Ontario’s steel industry is also benefiting from the growing clean energy economy as made-in-Ontario steel is used to build wind turbines for projects like this.
Continue readingWisconsin Conservation Farmer of the Year Harvests Wind Energy
Since the Endurance wind turbine became operational in the fall, it has produced more than 14,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, which is enough to supply the energy needs of two households for one year.
Continue readingOrissa Wind Energy Potential Estimated to be 900 MW
The present cost of installation of wind power projects is about Rs 4.67 crore per MW and the State offers a tariff of Rs 5.31p per wind of power.
Continue readingChina Sun Group Signs Contract for Lithium Iron Phosphate (LIP) of 470 Tons with Sai Er New Energy
Also Provides Update to Previously Announced Contract with Huanyu Power Source.
Continue readingAzure Dynamics and Ford of Canada Name FleetWise EV300 As Transit Connect Electric LEAD Customer
Six Ontario fleets to take delivery of a total of 12 Ford Transit Connect Electric commercial vans with goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and smog-causing pollutants in the Greater Toronto Area by 2012
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Technologies Announces Capital Raise of $30 Million
The Company anticipates that the capital raised in this registered direct placement will be used for acquisitions and expansion of the Company’s battery manufacturing facility.
Continue readingFossil fuels future: feast or fantasy?
If you caught Clifford Krauss?s very optimistic report in the New York Times on the growth in global fossil fuels supplies, don?t miss the rebuttal by J. David Hughes in Renewable Energy World.
Continue readingNew Wind Farm goes into Operations in Bulgaria
Wind turbines were supplied by Suzlon Wind Energy A/S of Aarhus, Denmark. The wind power plant named ?Kardam? has a total capacity of 12.6 MW, consists of 6 wind turbines.
Continue readingAustralia’s Installed Wind Energy Capacity Could Reach 7 Gigawatts by 2014
By the end of 2009, more than 1% of Australia’s electricity demand was provided by wind power. Most of the country’s wind farms exist in South Australia and Victoria, producing a combined installed capacity nearing 2 GW.
Continue readingREpower and Energiekontor UK sign contracts for 21 wind turbines
REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703), and UK based wind energy company Energiekontor UK Construction Ltd, signed two contracts.
Continue readingPhilippines wind energy gold rush
A study made by the US Department of Energy-National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows that the Philippines’ wind power potential could provide up to 76 GW.
Continue readingMercedes-Benz plugs into Toronto hydro to launch the first consumer electric vehicles project in Canada
As one of the first production electric vehicles available in the country, the technologically advanced smart fortwo electric drive will play an integral role in this pilot project.
Continue readingFunding to help solve solar energy puzzle
CSIRO has welcomed the award of a $5.65 million grant from the Australian Solar Institute towards three major solar research projects worth a total of $16 million.
Continue readingGerman President Wulff visits Siemens solar receiver production plant in Israel
On November 29, on the occasion of a trip to Israel, German President Christian Wulff visited the Siemens solar thermal production plant in Bet Shemesh, Israel, approximately 20 kilometers west of Jerusalem.
Continue readingSiemens receives second order for direct drive wind turbines in the U.S.
Siemens Energy will supply 15 of its SWT-3.0-101 direct drive wind turbines for Minnesota Power?s Bison 1 wind power plant near Center, North Dakota.
Continue readingFilasa International to construct wind energy plants of 1.6 GW in Ukraine by 2017
The company said that the cost of the construction of one megawatt of a wind power plant is about EUR 1.5 million. Thus, the total cost of Filasa International’s wind energy projects in Ukraine is EUR 2.4 billion.
Continue readingDuke completes 51-megawatt wind farm in Colorado
Kit Carson consists of 34 General Electric wind turbines capable of producing 1.5 megawatts (MW) each, for a total of 51 MW.
Continue readingWind energy plants near Bogdanci in south Macedonia
KfW is the biggest financier of projects with hydro potential in the Balkans and the biggest financier of projects on wind energy worldwide.
Continue readingMore wind energy on the grid in Nova Scotia
The Digby Neck Wind Farm will have 20 wind turbines with a total capacity of 30 megawatts (MW), producing enough electricity to power approximately 10,000 homes.
Continue readingVestas Selects Broadwind Towers for Glacier Hills Wind Power Project
Broadwind Energy, Inc. (BWEN) today announced that its Tower Tech Systems subsidiary was selected as the supplier of wind towers for the Glacier Hills Wind farm project.
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