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Vestas Launches One-of-a-Kind Marketing Campaign to Promote Direct Investment in Wind Power
Vestas Launches One-of-a-Kind Marketing Campaign Asking 600 Top Executives at Global Brands to Promote Direct Investment in Wind Energy.
Continue readingEgypt to launch tender for $500m wind energy
Hassan Yunis has announced that the country will launch a tender offer for a series of wind power farms to be installed on the Gulf of Suez, aimed at producing 200 megawatts.
Continue readingKenyan Kinangop Wind Park plans 61 MW wind farm
Kenyan firm Kinangop Wind Park Ltd plans to generate 60.8 megawatts (MW) of wind energy for the national grid by harnessing renewable wind power.
Continue readingSolar Millennium in negotiations on Ibersol
Solar Millennium is working hard on a new financing and ownership structure of the concentrating solar power project, aiming at a timely completion of the spanish concentrated solar thermal plant by the end of 2013.
Continue readingSolar energy plant completed In Ukraine
The solar power photovoltaic plant was developed as part of Ukraine?s national Natural Energy project.
Continue readingSolar Energy Affordability Drives Adoption in California; 1GW Installed
More than one gigawatt (GW) of rooftop solar power photovoltaic capacity has been installed in California, according to a recent report from the Environment California Research & Policy Center.
Continue readingWind power now contribute about 3% of the total U.S. electricity
In 2010, the U.S. wind turbines industry installed 5,115 MW of generating capacity, increasing the country?s installed wind farm capacity by 15%, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
Continue readingVestas receives two wind energy orders totaling 139 MW in USA
Vestas has received wind power orders for 77 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines from First Wind for two wind farm projects in the USA.
Continue readingNYT mischaracterizes wind energy in renewable subsidies story
Wind power is different. The loan guarantee program mentioned in the story didn’t even apply to over 99% of wind farm projects. And wind turbines generated electricity is an especially good deal right now.
Continue readingPromoting the use of solar energy: European Solar Days to take place May 1st to 13th, 2012
European Solar Days features a series of events to promote the use of solar power. The organizations estimate 2011 Solar Days events drew more than 500,000 participants to more than 8,000 events in 19 nations.
Continue readingMasdar set to launch Seychelles wind farm by end-2011
Under the wind energy deal, an initial target of 18 megawatts of electricity generated from wind power is envisaged, which could initially supply at least 10-15 percent of Mahé Island?s total energy demand.
Continue readingMassive Hydro Wind Energy Project In Morocco
The total cost of the hybrid wind farm and hydropower project will be $2.16 billion.
Continue readingIndonesia has the potential to become the world’s biggest geothermal energy leader
Indonesia’s geothermal energy is literally bursting from the ground, with the world’s highest number of volcanic hot spots.
Continue readingWind energy costs, onshore and offshore
The German Wind Energy Association mentions investment costs for offshore wind power far from the coast as 4.3 million euro/MW (5.8 million USD/ MW) compared to 1.4 million euro/MW (1.9 million USD/MW) onshore.
Continue readingFinancial Cost of Wind Power in Seven Countries
In 2009, the European Union added 10,163 MW of new wind farm capacity while the United States added 9,994 MW.
Continue readingWIU Students Tour Wind Farm in Brown County
Some Western Illinois University students recently had the opportunity to tour a new wind turbines in Brown County, thanks to the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) Wind Energy Program.
Continue readingPakistan sets out ambitious target of 9700 MW
The government has initiated an extensive wind energy programme to meet the increasing power demand and to introduce renewable energy technologies in the country.
Continue readingTucson Electric opens wind farm in New Mexico
The southern Arizona utility now has its very first wind energy resource capable of providing power for 14,000 homes with the 50-megawatt Macho Springs Wind Farm in Deming.
Continue readingGoldwind’s first wind power project in Australia
Mortons Lane is Goldwind’s first wind power project in Australia. The wind turbines will be located at Mortons Lane Wind Farm in Victoria’s western district.
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