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Nuclear power declines while renewable energy take the lead
Politicians who are reluctant to accept that wind energy and other renewables could be the driving force behind Europe achieving a low-carbon future in the next 40 years should read a new report of Worldwatch Institute.
Continue readingGlobal warming won’t harm wind power production
The production of wind energy in the U.S. over the next 30-50 years will be largely unaffected by upward changes in global temperature. The areas where wind density is predicted to decrease are off limits for wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy DeWind Announces Buy-out of Little Pringle Wind Farm
The 20 MW wind power farm site has delivered over 16 GWh of power since starting commercial operation in 2010. DeWind produces and sells utility-scale wind turbines.
Continue readingIs Wind Energy Sinovel Planning to Replace American Superconductor?
Wind power Sinovel’s recent refusal to accept shipments from American Superconductor (AMSC) may be due to more than just a slowdown in the Chinese wind farm market.
Continue readingWind power in Tamil Nadu – Japan company keen on funding wind farm
Although power managers are apprehensive that the wind turbines project may be delayed due to the current crisis in Japan, they say that it would solve many of the problems in transferring wind energy into the grid.
Continue readingWind energy in Germany – first commercial offshore wind farm in Baltic Sea
Germany’s first commercial offshore wind power plant was inaugurated on Monday in the Baltic Sea. Angela Merkel pushed the button to start up the 21 wind turbines at the Baltic 1 wind farm.
Continue readingRajasthan Solar Energy Policy 2011
The Rajasthan State will promote setting up of solar power projects. The total capacity under this category will be distributed equally between SPV and solar concentrating thermal power plants.
Continue readingWind energy GL Garrad Hassan registers offices in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has emerged as an evolving market for renewable energies with particular emphasis on offshore wind power.
Continue readingThin Film Photovoltaics (PV)
The global thin film photovoltaic market is expected to grow from $3,406 million in 2009 to $19,422 million in 2015.
Continue readingMerkel Inaugurates Germany’s Offshore Wind Energy Plant
Baltic 1 wind power plant was inaugurated today, making it Germany’s first offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea and second offshore wind turbines to go online.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy – Siemens wind turbines supply clean electricity to over 50,000 households
Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 1 goes into operation. Wind power is part of Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio.
Continue readingNextEra Energy Resources subsidiary raises $118 million in capital for wind energy projects
Penta Wind consists of 483 megawatts of wind farm projects in five states. NextEra is the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind power and solar power.
Continue readingNew Wind Power Market Analysis for North America
These include assessing the impacts of energy curtailment, policy changes, and infrastructure development and quantifying the financial ramifications that they have for a specific wind farm site or wind energy project.
Continue readingBoosting the Efficiency of Wind Energy and Solar Power
Wind turbines produce wakes, invisible ripples, waves and other disturbances in the atmosphere downstream that can damage wind turbines and decrease efficiency.
Continue readingKYOCERA supplies 6MW of solar modules for solar power plant in Italy
Kyocera Corporation announced that it has supplied approximately 6-megawatts (MW) of the company’s multicrystalline silicon solar photovoltaic modules for a large-scale solar energy plant near Turin, Italy.
Continue readingNautricity pushes back the tide of marine energy
While conventional tidal devices resemble wind turbines moored to the seabed, incurring enormous deployment and engineering costs, CoRMat is a small, free-floating capsule, tethered to a surface float.
Continue readingTop Ten Solar Power States
The New York Times published a rundown today of the top ten states in installed solar energy capacity (photovoltaic, solar thermal or concentrated solar energy).
Continue readingIs Wind Power The New Wedge Issue For Conservatives?
Wind energy, after being the darling of the media, business and state governments for much of its history, has suddenly found itself on the receiving end of negative publicity.
Continue readingWind energy in Pakistan – KOSPO keen to set up 2000 MW wind power
The delegation made commitment to generate at least 200 MW from a wind farm in next two years. Hyundai Corp also showed intention of his company to put up wind turbines plant in Pakistan.
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