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Large solar power project slated for Puerto Rico
Gov. Luis Fortuno says the Caribbean’s largest solar energy project will be built in Puerto Rico.
Continue readingTime to Electrify – Electric cars and wind energy
The best option would be to drive our electric vehicles and light trucks using electricity generated from a renewable resource such as wind power or solar power.
Continue readingLondon Array offshore wind farm
Construction is gathering pace on what will be the one of the world’s largest offshore wind power plants in the Thames Estuary.
Continue readingVestas hails 1GW of wind energy deals for V112 wind turbines
The Danish wind power firm confirmed the milestone yesterday, which was reached when wind farm developer Ostwind placed a 36 MW order for several wind farm projects in Germany.
Continue readingMasdar Opens First Baseload Concentrated Solar Thermal Power in Spain ? Gemasolar
Masdar and SENER have formed a joint venture, Torresol Energy, that just inaugurated their Gemasolar Concentrating Solar Power project.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power: 500 MW Hidden Hills solar tower plant
The California Energy Commission (Sacramento, Calif.) has started the review of the proposed Hidden Hills concentrated solar thermal power project (CSP) in Inyo County.
Continue readingOstwind signed 1000th MW wind energy order of the V112-3.0 MW
The 1000th MW of the V112-3.0 MW was ordered by Ostwind, a key wind farm customer for Vestas Central Europe and an experienced European wind power developer and operator.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar energy to supply Rwandan schools with electricity
A new solar power plant, with a capacity of 2.4 megawatts, has been inaugurated in Rwanda, with funding from the European Union (EU).
Continue readingVestas receives first North American V112-3.0 MW wind power order
Vestas has received a 65 MW wind energy order from Green Mountain Power for a wind farm in Vermont, USA.
Continue readingPakistan to Pay $0.146628 per kWh to Wind Energy Producers
Pakistan to generate 1500 MW from wind turbines; Rs12.61 per kWh for foreign financed wind farm projects; Rs17.28 per kWh for local wind energy projects.
Continue readingDespite the financial crisis, EU wind power should expect steady growth
GWEC has reported that total global installed wind energy capacity reached 194.4 GW by the end of last year. China was the world?s national leader last year with cumulative installed wind farm capacity of 42.3 GW.
Continue readingVestas acquires technology wind power assets from OCAS
Vestas has agreed to acquire the technology assets of radar specialist OCAS AS, including its patented system to prevent aerial collisions while significantly reducing light pollution from wind energy plants.
Continue readingLargest Landfill Solar Power in the World
The one megawatt solar energy installation is located at the Hickory Ridge Solid Waste Landfill in Conley, Georgia and is viewable during take-off and landing at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy data project wins DOE funding
AWS Truepower LLC was awarded $900000 from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to help establish an enhanced National Offshore Wind Energy data network.
Continue readingBP Wind Energy plans to build 419MW wind farm in Kansas
The wind farm will utilize 262 GE wind turbines each with a rated capacity of 1.6 MW.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas inaugurates new office in Buenos Aires
Vestas officially inaugurated a new wind turbines sales and wind farm operations office in Buenos Aires located in the heart of the new city’s business district in Puerto Madero.
Continue readingWind farm inaugurated by Argentina?s President
The largest wind energy plant in Argentina, consisting of V90-1.8 MW wind turbines, has been inaugurated by Argentina?s President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Continue readingHayward misleads on wind energy and utility systems
Stephen F. Hayward of the American Enterprise Institute authored a misleading blog article on wind power. The following response from Michael Goggin, AWEA Manager of Transmission Policy, was posted as a comment.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power project portfolio sold, to switch from CSP to PV
Solar Millennium sold it’s 2.25 GW solar thermal project portfolio in the Southwest US to solarhybrid and said it would switch the projects from concentrated solar power (CSP) technology to solar energy photovoltaic
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