Xcel Energy is proposing to transform the company?s popular Windsource® program. The changes would cut the price of wind energy in half.
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Domincan Republic Unveils Country’s First Wind Farm
In the western town of Juancho of the Pedernales Province, President Leonel Fernandez revealed the Vestas’ 14 wind turbines, saying it can produce 33 megawatts of wind power.
Continue readingWind energy plants in Canada to use Vestas wind turbines
Vestas has received an order for 99 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for two wind farm projects in southwestern Ontario, Canada that will total 178 MW.
Continue readingVicini invests in the Largest Energy Farm Project in the Caribbean
Vicini saw today the completion of the first phase of the wind farm, Los Cocos, located in the south west of the Dominican Republic
Continue readingOffshore WINDPOWER 2011: Manufacturers say stable federal policy needed to establish new wind energy market sector
Offshore OEMs: the supply wind turbines chain will come when a wind farm market is established.
Continue readingAlaska agency gives go-ahead for 17.6-MW Fire Island Wind Farm
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) has signed off on the proposed 17.6-MW Fire Island Wind Power Project, which will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 6,000 Alaskan homes.
Continue readingBryce errs on incentives, wind’s popularity
It is not surprising that a fossil fuel funded energy ?expert? would try to tear down wind energy. The wind power sector has enjoyed tremendous growth.
Continue readingWorld Population Hitting 7 Billion
The number of people in the world is expected to reach 7 billion by the end of October 2011.
Continue readingVestas receives 178 MW order for two Canadian wind energy projects
Vestas has received a 178 MW order for 99 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for two wind power projects in Canada.
Continue readingPuerto Rico’s First Commercial Wind Farm
Largest wind energy project in Caribbean to create jobs and promote energy diversification for Puerto Rico.
Continue readingWind energy in India
Wind power is resultant from uneven heating of the Earth’s surface from the Sun and the warm centre. Most modern wind power is generated in the form of electricity by converting the rotation of turbine blades.
Continue readingEnel Green Power Wind Farm Enters Operation in Portugal
The company’s installed capacity exceeds 6,100 MW, produced by more than 620 plants in operation around the world, with a generation mix that includes wind power, solar power, hydro, geothermal energy and biomass.
Continue readingSolar assets energize southern Arizona
Amonix, a leader in CPV (concentrated photovoltaic) solar power systems, established a utility scale solar energy 2-megawatt AC Nameplate power plant within 12 acres of the designated ?Solar Zone? of the UA TechPark.
Continue readingMore Than 5000 Gearmotors for Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant
Gemasolar is the first ever commercial-scale CSP (concentrated solar energy) plant with central tower technology that implements a heat storage system based on molten salts.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power Desectec project must be more open
The US$500-billion scheme promises power from a network of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) stations across MENA, connected to each other and to the European Grid through undersea cables.
Continue readingEnel Green Power to raise wind energy capacity in Romania to 400 MW
EGP it is among the industry leaders worldwide thanks to its approximately 22 billion KWh generated from a well balanced energy mix inclusive of water, solar power, wind power and geothermal energy sources.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar energy speeds up, grid parity already in 2013
Shifting to solar power is therefore a desirable option for the achievement of environmental sustainability targets and is also a successful solution in terms of competitiveness.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Japan
The government aims to have the newly selected sites for geothermal energy plants supplying power in about 10 years.
Continue readingHarmonized Electric Cars Fast Charging Solution
Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen agreed to support a harmonized single-port fast charging approach for use on electric vehicles in Europe and the United States.
Continue readingMinnesota Power plan to construct a 105 MW wind farm
Sixteen of the first project?s 31 wind turbines are operating, and Minnesota Power expects the remaining 85 wind turbines to be running by the end of next year.
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