With their successful and creative use of wind energy, Texas’ CPS Energy and Denton Municipal Electric beat out 15 other nominees to win the 2011 Public Power Award last week.
Continue readingWind energy and radar-sensitive locations
Radar-friendly wind turbines: An estimated 20 gigawatts of worldwide wind farm capacity is blocked by radar interference concerns, Vestas Technology R&D testing validates an efficient solution for wind power.
Continue readingWind energy is not expensive
In the end, wind power looks more and more like a bargain for America’s economy.
Continue readingAreva, Iberdrola partner in French offshore wind energy
Areva will be sole supplier of the wind turbines that will equip the offshore power plants to be developed by Iberdrola in France.
Continue readingElectric car bill an investment in the future
The electric cars Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are slowly merging onto the nation’s roadways, but electric vehicles need a boost to get up to economic speed.
Continue readingFedEx Adds Electric Vehicles
Doubling all-electric fleet, adding hybrid-electric vehicles, piloting low-weight composite vehicles, and upgrading thousands of conventional vehicles to more fuel-efficient, lower- emitting choices.
Continue readingVoltAir shows off electricity powered plane concept
EADS is looking to release an entirely electricity powered plane by the year 2035. The plane, which has been dubbed the VoltAir, was shown off at the Paris Air Show, which took place last week.
Continue readingGujarat to host Asia’s largest solar power plant in two years
Gujarat would house the largest solar energy park in Asia in two years, with a power production capacity of 500 MW.
Continue readingIFC Helps Expand Solar Energy Infrastructure in India’s Rajasthan State
The state has assigned top priority to stepping up private investment in solar power and has already taken several steps in this direction.
Continue readingNational Solar Power Announces Finalists Competing for World?s Largest Solar Energy Farm
A market leader in utility scale solar power solutions, National Solar Power is uniquely positioned within the marketplace to offer cost effective solar energy solutions on the utility scale.
Continue readingEDF Canada To Begin Wind Energy Project Construction
EDF EN Canada has obtained authorization from the government of Quebec to construct the 80 MW Saint-Robert-Bellarmin wind farm with 40 wind turbines.
Continue readingNew Wind Farm to Serve Colorado Customers
The additional purchase of wind power will give Xcel Energy in Colorado a total of 1,943 megawatts of wind energy generation on its system.
Continue readingAlaska’s Largest Wind Energy Project Approved
A utility is going forward with plans for what could become Alaska’s largest wind farm. The Golden Valley Electric Association has studied the issue for years and now is officially in the wind power business.
Continue readingGood News About Coal
While wind turbines, solar cells, and solar thermal systems will all need repair and occasional replacement, investing in these new energy sources means investing in energy systems that can last forever.
Continue readingKruger Energy New Wind Farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Kruger Energy, a leading Canadian producer of wind energy, celebrated today the official opening of the Kruger Energy Chatham (KEC) Wind Farm in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
Continue readingCanada Invests in Wind Power in Southern Ontario
With the official opening of a new wind farm in Chatham today and an investment from the Government of Canada, Ontario’s wind energy industry is continuing to grow.
Continue readingXcel agrees to buy power from wind farm
The Limon Wind Energy Center will have 125 wind turbines in Lincoln and Elbert counties near Limon. Xcel was able to “capture the benefits of lower wind power costs.”
Continue readingWind energy gets a 7.5 million boost in four US states
The US Government hopes to have a better design in terms of energy input and energy output by the time the US expands its deployment of advanced wind turbines and wind farm for offshore wind power in the US.
Continue readingFacebook drive to reach 45% by 2030
45% by 2030 is a new initiative to achieve a 45% binding target for renewable energy in the EU by 2030 ? the only way that we will avoid the most serious effects of climate change in the not-too-distant future.
Continue readingSGS Opens SGS Wind Energy Technology Center (WETC) in Tianjin, China
Providing a clean and safe energy source, wind power is expected to replace nuclear energy in China as the most substantial of energy sources.
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