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Least green states include leaders in wind energy
Topping the group of wind turbines leaders on the list is Texas. The Lone Star State has moved out to a strong lead in recent years, and now has more wind farm installed than the next three states.
Continue reading3rd WIND POWER AFRICA – A NUCLEAR FREE AFRICAN CONTINENT IS POSSIBLE
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan has stopped the global renaissance of electricity generation from nuclear sources in its tracks.
Continue readingCalifornia wind energy sets record
Wind power production this week hit a new peak of 2,432 megawatts (MW), outpacing last year?s peak of 1,915 MW. It symbolizes the beginning of an important shift in the state?s power mix.
Continue readingAreva and GDF Suez collaborate on offshore wind power
When Areva, the company’s key in nuclear energy is devoted to wind energy and solar power, is that something good is happening. And Areva is not alone. Many companies involved in nuclear power plants do.
Continue readingWind energy in Morocco – New wind power plant with 300 MW
Bids to build the wind turbines project were entered in July 2009 in three separate envelopes containing the technical, financial and tariff elements of each submission.
Continue readingWind energy hits the headlines in the US
Perhaps the story most heavily reported involved Google making another ?69 million investment in a wind farm in Oregon that is slated to become the biggest wind power facility in the world, with 338 wind turbines.
Continue readingPattern Energy and Samsung Renewable Energy Acquire Wind Energy Projects in Ontario
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) announced that it has partnered with Samsung Renewable Energy to acquire wind power projects in Ontario from ACCIONA and Boralex.
Continue readingWind energy Goldwind wins two wind turbines U.S. deals
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Company, a leading Chinese wind power maker, has won two new wind farm orders in the United States.
Continue readingWisconsin says ‘Yes!’ to wind power
Wisconsin overwhelmingly endorsed wind energy, despite recent action by the state’s legislature that has caused the developers of two wind farm plants to shelve their wind turbines projects in recent weeks.
Continue readingChina Unveils Geothermal Energy Plan
Geothermal power is expected to provide 1.7 percent of China’s total energy in 2015, as the country speeds up its exploration of renewable energy sources.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil – 75 wind turbines awarded to Vestas
The wind power order comprises 75 units of the 2 MW platform wind turbines for the following wind farm projects: Ventos de Sao Miguelm, Renascença I, Renascença II, Renascença III and Renascença IV located at Rio Grande.
Continue readingWind power could meet islands’ energy needs
Ireland’s islands could all be meeting their energy needs from 100 per cent renewable sources such as wind energy if they followed the example of an island in Denmark.
Continue readingWind energy works for Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
The 22 wind turbines together will produce about 2.2 megawatts. Fifty-five percent of the cost of the wind power project is being paid for through grants the tribes received by the U.S. DOE.
Continue readingWind power is by far one of the cleanest forms of energy
“The fact that wind farm is adding 35 percent of all electric capacity since 2007 is something to celebrate this Earth Day,” said Denise Bode, American Wind Energy Association CEO.”
Continue readingProject Utilizes Offshore Wind Energy To Oxygenate Baltic Sea
A professor at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg is planning a trial involving oxygenation with wind turbines.
Continue readingSCHOTT Solar brings solar power into the classroom
School students research solar energy. Raising young people’s interest in the technologies of the future. SCHOTT Solar supporting schools with experimental suitcases.
Continue readingPakistan?s first wind energy project to be inaugurated in May
The first ever wind farm of 49.5 megawatts (MW) in Pakistan having achieved all major milestones is now all set for formal groundbreaking in May 2011. Several other wind turbines projects are in pipeline.
Continue readingWind power for clean energy in Central America
Soaring international prices for oil and gas are driving the expansion of renewable energies in Central America, a region that has plenty of untapped potential for wind energy and geothermal energy.
Continue readingFirst Polymer Solar-Thermal Device
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight – an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 percent.
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