Wind power now supplies 2.3 gigawatts, or 0.4 percent, of Japan’s energy. But the Japanese Wind Energy Association aims to boost that to 50 gigawatts by 2050.
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California grows wind energy market
The renaissance of California’s wind power market will be a hot topic at WINDPOWER this year, and many of the speakers will focus on the business opportunities. 600 MW of wind turbines are currently under construction.
Continue readingNationally recognized renewable energy lawyers join Akin Gump
Mr. Zaelke served as president of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) in 2006-07 and has served on the board of directors of AWEA since 2002.
Continue readingREpower?s wind turbines are free of neodymium
Neodymium is necessary for the production of permanent magnets which are often used in systems with permanent magnet generators and full converter.
Continue readingFPL Honored by POWER Magazine as an Industry Leader for Solar Power Plants
Florida Power & Light Company’s West County Energy Center and DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center were recognized at an awards ceremony last night as Top Plants for 2010 by POWER magazine.
Continue readingNordex builds Sweden?s largest wind farm
Anti-icing system secures 150 MW wind energy order. Skellefteå Kraft places 3rd wind turbines order with Nordex.
Continue readingWhy wind power’s variability isn’t a problem
Mr. Varrone explains in very simple terms how the electric utility system works and how it deals with the addition of a variable energy source like wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy doesn?t blow all the time
The anti-wind farm people are at it again, saturating the media with claims that wind power is ?worthless? because wind doesn?t blow all the time. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Continue readingWind energy Vergnet brings 275 kw wind turbines to the US
With more than 700 wind turbines on six continents, we specialize in distributed generation or ?community wind farm?, enabling our customers to harness wind power.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas in Kent, UK
The UK represents the world?s largest offshore wind power market and as such has a massive offshore wind farm project pipeline.
Continue readingKCP&L will boost wind energy portfolio by 65 percent
KCP&L is pumping up its wind power portfolio by more than 65 percent. KCP&L will start buying power from the wind farm once wind turbines are operational.
Continue readingChina fine-tunes wind energy industry with new guidelines
China’s wind power manufacturing industry will undergo significant changes in the wake of new industrial restructuring guidelines which will come into effect on June 1.
Continue readingRenewableUK – Response to CCC report: no alternative to offshore wind energy
Wind power iIndustry warns against ‘moderating’ offshore wind farm target. Nuclear cost assumptions ‘optimistic’. UK’s world leading offshore wind turbines sector needs confidence, not doubt and prevarication.
Continue readingNACEL Energy Announces 200 MW Gascoyne II Wind Energy Project
Twenty GE 1.5 MW wind turbines are operating today at Baker. Gascoyne II wind farm is located between the towns of Bowman and Hettinger North Dakota.
Continue readingRecord investments in wind energy in Poland
Poland is seeing the construction of wind farm plants with a capacity over 500 MW, , according to the Polish Wind Energy Association. The main role on the Polish wind power market is played by foreign companies.
Continue readingIPCC: 80% renewable energy by 2050, wind power will have an increasingly important role
The Global Wind Energy Council, (GWEC), welcomes the news, saying wind power will have an increasingly important role to play in the future energy mix.
Continue readingEast Midlands Airport unveils new wind turbines
The wind turbines, thought to be the first at a UK airport, are part of a wind energy project to make ground operations at the site carbon-neutral by 2012.
Continue readingAcciona Windpower introduces 3 MW wind turbines for medium wind speed sites
The AW3000/116 wind turbines delivers a leading wind power curve and the best cost of wind energy at wind farm sites with medium wind speeds.
Continue readingChinese wind farm the world?s 3000th CDM climate change project
A wind power plant in China with 41 wind turbines, is to become the 3,000th project registered under the CDM. The electricity produced with wind energy will be fed into the power grid.
Continue readingDOE Offers $90.6 Million Loan to Support Colorado Solar Power Facility
The proposed facility will use innovative HCPV systems consisting of concentrating optics and multi-junction solar cell panels that are controlled by a dual-axis tracking system.
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