Saudi Arabia receives an average 2,200 thermal kilowatt hours per square meter. Solar energy to provide 10pc of Saudi Arabia needs.
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MidAmerican Energy to develop new wind farm projects in Iowa
As part of its latest wind energy plans, the company has also entered into agreements to acquire three wind power projects in Iowa that will have a combined capacity of 404.8MW with 176 wind turbines.
Continue readingGermany Installed 7.5 GW of Photovoltaic Solar Energy in 2011
New photovoltasic solar power installations reached a fresh record of 7.5 gigawatts (GW) in Germany in 2011.
Continue readingABB wins order to increase wind energy in Texas
ABB has won an order worth over US$ 50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), to provide electrical equipment that will improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power.
Continue readingWind energy in Azerbaijan: Absheron wind farm sanctioned
KfW and the State Agency for Alternative & Renewable Energy (SAARE) under the Ministry of Industry & Energy have made a brief list of claimants for advisory services on the project of construction of wind power plant.
Continue readingThe wind energy industry has grown in Kansas in recent years
In October, BP revealed plans to build the state’s largest wind farm, an $800 million, 419-megawatt operation that will stretch across four counties.
Wind turbines are made of the same composite materials as aircraft.
New wind farm in Michigan
A wind farm in the eastern thumb area of Michigan started commercial operations, providing some 90 megawatts of wind energy. The wind power project will use 50 Vestas wind turbines.
Continue readingGDF Suez at 1000 MW mark for wind energy
The commissioning of a 12-megawatt wind farm with 6 wind turbines in France means energy company GDF Suez passed the 1,000 MW for installed domestic wind power.
Continue readingWind Energy Powers Ahead: 238,351 MW in 2011
The Global Wind Energy Council statistics show that the wind turbines industry installed just over 41,000 MW of wind power in 2011, bringing the total installed wind farm capacity globally to 238,000 MW.
Continue readingGlobal wind power market rose to 41 gigawatts in 2011, led by China
The global wind farm market rose 6 per cent to 41 GW last year, led by China, the Global Wind Energy Council said. China installed 18 GW of wind turbines in 2011, followed by the US with 6.8 GW and India?s 3 GW.
Continue readingHow solar energy can help the billion people without electricity
Photovoltaic solar power in poor villages and neighbourhoods could be the best way to the billion people without access to electricity.
Continue readingWSJ op-ed: ‘Want Growth? Try Stable Tax Policy’
Allowing the PTC to expire and raising taxes on wind energy will cut American wind turbines manufacturing jobs by one-third, while private investment in wind farm plants will drop by nearly two-thirds
Continue readingSolar energy industry on the rise
The goal for India is for some 22,000 megawatts of solar power ? half photovoltaic and half concentrated solar power ? to be installed by 2022.
Continue readingIndia: Capital cost for solar energy production hits new low
?One reason for the fall in tariffs is that capital costs for solar power projects are seeing a downward trend,? says Mr. Anand.
Continue readingWind energy in Portugal: REpower to supply 11 wind turbines
Suzlon Energy arm REpower has won 22 megawatt worth wind power order from a wind farm in Portugal.
Continue readingIndia plans offshore wind farm to tap wind power
The Centre for Wind Energy Technology plans to conduct a feasibility study in Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram to set up offshore wind turbines, following problems of land acquisition for onshore wind power projects.
Continue readingKenya wind energy project with 365 wind turbines to start by April
Nairobi Construction of a 310 megawatt (MW) wind power project in Kenya is expected to start in April after its financiers complete due diligence on the wind farm.
Continue readingChina Three Gorges launches 50 MW wind farm in Jhimpir, Pakistan
Goldwind will supply 33 GW77-1500 direct-drive permanent-magnet wind turbines made for areas with a temperature range of -20 to 45 degrees Celsius and with a sealed, dust-proof design.
Continue readingVestas: wind energy project in Kenya
310 MW wind farm in Kenya. Vestas can confirm that Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) and Vestas have signed a conditional wind turbines order for the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Kenya.
Continue readingVestas: Expanding communication via Social Media
Through services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Vestas moves closer to the wind energy supporters, media, customers and markets in general.
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