Geronimo Wind Energy, a wind power developer, has announced that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has voted unanimously to issue both a site permit for Prairie Rose Wind Farm with 125 wind turbines.
Continue readingNew Zealand must prepare for electric vehicles
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says New Zealand needs to get a smart meter network up and running in preparation for the arrival of plug-in electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingNorth Sea Wind Farm Proves Beneficial to Local Fauna
According to scientists, offshore wind energy in the North Sea actually has a beneficial effect on the local fauna.
Continue readingIberdrola has reached 8 GW of installed renewables capacity in Europa
Iberdrola commissions its first wind farm in Cyprus, called Aghia Anna, and the Polish wind power in Bystra, with a combined 44 megawatts (MW) this month.
Continue readingWind power Suzlon wins 29.70 MW wind turbines order
Wind power manufacturer Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL) said it had won a wind farm order from the Malpani Group to set up, operate and maintain wind energy projects totaling 29.70 MW.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex still on track to achieve revenue of EUR 1 billion in 2011
In the first half of 2011, the wind turbines Nordex Group grew at a double digit rate again, with revenues rising by 15 percent to EUR 403.3 million (previous year: EUR 349.8 million).
Continue readingThe Winter of Nuclear Power
Germany makes it the age of renewables and will be ending its use of nuclear power in 10 years. By 2022, the last German nuclear power plant will be closed down.
Continue readingWind energy now generates 20 percent of Iowa’s electricity
As the nation’s eyes turn to the Hawkeye State for this weekend’s Iowa Straw Poll in the Republican presidential race, they will catch a glimpse of what wind power has already done for Iowans.
Continue readingWind Energy Gets $500 Million Loan to Build Texas Power Line
The lines will expand to 18 gigawatts the region’s transmission capacity for wind power, from 10 gigawatts now, Wayne Morton, general manager of Wind Energy Transmission Texas, said.
Continue readingEnergy Storage for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power
BrightSource announces a new system that could allow future concentrated solar energy plants to run at night.
Continue readingFord teams with SunPower for solar power for electric vehicles
Ford is teaming with solar energy SunPower to sell a solar photovoltaic system through Ford dealers in conjunction with the launch of the Focus electric car with lithium ion batteries later this year.
Continue readingThe drive to electric vehicles
A Besturn electric car made by FAW Group Corp at an auto show in Beijing. While Chinese automakers regard electric cars as an opportunity to allow them to lead the global industry, they are also very cautious.
Continue readingOffshore wind turbines installed at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has completed the installation of the final wind turbines at its wind power off the coast of northwest England, a wind farm utilising REpower’s 5M wind turbines.
Continue readingGreen Power Investment To Build Wind Energy Plant In Northern Japan
Construction on the wind power with 55 wind turbines is to begin as early as the summer of 2013.
Continue readingHybrid Electric Locomotives Will Utilize 514 MWh of Battery Capacity
Most of this capacity will be in lead acid and advanced lead acid batteries, with a portion of the market utilizing sodium metal halide and lithium ion batteries.
Continue reading80 MW Solar Energy Plant to Open in Ukraine
It is aimed at producing electric energy from the clean sources – the solar power and the wind energy- in the amount of 2,000 MW.
Continue readingMichael Bloomberg was contributing $50 million to the Sierra Club?s Beyond Coal Campaign
More than 300 new wind farm plants came online, totaling over 23,000 megawatts of wind energy generating capacity?the electricity output equivalent of 23 coal-fired power plants.
Continue readingRobert Bryce, King of the NIMBYs
Robert Bryce, of the Koch Industries- and Exxon-funded Manhattan Institute, continues firing off anti-wind energy diatribes every day or two.
Continue readingWind energy project with Vestas’ wind turbines in Colorado
The $26.5 million wind power project would feature 16 wind turbines made by Vestas plants in Pueblo and Northern Colorado.
Continue readingVestas secures 190 MW wind energy contract for Canada
Vestas secures 190 MW service-renewal wind turbines contract for Canada?s second largest wind farm. Vestas has supplied 1,021 wind turbines to Canada totaling 1,683 MW of installed wind power capacity.
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