The wind farm will be using Enercon`s 800 kW Gearless E53 wind turbines designed for medium to low wind power speed sites.
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Growth in Distributed Solar Energy Generation
Solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, concentrated solar power (CSP), solar water heating systems, and biofuels grew at rates ranging from around 15% to nearly 50% annually.
Continue readingNordex to supply wind turbines to Bavaria’s largest wind farm
German wind power manufacturer Nordex will supply 10 of its N117/2400 wind turbines for the Zöschingen wind energy plant, which upon its completion later this year
Continue readingChina to become top photovoltaic solar energy market in 2012
China’s domestic demand for photovoltaic solar power is expected to nudge 5GW by the end of 2012, jumping over Germany and Italy to become the world’s number one.
Continue readingWind energy and solar power in India
This comprises of 7112 MW wind power, 965 MW small hydro power, 1414 MW bio-power and 940 MW solar energy (concentrated solar power).
Continue readingMulti-megawatt wind turbines successfully launched in the Far East wind farm market
China was the world’s largest wind energy market in 2011, accounting for around 40% of international new wind power installations.
Continue readingCape Wind selects construction contractor for offshore wind power plnat
Cape Wind is America?s first offshore wind farm to secure Federal and State approval with Siemens’ wind turbines.
Continue readingAcciona Windpower enters Brazil with a 120 MW wind energy contract for major utility CPFL
Acciona is present in the wind power and concentrated solar power, in addition to manufacturing wind turbines and is a great promoter of wind farm.
Continue readingWind power in Uruguay: SANJOSE will develop a wind farm of 40 MW
The wind energy plant in the country department of Maldonado, consisting of 14 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 3MW each.
Continue readingFrance to build 2 GW of offshore wind power as costs of nuclear exposed
The decision by the French government to award tenders to build offshore wind energy farms to produce 2 GW of energy suggests that wind turbines is high up the Elysée?s list of alternatives to nuclear.
Continue readingEU wind power industry: 520,000 employed by 2020
More than half a million people will be working for the wind energy industry in Europe by 2020.
Continue readingWind power: PTC extension ‘important to nation, Colorado’
Denver Post editorial writer Alicia Caldwell underlined the newspaper’s previous support for an extension of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) yesterday with a brief commentary on “The Spot”.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power industry meets in Madrid to talk about optimisation
Madrid is ready to hold the only techno-economic event focused in Concentrated Solar Power; the 2nd CSP Optimisation Summit, 5-6 June, with more than 150 solar thermal experts set to attend.
Continue readingNew prize fund from UK government for marine energy
The UK government has funded a prize intended to encourage Britain’s first full-scale wave energy projects.
Continue readingWind power: Calls for PTC extension
As the end-of-year expiration of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) inches closer, calls for its extension–as soon as possible, to prevent job loss in a growing industry–are growing louder.
Continue readingCennergi selects Suzlon wind turbines for wind farm project bid in South Africa
Suzlon Group has been selected as the preferred supplier by Cennergi for a 138MW wind energy project currently under development in South Africa.
Continue readingNorthern Power Systems Is Named Ex-Im Bank Renewable-Energy Exporter of the Year
NPS exports its NPS 100 wind turbines for installation into European Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) wind-farm plants and into hybrid power applications, where wind energy offsets expensive diesel-generated electricity.
Continue readingGamesa picks Telvent to protect wind turbines from lightning
Telvent’s MxVision WeatherSentry Online Wind Energy Edition warns Gamesa’s wind farm operators when lightning strikes are detected within a predefined radius.
Continue readingWind energy in Ethiopia: 54 wind turbines from Spain
Wind turbines of the first wind farm in Ethiopia and are being assembled. The wind power generators were exported from Vigo.
Continue readingShear Wind Energy: Environmental Approval on Alberta Wind Farm of 100 MW
Founded in 2005, Shear Wind is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is engaged in the exploration and development of renewable wind power properties in Canada.
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