Wind turbines in Turkey were run by private companies, but this particular wind farm belonged to the villagers. The wind power project was completely funded by the administration.
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Van Wert fast becoming Ohio’s wind farm capital
Van Wert is becoming the center of wind energy in Ohio. Some 210 wind turbines operate near the city in western Ohio and at least 550 more are planned for the region.
Continue readingIberdrola to bid for French offshore wind energy
Iberdrola initially announced that it will be working with Areva, who will supply the wind turbines for the wind power projects, in its bid for up to 1.25 GW of offshore wind farm capacity.
Continue readingAcciona places Pena Nebina wind farm into service
The wind energy plant has a total capacity of 5976 MW, ie 28% of wind power capacity in Spain. The company now owns 163 wind farms or 4621 MW, representing almost 22% of the country’s total wind turbines capacity
Continue readingSunEdison Announces Sale of Solar Power Projects in Italy and Spain to KGAL
SunEdison is a global provider of solar-energy services. The company develops, finances, installs and operates distributed power plants using proven photovoltaic technologies.
Continue readingGE, Greenko announce $115mn wind energy project in India
GE Energy Financial Services and clean energy developer Greenko Group Plc today announced a venture to develop wind farm projects with a combined investment of USD 115 million in the country.
Continue readingREpower supplies 122 MW Dutch wind farm
REpower Systems has erected the first of a total of 6 REpower 5M, 5 MW wind turbines for the alpha ventus offshore wind power test field.
Continue readingMaersk Line entering the US wind energy market
Maersk Line, the world’s largest cargo container shipping line, has entered into a partnership with Apex Offshore Wind LLC to develop utility-scale offshore wind power facilities
Continue readingVattenfall to build a wind farm in Netherlands
Next in line are two Danish and one British onshore wind energy project. Vattenfall plans to invest more in offshore wind turbines projects.
Continue readingTorresol celebrates a towering achievement in concentrating solar thermal power
Torresol Energy?s Gemasolar concentrated solar energy project received ?171 million financing through a transaction that involved several leading European financial institutions.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in New Zealand: New Geothermal Power Project
Tauhara 2 was a key geothermal energy project for Contact and for New Zealand.
Continue readingAnnouncing Mexico WindPower 2012 Conference and Exhibition
Mexico?s first high level international wind energy event will take place on 14-15 February 2012 in Mexico City. Mexico WindPower 2012 is being organized by the Mexican Wind Energy Association, EJK and GWEC.
Continue readingWind power is growing worldwide
Wind energy has grown by 24 percent in 2010, while Enel Green Power almost doubled its installed wind farm capacity.
Continue readingGreece expects $27b solar energy Project Helios
Greece?s Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou said he expects an agreement by the end of the year that will advance a 20 billion-euro ($27 billion) solar power project, part of an initiative to boost the economy.
Continue readingMaersk, Apex team up for offshore wind farm projects
Apex Wind Energy has formed a partnership with Maersk Line to support development, financing and construction of utility-scale offshore wind energy facilities in North America.
Continue readingAndhra Pradesh, a solar power hub,
Giving boost to the hopes of making Andhra Pradesh a solar energy hub, the Centre has granted five automated solar radiation monitoring stations (SRMS) to the state.
Continue readingWind energy rise above western Ohio
Welcome to Van Wert County, which is becoming the Wind Power Capital of Ohio. 210 wind turbines are dotting the rural landscape along U.S. 30 near the city of Van Wert, and at least 550 more are planned.
Continue readingGE to invest $50m in Greenko’s wind power venture in India
GE to develop 500 MW of wind energy projects across India including the 65-megawatt Ratnagiri wind farm under construction in Maharashtra, which will use GE?s 1.6-megawatt wind turbines.
Continue readingWind turbines rise above flatlands of western Ohio
At the moment the key players here are Iberdrola Renewables, the US unit of a Spanish utility, and Horizon Wind Energy, controlled by a Portuguese energy company. But others are interested, including BP Wind Energy.
Continue readingDeepwater plans 1GW offshore wind farm
Deepwater Wind has submitted plans to develop a utility-scale offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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