The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is providing financing for wind farm projects in the states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte and Rio Grande do Sul, with 480 MW of capacity. Three wind power projects will receive a combined R$ 1.07 billion (US$ 279.5 million) from the Brazilian Development (BNDES, in the Portuguese … Continue reading Wind energy in Brazil: BNDES disburses US$ 280 mn for wind power
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Alstom wins Brazilian wind power connection deal
Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth around €100m ($110m) to integrate wind farms into Brazil’s transmission grid. The wind farms are located at the southernmost tip of Brazil at Rio Grande do Sul State. The contract has been awarded by from Eletrosul Centrais Electricas and the project is due for commercial operation … Continue reading Alstom wins Brazilian wind power connection deal
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Brazil’s development bank okays USD 2.5bn in wind energy loans in 2014
In December BNDES approved BRL 1.7 billion in loans for 590.4 MW of wind power projects. These include 181.9 MW wind farm in Pernambuco state, 59.4 MW in Rio Grande do Norte and 144 MW in Rio Grande do Sul. Among the supported schemes are also seven wind farms of 205.1 MW in total in … Continue reading Brazil’s development bank okays USD 2.5bn in wind energy loans in 2014
Continue readingHonda completes wind energy plant in Brazil
Honda Motor has completed the construction of its wind farm in Brazil to generate electricity matching the amount needed for the automaker’s four-wheel vehicle production in the country. On Wednesday, the Japanese automaker held a ceremony in Xangri-la in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul to commemorate the completion of the facility, … Continue reading Honda completes wind energy plant in Brazil
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Brazil’s Eletrosul begins 181 MW wind farm
Rio Grande do Sul have authorized federal company Eletrosul to start construction of the 181 MW Hermenegildo wind power complex. Estimated total investment in the 13 wind energy projects is R$900m (US$362m). They should enter commercial operation by 1 January 2016 since Electrosul contracted the power at last year’s A-3 auction. General Electric will … Continue reading Brazil’s Eletrosul begins 181 MW wind farm
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Eletrosul to Borrow $34 Million for Brazil Wind Energy and Solar Power
Eletrosul Centrais Eletricas SA, a Brazilian state-run power company, arranged 81.4 million reais ($34 million) in loans to expand its renewable energy generation and transmission operations. The company will borrow 11.3 million reais from the country’s research-financing agency Finep to develop wind energy and solar power projects. It’s borrowing an additional 70.1 million reais … Continue reading Eletrosul to Borrow $34 Million for Brazil Wind Energy and Solar Power
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Eletrosul to borrow $84 million for wind energy in Brazil from KfW
Brazil is seeking to diversify its energy sources and will have more than 7 gigawatts in wind power generation capacity by the end of 2014, enough for about 13 million homes, according to Brazilian wind power association Abeeolica. Eletrosul Centrais Eletricas SA, a Brazilian state-run power company, received authorization from the Planning Ministry to … Continue reading Eletrosul to borrow $84 million for wind energy in Brazil from KfW
Continue readingEletrosul to expand Brazilian wind power
Last month, Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA announced it won an order to supply 24 wind turbines capable of generating 48 megawatts to Cerro Chato. The turbines are scheduled for delivery this year. Eletrosul Centrais Eletricas SA, a Brazilian state-run power company, will add 48 megawatts of capacity to its Cerro Chato wind farm at a … Continue reading Eletrosul to expand Brazilian wind power
Continue readingBrazil’s BNDES approves wind energy loans
The biggest loan announced is for the 120-megawatt wind energy project Atlantica I, II, III and IV in Rio Grande do Sul, owned by CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA, which received 383.7 reais in financing. BNDES is also investing 173.3 million reais in three wind farms with a total capacity of 76 megawatts in Ceara, owned … Continue reading Brazil’s BNDES approves wind energy loans
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Acciona Windpower Wins 153-Megawatt Order for Brazil Wind Turbines
Its 3 MW wind turbines will be used in the Santa Vitória do Palmar wind power complex owned by the company Atlantic Energias Renováveis. ACCIONA Windpower (AWP), a subsidiary of the ACCIONA group that designs, manufactures and commercializes wind turbines, has signed a turbine supply contract in Brazil with the renewable energy generation holding company … Continue reading Acciona Windpower Wins 153-Megawatt Order for Brazil Wind Turbines
Continue readingAcciona Windpower has clinched a wind energy deal to supply wind turbines at the 153 MW Santa Vitória do Palmar wind farm
Spanish manufacturer Acciona Windpower has clinched a deal to supply hardware at the 153MW Santa Vitória do Palmar wind complex in Brazil. The wind power agreement with Atlantic Energias Renováveis covers supply and assembly of 51 AW125/3000 wind turbines at the wind farm in the state of Río Grande do Sul. The wind turbines … Continue reading Acciona Windpower has clinched a wind energy deal to supply wind turbines at the 153 MW Santa Vitória do Palmar wind farm
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Alstom to supply ECO 122 wind turbines for wind energy project in the South of Brazil
Alstom signed a contract worth around 25 million euros with Enerplan, a power company from the Brazilian group Oleoplan, to supply wind turbines to the Pontal wind project in the South of Brazil. The equipment will be installed in a new wind farm located in Viam
Continue readingToyota to produce electric vehicles in Ontario
Toyota will build its newest electric car with lithium ion batteries in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced.
Continue readingNew wind energy plant planned for Iowa
The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that construction on the $235 million wind power project is expected to begin in 2012.
Continue readingMalaysia Keen On India’s Wind Power Technology
Malaysia is in talks with Indian wind turbines scientists and is likely to link up with the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET) for technical expertise to harness the alternative energy.
Continue readingThe Rechargeable Battery Association Endorses Transportation Department’s Announcement of Regulatory Review
“We deliver a safe, efficient, and essential power source for portable electronic equipment such notebook computers, cell phones, power tools, PDAs, and MP3 players as well as hybrid and electric vehicles.”
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power Tower In Seville, Spain: The Future Of Electricity
Seville, Spain hosts the first commercial operation of concentrated solar energy tower technology in the world. According to the report, it features over 1,000 freestanding heliostat mirrors that follow the arc of the sun.
Continue readingGreengate Power Receives Approval for 20-Year PPA Totaling 450 MW of Wind Energy
The PPAs relate to the purchase and sale of renewable energy credits (“RECs”) generated by Greengate’s 150 MW Halkirk I Wind Farm Project and 300 MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Power Project, in Alberta, Canada.
Continue readingDOE Pursues Initiative to Lower Solar Power Costs
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced additional details of the Department of Energy’s “SunShot” initiative to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75 percent.
Continue readingEU Backing for Electric Vehicles
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