Seventy-two wind turbines of Siemens’ G4 product platform to deliver a total electrical generating capacity of 288 megawatts. Pioneering joint service plan with the neighboring DanTysk wind power project. Specialized shared servicing ship will enable highly efficient operation. Vattenfall has awarded Siemens Energy an order for 72 Model SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines for its new Sandbank … Continue reading Siemens Receives Order for Wind Turbines and Servicing for Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm
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Annual Sales of Electric Vehicles in North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific Will Reach 1.8 Million by 2023
Asia Pacific will surpass North America as the largest market for plug-in electric cars by 2018, report concludes. While plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are now available in all U.S. states, most Canadian provinces and territories, and in every Western European country, they are not readily accessible in the Asia Pacific region. That will change over … Continue reading Annual Sales of Electric Vehicles in North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific Will Reach 1.8 Million by 2023
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Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in northern Kenya
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka and Elizabeth Littlefield, president and CEO of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp., signed on Friday a letter of intent to finance the 310-megawatt Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in northern Kenya. Investors hope the project will help address a power supply shortfall in the country, which experiences frequent outages … Continue reading Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in northern Kenya
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The new Moventas Exceed high torque density 3 MW gearbox to be piloted by Acciona Windpower
Acciona Windpower has agreed with Moventas on prototype as well as serial deliveries of a 3 MW wind gearbox product based on Moventas’s new Exceed series of high torque density gearboxes. Acciona Windpower has agreed with Moventas on prototype as well as serial deliveries of a 3 MW wind gearbox product based on Moventas’s new … Continue reading The new Moventas Exceed high torque density 3 MW gearbox to be piloted by Acciona Windpower
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200,000 Kenyans to benefit from wind power project
More than 200,000 Kenyans living in marginalized areas far from the national electricity grid are set to benefit with cheap wind power generated electricity in four years’ time. This is courtesy of the wind for prosperity project initiated by the Danish government that will target 13 marginalized areas. About 68 percent of Kenyans still do … Continue reading 200,000 Kenyans to benefit from wind power project
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Wind turbines at one of Africa’s largest wind power plant in Morocco went on line
The first 44 of 131 wind turbines at one of Africa’s largest wind farms in Tarfaya, southwest Morocco, went on line. The wind power project is a step in the plan for the country to generate 42 percent of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2020. A total of 88 wind turbines have so … Continue reading Wind turbines at one of Africa’s largest wind power plant in Morocco went on line
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Iran to inaugurate new wind farm
The new wind farm in Iran will be inaugurated in the northern Takestan region on August 11. The wind farm will have the capacity to generate 20 megawatts of electricity, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported on August 10. Iran plans to generate 5,000 megawatts of electricity using renewable sources of energy for five years. Power … Continue reading Iran to inaugurate new wind farm
Continue readingVattenfall Continues to Invest in Offshore Wind Energy in Germany
Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (Munich City Utilities, SWM) have decided to jointly invest about 11 billion Swedish kronor (1.2 billion Euro) in a second joint offshore wind farm off the German North Sea coast. The offshore wind project Sandbank will include 72 units of 4 MW wind turbines (totaling 288 MW) and is expected to … Continue reading Vattenfall Continues to Invest in Offshore Wind Energy in Germany
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Saudi Arabia offers one of world’s lowest solar power costs
Solar power costs have fallen dramatically over the last five years, thanks to lower module prices, lower balance of system costs, and increased competition at the development and EPC level. Financing costs have also decreased as investors recognize the low-risk profile of solar assets. As a result, solar power is now cheaper than most alternative … Continue reading Saudi Arabia offers one of world’s lowest solar power costs
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Large scale grid integration of solar energy with photovoltaic and concentrated solar power
On Sunday, July 7th, 2013, a day of unbroken sunshine and low demand, solar PV generated approximately 200 gWh of power, over 20% of Germany’s total electricity production for the day. (I’m indebted to CleanTechnica for the bar graphs): And because peak sunshine and peak demand are more or less coincident on summer Sundays in … Continue reading Large scale grid integration of solar energy with photovoltaic and concentrated solar power
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Solar Energy in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has adopted a new feed-in tariff last month. The EBRD has worked with the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies and the Ministry of Environmental Protection to help develop various aspects of the new legislation. The tariff is set at 34,61 tenge/kWh (approx. 14 eurocents), and will be fully indexed/adjusted for inflation annually. The … Continue reading Solar Energy in Kazakhstan
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The State of the Global Wind Energy Industry
Driven by policy uncertainty in the United States and the lingering effects of the 2008 financial crash in Europe, the wind power industry declined 20% year on year, in terms of new capacity installations, in 2013, compared to market growth of 18.6% in 2012. It was the first time in 8 years that the industry … Continue reading The State of the Global Wind Energy Industry
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Largest wind farm project in the U.S.
