Fuhrlander has announced plans to manufacture wind turbines for the Ukrainian wind farm market at the Kramatorsky Heavy Machine Factory.
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WindTV: Oregon wind energy training program creates opportunity
Tyrell Quantrell has found a promising career in the wind power industry, and he found it right at home in the Pacific Northwest. Quantrell now works as a wind turbines technician.
Continue readingPower plant stress on freshwater supplies in Southeast
This article by Aaron Sarver was from Footprints on the Path to Clean Energy, the blog of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Continue readingFuture wind turbines battle it out in technology contest at OFFSHORE 2011
Offshore wind energy is where the newest and biggest wind turbines are. Right now we?re at 5 MW, but soon 10 MW wind turbines could become the norm at sea, or even more powerful.
Continue readingWorld Bank Co-Finances Morocco’s Ouarzazate 500 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power
The World Bank approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to support construction and operation of Morocco’s 500-megawatt (MW) Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant.
Continue readingEDF Acquires 38 MW Chestnut Flats Wind Farm From Gamesa
The wind power project features 18 G90-2.0 MW and one G87-2.0 MW Gamesa wind turbines, each having two megawatts of rated capacity.
Continue readingWind energy could reinvigorate Iowa’s manufacturing sector
Hoffman, of the state’s economic development agency, admits that wind power helped keep the economy going during the recession. It also is a sector, in which, “we have made a name for ourselves.”
Continue readingWind energy project to benefit Arkansas
Under the proposal, wind power from wind farm plants in western Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle and southwestern Kansas would be harnessed.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in US
U.S. has large geothermal energy resources, but recent growth is slower than wind energy or solar power.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Australia
Australia has enough geothermal energy in “hot rocks” to replace coal and gas many times over, a study has found.
Continue readingSolar power for electric vehicles
The worker-run natural food store Community Market, 1899 Mendocino Ave, has installed an electric car charging station for the free use of their customers.
Continue readingWind power in Mongolia
Salkhit Wind Farm, powered by General Electric?s 1.6 MW wind turbines, will generate 5% of Mongolia?s electricity.
Continue readingNordex to supply wind turbines for two wind farm projects in Iowa
Nordex USA has secured new wind power orders from wind energy developer RPM Access to supply wind turbines for two wind farm projects in the US state of Iowa.
Continue readingCutting the cost of offshore wind energy
Why is offshore wind power expensive compared to onshore wind turbines? We all are aware that at this moment the costs are higher compared to onshore wind farm.
Continue readingNews analysis takes unduly negative slant on wind incentive
AOL Energy, as part of a “feature week on wind,” devotes an article to the U.S. Treasury’s “Section 1603” program, which provided a system of cash payments in lieu of federal tax credits to wind farm developers.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power Market to Experience Ups and Downs
A new report from Pike Research forecasts that the global Concentrating Solar Thermal Power market will continue to experience ups and downs between now and 2020.
Continue readingFirst Integrated Renewables Combined-Cycle Plant Powered by GE Technology
The Dervish license extension also paves the way for a second plant using GE’s FlexEfficiency technology and eSolar’s concentrated solar power.
Continue readingNew Solar Power Systems at Point Loma Nazarene University
PLNU continues to show their commitment to sustainability with one of the highest ratios of solar power to students in the US SPG Solar – a leading national solar energy company.
Continue readingMajor brands sign up for WindMade label
Companies using the WindMade label must source a minimum of 25 percent of the electricity consumed from wind power. The wind energy share can be procured through a company-owned wind farm generation facility.
Continue reading369-Member Coalition Calls on Congress to Save US Wind Jobs
A broad, nonpartisan coalition of 369 members, including wind turbines manufacturing, wind farm and wind power interests, issued a letter endorsing a four year extension to wind energy’s key federal tax incentive.
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