Wind power accounted for 21.4% of new installations in 2011, photovoltaic solar energy (46.7%) Concentrated Solar Power 472 MW (1.1%) and geothermal energy 32 MW.
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Wind energy in Poland: GDF SUEZ to build wind farm in Opolskie
The wind farm will include 17 Vestas V112-3MW wind turbines with a total wind power capacity of 51 MW.
Continue readingWindTV: Colorado rancher sees future in wind power
?Wind turbines has rapidly become a part of the landscape and economic fabric of rural communities across the U.S.,? said American Wind Energy Association CEO Denise Bode.
Continue readingWind energy in Egypt: 200 MW wind farm
Gamesa will deliver 100 wind turbines to a wind power project on the Red Sea coast.
Continue readingDuPont and Yingli Green Energy Enter $100 Million Photovoltaic Solar Energy Agreement
DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (?Yingli China?) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar power.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Wind Power opens US office
?We are very excited to set up a new R&D center on Centennial Campus in Raleigh to focus on cutting-edge technology research for our new wind turbines,? said Chuanwei Zhang.
Continue readingWind turbines pay back coal use in one month
Coal extracts far more resources from the earth than wind energy. Wind power pay back coal use in one month.
Continue readingNew Report Finds US Solar Energy Soared by 109% in 2011
Concentrated solar thermal power projects are expected to come online later in 2012 with a surge in 2013. More than 1000 MW of concentrating solar power are under construction.
Continue readingWind energy farm in Mexico gains financing
The NADB will provide a $51 million loan to developer Compania Eolica de Tamaulipas to help build the Ejido El Porvenir wind farm with 30 wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in Mexico: Chiapas first wind farm
The installation of wind turbines in Mexico is accelerating. Wind energy, confined in principle to Oaxaca, spread by other states.
Continue readingMarubeni plans wind farm near Fukushima
Since the disaster the vast bulk of nuclear plants have been shut down, forcing the country to seek alternatives, in particular renewable sources of energy like solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingRTI Selected for Wind Energy Plant Design by Siemens
RTI’s messaging software can monitor and control wind farm arrays with up to 500 wind turbines. Siemens Energy deploys wind power solutions in a wide range of environments where network services vary.
Continue readingFlowserve to supply pumps to concentrating solar thermal power project
Crescent Dunes is a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, with a molten salt power tower design.
Continue readingEU photovoltaic solar energy installations to reach 84.4 GW by 2020
The report further states that the highest average growth will be from concentrating solar power (CSP), as well as marine energy and offshore wind energy technologies.
Continue readingWind energy in Africa
While wind power currently exist predominantly in Northern Africa mostly along the Mediterranean coast, wind farm projects are now also under discussion for other areas.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power (CSP) in Europe
The concentrated solar thermal reported in the NREAPs by 2020 is 72.09 PJ in EU27, which represents 0.7 % of the renewable energy mix.
Continue readingPavlak errs on wind power integration
In a recent op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, Alex Pavlak, a professional engineer, raised questions about the cost of wind energyand how it is integrated with the power system.
Continue readingNBC4?s ?iReporter? lacks context on wind energy sound
A recent commentary on NBC4?s ?iReporter? discussed concerns about the sound of wind turbines at a wind farm in West Virginia. Wind power emits no pollution, creates no hazardous waste, and uses virtually no water.
Continue readingNADB, BECC boards approve 54 MW wind energy project in Mexico
The Board of Directors of the North American Development Bank (NADB) and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) approved certification and financing for the construction of a 54-megawatt (MW) wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy in Pakistan: FFC invests in 50 MW wind farm
Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd is poised to diversify its business with investment of $135 million to establish what it called Pakistan?s first 50-megawatt wind power project with 33 wind turbines.
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