Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced that it will purchase from Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) Green-e® Energy Certified power sourced from wind farm facilities in Texas.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa showcases its G11X-5.0 MW offshore wind turbines
The Gamesa G128-5.0 MW offshore wind turbines, for which the first prototypes are scheduled for completion in 4Q12, leverages the proven wind power technology validated by Gamesa in recent years in its G10X-4.5 MW.
Continue readingAvista Selects First Wind’s Palouse Wind Turbines Project for PPA
Palouse Wind, a wind farm permitted and being developed by First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, will provide Avista with approximately 40 average megawatts of renewable energy.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Energy Hotspots
Identification of the top five geographical wind power markets by total revenue and growth, including single-year market values and compound annual growth rates (CAGR), country statistics, and leading players.
Continue readingSoftbank Promotes Renewable Energy in Korea
Masayoshi Son, Softbank Corp. president, met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on June 20 to discuss the promotion of renewable energy such as solar energy and wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy project in Jordan
Eight shortlisted international firms are to submit bids in July for the planned Fujeij wind power project — a 90-megawatt (MW) wind farm slated for the southern region.
Continue readingSiemens and Statkraft sign wind energy order for 253 wind turbines
Siemens Energy has signed a wind power framework agreement for up to 253 wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 580 MW for onshore wind farm plants in Sweden.
Continue readingWind energy industry sets out its contribution to EU energy up to 2050
By 2030 EWEA expects 400 GW of wind power to be operating in the EU providing 28.5% of EU electricity depending on demand. 250 GW would be onshore wind farm and 150 GW offshore wind farm.
Continue readingEntech® Solar Successfully Completes Certification Testing of Its Latest Daylighting Product
Entech Solar, Inc. is a leading developer of innovative, patented solar technologies, including concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems for both ground and space power applications.
Continue readingCycle Ranch wind energy project in Floresville, Texas
US Concentrated Solar Power Industry Receives its Biggest Boost Yet by DoE.
Continue readingWater needs may limit shale gas, wind energy save water
An article in the British newspaper The Guardian, reprinted in SolveClimate News, discusses the WPI report in some detail, but oddly fails to mention that wind power requires virtually no water.
Continue readingNTPC to set up wind energy project in Karnataka
State-run National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC) will set up a 100 MW wind power project in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. The wind farm to be set up Guledagudda of Bagalkot district will be NTPC’s second.
Continue readingCoulomb Technologies? ChargePoint Network for Electric Vehicles Expands Into New Mexico
Albuquerque Becomes the First City to Provide Electric Car Charging Services with Installation of Two Charging Stations.
Continue readingSpending on Charging Stations for Electric Cars to Approach $13 Billion in 2016
ABI Research projects a strong future for the development of charging infrastructures for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingSolar Energy Markets in the U.S: big, booming, and oh so bright
The report includes 2010 installation data for solar electric photovoltaic (PV), solar thermal heating and cooling and concentrating solar power technologies.
Continue readingNailed: The Onion reveals wind energy industry plot to change Earth’s orbit
With characteristic bravado, America’s foremost news source, The Onion, blew the whistle yesterday on a nefarious wind power industry plot to destabilize the Earth’s orbit by building “thousands of propellers”.
Continue readingChina Wind Power Generates 81 GWh of Electricity in Fiscal 2011
China Wind Power International Corp. is an Ontario company that is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for wind energy in China.
Continue readingNext thing in wind energy: stealth wind turbines
Wind turbines that do not interfere with radar systems used by aircraft may soon become a commercially viable option for the wind power industry, Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas said
Continue readingABB provides grid connection to Whitelee Wind Farm
ABB has announced that it is providing a low-loss power grid connection for a 271 megawatt extension of the Whitelee Wind Energy plant in Scotland, an onshore wind farm in Europe.
Continue readingSky Power Solutions Declares Energy Independence Day on the 4th of July
The Sky Power Solutions system can easily be installed taking less than one third of the space of conventional Solar panels. The entry level price point for a Sky Power Solutions’ Concentrated Solar Energy.
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