Work on the wind farm is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2012 with 21 Vensys-v-82 type wind turbines.
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Offshore wind energy in North Carolina
The first commercial offshore wind farm was off the coast of Denmark in 1991, and Europeans have continued building offshore turbines. There are currently no U.S. offshore wind power plants.
Continue readingBoosting solar power in Tanzania
Different reasons are given to justify power rationing but worldwide many private enterprises and townships have opted for solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingWind power does not spill
Attendees at the rally signed two petitions, one demanding Congress turn down efforts to expand domestic oil production and another urging Dominion Virginia Power to invest in offshore wind farm plants.
Continue readingNew Hampshire Wind Farm Gets DOE Loan
The wind power project is headed by Brookfield Renewable Power and Freshet Wind Energy. Total investment for the wind farm would equal $275 million. The wind turbines will be located in northern New Hampshire
Continue readingGoogle to finance Alta Wind Energy Center
AWEC will ultimately have a generating capacity of 1,550 megawatts of wind power when completed. Citi and Google will each invest $102 million in the 168 MW Alta V wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex industrialises production
The aim was to significantly improve the efficiency and production quality of the wind turbines plant.
Continue readingAsian Development Bank targets solar energy projects in Asia
Asia needs to invest around $10 billion in the next few years to make solar power generation competitive with conventional energy sources and called for radical steps to fight climate change.
Continue readingFirst mosque with electricity-generating wind power going up in Germany
A Muslim community in northern Germany plans to build what is believed to be the world’s first mosque equipped with wind energy in its minarets to generate electricity.
Continue readingThe potential role of wind energy in reducing GHG emissions
Wind power (in many applications) is a mature renewable energy RE source that has been successfully deployed in many countries.
Continue readingResource potential for wind energy
A growing number of global wind resource assessments have demonstrated that the world?s technical potential for wind power exceeds current global electricity production.
Continue readingWind energy REpower to supply 44 MW wind farm in Italy
REpower will deliver 13 3.4M104 wind turbines to San Marco in Lamis, a 44 megawatt (MW) wind farm situated north-east of Foggia.
Continue readingSolar thermal and and concentrating solar power barometer
Total concentrated solar energy plant electrical capacity in the EU at the end of 2010: 638.4 MW.
Continue readingThe growing wind energy industry in South Carolina
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy published a report on how to achieve 20% of the nation?s electrical supply from onshore and offshore wind power.
Continue readingAPA raises $300m for wind energy in Australia
APA raised $300 million from institutional investors, which will be used to fund the purchase of the Emu Downs Wind Farm, 200km north of Perth.
Continue readingTurkish Wind Energy to Grow 31.6% a Year
Turkey?s energy regulator may give licenses for 2,277 megawatts of new wind farm plants, subject to environment assessment reports
Continue reading24,000 households getting solar energy in Philippines
More than 24,000 households in Mindanao will benefit from the solar power electrification program.
Continue readingFirst foundation of offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 installed off Belgium
Construction of Europe’s largest project financed offshore wind energy project on schedule. Expansion of the wind power in two phases by a total of 295 megawatt.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Technologies
DOE’s Geothermal Technologies Program works in partnership with U.S. industry to establish geothermal energy as an economically competitive contributor to the U.S. energy supply.
Continue readingWinWinD builds 250 MW wind energy plant in India
WinWinD will supply, commission and operate a 250 MW wind farm in India under a MoU with Suryachakra Green Power.
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