Wind power in the UK is leading renewable energy. Wind turbines accounts for almost half of the nation?s renewable generation. Onshore wind farm will provide around six to seven percent of the UK?s net electricity
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Wind energy in Serbia: the first wind turbines in 2011
Wind power is expected to become a significant part of the renewable energy portfolio in Serbia in the future but the first 6 MW of installed wind farm is not scheduled to become operational until the end of 2011.
Continue readingDuke Energy and SunEdison Announce Completion of 17.2 MW Solar Power Plant
Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres of land, the project is comprised of more than 63,000 photovoltaic solar panels and is expected to generate an estimated 28 million kilowatt-hours annually.
Continue readingMike Ford Named Vice President of Sales at Broadwind Energy
Mike will focus his efforts on developing Broadwind?s unified sales strategy and approach to expand our presence in the wind power, oil and gas and mining markets.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Turbines Market Will Reach $73.5 Billion by 2015
Pro-wind regulatory environment for wind power projects and increase in utility scale wind energy generation farms have put the world at 159 GW installed wind farm capacity at the end of 2009.
Continue readingOver the Next 5 Years, the Wind Energy Market is Expected to Reach $ 108 B, Solar Photovoltaic $101 B and Solar Thermal $17 B Per Annum
Wind power and solar power are clean renewable energy resources available in abundance across all the regions. The business of generating electricity from wind energy and solar energy is growing.
Continue readingChina – big boom for wind energy and solar power
The target power generating installed capacity of renewable energy for 2020, including wind power and solar energy, will see big boom in China.
Continue readingPortugal inaugurates 48 wind turbines northern wind farm
José Sócrates inaugurated a 48 wind turbines, ?126 million wind farm in northern Portugal last Friday, with a local official saying the 96-megawatt wind power facility would supply power to 150,000 homes.
Continue readingTop 10 Wind Turbines Companies
Vestas Maintains its Position as the Global Leader of the Wind Energy Manufacturing Industry. The Indian wind power market is also expected to grow at a fast pace.
Continue readingBy 2030, world can run on renewables
They address the intermittent nature of wind power and solar energy in their plan as well. The study determines that wind energy and solar power really could provide for the bulk of the world’s electricity needs.
Continue readingWind power Vestas announced the closure of five factories and layoffs of 3,000 colleagues
To date 2,200 layoffs have occurred, and wind power Vestas plans to carry out the remaining scheduled 800 layoffs no later than June 2011. Production at the affected wind turbines factories has now stopped.
Continue readingThree New Wind Energy Plants Start Operations in Spain
Enel Green Power?s three new wind farm plants have commenced operation in Spain. The three wind power facilities will produce nearly 260 million kWh.
Continue readingAcciona Commences Building of Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm
Acciona Energy has begun the building of the Dempsey Ridge Wind Energy plant in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
Continue readingJobs on horizon as Cape Wind energy project nears
Now that the hotly contested Cape Wind power project is in the final stages before construction, jobs–American jobs–are on the horizon.
Continue readingThe US Solar Thermal Power Market Outlook To 2020
“Solar Thermal Power Market Outlook in United States (US) to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Regulations, Key Assets, and Profiles of Major Companies” gives a view of United States (US) solar thermal market.
Continue readingAbengoa Signs Agreement with BHEL to jointly undertake Concentrating Solar Power projects in India
Abengoa has signed an agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and formalized a strategic partnership to jointly undertake concentrated solar energy (CSP) projects in India.
Continue readingWind energy Bent Tree nears final completion
The Bent Tree wind farm, which features 122 V82-1.65 MW wind turbines near Albert Lea, Minn., US, is expected to commission its final wind power turbine in early February.
Continue readingWind Energy To Meet the Presidents Call
The windpower industry and small companies like Here Enterprises (HRTE) got the backing of the presidency, when president Obama called for 80% of America’s power needs to come from clean energy by 2035.
Continue readingSecond Wind, WISE to Expand its Triton Sonic Wind Profiler Market in South Africa
Second Wind, a Boston-based company, declared that it has sold eight of its Triton Sonic wind profilers within six months of its moving into the South African wind energy market.
Continue readingProcter & Gamble announces new investments in solar and wind energy)
The Netherlands and German plants join other P&G sites in the US, Germany, and Mexico making progress in renewable energy use.
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