Once completed, the overall wind energy installed on the island by Enel Green Power will rise to over 250 MW.
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China to invest big in offshore wind energy
China plans to increase the combined installed capacity of its offshore wind farm sector to 5 gigawatts by 2015 and 30 gigawatts by 2020.
Continue readingDelivering Solar Energy to Bulgaria
Bulgaria is on the verge of becoming the world’s leading solar power producer with large international solar energy projects and significant solar potential equal to that of Northern Spain and exceeding Germany by 10 ? 15%.
Continue readingGE Software Powers Research on Efficient Wind Energy Production
GE today announced that it is working with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to investigate ways to improve wind farm productivity and efficiency.
Continue readingWind energy in Canada – Wind farm completed
Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES Canada) completed the 99 MW Greenwich Wind Power Project, located on the northern shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, with 43 Siemens wind turbines.
Continue readingU.S. wind energy – more than 8,400 MW of wind power under construction.
Element Power completes construction of 50 MW wind farm in New Mexico
Construction of the wind energy project, located in Luna County on about 2000 acres of ranchland, started in January 2011 and the wind farm includes 28 units of Vestas V100-1.8MW wind turbines.
Continue readingPanel approves Auwahi wind farm
The Maui Planning Commission unanimously approved permits Tuesday for Auwahi Wind Energy to build and operate eight 428-foot-tall wind turbines on Ulupalakua Ranch land.
Continue readingBoralex and Gaz Metro line up financing for Quebec wind energy project
The wind power project is expected to house 126 wind turbines by December 2013 and have 20-year purchase agreements with Hydro-Quebec.
Continue readingRepower to supply turbines for 150 MW wind farm in Canada
German wind turbine producer Repower Systems, a unit of Indian Suzlon Energy, has agreed to deliver wind turbines for a 150 MW wind farm in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Continue readingSiemens Secures Orders for Wind Turbines in America
Siemens received a 100 MW wind energy project contract in Puerto Rico during October 2011. The company secured five wind power supply orders for wind turbines.
Continue readingAlstom to invest in French offshore wind energy
Alstom is planning to establish up to two sites dedicated to the production of components and to the assembly of 6 MW offshore wind turbines in the port areas of Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) and Cherbourg (Manche).
Continue readingCyclone Power Technologies Delivers Plans for Solar Engine to Renovalia Energy
Cyclone expects that the engine can help reduce the costs of installation and operation of solar power plants dramatically due to its compact size, low weight and high efficiencies.
Continue readingCalifornia hits renewable energy milestone: 1 gigawatt of solar energy
California has hit a major renewable energy milestone: 1 gigawatt — or 1,000 megawatts — of solar power has been installed on rooftops throughout the state.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas announces a change of the organisation
Vestas generated revenue of EUR 3,798m in the first nine months of 2011, which was in line with the year-earlier period. EBIT declined by EUR 136m to EUR (84)m.
Continue readingGreater Consolidation for the Wind Energy Market with Fewer but Stronger Participants
Wind energy will remain a significant contributor to the EU member states? energy portfolio, as they attempt to achieve the EU 2020 target. Germany, Spain and France continue to install more wind turbines.
Continue readingUAE hit by excess energy use
?It is a highly innovative concentrated solar thermal plant with salt storage,? he said, adding that he has just visited that project.
Continue readingChina Concentrating Solar Power Summit Will Be Held in Beijing in December
China have been planning their own concentrated solar thermal power generation projects, which leads to China Concentrating Solar Power Summit in Beijing on December 5th.
Continue readingCommissioner stresses importance of ?binding targets? for renewables
The EU Commissioner for Climate Change emphasised the role of targets in boosting investments in renewable energy (solar power, wind energy) at an EWEA event last night.
Continue readingEU wind power makes step to a 30% EU emissions cut possible
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published a new report revealing that by 2020, the EU wind farm industry would avoid 342 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 31% of the EU’s target of reducing emissions.
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