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Wind power in Brazil set for rapid expansion within next three years
Ramon Fiestas, Director of the Global Wind Energy Council?s Latin America Committee, Brazil?s rapidly growing wind power industry and its accompanying supply chain are becoming firmly established.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: Abengoa to develop three 64 MW wind power plants
The wind farm project will be carried out as a joint venture between Abengoa and Banco Santander Brazil. The wind energy produced by the wind turbines will be sold to Brazil?s National Energy Agency (ANEEL).
Continue readingSmall Wind Power
Power generation from small wind turbines is an increasingly important part of the broader market for renewable distributed wind energy generation.
Continue readingWind farm contract signed between China and Spain
Gamesa has installed near 3,000 wind turbines at more than 60 wind farm sites across China since 2000. The wind energy company currently has six manufacturing wind power plants in Tianjin and Jilin provinces.
Continue readingSinovel delivers 23 wind turbines to Brazil
Chinese wind power manufacturer Sinovel, is delivering 23 of its SL1500/82 wind turbines to a 34.5 MW wind farm in Sergripe, Brazil, for Engevix subsidiary Desenvix.
Continue readingFirst Suzlon S97 wind turbines arrive in Canada
Fifteen S9702.1MW wind turbines to power the 31.5MW Amherst Wind Farm Project left the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia for installation,
Continue readingDOE finalizes $1bn in guarantees for Arizona and Nevada concentrated solar power projects
The Tonopah solar thermal is being developed by SolarReserve, in the shape of a 110 MW concentrating solar power tower generating facility with molten salt as the primary heat transfer and storage medium.
Continue readingSolar Millennium holds inauguration ceremony for the Andasol 3 concentrated solar thermal power plant
Largest concentrated solar energy site on stream. Andasol concentrating solar power plants supply the electricity needs of half a million people. Storage technology enables electricity supply at night.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa sells a 60 MW wind farm in Poland
Gamesa, global technological leader in the wind turbines industry, has reached an agreement with Polish power company PGE Energia Odnawialna (PGE EO).
Continue readingWind Capital Group buys wind farm in central Kansas
Wind Capital Group, a wind energy developer, has purchased a wind power project under development in central Kansas.
Continue readingAntwerp Port plans Belgium’s biggest onshore wind farm
A consortium led by the Antwerp Port Authority (APA) plans to build Belgium?s largest onshore wind power in the city. Studies have shown that the site could support up to 55 wind turbines.
Continue readingHonduras inaugurates first wind farm
Honduras? first wind energy project began operating this week at Cerro de Hula, 25 kilometers south of Tegucigalpa, which includes 51 wind turbines.
Continue readingUS Department of Energy backs more concentrated solar power projects
The 110 MW concentrating solar thermal ower plant (CSP) will feature the tallest solar tower in the world at 195 m and use molten salt as the heat transfer and storage mechanism.
Continue readingDOE Awards $156 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects
ARPA-E funds early-stage technology alternatives in two key areas: electric vehicles and wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy Goldwind to Launch Goldwind University
As of December 31, 2010, Goldwind’s accumulated installed wind power capacity reached 9,095.05 MW, equivalent to 7.28 million tons of coal saved per year.
Continue readingGamesa – Offshore wind energy technology centre opens in Scotland
A new £12.5 million (14 million euros) centre to develop next-generation offshore wind power technology in Scotland was officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond and Jorge Calvet.
Continue readingE.ON inaugurates the largest wind farm in Brittany
E.ON builds its 6th onshore wind energy plant in France. 26 MW wind power farm provides renewable power for 20,000 homes with 13 wind turbines.
Continue readingEconomic power of wind energy harnessed with new ZF Gearbox plant in Georgia
State that will host WINDPOWER 2012 gets new manufacturing facility as calls for PTC extension grow louder.
Continue readingEditorial on government favoritism off the mark
We have good news for Investor’s Business Daily, which expressed concern yesterday in an editorial about possible government favoritism in payments made under the wind energy production tax credit.
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