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Wind power in Indonesia
According to the Global Wind Energy Council, Indonesia wants to build 255 MW of wind turbines capacity by 2025. The country?s first large-scale wind farm be built in Sukabumi.
Continue readingCanada’s largest wind energy plant (300 MW)
Greengate Power Corp. said it has received provincial approval to build Canada’s largest wind farm. Construction on the Blackspring Ridge I wind power project in southern Alberta is expected to begin in 2012.
Continue readingJuhl Wind and Suzlon Sell 20 MW Community Wind Energy Project
The Grant County Wind Farm in southwestern Minnesota consists of 10 Suzlon S88 ? 2.1 MW wind turbines and at full capacity produces 20 megawatts of energy.
Continue readingSecond Wind Expands in European Wind Power Market
New sales, strategic partnerships, and membership in the European Union’s wind energy association signal a growing presence for Second Wind in Europe’s wind energy market.
Continue readingABB Wins $19 Million Wind Power Order in Brazil
Substation solutions to support wind energy farms installed by Suzlon, the world?s third-largest manufacturer of wind turbines for substation solutions to serve wind farm plants .
Continue readingUS solar power market reaches US$6bn in 2010
The US solar energy industry (photovoltaic, solar thermal, concentrated solar energy) grew by 67pc in 2010, reaching US$6bn, up from US$3.6bn in 2009.
Continue readingSDG&E to use tracking concentrated photovoltaic solar power generating system
Soitec to build tracking concentraing photovoltaic solar power generating system employed at ISEC West module factory creating 450 new jobs in San Diego.
Continue readingCaleffi?s ThermoCon? Storage Tank can be used in solar thermal and geothermal energy
Caleffi?s ThermoCon? Storage Tank can be used in solar thermal and geothermal power applications.
Continue readingMaine Wind Energy Gets $102M Federal Loan
Under this guarantee, stimulus funds will back $102 million in funding for the Record Hill wind farm and 22 2.3 megawatt SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines, which includes a 50.6 megawatt-capacity wind power plant.
Continue readingNew Offshore Wind Farm Projects Boost German Wind Power Industry
R&D for the wind energy industry received a boost for 2011. Germany’s wind turbines industry supply chain is the most extensive worldwide.
Continue readingChina builds eight 10 GW wind energy bases
China is accelerating wind power construction and is currently building eight 10 GW wind farm bases in seven provinces, said Shi Pengfei, vice president of the Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA).
Continue readingWind energy as Solution to Bangladesh Power Crisis
Urban Green Energy (UGE) is a global leader in small wind power and renewable energy systems.
Continue readingChinese Bank Agrees to Wind Energy Deal in Tanzania
The president of the EXIM Bank Beijing, Mr Wang Fade, agreed to fund the construction of a 50 MW wind power generation plant in Singida Region.
Continue readingEco Marine Power Proceeds with Development of Aquarius Solar Energy and Wind Power System for Ships
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) announced that it is proceeding with the development of the Aquarius Solar Power and Wind Energy Marine System (Patent Pending) for ships and ocean going vessels.
Continue readingAcciona begins construction work on 38 MW wind farm in Poland
The wind power project, which will include 19 wind turbines each with a capacity of 2MW, is expected to begin commercial operations by the end of this year.
Continue readingWork has begun on the world?s biggest offshore wind farm
The three wind power developers of the London Array announced that the first of 177 foundations of wind turbines has now been installed at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm in the Thames Estuary.
Continue readingMeasuring Wind Turbines Reliability – Results of the Reliawind Project
One of the reasons for this wind power project was to better understand reliability by measuring the failure rate and downtime of existing wind turbines at operational wind farm plants.
Continue readingReviving the US Geothermal Energy
It has become essential to tackle the energy crisis through judicious utilization of abundant the renewable energy resources, such as biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy.
Continue readingEolica Dobrogea sells four wind power projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables
Eolica Dobrogea has recently sold four wind energy projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables. The wind turbines projects will have a power of 80 MW. Iberdrola will later operate these wind farm plants.
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