One of the reasons for this wind power project was to better understand reliability by measuring the failure rate and downtime of existing wind turbines at operational wind farm plants.
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Canada’s largest wind energy plant (300 MW)
Greengate Power Corp. said it has received provincial approval to build Canada’s largest wind farm. Construction on the Blackspring Ridge I wind power project in southern Alberta is expected to begin in 2012.
Continue readingReviving the US Geothermal Energy
It has become essential to tackle the energy crisis through judicious utilization of abundant the renewable energy resources, such as biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy.
Continue readingJuhl Wind and Suzlon Sell 20 MW Community Wind Energy Project
The Grant County Wind Farm in southwestern Minnesota consists of 10 Suzlon S88 ? 2.1 MW wind turbines and at full capacity produces 20 megawatts of energy.
Continue readingEolica Dobrogea sells four wind power projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables
Eolica Dobrogea has recently sold four wind energy projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables. The wind turbines projects will have a power of 80 MW. Iberdrola will later operate these wind farm plants.
Continue readingStatkraft Opens Its First Wind Energy Plant in Sweden
Em wind farm, Statkraft’s first wind power facility in Sweden, is officially opened today, and is comprised of four wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 9.2 MW.
Continue readingU.S. Embassy Installs Micro-Wind Turbines from WindStream Technologies
WindStream Technologies? TurboMill? micro-wind turbines have been selected for installation at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland, part of a ?League of Green Embassies?.
Continue readingDesalination Techniques Emerge in the Spotlight as Fresh Water Supplies Diminish Steadily
The water market is growing, and other industries such as concentrating solar power, produced water treatment and ballast water treatment are exploring the possibility of converting their effluent water into potable.
Continue readingSunPower Signs 48 MW Solar Power Photovoltaic Supply Agreement with Toshiba
Toshiba will use the panels to support the company?s residential solar energy offering in Japan, which was launched last year with a supply agreement for 32 megawatts of SunPower panels.
Continue readingWind energy is delivering economic benefits to British Columbia
Policy-makers in British Columbia have made it clear they see wind power as an important and growing player in the province’s future energy plans -driving job creation, new investment, and the delivery of clean energy.
Continue readingAmericans are not willing to choose between wind power and wildlife
‘Americans are not willing to choose between wind energy and wildlife. Fortunately, with good policy and long-term thinking, they won’t have to.’
Continue readingGreensburg Wind Farm Named Wind Energy Project of the Year
The wind power project, which began operating in March 2010, consists of 10 new wind turbines, 1.25 MW each.
Continue readingSaudi Arabia embraces solar power
Masdar is building a 100-megawatt solar thermal plant called Shams 1 and in January announced plans for a second one, Nour. Masdar expects Shams 1 to be the biggest concentrating solar power plant in the world.
Continue readingForbes magazine’s blog recently carried an opinion article attacking wind energy by Larry Bell
Forbes magazine’s blog recently carried an opinion article attacking wind power by Larry Bell, a professor of space architecture at the University of Houston.
Continue readingWind Energy Update: Leading US Utilities and Operators Commit to Wind Power
The reasons why this meeting has become so successful are clear; there?s never been a more important time for wind farm developers and owners of wind turbines to improve their O&M strategies.
Continue readingREpower to Unveil its 3.2 MW Wind Turbines at EWEA 2011
In the annual service survey of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) which has just been published, REpower ranked second among the wind turbine manufacturers in Germany.
Continue readingSoitec announces major U.S. Concentrated Solar Power photovoltaic project
The new CPV solar power plant, named Imperial Solar Energy Center (ISEC) West, will be constructed on a 1057-acre site in Southern California’s western Imperial County, and is expected to be completed in 2015.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa announces ?60 million India expansion
Gamesa CEO Jorge Calvet denied rumours the company was looking to buy a share in Indian wind turbines competitor Suzlon. However, Calvet said consolidation within the wind power industry was ‘inevitable’.
Continue readingAcciona Energy begins construction work on its first wind farm in Poland
Golice wind farm with nineteen 2 MW wind turbines will enable Acciona Energy to take up a position in the Polish wind power sector. In 2010, the installed wind energy capacity increased by 53% to 1,107 MW.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Expanding Solar Power and Wind Energy in Texas
Here Enterprises is a developer of wind power. Here Enterprises has erected wind turbines at Cycle Ranch and plans to add solar energy to maximize clean energy generation.
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