Whilst investment is still rife, IKEA recently purchased 30 of Vestas 30 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines, cutting costs is still top of everyone?s agenda.
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Gamesa signs first UK wind energy supply deal with RES
Gamesa will supply 12 G52-850 kW wind turbines for Meikle Carewe wind power and service the wind farm for 10 years.
Continue readingUS debate over extending PTC continues to create wind power uncertainty
The American Wind Energy Association has said that a recent study by Navigant Consulting found that extending the PTC would allow the wind turbines sector to grow to 100,000 jobs in just four years.
Continue readingFinavera Wind Energy Receives Construction Permit for Tumbler Ridge Wind Farm
Finavera Wind Energy has received a General Area Licence of Occupation (the “Licence”) for the 47 megawatt Tumbler Ridge Wind Power Project located in northeastern British Columbia.
Continue readingGamesa plans to take wind energy to Maldives, Myanmar
Gamesa India, the Chennai-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Spain?s Gamesa Group, is now expanding its wind power business to Maldives and Myanmar.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Wind Power Forms Partnership with Reliance
Co-develop 2,500MW Wind Energy Projects in India, Expand into South Asia Region.
Continue readingWindreich AG and Swisspower Renewables AG will co-operate in two wind turbines projects
Daimler AG took over the first of eight wind-power stations in May of 2012 when that wind farm was opened.
Continue readingSolaria and ENARSA signed agreement to develop photovoltaics solar energy projects in Argentina
Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente S.A., solar energy company present along the photovoltaic value chain, has signed a collaboration agreement to develop photovoltaic projects in Argentina.
Continue readingWind energy in Indonesia: Another wind farm
Consisting of 16 to 33 wind turbines, the capacity of the wind power farm will be 50 megawatts.
Continue readingGoldwind’s Wind Farm Approved for Australian Grid
The wind turbines will be located at Goldwind’s Gullen Range Wind Farm. This is the first wind power project in Australia to host Goldwind’s cutting edge 2.5MW Permanent Magnet Direct Drive (PMDD) wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy in Panama: region’s largest wind farm
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli on Tuesday inaugurated the construction of what will be the largest wind farm in Central America, both in wind power generated and for the wind energy produced.
Continue readingNo show stoppers for concentrating solar power
A recently published study confirms that concentrated solar thermal power is largely unrestricted by materials availability.
Continue readingJapan’s first offshore wind farm to start in January
The environment ministry has estimated Japan has the potential to eventually build a huge 1,600 gigawatts of offshore wind power capacity.
Continue readingChina to Build New Solar Energy Plant in Chile
Commercial concentrated solar power plants were first developed in the 1980s. The 354 MW Concentrating Solar Power Generating System installation is the largest solar power plant in the world.
Continue readingAlstom wins wind energy contract to supply wind turbines for a 21 MW wind farm in Finland
Alstom has secured the first Nordic wind power order for its wind turbines by signing a contract with TuuliMuukko Oy for the Muukko wind farm near Lappeenranta in Eastern Finland.
Continue readingNordex awarded 57.5 MW wind energy project extension in Norway
The wind power manufacturer has now signed the second wind farm contract with Norwegian Midtfjellet Vindkraft AS (MVAS), owned by Østfold Energi AS, EB Kraftproduksjon, Fitjar Kraftlag SA and Vardar AS.
Continue readingSalazar Announces Onshore, Offshore Wind Power Milestones
3,000 megawatt Wyoming wind farm and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area take key steps forward.
Continue readingRotor diameter is key for offshore wind turbines
There?s an offshore wind energy market kicking off and in order to make that market reasonably competitive bigger wind turbines are needed.
Continue readingThailand, Japan Jointly Explore Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Under the joint programme, 10-kilowatt solar power generating cells of five different technologies have been installed at the Sirindhorn Science Home in Bangkok’s suburban Prathum Thani province.
Continue readingJapan to become No. 2 photovoltaic solar energy market
Japan is poised to overtake Germany and Italy to become the world’s second-biggest market for solar power.
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