Construction work has officially started at one of Scotland’s largest windfarms – the 120 MW 60 wind turbine project at Arecleoch near Barrhill, South Ayrshire.
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Clipper Awarded £4.4 Million DECC Grant for Development of Offshore Wind Turbine
Clipper Windpower Marine Limited was awarded £4.4million under the ETF Offshore Wind Demonstration Call previously announced by the Department for Energy.
Continue readingJapan’s Fuji Heavy reaches goal of 50 orders for wind turbines
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (7270) has reached its initial goal of clinching orders for 50 of the 2,000kw wind turbines that it co-developed with Hitachi Ltd.
Continue readingGreek-Spanish Consortium Alpha Grissin and Preneal to develop wind farm in Bulgaria
Alpha Grissin Power and Spain?s Preneal have signed a 30-year concession agreement for the development of a 111 MW wind farm in Central Bulgaria. The total investment is expected to reach 155 million euros.
Continue readingAsoleo instalará en Carmona una central termosolar
La construcción de una nueva planta termosolar por parte de la empresa Asoleo (participada al 51% por Sevillana Endesa) generará 200 puestos de trabajo y se localizará en la finca El Oidor en Carmona.
Continue readingWind Energy Outlook for North America
In 2008, United States wind power generation capacity passed the 25 gigawatt mark by adding over 8 gigawatts from the year before, which represented the largest individual gain of any country in the world.
Continue readingCanadian Hydro buys Ontario wind energy project
The company expects the site to ultimately generate some 4,400 megawatts of wind power, enough to power more than 2 million homes. The first 400 to 500 MW stage is planned to come online in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Continue readingGovernors’ Wind Energy Coalition
Governor Culver Welcomes Rhode Island to Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition. Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri to Become Vice Chairman.
Continue readingMicro Bubble Technologies Unveils M-Fuel and CNT-Battery
MBT’s Carbon Nano Tube battery (CNT-Battery) demonstrated to have 8 times the energy reserve capacity of traditional lead-acid batteries, 2.5 times that of lithium-ion batteries and a recharge time of five to 10 minutes.
Continue readingWind Power – Worldwide Installed Capacity
In 2008, cumulative installed wind power capacity increased nearly 29% worldwide. At the close of 2008, three-quarters of the nearly 121 GW of the world?s wind generating capacity was operating in the IEA Wind member.
Continue readingThe Economics of Wind Energy By Patricia Weis–Taylor (IEA)
Total installed costs onshore for 2008 ranged from a low of 984 ?/kW (Mexico) to a high of 1,885 ?/kW (Switzerland). Total installed costs offshore ranged from 2,100 ?/kW (UK) to 3,230 ?/kW (Germany).
Continue readingEmpresarios, sindicatos, universidades y ecologistas (Greenpeace) apoyan el Plan Eólico de Cantabria
La CEOE ha desbaratado todas las críticas del PP regional y la campaña orquestada contra la eólica por los defensores de la nuclear de Garoña. La eólica es la renovable con menos impacto ambiental.
Continue readingDo wind turbines kill birds?
Avian mortality and wind energy has received far more attention than the avian deaths associated with coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power, even though this study suggests that wind energy may be the least harmful.
Continue readingMitos sobre los costes de las fuentes energéticas por José Santamarta
Intentar una comparación rigurosa sobre los costes de las diferentes fuentes de energía, con una atención especial a la generación de electricidad, es una tarea difícil, cuando no imposible, pero no por ello menos necesaria.
Continue readingChina Wind Power: Yunnan province plans 2822 MW of wind energy
Since 2009, the prices of China’s wind turbine and blades, bearings and other key parts decreased substantially, which is a big challenge for these new entrants and existing wind power equipment companies.
Continue readingWIND PowerEXPO 2009 cierra sus puertas con el total respaldo del sector eólico
Alrededor de 8.000 profesionales han visitado el salón, que ha mostrado las innovaciones y productos de 206 empresas eólicas internacionales.
Continue readingLa Comisión de Industria del Congreso de los Diputados visita el parque eólico Cabezo Negro de Jaulín
El consejero Aliaga ha recibido a los diputados para mostrarles junto a responsables de la Asociación Empresarial Eólica y de Gamesa el prototipo de aerogenerador de 4,5 megavatios.
Continue readingUna factoría de I+D+i desarrollará torres eólicas más fáciles de trasladar y más resistentes
La Consellería de Economía e Industria apoya la puesta en marcha en Tecnópole de una factoría de I+D en el sector de las energías renovables.
Continue readingAPREAN presenta la capacidad de Andalucía para desarrollar las energías renovables en Marruecos
La asociación asiste a Expo Andalucía-Marruecos en representación del sector de las energías renovables andaluz.
Continue readingLeitner Shriram wind turbine plant goes on stream in India
Leitner Shriram, a 51,49 joint venture between Italian group Leitner and city-based Shriram EPC, makes 1.5 MW class wind turbines at the new facility, while its existing plant in Puducherry makes 250 KV wind turbines.
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