Wind farm developers installed wind turbines with capacity of 6,810 megawatts in the U.S. last year, 31 percent more than in 2011. Fourth-quarter wind power installations reached 3,444 megawatts.
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Vestas to supply 30MW wind turbines to TuuliWatti Oy wind farm in Finland
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a Denmark-based wind energy company, has received the third order for V112-3.0 MW wind turbines from TuuliWatti Oy.
Continue readingVestas receives 56 MW wind turbines order for Castellaneta wind farm in Italy
The company, which has been building wind energy, hydro, photovoltaic solar power and biomass power plants, has an installed wind power base of about 250MW.
Continue readingSiemens to supply turbines for two wind power plants in Thailand
Siemens Energy has secured two wind farm contracts to supply a total of 90 wind turbines for the Korat 1 and Korat 2, wind energy projects in Thailand.
Continue readingGamesa opens 102 MW wind farm in Honduras
The wind energy project received funds from the Export-Import Bank of the US. The wind power farm equipped with 51 of Gamesa’s G87-2.0 MW wind turbines holds a two-year maintenance service deal.
Continue readingHow To Profit from California?s Solar Power Boom
While about 2 GW of solar energy photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects are currently on line in California, more than 3 GW of large-scale solar projects are under construction.
Continue readingRMT Constructs 1,100 MW of Renewable Energy in 2011
Wind energy and solar power projects bring RMT’s total EPC renewable energy portfolio to over 5,000 MW.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Association statement on president Obama’s State of the Union address
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) is a trade association composed of U.S. companies who support the expanded use of geothermal energy and are developing geothermal resources worldwide
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: Bioenergy Power Generation to deploy 15 Wind Farm plants in Maranhão
The wind turbines of ?Eólicas Ventos do Norte? 1 to 10 and ?Marcos dos Ventos? 1 to 5 will be established in the municipalities of Paulino Neves and Tutóia, respectively.
Continue readingWind turbines for the developing world
While, wind power market penetration is expected to reach over 8 percent of worldwide electricity usage by 2018, the predicament lies with the quality of technology, rather than quantity.
Continue readingIberdrola cuts US wind energy jobs
Iberdrola Renewables, America’s second largest wind farm developer, is laying off 50 people. Behind Iberdrola’s Portland layoffs: expiring wind power tax credits, declining demand, overloaded grid, cheap natural gas.
Continue readingBlack Fork Wind Farm Receives Ohio Power Siting Board Permit
Wind power project approved for up to 200 MW of wind energy in Ohio.
Continue readingAora eyes concentrated solar power plant in Spain
Israeli solar energy company commissions second hybrid concentrating solar thermal power plant, this time in southern Spain. Facility will have capacity to produce 100 kW.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: authorized 133 wind farm projects in Bahia
Brazil is already the largest wind power market in Latin America. All major manufacturers of wind turbines are or on their way: Enercon, Impsa, Vestas, Gamesa, Suzlon, Alstom, Goldwind, Sinovel, GE and Siemens.
Continue readingSuzlon arm bags wind power order from US company
REpower Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy, has bagged a wind energy contract for delivering 25 wind turbines from US-based enXco.
Continue readingWind power in Estonia: Three wind energy firms merge
Estonian wind energy company Nelja Energia and its two shareholders, Scandinavian energy company Vardar Eurus and investment fund Freenergy concluded a merger agreement on Tuesday, LETA/Ärpäev reports.
Continue readingNordex scoring with new wind energy solutions for light wind locations
Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a wind power contract by wind farm developer ABO Wind for the construction of a further two wind farms with a total of 13 N117/2400 onshore wind turbines.
Continue readingCIEP report on wind power integration fatally flawed
While the type of fossil fuel generation displaced by wind energy varies by region and over time, in many parts of the U.S. wind energy is displacing significant amounts of coal generation.
Continue readingAEP SWEPCO Signs Wind Energy PPA for 359 Megawatts
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of wind farm from projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Continue readingWind farm commissioned in Maryland
The 23 wind turbines wind energy plant has a maximum generating wind energy capacity of 55 megawatts.
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