Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a wind power contract by wind farm developer ABO Wind for the construction of a further two wind farms with a total of 13 N117/2400 onshore wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in Estonia: Three wind energy firms merge
Estonian wind energy company Nelja Energia and its two shareholders, Scandinavian energy company Vardar Eurus and investment fund Freenergy concluded a merger agreement on Tuesday, LETA/Ärpäev reports.
Continue readingSuzlon arm bags wind power order from US company
REpower Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy, has bagged a wind energy contract for delivering 25 wind turbines from US-based enXco.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: authorized 133 wind farm projects in Bahia
Brazil is already the largest wind power market in Latin America. All major manufacturers of wind turbines are or on their way: Enercon, Impsa, Vestas, Gamesa, Suzlon, Alstom, Goldwind, Sinovel, GE and Siemens.
Continue readingAora eyes concentrated solar power plant in Spain
Israeli solar energy company commissions second hybrid concentrating solar thermal power plant, this time in southern Spain. Facility will have capacity to produce 100 kW.
Continue readingBlack Fork Wind Farm Receives Ohio Power Siting Board Permit
Wind power project approved for up to 200 MW of wind energy in Ohio.
Continue readingIberdrola cuts US wind energy jobs
Iberdrola Renewables, America’s second largest wind farm developer, is laying off 50 people. Behind Iberdrola’s Portland layoffs: expiring wind power tax credits, declining demand, overloaded grid, cheap natural gas.
Continue readingWind turbines for the developing world
While, wind power market penetration is expected to reach over 8 percent of worldwide electricity usage by 2018, the predicament lies with the quality of technology, rather than quantity.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: Bioenergy Power Generation to deploy 15 Wind Farm plants in Maranhão
The wind turbines of ?Eólicas Ventos do Norte? 1 to 10 and ?Marcos dos Ventos? 1 to 5 will be established in the municipalities of Paulino Neves and Tutóia, respectively.
Continue readingNigeria Orders 126 T3 Electric Vehicles From T3 Motion
The electric vehicles are anticipated to be used for government customs and security initiatives.
Continue readingBogota C40 Taxi Pilot Project is Electric
New public-private partnership pilot project announced to launch 50 electric vehicles in capital district.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles, HEV Battery Module Market to Grow to $47B in 2020
Large lithium-ion battery production facilities came online in a number of countries around the world to support the anticipated demand fueled in many countries by generous subsidies and tax benefits.
Continue readingGM CEO defends company over Chevy Volt lithium ion batteries
The chairman and CEO of General Motors Co. is defending the company over battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles last year.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Association statement on president Obama’s State of the Union address
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) is a trade association composed of U.S. companies who support the expanded use of geothermal energy and are developing geothermal resources worldwide
Continue readingRMT Constructs 1,100 MW of Renewable Energy in 2011
Wind energy and solar power projects bring RMT’s total EPC renewable energy portfolio to over 5,000 MW.
Continue readingHow To Profit from California?s Solar Power Boom
While about 2 GW of solar energy photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects are currently on line in California, more than 3 GW of large-scale solar projects are under construction.
Continue readingEdison Mission Group Dedicates Taloga Wind Farm
The Taloga wind power project is powered by 54 Mitsubishi wind turbines.
Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International, today officially dedicated its Taloga wind energy project in Putnam, Okla.
Nordex: First wind energy project with Exelon
Wind power manufacturer Nordex has been awarded by Exelon a wind turbines contract for the delivery and installation of the ?Beebe? wind farm in Gratiot County, Michigan.
Continue readingUS wind energy had improved 2011 but uncertainty looms
General Electric was the leading wind power vendor in the fourth quarter with 475 MW wind farm installed, edging out Vestas with 463 MW and Siemens with 453 MW of wind turbines.
Continue readingGamesa sells French wind farm plants to Allianz
Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind energy industry, has sold two wind farms in France with combined installed wind power capacity of 16 MW to Allianz Renewable Energy Partners IV Limited.
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