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.
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Top 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 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 readingPakistan – It?s time to harness renewable energy
The president hoped wind energy might hold the key to energy independence and environmental renewal in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan.
Continue readingGeneral Electric Signs Wind Energy Contract with Monsson Alma in Romania
General Electric has signed an agreement with Monsson Alma to supply 14 wind turbines for Monsson Alma?s two wind power projects with a total capacity of 35 MW in Romania.
Continue readingIKEA Selects REC Solar Energy Solution for Locations in Germany and the US
The world’s leading home furnishings retailer IKEA selected REC Systems and REC solar modules for the installation of Photovoltaic Systems on two of their buildings in Germany.
Continue readingZipcar Announces Program with Toyota to Launch Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHVs)
New Program Designed to Further Test and Evaluate How PHVs and Electric Vehicles Can Lead to Sustainable Networked Transportation Systems.
Continue readingIberdrola files permit application for 300 MW wind energy project in North Carolina
Wind power project would be first wind farm in North Carolina. The wind turbines is expected to bring substantial economic benefits to the area.
Continue readingWind Works Power Announces Procurement of Enercon Wind Turbines for Its German Wind Farm
Wind power Burg I is the first phase of a 2-phase, 10 MW wind energy project located near Magdeburg in the eastern part of Germany.
Continue reading2010?s ten largest renewables project
This is a second instalment in Bellona?s overview of the renewable energy market and technologies, as well as political developments in the field, in the past twelve months.
Continue readingAltair Nanotechnologies Receives Wind Power Contract With Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. announced that it has received a firm contract with the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute or HNEI of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa for a test of wind energy integration.
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.
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