. There are also more than a dozen wind farms in Ukraine at the implementation stage now.
Continue readingNREL Study Shows Power Grid Can Accommodate Large Increase in Wind Power and Solar Generation
Increased Coordination Over Wider Areas and More Frequent Scheduling Needed; Wind Energy and Solar Power Significantly Reduce Carbon and Fuel Costs.
Continue readingCape Verde: Loan of EUR 15 Million to Cabeólica Wind Power Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis a senior loan of EUR 15 million to Cabeólica wind energy project.
Continue readingSiemens order for 149 wind turbines In US
Puget Sound Energy has ordered 149 wind turbines rated at 2.3 megawatts (MW) each for Phase I of the Lower Snake River Wind Project in Washington state’s Garfield County.
Continue readingNordex USA Introduces Wind Turbines Gamma Generation
Nordex USA, Inc. will present the third generation of its 2.5 MW wind turbine series — the Gamma generation — at Windpower 2010 in Dallas, Texas, on May 23?26, booth #6814.
Continue readingCalifornia ISO Board Approves Two Ways to Green the Grid
The California ISO Board of Governors today approved two key changes that will help integrate renewable generating resources like wind energy, solar power and geothermal onto the power grid faster and more efficiently.
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