U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says a global wind energy company headquartered in China (Goldwind) plans to build a 20-megawatt wind farm in central Montana.
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World’s Largest Wind Farm in Wyoming to Be Equipped with 1000 Wind Turbines
The 2500 GW to be generated are part of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy facility, a 2012 energetic priority for the US Interior Department.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles commissions the 102.5 MW Shiloh 3 Wind energy project
enXco, the US subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has signed an agreement with Cielo Wind Power, a developer and operator of wind turbines plants, to acquire the 161 MW Spinning Spur Wind farm in Texas.
Continue reading866 MW of Offshore Wind Power added to European Grid in 2011
The European offshore wind turbines industry had a strong year in 2011, with nine new offshore wind farm plants added to the grid, the European Wind Energy Association announced.
Continue readingSuzlon to develop 3 GW of wind power in Andhra Pradesh, India
Suzlon Energy Ltd has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the development of 3 GW of wind farm capacity in the state between 2012 and 2016.
Continue readingWind energy in Thailand: wind farm gets go ahead
The 207 MW wind power plant is being developed by Wind Energy Holding Co. Ltd, in the hillside area of Korat Province in central Thailand, 150km north of Bangkok. It will comprise ninety 2.3 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in New Zealand: Meridian Energy has withdrawn plans to build a $2 billion wind farm
The state-owned energy company had fought for six years to build the 176 wiind turbines project Hayes wind farm.
Continue reading5th World Future Energy Summit
The 5th World Future Energy summit, which was closed Thursday in Abu Dhabi, does not only show “usual” renewable energy solutions like wind energy and solar energy.
Continue readingWhat?s in store for Concentrating Solar Power in 2012?
The flurry of activity seen in the last 6 months demonstrates that Concentrated Solar Thermal Power is a young but rapidly-evolving industry. In the second half of 2011 several solar energy plants were connected.
Continue readingIntertek?s wind power services reduce risk and increase global market access
Intertek currently holds several wind energy accreditations by IAS, A2LA, UKAS and is an OSHA NRTL for wind turbines.
Continue readingUSA: Wind energy map
The siting of transmission lines needed to move wind power from high-resource areas to major load centers and the allocation of costs for new transmission capacity are also significant issues.
Continue readingIntertechPira?s Photovoltaics Summit and Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Events
IntertechPira is pleased to announce the agendas for the 7th Annual Photovoltaics Summit and 4th Annual Concentrating Solar Thermal Power, scheduled for April 17-19 at The Westin Hotel, in San Diego, Calif., US.
Continue readingTata Steel to Supply Profiled Steel to Siemens Wind Power
Siemens Wind Power has awarded a contract to supply 25,000 tonnes of profiled steel plates for its wind energy hub located in Scunthorpe, England to Tata Steel.
Continue readingMidAmerican Energy Holdings to Acquire Illinois Wind Farm from Invenergy
This wind power project, which currently is in construction in Henry County, Ill., will feature 50 General Electric 1.62-megawatt wind turbines.
Continue readingGamesa supplies 50 MW of wind turbines to China’s Longyuan
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 MW of capacity -its G97-2.0 MW wind turbines to Chinese wind power company Longyuan for a wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy in Angola: first 100 MW wind farm
Angola wants to install 100 wind turbines with 50 MW near the city of Tombwa in Namibe province, under the impulse of renewables such as solar energy and wind power.
Continue reading3rd World Summit for Small Wind Power
World Wind Energy Association – WWEA’s Small Wind World Report will be launched: 700 000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide.
Continue readingAWEA hails Council on Jobs and Competitiveness endorsement of PTC
This endorsement of an extension for wind energy’s key Production Tax Credit (PTC) is yet another indication of how vital wind power has become as a source of American jobs.
Continue readingConsortium acquires wind energy project for 250 MW Crimean wind farm
A consortium has acquired a wind power project for the construction of the 250 megawatt Zakhidno-Krymska wind turbines plant.
Continue readingNo major health impacts from wind turbines
Gov. Deval Patrick?s administration has strongly advocated for both land-based and offshore wind power and other renewable energy sources to lessen the state?s dependence on fossil fuels.
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