Siemens and Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), signed a contract on the supply of wind turbines for a major onshore wind farm in Southern Scotland.
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REpower UK Wins Contract With E.ON
REpower UK has won its first contract with E.ON in Britain and will ?repower? an old wind farm with new, high specification turbines, increasing the electricity generated almost three fold.
Continue readingLGC Skyrota Wind Energy Corp. Selected by Eco Wind Power to Provide Gearbox Maintenance Services
Eco Wind Power’s operational wind farm capacity is 24MW, with a further 121MW of fully approved wind generating capacity under development. The company currently operates 35 wind turbines.
Continue readingFirst Annual High Altitude Wind Power Conference to Be Held in Northern California November 5-6
The first High Altitude Wind Power (HAWP) Conference was announced today by its sponsors, California State University Chico, the BayTEC Alliance and the Cleantech Innovation Center at Oroville.
Continue readingChina Wind Turbine Blade Industry
2009-2013 Deep Research on China Wind Turbine Blade Industry, was published by QYResearch Wind Energy Research Center on Sep 2009. It was a professional and depth research report on China Wind Turbine Blade industry.
Continue readingR Martin Limited Announces New Highly Efficient Electric Bikes
Electric bikes effectively double the useful travel range of the average bicycle rider. People that want to bike to work or school are often discouraged by the distance they would have to ride.
Continue readingAutomakers Unveil Significant World and North American Debuts at the Los Angeles Auto Show
As the first major North American auto show of the season, it will deliver a preview of how the recent changes in the industry, the environment and the economy will ultimately affect what consumers drive.
Continue readingOPDE U.S Corporation to build 24 Megawatt Solar Facility in Yolo County, California
The total project capital investment is estimated at $175,200,000 including interconnection costs. The majority of this investment will be subject to local Sales Tax.
Continue readingCPV Renewable Energy Company Announces Long-Term PPA with OG&E for Wind Energy in Oklahoma
CPV Renewable Energy announced that it has executed a 20-year power-purchase agreement with Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (?OG&E?) for its 152 MW Keenan II wind energy project in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
Continue readingMurdoch press calls for climate catastrophe by Renfrey Clarke (Green Left Weekly)
Not in so many words, mind you ? frankness has rarely been the strong suit of News Corporation journalists and editors. The editorial in question argued in support of ?clean coal?.
Continue readingCemex ampliará Eurus, un parque de energía eólica en Oaxaca con aerogeneradores de Acciona
La empresa Cemex hará un segundo parque eólico en la Ventosa, Tehuantepec, con 33 aerogeneradoros de Acciona y una inversión de 550 millones de dólares.
Continue readingEl desarrollo eólico de Cantabria es fundamental para impulsar el nuevo modelo productivo y frenar el cambio climático
Los aerogeneradores sólo ocuparán el 2% del territorio cántabro. En el otro 98% no habrá ningún parque eólico, en una región que importa el 65% de la electricidad que consume. La eólica no emite CO2.
Continue readingScottishPower Renewables Begins Work At Arecleoch Wind farm
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.
Continue readingClipper 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.
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