GE Unit Invests in 183-MW Idaho Wind Energy Portfolio; State?s Largest Wind Farm Deal to Bring Jobs, Clean Energy to Idaho.
Continue readingElement Markets Enters Into Strategic Sale of Its Wind Energy Projects to International Power
Element Markets, a greenhouse gas and renewable energy developer and marketer of environmental credits, announced today that it has entered into a strategic development agreement with International Power.
Continue readingOncor Supports GM Electric Cars with Smart Meters
Electric vehicles are best recharged at night, when the supply of clean wind energy is most abundant.
Continue readingState RPS Policies Will Drive 250% Increase in Renewable Energy Generation by 2025
State renewable portfolio standards (RPS) will be the most critical driver determining the pace of U.S. renewables growth going forward, according to a new IHS Emerging Energy Research market study.
Continue readingWind Energy Factory Watch: Eagle Claw, Oklahoma By Tom Gray
Eagle Claw Fabrication, LLC, yesterday announced plans to build a 150,000-square-foot factory specifically designed for construction of wind turbine towers at the Port of Muskogee, Okla.
Continue readingWind power allows Americans to demand clean energy now
Pressure continues to mount on US lawmakers to use wind power and other renewables as a way of increasing the nation?s energy security.
Continue readingFloating Ocean Wind Turbines
Offshore wind farms have been built, but only in shallow water near coasts, and one naval architect wants to go much farther out by placing wind turbines on floating platforms.
Continue readingWelwind Energy Enters Into Negotiations for Large Scale Wind Farm in China (100 MW)
The company will be in negotiations to acquire an 80% interest in an existing 100 MW wind farm. This is an advanced phase wind power project with significant expansion potential.
Continue readingCOMSA EMTE and Gamesa join forces to bid for Catalan wind power tender
Both companies will bid for the 769 MW wind energy capacity tender being run by the regional government of Catalonia.
Continue readingUK Wind Energy Industry Welcomes Green Investment Bank Proposals
Wind power industry restates that £100bn investment can deliver 30GW of installed wind capacity by 2020. RenewableUK stresses need for continued R&D and innovation funding create to supply-chain jobs.
Continue readingNew Wind of Opportunities in the Wind Energy Sector in Europe
Europe’s pioneering and undisputed technology leadership in wind power is and has been drawing numerous investors to this region.
Continue readingXcel Energy’s first concentrating solar power thermal -coal project
Xcel Energy is now operating a first-of-its-kind demonstration of a hybrid solar-coal approach, using parabolic-trough solar technology integrated with a coal-fired power plant.
Continue readingGE To Install 4 MW Offshore Wind Turbines In Norway, Sweden
Demonstration Projects With Statoil and Lyse and Gothenburg Energy will Feature GE?s Latest Offshore, Direct Drive Wind Turbine Technology.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance and Seville City paves the way for the introduction of electric vehicles
The Renault?Nissan Alliance and Seville City Council announced a partnership that paves the way for the introduction of electric cars in 2011.
Continue readingVestas receives 250 MW wind power order for Colorado, USA
Vestas has received a wind energy order from RES Americas for 139 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for the USA.
Continue readingInterior and Energy Sign MOU to Spur Offshore Wind Power Projects
?We have a major opportunity to tap the energy in waves and offshore wind energy. Increasing cooperation between our agencies will help make clean, renewable energy a reality,” said Secretary Steven Chu.
Continue readingSouthWest NanoTechnologies Awarded Lithium-Ion Vehicle Battery Development Grant Worth $500,000
This $500,000 funding is provided to develop CNT enhanced Cathode Materials that will form the basis for the production of low-cost and highly-efficient Li-ion electric vehicle batteries.
Continue readingENTSO-E 10 Year Grid Development Plan
TYNDP marks a useful step towards a much-needed European electricity grid that interconnects national electricity systems, benefits consumers, and enables the integration of large amounts of wind energy.
Continue readingMixed news for wind power emerges from G20
The final text of the G20 summit of world leaders in Toronto which ended on Sunday contained mixed messages for wind energy.
Continue readingTracking the Growth of U.S. Wind s Manufacturing
A question came up on Twitter yesterday: “guys, i heard from a congressman that there are no Solar or Wind power mfgs in USA. is that true? Google inconclusive.”
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