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Asia leads global wind energy growth
Asia leads the growth in global wind power, which grew 35.8 GW in 2010 bringing total wind farm capacity to 194.4 GW ? up 22.5% from 2009, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says.
Continue readingWind energy in Spain increased by 1,516 MW in 2010
Wind power closed the year at 20.676,04 MW, slightly above the target of the 2005-2010 Renewable Energies Plan.
Continue readingNordex to unveil new wind turbines at EWEA 2011
Nordex to unveil the high-performance inland N117 wind power system with a nominal output of 2.4 MW at EWEA 2011.
Continue readingGE, ACS Offer Advanced Services for Wind Turbines
GE declared that it has contracted a 10-year accord with Cobra Energia, a Spanish wind energy developing company, to offer advanced services for its 178 GE wind turbines erected at eight wind farms all over Spain.
Continue readingAGL Selects KBR for Wind Farm in Australia
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) has chosen KBR to deliver project management services for its wind turbines plant in Victoria, Australia.
Continue readingU.S. – 5.6 GW of additional wind energy with 3,000 wind turbines
U.S. – More wind farm plants are under construction than in all of 2010 ? 5.6 GW of additional wind power capacity ? equivalent to about 3000 new wind turbines.
Continue readingEDP Renewables inaugurates the Terra Fria wind farm in Montalegre, Portugal
The wind farm has installed wind power capacity of 96 MW. The wind energy plant comprises 48 Enercon E82 wind turbines.
Continue readingEnel Green Power EBITDA Rises 7.7%
Net electricity generated amounted to 21.8 TWh, of which 11.1 TWh (51%) from hydroelectric, 4.9 TWh (22%) from wind energy, 5.3 TWh (24%) from geothermal energy, and 0.5 TWh (3%) from other renewable energy technologies.
Continue readingOPEL Solar Activity in United States
OPEL’s high performance photovoltaic concentrating panels generate up to 40% more kilowatt-hours than conventional flat plate silicon solar panel.
Continue readingAmerican Wind Energy Association – Background on Texas Blackouts
Wind power played a major role in keeping the blackouts from becoming more severe. Between 5 and 7 A.M. this morning (the peak of the electricity shortage) wind turbines was providing between 3,500 and 4,000 MW,
Continue readingMarket for Concentrating Solar Power Is Growing
Lux research revealed that despite competitive photovoltaic prices and lingering environmental and financing concerns, concentrated solar energy (CSP) technologies are poised for gigawatt-scale adoption in 2011.
Continue readingClimate Policy Initiative Analysis Finds European Power Market Improvements Are Important for Wind Power Expansion
EU power market design does not effectively support European member states’ plan to connect 200GW of wind energy and solar power to the transmission system by 2020.
Continue readingUK electric vehicles market to touch £7.2 billion by 2014
The report provides the trends observed in the hybrid and electric car market in the UK, insights from a consumer survey conducted to assess the consumer attitude and behavior about hybrid and electric cars.
Continue readingGlobal wind power capacity increases by 22% in 2010
Global wind energy installations increased by 35.8 GW in 2010. Wind farm capacity up to 194.4 GW, a 22.5% increase on the 158.7 GW wind turbines installed at the end of 2009.
Continue readingGreengate Power Receives Approval for 20-Year PPA Totaling 450 MW of Wind Power
Upon completion in 2012, the Halkirk I Wind Farm is expected to be Alberta’s largest operating wind energy project with a total generating capacity of 150 MW.
Continue readingUK – Wind energy employs more people than coal
The growing importance of renewable energy to the UK economy has been underlined after a report revealed more people are now employed in the wind power sector than in the coal industry.
Continue readingInternational award for 18 years of wind power standardization
Wherever in the world they are produced, wind turbines have to meet certain technical requirements which are laid down in standards formulated by IEC’s wind turbine technical committee.
Continue readingPrysmian to exhibit full range of cable systems for wind power transmission infrastructures
Prysmian?s product portfolio will focus on the full range of state-of-the-art power cables for wind energy generation facilities.
Continue readingFERC, DOE and SolarReserve Weigh in on Issues Affecting the Concentrating Solar Power Industry
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power 2011 is chaired by Charlie Ricker senior vice president of Business Development for Brightsource Energy and David Kearney.
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