With a death toll of nearly 16,000 people, the related disasters have caused Japan?s leaders to re-examine commitments to their nuclear industry while encouraging the increased use of wind power.
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Offshore (and land-based) wind energy needs stable policy
With roughly 3,000 megawatts of wind farm generating capacity already in European offshore waters, and thousands more on the way, it’s clear that there is currently momentum in the wind power market.
Continue readingenXco Celebrates the Shiloh III Wind Energy Project
enXco celebrates the development and construction of the Shiloh III Wind Power Project with a blade signing ceremony. The wnd farm consists of 50 REpower 2.05 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Thermal Power in the United States (US), Market Outlook to 2020
The research analyzes investment trends in the concentrating solar thermal power market in the US and some of the major deals pertaining to the market.
Continue readingADB Loan Boosts Solar Power in India’s Gujarat
By putting in reliable power transmission facilities in the solar energy park, ADB will help draw in private sector developers, while providing a model which can be replicated to scale up solar power.
Continue readingDeepwater Wind to Propose Offshore Wind Energy Farm
Wind Power Project Would Supply New York City and Long Island. Deepwater Wind is a Providence, Rhode Island-based offshore wind turbines developer.
Continue readingSiemens Wind energy Plant in Hutchinson Awarded LEED Gold Certification
The plant designed to manufacture nacelles for the 2.3 MW and 3.0 MW wind turbines produced by the company was opened in December 2010.
Continue readingAmerican Superconductor sues Chinese wind energy partner
AMSC believes that Sinovel illegally obtained and used AMSC’s intellectual property to upgrade its 1.5 megawatt wind turbines in the field to meet proposed Chinese grid codes.
Continue readingAcciona planning a 144 MW Australia wind energy plant
The 48 wind turbines in Exmoor wind farm would be located about 15 km north of Naracoorte in the southeast region of South Australia.
Continue readingChina much ahead of others in race for solar power
China’s solar energy budget still stands roughly 20 times larger than America’s investment in the same period, Jonathan Silver, Executive Director, Department of Energy (DOE) told US lawmakers on Saturday.
Continue readingFloating wind turbines to help rebuild Japan?s economy
Battered by March?s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, Japan was much in the news this past week with announcements that highlighted how wind power can help rebuild the world?s number three economy.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas starts construction of own wind farm for 100 MW in Chile
Vestas has started the construction of a fully owned wind power project for 100 MW in Chile.
Continue readingWind Power Association hosts conference in Des Moines
Many of the top players in the wind energy industry from around the world are gathered in Iowa this week.
Continue readingIU to take lead in DOE-funded Lake Erie offshore wind power study
A range of ground-based instrumentation, remote sensing and an unmanned aerial vehicle will provide a three-dimensional view of wind characteristics across temporal and spatial scales relevant to wind energy.
Continue readingGas Natural Fenosa completes acquisition of investments in five wind farm plants from ACS
The operation will add 95.5 MW of new attributable capacity to the company`s wind energy portfolio.
Continue readingAcciona Energy inaugurates Lameque Wind Energy Project in Canada
The Lameque Wind Power Project is Acciona Energy’s fourth wind farm in Canada and the first in the country to employ Acciona Windpower wind turbines.
Continue readingSiemens Wind Energy in Hutchinson, Kansas, Awarded
The plant opened in December 2010 and produces nacelles for the company’s 2.3-MW and 3.0-MW wind turbines.
Continue readingSuzlon to start exporting wind turbines from China
Indian wind power manufacturer Suzlon Energy could start exporting China-assembled wind turbines to third countries as early as next year, its Chairman Tulsi Tanti said.
Continue readingNew Solar Energy Projects Throughout St. Louis
The system is comprised of 405 SunPower and 2,216 Sharp solar power panels and was funded using federal Housing and Urban Development Green Communities stimulus funds and energy and redevelopment tax credits.
Continue readingGeneral Electric To Provide Solar Power Plant To EBX Group Unit In Brazil
GE (NYSE: GE) and MPX, a division of EBX Group, owned by businessman Eike Batista, announced an agreement that will double the output of MPX?s first solar energy plant in Brazil.
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