The new tender regime will facilitate the commission of wind turbines off the French coast, representing a total wind farm capacity of 6,000 MW.
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Duke Energy to build 200 MW wind farm in Texas
Duke Energy Renewables will build, own and operate the 200-megawatt (MW) Los Vientos I Wind power Project in Willacy County.
Continue readingNorth Sea Offshore Wind Energy Has Positive Net Impact On Fauna
A North-Sea wind farm has hardly any negative effects on fauna. At most, a few bird species will avoid such a wind turbines.
Continue readingEnergy storage for wind power and electric car
Energy storage devices like lithium ion batteries is a critical component of such modern technologies as electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingToyota, Tesla to build electric vehicles RAV4 in Ontario, Canada
Toyota and Tesla Motors have announced that their electric car with lithium ion batteries RAV4 SUV will be built at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) facility in Woodstock, Ontario (Canada) beginning in 2012.
Continue readingMore Wind Power in Romania
A joint venture between GE (NYSE: GE) and German wind farm developer Prowind GmbH, will play a major role in the expansion of Romania?s wind energy sector.
Continue readingObama is not the first president to recognize oil addiction
We have not devised a sensible approach to promoting electricity vehicle-to-grid (V2G) infrastructure (supporting a system for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries).
Continue readingIrish Wind Energy for Kansas
NTR, an Irish developer, has agreed to buy 228 wind turbines from General Electric for wind farm sites in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Continue readingWind energy in Israel is a perfect match for the peak-power problem
There is actually more wind power hitting Israel than solar power because wind is concentrated solar energy, it can be captured vertically much better than sun.
Continue readingAWEA and OSHA form Alliance to protect workers in the wind energy industry
Wind power industry workers at all levels are put through rigorous training programs to ensure a culture of worker safety and health.
Continue readingFinancial Closure of Solar Energy Projects in India
The solar power project developers were required to achieve financial closure in six months from the date of signing PPA.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Energy Ahead In France
The number of wind turbines being installed offshore and connected to power grids in Europe is growing, according to the European Wind Energy Association’s update.
Continue readingVestas establishes its first wind energy assembly facility in Brazil
The wind power assembly facility is expected to start operations in Q4 2011 to satisfy the needs of the wind farm project pipeline in Brazil.
Continue readingQuinn Signs Legislation to Advance Wind Power in Illinois
The new laws create a council to study offshore wind farm projects in Lake Michigan and clear the way for more wind turbines projects throughout Illinois.
Continue readingToyota to produce electric vehicles in Ontario
Toyota will build its newest electric car with lithium ion batteries in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced.
Continue readingNew wind power capacity has by far exceeded new nuclear power capacity
The world installed almost 50% more new wind energy capacity in 2010 alone (38.3 GW) than it installed new nuclear capacity in the last decade (26.1 GW).
Continue readingBlackstone plans two big German offshore wind power plants with Siemens’ wind turbines
The US investment fund Blackstone plans to invest several billion euros in German wind farm plants, as the biggest economy in Europe will need the energy when it abandons nuclear power by 2022.
Continue readingNRG Energy Acquires 290-Megawatt Agua Caliente Solar Energy Project
NRG Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NRG, has more than 2,000 MW of solar power photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal projects under development or in construction across the southwestern United States.
Continue readingEnel Green Power – new solar energy plant in Sicily
The plant is located on the historic site on which Enel created the world?s first concentrated solar power plant in 1981.
Continue readingLos Angeles Times misleads on safety in wind energy industry
The wind power industry takes safety extremely seriously. AWEA’s Safety Committee has been working diligently to establish training programs to enhance those already in place at individual companies.
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