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HECO produced four alternative scenarios for the PUC using utility-scale wind energy, solar power, biofuels and a blend of solar energy and biofuels as the primary source of renewable power generation.
Continue readingRES Americas Announces Completion of Crossroads Wind Farm
Crossroads Wind Power plant marks the first wind energy project developed by the company in Oklahoma with Siemens’ wind turbines.
Continue readingSuzlon signs framework contract for up to 250 MW for French wind farm projects
The contract comprises REpower?s best-selling wind turbines ? the MM82 and MM92 ? with a nominal power of 2 MW, and the new REpower 3.4M104 and the 3.2M114 with 3.4 and 3.2 MW rated power respectively.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Japan
The unit is set up in the Matsunoyama Onsen hot spring at Tokamachi, Niigata in Japan and the plant harnesses -100 degree temperature geothermal energy.
Continue readingAdvantages of Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy can be produced as a baseload renewable energy resource, meaning it operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week regardless of changing weather
Continue readingPoland receives 47 offshore wind farm applications
Poland has attracted 47 applications from investors interested in developing wind energy projects off its Baltic coast. Warsaw extended the permits for offshore wind power plants to 30 years.
Continue readingVestas signs contracts for 206 MW of wind energy in Italy and the USA
The wind power contract comprises supply and installations of the wind turbines, a VestasOnline® Business SCADA system, as well as a 12-year service and maintenance AOM 4000.
Continue readingVattenfall installs last 5 MW wind turbine at Ormonde offshore wind farm
New 150 MW offshore wind energy plant now fully online, providing wind power to about 100,000 homes a year.
Continue readingWind energy in Madagascar
An additional 50 megawatts from wind power could be available by the end of the year. To push the wind farm project forward, a special unit has been established in the office of the president.
Continue readingEU project boosts organic photovoltaic for solar power generation
The solar energy project, dubbed SUstainable Novel FLexible Organic Watts Efficiently Reliable (Sunflower), gathers 17 partner institutions.
Continue readingMoran visits Siemens wind power factory, pushes PTC extension
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) visited a Siemens wind turbines plant in Hutchinson, Kans., Monday and expressed his intention to seek an extension of the federal wind energy production tax credit.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power in Egypt
The operations manager is Flagsol, the German company that specialises in building concentrated solar thermal power plants in the deserts of the US, Spain and now Egypt.
Continue readingAcciona starts up 102 MW wind farm in Mexico
Acciona has started operations at its 102 MW Oaxaca II wind energy plant in Mexico’s Tehuantepec isthmus. The wind power plants required total investment of some $690 million.
Continue readingThe President of Honduras inaugurates Central America’s largest wind farm
Built by Gamesa and Iberdrola Engineering and equipped with 51 of Gamesa?s G87-2.0 MW wind turbines, the wind power will boost Honduras? installed wind energy capacity by 7%.
Continue readingBP Wind Energy marks 1000th wind turbine spinning in the US
A dedication ceremony was held to mark the full commercial operation of the Sherbino 2 Wind Farm in Pecos County, BP?s third wind power facility in Texas.
Continue readingNorth Carolina offshore wind turbines at least 5 years away
Outside the United States, nations in Europe in particular have eagerly embraced offshore wind power technology. In 2011, wind farm projects in Europe accounted for over 21 percent of all new power capacity.
Continue readingWind power in Mongolia
Newcom Group, a leading Mongolian investment and asset management company, became a pioneer in Mongolian wind energy in 2004.
Continue readingBritain really can rule the marine energy
The government will be called on to increase its support for wave and tidal power warning the UK is at risk of repeating mistakes which allowed the country to lose its early lead in the developing wind power.
Continue readingBelgium solar energy grows against the current
After Germany, Belgium comes second in the world, when the installed photovoltaic solar power per capita is compared.
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