This offshore wind energy programme represents a unique opportunity for France to revitalise the regions while building up a carbon emission-free energy industry.
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Offshore Wind Power: AREVA Technology Chosen to Develop the Saint-Brieuc Wind Farm
AREVA will build 100 wind turbines of 5 MW each for this wind farm. AREVA will create two wind energy plants at Le Havre, one to manufacture wind turbines and the other for blades.
Continue readingOffshore wind power in France: wind farm of EDF
ALSTOM Confirms Four New Wind Energy Factories to Be Built in Cherbourg and Saint-Nazaire to Produce Haliade 150 Wind Turbines for the EDF EN Consortium
Continue readingEole-RES Consortium awarded 500 MW Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Power Project, France
Wind farm will generate some 2,000 jobs and help develop an offshore wind energy industry in France, to develop, build and operate 100 wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power: South Dakota newspaper joins others in endorsing PTC
The Watertown (S.D.) Public Opinion, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, became the latest in a series of newspapers across the country to support an extension of the federal wind energy PTC.
Continue readingUl-solar.com Launched Solar Energy Panels for Houses
The U.S Federal government encourages residents to go for photovoltaic solar power by providing subsidies for installation or some other incentive.
Continue readingWind Energy Update: Offshore Wind Power Projects
A standard seabed survey (for a 1000 hectares wind farm with about 30 wind turbines) takes between 20-30 days or 20-35 hectares per day and is a must if risks are to be reduced to the very minimum.
Continue readingEDF Wins 3 Offshore Wind Farm Projects in France
The European Consortium led by France’s leading electricity producer Electricity of France (EDF) has won three offshore wind energy projects in France.
Continue readingTop experts from around the world will highlight Community Wind Power
The World Wind Energy Association WWEA and the German Wind Energy Association BWE invite the world community of wind to the 11th World Wind Energy Conference in Bonn, Germany, from 3-5 July 2012.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar energy project receives first loan
First Solar is constructing the 230 MW photovoltaic solar power project and will operate and maintain the project for Exelon.
Continue readingWind Turbines: is big always beautiful?
Ten years ago the average size was around 1.5 MW, today it is close to 3 MW. Thus the average size of onshore wind turbines more or less doubled. For offshore wind farm this is more difficult to say.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Association Updates on Industry Growth
The U.S. geothermal energy industry continued its steady growth adding approximately 91 MW of newly installed capacity in the past year.
Continue readingChina to subsidize on-grid electricity generated by wind energy and solar power
China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) has promulgated a set of rules that specifies the standards of subsidy for on-grid electricity generated by wind power ansd solar energy.
Continue readingChina’s wind energy market to hurt badly in the next year
China’s wind farm market bubble will deflate as the industry enters the worst year in its history, said the Spanish wind power maker Gamesa, Xinhua News Agency reported
Continue readingNorth America’s Largest Rooftop Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plant Completed
Known as Riverside Renewable Energy, LLC, the $42 million solar power project consists of 27,526 photovoltaic rooftop solar panels covering 1.1 million square foot of rooftop at the Gloucester Marine Terminal.
Continue readingWind energy and solar power in Barbados
The approval of the project, which will include solar energy and wind power facilities, was announced by Environment Minister Dr Denis Lowe.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power Agenda
As an added value, attendees of Concentrated Solar Power can attend the dedicated Photovoltaics solar energy session on April 17.
Continue readingGuardian to provide solar mirrors for Ivanpah Concentrating Solar Power project
Guardian Industries is providing its EcoGuard Solar Boost mirrors for use in the massive Ivanpah Concentrated Solar Thermal Power in California.
Continue readingWind power: National Governors Association, Extend the PTC
The National Governors Association (NGA) has sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging extension of the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue readingNorthern Power Systems’ Wind Turbines Exceeds One Million Hours of Operation
According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), distributed wind power is one of the fastest growing market segments within the wind farm industry today.
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