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DOE Offers $1.187 Billion for Loan Guarantee Supporting the 250-Megawatt California Solar Power Plant
Solar Energy Ranch Expected to Inject $315 Million of Economic Benefit to San Luis Obispo County. NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) will assume all ownership and financing responsibilities for the photovoltaic project.
Continue readingWind energy Suzlon launches new S9X suite of wind turbines
Suzlon announced the launch of its new S9X suite of wind turbines at the Wind Power 2011 conference in Chennai, India. Extends proven technology platform to meet specific wind farm market.
Continue readingFCC secures first wind energy plant approval in UK
Waste Recycling Group (WRG) has been given the go-ahead to site two wind turbines at its closed Carnaby Landfill site. This marks the FCC’s first planning approval since moving into the wind power in 2010.
Continue readingWind energy meeting Kyoto commitments while climate negotiations stall
By 2020, wind power should avoid between 46% and 69% of the pledges made in the Cancun agreement, depending on whether pledges are met to the full or the minimum.
Continue readingNew Nordex N117/2400 wind turbines for light wind conditions
The N117 is designed specifically for light wind farm sites, creating new wind power generating potential for wind farm locations across the country.
Continue readingObstacles to wind energy development in Chile
Chile is blessed with renewable energy resources, including wind power, solar power and geothermal energy, but to date they represent less than 1% of the energy mix.
Continue readingIEA: More wind energy and other renewables needed to replace oil
Wind power must see an annual average growth rate of 17% and solar power 22% to meet their 2020 targets. Global installed wind farm capacity at the end of 2010 was about 197 GW.
Continue readingWind Farm in Texas to Utilize Proven DeWind 2MW D8.2 Wind Turbines
DeWind recently acquired the rights for the 20 MW Frisco wind energy project, located in Hansford County, Texas, from local wind farm developer Distributed Wind Systems of Guymon, Oklahoma.
Continue readingSpain tops Germany as Europe?s number one wind energy producer
Spain was Europe?s leading producer of wind energy last year with a total production of 42,976 gigawatt-hours, replacing Germany in the top spot, according to the Spanish Wind Energy Association AEE.
Continue readingCalifornia will install 9,000 MW of solar power, wind energy and geothermal energy by 2020
California was the birthplace of modern renewable energy, from concentrated solar energy of Luz International to the wind power in the eighties, before the development of wind turbines in Denmark, Germany and Spain.
Continue readingTaking Solar Energy to the Cities
Last month, St. Paul, Minnesota unveiled the largest solar thermal project in the Upper Midwest on the roof of the St. Paul RiverCentre, the city-owned convention center overlooking the Mississippi River.
Continue readingAbengoa to develop a 50 MW wind farm in Uruguay
The wind energy plant, which will have 25 wind turbines, must be operational within a maximum period of three years. The wind power project will supply renewable energy to a population of 50,000 people.
Continue readingMarine energy: Abengoa and Wavebob to lead the way
Considered one of the world?s leading wave energy technologies, Wavebob Ltd.?s unique wave energy convertor harnesses the immense power of the ocean to produce clean, low cost electricity.
Continue readingAddressing social acceptance of wind power in Canada
Ontario is the current provincial leader in installed wind farm capacity accounting for 1,457 MW ? roughly onethird- of national wind energy development.
Continue readingJosé Manuel Barroso visits wind energy Vestas
President of the European Commission to visit Vestas to learn more about the potential of wind power. Vestas began producing wind turbines in 1979.
Continue readingWind energy experienced dramatic growth over the last decade
Global installed wind farm capacity at the end of 2010 was around 197 GW. Offshore wind power is now a Chinese priority with the publication of its Offshore Wind Development Plan in 2009.
Continue readingWind energy in India: Chinese company sold 125 wind turbines of 2 MW
Chinese manufacturers of wind turbines occupy four of the top 10 and seven of the 15 positions in the world ranking of wind turbine manufacturers.
Continue readingUK report criticizing wind energy is off base
A recent report being circulated in the United Kingdom casts some doubt on wind power’s ability to serve as a reliable source of electricity generation.
Continue readingMarine energy: 10 MW demonstration project in Scotland
The Scottish government approved a marine energy project developed by Scottish Power Renewables for the construction of a large demonstration plant for electricity generation from tides in the Sound of Islay.
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