Contrary to what some anti-wind power media are claiming, local temperature effects do not have any bearing on global climate change. In 2010 in the EU, wind energy avoided the emission of 126 million tonnes of CO2
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Taiwan launches solar power and wind energy promotion office
MOEA Deputy Minister Hwang Jung-chiou inaugurates Taiwan?s first solar energy and wind power promotion office. Plans are in the pipeline for establishing 1,000 wind turbines with combined wind farm capacity of 4,200 MW.
Continue readingTunisia to build concentrated solar power plant
Tunisia to build 2,000 megawatts concentrating solar thermal power station. British investors have proposed the construction of a 2,000- megawatt solar energy station in Rjim Maaatoug.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar power will be the biggest beneficiary of Japan’s new clean energy policy
The development of wind energy and photovoltaic solar energy projects in Japan will generate highly attractive returns under the feed-in-tariffs recently proposed by the Japanese government.
Continue readingNew concentrating solar power plant rising from the desert
Transforming a desert location with rolling, high sand dunes into a site for the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plant meant digging and redistributing some 5 million cubic metres of sand.
Continue readingSiemens wins second order for concentrated solar power plant in India
Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for the Megha parabolic trough concentrating solar thermal power plant to be built in Andhra Pradesh, near Hyderabad, India.
Continue readingIndia?s wind power potential 30 times bigger than estimated
A new study is being greeted excitedly in India as it shows the potential for onshore wind energy in India is up to 30 times greater than previous government estimates.
Continue readingVirginia OKs Offshore Wind Energy Turbine
Bob McDonnell’s goal to install America’s first offshore wind power turbine got a jolt of momentum this week from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Continue readingSolFocus to Build 450 MW Solar Power Project in Northern Mexico
SolFocus Inc., a maker of photovoltaic solar energy systems that concentrate solar power, will build a 450- megawatt concentrated solar power project in Mexico?s Baja California.
Continue readingWind power and birds
The country needs more wind energy for its American manufacturing and construction jobs, environmental benefits, and national energy security.
Continue readingASI funding to expand Australia?s solar energy
Nearly $12 million in funding will be provided for ten Australian concentrating solar power projects, to be financed through the Australian Solar Institute?s Round 3 grants program.
Continue readingGamesa: wind farm factory planned for Leith Docks
Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa aims to begin construction early next year and ramp up production of the 160-feet blades by mid-2014.
Continue readingWind power Goldwind in Australia
China-based Goldwind Science and Technology Co became the world’s fourth largest manufacturer of wind turbines by wind energy market share in 2010.
Continue readingAfter wind energy, this will be a silent revolution in solar energy in the western Rajasthan
Saturday will prove to be a milestone in the field of renewable energy production as Reliance Energy will start power generation of 40MW from its solar power project in Rajasthan.
Continue readingVestavind Offshore wind power blows into the Far East
Towing out an offshore wind turbine for Havsul, Norway’s first full-scale offshore wind farm. The company plans to install up to 70 wind turbines.
Continue readingMarubeni Completes Financing for the Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm
On November 1st, 2011 Marubeni Corporation acquired a 49.9% stake in DONG Energy’s 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind energy plant.
Continue readingBusting the myths of wind energy
?Wind farm is noisy.? ?We can?t rely on wind power because it is intermittent.? ?Wind turbines are dangerous to human health.? ?Wind energy doesn?t work ? wind farms are inefficient”.
Continue readingSuzlon to co-develop 800MW wind farm projects with CGN Wind Energy
Suzlon Group has announced a global strategic partnership agreement with CGN Wind Energy Co. Ltd (CGNWE). The agreement calls for the development of 800 MW of domestic and international wind turbines projects.
Continue reading‘Father of PTC’ explains wind farm incentive’s value
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) delivered a strong speech in support of wind power’s primary incentive, the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC) on the Senate floor this week.
Continue readingWind energy: Citing ‘all of above,’ former FERC chair urges PTC extension
the wind power industry has expanded dramatically over the last decade and brought new manufacturing jobs to the U.S.
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