In the last three years, enough new wind farm power was installed in the U.S. to generate as much electricity as five nuclear power plants.
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Wind power saves water
Wind turbines uses less than nearly any other power generation technology, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) is emphasising on UN World Water Day (22 March).
Continue readingSolRWind set to build hybrid solar energy, wind farm
SolRWind is a distributor of other companies? wind power and solar power products, with plans for installing groups of wind turbines.
Continue readingElectric vehicles – Batteries charge quickly and retain capacity
The group demonstrated both NiMH and Li-ion batteries, but the structure is general, so any battery material that can be deposited on the metal frame could be used.
Continue readingHow wind energy is integrated on the grid
Texas grid obtained 7.8% of its electricity from wind power, with wind farm plants providing more than 25% of the grid?s electricity at one point.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Energy Cheaper than Nuclear Energy
EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard has added that offshore wind power is cheaper than nuclear.
Continue readingIt’s kind of surreal–who would think that a nuclear emergency would lead to a new round of attacks on wind energy?
Wind power is clean, affordable, homegrown, and overwhelmingly abundant. End of story.
Continue readingChina’s largest direct-drive wind turbines passes critical grid test
NEB had established a technical committee of wind energy industry standardization to draft the Standard for Wind Power Grid Connection. Wind farm operators have been perplexed with the quality of wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power – EWEA is the biggest ever
Christian Kjaer, the EWEA Chief Executive has announced that European Wind Energy Association 2011 Annual Event which has more than 8500 participants and it is officially one of the biggest ever.
Continue readingFukushima and Chernobyl
The US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, says the situation appears to be more serious than the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979.
Continue readingEuropean offshore wind power will eventually switch to HVDC transmission
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission is the proper technology for future offshore wind farm generation, an European Wind Energy Association 2011 Annual Event panel session was told Wednesday.
Continue readingJuhl Wind, Suzlon Energy Trade Community Wind Power Project to Olympus Power
Juhl Wind, a wind turbines developing company, along with its wind energy development partner Suzlon Wind Energy, an auxiliary company of Suzlon Energy (SEL) have accomplished the sale of a 20 MW wind farm.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic: Global Markets and Technologies
Global shipments of photovoltaic cells/modules reached 11,102 megawatts in 2010, and are expected to reach 55,621 megawatts of solar energy by 2015.
Continue readingKenersys opens its first wind energy plant in Baramati
The company has set ambitious targets to rapidly expand its footprint in the growing Indian wind energy market. The company said the plant will produce hundreds of wind turbines of Kenersys type K82 2.0 MW.
Continue readingDepending on oil is no longer justified, European Wind Energy Association 2011 conference is told
Zervos implored politicians to give wind power and other renewables ?a stable framework in which to grow? with new binding targets extended to at least 2030.
Continue readingSiemens launches new gearless wind turbines
SWT-2.3-113 is one of the quietest wind turbines on the wind power market. This year Siemens will launch 6-MW direct drive wind turbines, which will be particularly suitable for large offshore wind energy plants.
Continue readingBetter Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Electric cars are the future — a view shared by government and the automotive industry alike. By 2020, a million passenger cars with an electric drive should be on the roads in Germany.
Continue readingViessmann welcomes the Government?s Renewable Energy Heat Incentive
Viessmann offers solar thermal and photovoltaic, combined heat and power modules (CHP), ground, air and water sourced heat pumps and biomass boilers.
Continue readingJapan’s Chernobyl – Fukushima and the End of the Nuclear Era
Until the explosion at Fukushima, nuclear power was enjoying a renaissance as a ‘clean’ source of energy. Now its future looks a lot less secure.
Continue readingFinavera Wind Energy wind turbines projects in British Columbia
Finavera Wind Energy is a wind power development company focused on developing, constructing, and operating wind farm plants in North America and Ireland.
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