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Completion of the $535 Million Cedar Point Wind Farm
The 250 megawatt (MW) wind turbines project will generate enough clean electricity to meet the needs of about 80,000 homes and avoid almost 783,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Continue reading24 governors ask President to focus on wind energy deployment
Both parties? candidates told how wind power creates jobs and U.S. manufacturing.
Continue readingWind Energy Prices Lower Than Expected In Brazil Auction
Brazil’s A-3 energy auction, a competitive tender between several energy sources, took place on Aug. 17 and saw an average price for wind farm projects of below 100 reais/MWh (or less than $63/MWh).
Continue readingUK Ford facility on wind energy
When the first two wind turbines were erected, every Ford diesel car or van engine made was built entirely using wind power.
Continue readingSolar Millennium Opt for Photovoltaic Technology at Blythe Project
Solar Millennium and its US subsidiary Solar Trust of America announced their plan to convert the first 500 MW phase of the Blythe Concentrated Solar Power Project to photovoltaic (PV) technology.
Continue readingAWEA and OSHA form Alliance to protect workers in the wind energy industry
Wind power industry workers at all levels are put through rigorous training programs to ensure a culture of worker safety and health.
Continue readingFord Focus Electric Car Gets Ready To Make Some Noise
President Obama recently signed legislation into law that will require electric vehicles to make noise to ensure pedestrian safety.
Continue readingABB to provide high efficiency solutions for solar energy applications in India
ABB has won orders worth Rs. 16.10 crore to supply turnkey power and automation solution for three photovoltaic solar power plants with a combined capacity of 11 megawatts (MW) in India.
Continue readingHitachi Chemical Decides on Doubling Production Capacity for Lithium ion Batteries Using Carbon Anode Materials
Hitachi Chemical Decides on Doubling Production Capacity for Lithium ion Batteries Using Carbon Anode Materials for Electric Cars.
Continue readingFirst Wind completes 60 MW wind power project in Maine
Wind energy company First Wind has completed its 60 MW Rollins Wind farm in Penobscot County in Maine. The wind farm is equipped with 40 wind turbines GE 1.5MW.
Continue readingPhilippines – 384 proposed renewable energy projects
There are 70 pending proposals for solar power (for a combined output of 537 MW), 59 for wind energy (1,431 MW) and 195 MW for biomass. geothermal energy projects, there are 15 applications.
Continue reading2011 Intersolar Conference in San Fransisco
Intersolar North America has a focus on solar thermal technologies and solar power photovoltaics.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables acquired two wind power plants in Catalonia
The company acquired both wind farm plants from Gamesa. The deal further strengthens the company?s leadership in the development of wind energy and underlines its commitment to Catalonia.
Continue readingWind power in Brazil – Impsa is awarded USD 300 million to develop new wind energy projects
These funds will be used to develop 7 new wind farm plants in the municipalities of Acaraú and Acaratí, in Ceará, in northeastern Brazil. The wind turbines plants are to begin operations in 2012.
Continue readingEDPR sells financial stake in spanish wind farm
EDP Renováveis, SA (?EDPR?) closed an agreement with Enel Green Power Spain, SA (?EGP?) to sell its stake in Sociedad Eólica de Andalucía, SA (?SEASA?) – a company with 74 operating MW of wind energy in Spain.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa lays the cornerstone of its new building in Sarriguren, Navarre
Gamesa’s wind power business originated in Navarre in 1994, with a turbine assembly plant and a contract with EHN to put six wind turbines into operation at the El Perdón wind farm, the region’s first.
Continue readingCanada Grants $1,994,332 in Funding to the Wind Energy TechnoCentre
The organization will use this financial assistance, which is to be allocated over a two-year period, to pursue its mission to further the development of a wind power sector.
Continue readingWind power alone could meet 28.5% of Europe’s electricity demand by 2030
The wind energy industry expects to invest some EUR 400 billion in Europe between now and 2030. To do so it needs stable and certain EU energy policy.
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