This Thursday in Brussels European Wind Energy Association is organising a public debate entitled ?Energy infrastructure ? the next great European project??.
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Riding the wind power: electric vehicles, smart charging could expand wind energy opportunity
Electric cars, coupled with grid-friendly charging and lithium ion batteries, offers a great opportunity, right now, to help electric companies integrate additional wind power into our electric system.
Continue readingChina Wind Power breaks ground for 198 MW wind farm
China Wind Power International Corp., an independent wind power producer in China, has broken ground on its 198 MW Phase III wind energy development planned for Du Mon County in Heilongjiang Province.
Continue readingDuke Energy to Build Fifth Texas Wind Farm
Company Has Announced Nearly 800 Megawatts of New Wind Energy Projects in 2011.
Continue readingDeWind Ships Wind Turbines to Texas Wind Farm
Wind energy developer DeWind Co. has started shipping wind turbines to its wind farm in Texas. Located in Hansford County, Texas the Frisco Wind Farm will employ 10 DeWind D8.2 wind turbines.
Continue readingUnited States adds 565 MW of solar energy photovoltaic in 1H 2011
The report also notes that over 600 MW of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) plants are currently under construction in the nation.
Continue readingSaint-Gobain Solar Energy Invests in New Plant, the Company’s First in U.S.
Saint-Gobain announced that construction work on Saint-Gobain Solar’s mirror line for concentrating solar thermal power stations has begun.
Continue readingNew Report Shows U.S. Solar Energy Outpaces Global Market
In the concentrated solar energy market, including both concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) and concentrating PV technologies, over 600 megawatts are now under construction in the U.S.
Continue readingWindstar Update 80% of Project Now Complete
Western Wind is a vertically integrated renewable energy production company that currently owns over 500 wind turbines and solar power fields with 165 MW of rated capacity.
Continue readingTexas Tech University Wind Energy Center Receives $4.1 Million Grant
The Alstom wind turbines project will be conducted in partnership with several other wind power centers that will research and develop control systems and sensors.
Continue readingNew energy in search for future wind power
Scientists are taking the first steps to improve estimates of long-term wind speed changes for the fast-growing wind energy sector, intended to reduce the risks for wind turbines in a changing climate.
Continue readingRight campaign against renewable energy and green jobs in the U.S.
The right hates the wind energy and solar power. The Republicans love coal and nuclear power.
Continue readingNordex enters Romania with wind energy projects totalling 20 megawatts
Nordex believes in the growth potential of wind power in Eastern Europe. As an example of this, business in Romania is now also moving forward for the wind turbines manufacturer.
Continue readingFirst Combined Wind Power and Solar Energy Facility in North America
Western Wind Energy Corp. – Commercial Operations Begin at First Combined Wind Turbines and Solar Power Facility in North America.
Continue readingChina’s Goldwind signs $200 million U.S. wind energy deal
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co. (XJNGF, 2208.HK) said Monday that it will build a $200 million wind farm in Illinois.
Continue readingSunPower to support South Africa solar energy developers
SA has allocated 1,850 MW for onshore wind energy, 1,450 MW for solar energy photovoltaic, 200 MW for concentrated solar thermal power, biomass (12,5MW), biogas (12,5MW), landfill gas (25MW) and small hydro (75MW).
Continue readingJyoti Structures Bags Contract For Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant
Jyoti Structures Ltd. said its joint venture company had bagged a contract for Rs.551 crore from Godawari Green Energy Ltd. to set up a 50-MW concentrating solar thermal power plant in Jaisalmer.
Continue readingElectric Cars + Wind Power = Great Deal
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a system that tells electric vehicles when to start and stop re-charging based upon existing stress in the grid.
Continue readingTransporting wind turbines: how do they travel from wind energy factory to wind farm?
We?re often wondering how much bigger wind turbines will get ? 10 MW, 20 MW, even more? But what about the practicalities of getting those huge wind power components from the factory to the wind farm site?
Continue readingHenkel showcases innovative adhesives for the concentrating solar power industry
Henkel will present innovative new Loctite bonding solutions for the Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) industry at the SolarPACES international congress in Spain.
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