Darlene Snow has been appointed Executive Director of the Wind Energy Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based organization founded in 2010 to educate the public about the benefits of wind power.
Continue readingWind energy Suzlon receives 100 MW wind power order from Orient Green Power
Wind turbines manufacturer Suzlon Energy Limited had bagged an order from the Chennai-based Orient Green Power Company Limited (OGPL), for over 100 megawatts (MW) of wind farm projects.
Continue readingSopogy to develop solar thermal energy plant in Thailand
Sopogy has signed a MoU with a Thai company to develop a six-megawatt concentrated solar power plant in southern Thailand.
Continue readingAcciona and Navantia join forces in offshore wind energy in Spain
The president of Acciona Energy, Carmen Becerril, and the CEO of Navantia, Luis Cacho, signed a co-operation agreement in the field of offshore wind power.
Continue readingTen Transit Connect Electric Vans Join New York City Fleet
The thrust for adoption of EV technology is growing rapidly worldwide and Mayor Bloomberg’s ‘Drive Electric NYC’ educational program will help sustain that momentum by providing facts about electric vehicles.
Continue readingDaimler and Bosch sign agreements for electric vehicles JV
Like lithium-ion batteries, electric motors are key components for our electric vehicles. It is extremely important that competence in this field is maintained in Germany.
Continue readingGE To Provide Wind Turbines For First Wind Farm In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Cong Ly Company also has plans for a second phase of the project, which would add up to 120 megawatts of wind power to help resolve the country’s chronic power shortages.
Continue readingEnel Green Power Starts Operating A New Wind Energy Plant in France
Enel Green Power increased its wind power in France with the 10 MW Moulin à Vent wind farm, located in the Champagne Ardenne region. The new wind turbines plant increases EGP?s installed capacity in France to 148 MW.
Continue readingAmerican Wind Capital Acquires Wind Farm in California
AWCC also announced a minority investment in Grant County Wind, a 20 MW wind project in Minnesota in which AWCC partnered with Olympus Power.
Continue readingEnergy policy tops list of needs at wind energy manufacturing conference
The most important U.S. policy encouraging wind power, the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC), will expire at the end of 2012.
Continue readingIsolux Corsán Reorganises Its Concessions Business
Photovoltaic solar power. The Group ranks as a leader in the solar PV power-generation market. It has 42 PV solar power plants in operation with an installed capacity of 168 MW.
Continue readingChallenges and Opportunities in U.S. Wind Energy Market
Despite challenges, wind turbines manufacturers continue to localize production domestically, while the cost of wind power is facing downward pressure.
Continue readingChina wind energy companies breaking into foreign wind farm markets
China Longyuan Power Group Corp (CLPG), the world’s third-largest wind farm operator by installed wind turbines capacity, took its first step overseas by acquiring the rights to develop a 100 MW wind power project.
Continue readingShare of renewable energy continues to grow
Globally, nearly 80 GW of renewable power capacity was added in 2009, including 31 GW of hydro and 48 GW of non-hydro capacity.
Continue readingSiemens Wins 20 MW Idaho Solar Energy Project
Siemens has been a leader in the development, operation and maintenance of the majority of the world’s largest solar power photovoltaic plants and solar PV projects.
Continue readingNordex USA completes corporation?s largest wind energy project
60 N90/2500 wind turbines commissioned in Colorado for a wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy drives global renewable energy growth
Trends for wind power include continued offshore wind farm development, community-based wind turbines projects and distributed, small-scale grid-connected wind turbines and the development of wind farm projects.
Continue readingAquentium Solar Seeks JV Partners in Europe for Solar Energy Projects
If a concentrated solar power system was built that was a hundred mile by hundred mile square in size out in the Southwest (United States), either strategy would be more than enough to meet the entire energy demand.
Continue readingDominican Republic Promotes Wind Energy with Support from IDB
$78.3 million in loans for two wind power projects with wind turbines of Gamesa and Vestas.
Continue readingColombia promotes geothermal energy with IDB support
The IDB?s Energy Division is currently carrying out GEF-funded projects in nine countries in Latin America involving solar power, wind energy and hydro power, biogas, methane recovery and energy efficiency.
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