The EBRD is supporting the development of renewable energy in Bulgaria with a ?60 million syndicated loan to Eolica Bulgaria to finance the Suvorovo wind farm, in the north-eastern region of the country.

The plant, consisting of 141 solar tracking panels and equipped with optics that concentrate solar irradiation on the cells underneath, has a capacity of 1 MW and is the largest one in Asia.

On Saturday, the $7.4-million Ross Island Wind Farm in Antarctica began feeding electricity at full power for the very first time.

At the beginning of 2010, the number of Nordex turbines installed around the world since 1985 passed the 4,000 mark. Today, 4,077 wind turbines with an installed nominal output of more than 5.67 GW are in operation.

Seguwantivu Wind Power (Pvt) Ltd and Vidatamunai Wind Power (Pvt) Ltd. are setting up the country’s largest wind power project of 20MW on the coast of Puttalam.

Exxaro Resources would start installing the first of three anemometry masts at its Namakwa Sands operation, on South Africa?s west coast, from January 19.

PVO Innopower Oy’s (PVOIOY) ambitious plan to build Finland’s biggest offshore wind farm in the west of the country at Kristiinankaupunki has reached an advanced stage in the planning process.

Vattenfall Europe Transmission, Svenska Kraftnät and Energinet.dk are looking into the possibility of laying an offshore transmission grid linking the electricity grids of the three countries.

IMPSA Wind (Industrias Metalurgicas Pescarmona) installed the first 2.1-megawatt (MW) wind turbine at the Arauco Phase I Wind Farm in La Puerta, in La Rioja province (Argentina).

This was a week in which the wind power news seemed to move offshore. First, there was Interior Secretary Salazar meeting with interested parties in the long-running Cape Wind drama.

Mayor William D. Sessoms Jr. and industry leaders announced today the creation of a new organization to promote offshore wind energy in Virginia.

Right now, wind farms in Canada have a capacity of 3,319 MW ? enough to power almost 1,000,000 homes or equivalent to about 1.1 % of Canada?s total electricity demand.

The Boquillas Wind project will be located some 80 miles west of Flagstaff on ranch lands owned by the tribe and on Arizona trust lands. The project’s first phase of approximately 85 megawatts is being designed for 2011.

Solar Power will feature significantly at the World Future Energy Summit that will begin next week on Monday January 18th, according to organisers.

Origin Energy Limited (?Origin?), Australia?s leading integrated energy company and Micron Technology, Inc. have formed a 50:50 joint venture with a focus on the development of photovoltaic technology.