Europe is working towards its 2020 renewable energy targets. But what happens then? Sarah Azau and Chris Rose take a step forward in time to investigate the possible wind energy world of 2020 and beyond.
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Green Star new developments in Serbian wind power projects
Green Star Alternative Energy Inc. (Pink Sheets: GSAE) recently announced it has entered into negotiations for the purchase of Serbian wind energy company, Notos d.o.o.
Continue readingGhana has 2,000-megawatt wind power
The Energy Commission (EC) of Ghana said the country has a total wind power potential of 2,000 megawatt of power that could be tapped into the national grid for use in the rural areas.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables venderá la energía eólica del parque eólico Big Horn II
Iberdrola Renovables ha firmado un acuerdo con la agencia estadounidense M-S-R Public Power para venderle toda la producción eléctrica de su parque eólico Big Horn II, en Washington, durante los próximos 25 años.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Issues from COP15 UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen
The Offshore Wind Energy NewsCatalyst is an on-demand intelligence platform used to track and analyze news and technology breakthroughs in the global offshore wind energy market.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables ampliará hasta 593 MW el parque eólico escocés Whitelee
Iberdrola Renovables, a través de su filial británica ScottishPower Renewables, aumentará en 140 MW la potencia instalada del parque eólico Whitelee, el mayor de Europa, hasta alcanzar los 593 MW.
Continue readingGE Receives $1.4 Billion Contract for Largest Wind Farm Ever Built in the US
GE (NYSE:GE) announced it has received a $1.4 billion contract from independent power producer Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and provide services for an 845-megawatt (MW) wind farm to be located in Oregon.
Continue readingFair wind power for offshore renewables
BWEA welcomed Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report commitment to maintain support for offshore wind at 2 Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) per megawatt hour (MWh) to 2014.
Continue readingKEPCO and TEPCO seek cooperation for electric vehicle battery chargers
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO)has agreed with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), Japan’s largest utility, to develop preemptive global standards for electric vehicle battery chargers
Continue readingToyota joint battery venture with Panasonic
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to buy new shares in its joint venture with Panasonic Corp. to provide additional funds to boost production capacity for auto-use batteries.
Continue readingThe ‘Smartcity’ consortium -led by Endesa- signs a euro 21 million financing deal with CDTI
Malaga has been chosen to test the most promising technologies for developing a city that is sustainable in terms of energy and secure from the standpoint of electricity supply.
Continue readinge-motive calls to include two-wheeled transport in EV plans
Innovative electric scooter company, e-motive, has called on the government to include two-wheeled transport in its support for electric vehicles.
Continue readingSmart and Mercedes-Benz bring electric cars to the roads
As the first European car manufacturers smart and Mercedes-Benz are entering the age of electric mobility with electric vehicles that are fully suitable for everyday use.
Continue readingBAIC builds electric vehicles in Beijing
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) is building an electric car manufacture base in Beijing, in a bid for reinforcing its competitive edge in the promising electric vehicles segment.
Continue readingDeepwater Wind to build first US offshore wind farm
Under a 20-year power purchase agreement, developer Deepwater Wind will sell electricity from up to 8 turbines producing 28 megawatts to National Grid Plc. First 28-MW phase of wind farm to be completed in 2013.
Continue readingGE and Plutonic Power resume 300 MW wind project in British Columbia
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), and Plutonic Power Corp (TSX: PCC) have completed their purchase and will resume construction of the 300-MegaWatt Dokie wind power project.
Continue readingAlliant Energy’s First Wind Farm in Iowa Begins Operation
200-megawatt wind power now online. Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), has initiated commercial operation of its first owned-and-operated wind farm in Iowa.
Continue readingEurope’s Largest Onshore Windfarm Set To Grow Again
SCOTTISH POWER: Europe’s Largest Onshore Windfarm Set To Grow Again – ScottishPower Renewables Receives Consent For A Further 39 Turbines At Whitelee.
Continue readingLa Asociación Eólica de Galicia recurrirá el canon eólico
La asamblea general de la Asociación Eólica de Galicia (EGA) acordó encargar un estudio jurídico a Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), que en un primer análisis del anteproyecto ya ha detectado posibles ilegalidades.
Continue readingWindTamer Turbines Break the Betz .593 Theoretical Limit for Wind Energy
WindTamer Corporation (OTCBB: WNDT) released the results of a performance report from Professor Kenneth Visser of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam.
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