What could become the largest wind energy project in the U.S. has received approval from Wyoming regulators but still awaits completion of federal environmental reviews. The Industrial Siting Council voted 7-0 Wednesday to approve Power Company of Wyoming’s proposal to build up to 1,000 wind turbines in Carbon County in south-central Wyoming. Siting council chairman … Continue reading Largest wind farm project in the U.S.
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Eletrosul to expand Brazilian wind power
Last month, Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA announced it won an order to supply 24 wind turbines capable of generating 48 megawatts to Cerro Chato. The turbines are scheduled for delivery this year. Eletrosul Centrais Eletricas SA, a Brazilian state-run power company, will add 48 megawatts of capacity to its Cerro Chato wind farm at a … Continue reading Eletrosul to expand Brazilian wind power
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India has set a target of achieving wind energy installed capacity of 27,300 MW by 2017
India has set a target of achieving overall wind energy installed capacity of 27,300 MW by 2017 and 38,500 MW by 2022. As per NOVONOUS estimates, this creates an US$ 31.25 billion opportunity in the wind energy market in India till 2022. The wind energy market in India has been growing since the last many … Continue reading India has set a target of achieving wind energy installed capacity of 27,300 MW by 2017
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Atlantic City offshore wind farm is $47M closer to realization
The U.S. Department of Energy has promised up to $47 million to a Chinese backed windmill project that has already been rejected twice by New Jersey regulators, but Tuesday the $200 million Atlantic City offshore project moves one step closer to realization. And with a shake of the hand and click of an iPad the … Continue reading Atlantic City offshore wind farm is $47M closer to realization
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China adds 3.32 GW of photovoltaic (PV) solar power capacity in H1
China’s new photovoltaic (PV) grid capacity stood at 3.32 gigawatts (GW) in the first half of 2014, more than the total amount of new capacity installed in 2013. Of the new capacity, 2.33 GW came from solar power stations and 0.99 GW from distributed solar projects, according to the National Energy Administration. China has been … Continue reading China adds 3.32 GW of photovoltaic (PV) solar power capacity in H1
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Mitsubishi and Nissan created an electric car
When electric cars first made their mainstream debut, the cheapest one you could buy in the US was the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, which before rebates came in at about $29,000. Four years later though, Mitsubishi and Nissan are teaming up to build an EV that costs half that amount before any tax rebates, reports the … Continue reading Mitsubishi and Nissan created an electric car
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U.S. Gov’t Loans $64.5M for Gamesa wind turbines in Uruguay
Gamesa, one of the world’s largest wind energy companies, has announced that it has installed a total of 30 GW worth of wind power. The Export-Import Bank of the United States is giving a $64.5 million direct loan to a company in Uruguay for the purchase of wind turbines made by a Spanish company Gamesa … Continue reading U.S. Gov’t Loans $64.5M for Gamesa wind turbines in Uruguay
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Orosí wind farm in Costa Rica
Citigroup has issued a $45.5 million line of credit for the purchase and import of 25 Gamesa wind turbines for the Orosí wind farm, located in the area of Quebrada Grande near Liberia, Guanacaste. The new wind turbines are expected to generate an additional 50 MW of power. The line of credit was provided to … Continue reading Orosí wind farm in Costa Rica
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