China Longyuan had successfully put the first Phase of Jiangsu Rudong pilot offshore (intertidal zone) wind farm into operation, with the installed capacity of 99.3 MW.
Continue readingCategory Archives: Wind Energy
China’s wind energy capacity tops 45 GW
The newly-added wind farm capacity was slightly higher than the additions in 2010, even though the growth rate was a bit lower.
Continue readingSolar power at Düsseldorf International Airport
One of Germany?s largest photovoltaic (PV) solar energy plants is newest arrival at Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS).
Continue readingVestas signs wind energy order for 254 MW in Brazil
Vestas has signed a wind power order for a total capacity of 254 MW of wind turbines for wind farm projects in Brazil.
Continue readingSolar Energy Industry: 2011 in Review Solar power is one of the fastest growing industry in US
Solar power is now affordable for more Americans. Today, there are 1.5 million households using solar thermal water heating and enough solar energy electricity to power 730,000 homes.
Continue readingSolar energy and wind power to light up remote Kashmir areas
Some remote and inaccessible border areas in Jammu and Kashmir will soon get electrified through solar energu and wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy achieves many milestones this year in USA
The wind power industry never sits still in any given year, and 2011 was no different, as it forged ahead with a slew of benchmarks, policy progress, and hard data that illustrate wind turbines continuing its march.
Continue reading$280M wind power for Port Hardy passes Environmental Assessment
A $280-million wind-farm project on Vancouver Island has been given the green light by the province after a review by the Environmental Assessment Office.
Continue readingSweden: Wind energy increased 40 percent over past year
The Swedish government has set a goal of increasing wind power several times over by 2020 to provide badly needed energy for this cold-climate country.
Continue readingWeir Minerals Lewis Pumps awarded Molten Salt Pump Contract for Solar Thermal
Lewis® Pumps, a division of Weir Minerals was recently awarded the entire Molten Salt pump contract for the Solana Concentrating Solar Power, an Abengoa Solar S.A. developed solar energy project in Gila Bend, Arizona.
Continue readingGamesa agrees to sell two wind energy plants to Gas Natural Fenosa
The Alto do Seixal (30 MW) wind farm near Lugo consists of six Gamesa G80-2.0 MW wind turbines and nine G87-2.0 MW wind turbines. The wind farm is in operation. Gamesa has some thirty wind power factories.
Continue readingSolaflect receives USD 1 million grant from NREL for solar thermal
Solaflect notes that project is one of two Concentrating Solar Power projects funded through the DOE’s SunShot Incubator program in late 2011.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Kenya
The Eastern Africa Rift System offers huge opportunities for the generation of geothermal energy. KenGen is aiming to raise geothermal energy to 430 megawatts by 2014.
Continue readingSunWater Solar and Tenderloin Neighborhood Commission Two Solar Thermal Systems
SunWater Solar is a solar energy integrator that manages the design and installation of commercial solar thermal systems.
Continue readingWind energy: Will Congress Let Us Keep Creating American Jobs?
Our wind energy manufacturing company has created 700 new jobs in Newton, and a second wind power company now employs over 100 people.
Iowa is now the national leader in wind farm.
Solar energy in Palau
Kyocera Corporation announced that it has supplied a photovoltaic solar power generating system for the Republic of Palau international airport.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic Solar Power Grid Parity
Solar grid parity is considered the tipping point for solar power, when installing solar power will cost less than buying electricity from the grid.
Continue readingGamesa to deliver wind turbines for Egyptian wind energy projects
Spanish wind power manufacturer Gamesa has secured a contract from New & Renewable Energy Authority to supply 200 MW of turbines for wind farm projects in Egypt.
Continue readingSolar Power: in 2060 a third of global energy from the Sun
Photovoltaic solar and concentrated solar thermal power will prevail in the 2060 energy mix, meeting a third of the overall global consumption and half of total electricity needs.
Continue readingEneop receives EIB project finance to install 376 MW of wind energy in Portugal
The consortium, in which the Spanish subsidiary of Enel Green Power holds a 40% stake, obtained a long-term 260 million euro funding to implement a group of wind farm projects.
Continue reading