The wind turbines delivered by the wind energy company will be used in a wind farm project at Quebec in Canada with a total capacity of 300 MW.
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Concentrated Solar Energy Thermal Power Summit
This event will set out how to deliver a profitable, productive and commercially successful Concentrating Solar Power business in India.
Continue readingSecond Wind’s Technology Gains Ground in South Africa’s Expanding Wind Power Market
Company partners WISE to bring advanced wind resource assessment to South African wind energy industry. The country has a relatively modest 10MW of installed wind farm capacity today.
Continue readingAMSC Announces Orders for Grid Interconnection of Wind Energy Plants in the United Kingdom
Nordex is committed to providing optimal wind power. Orders for AMSC’s D-VAR solution for wind farm grid interconnection reached a new record in 2010.
Continue readingGE to supply 14 wind turbines for two new wind power projects in Romania
General Electric (GE) will supply 14 wind turbines for Monsson Alma?s wind energy projects in Romania (wind farm Silistea 1 and wind farm Mireasa 2.
Continue readingChina to accelerate offshore wind energy projects in Fujian
China in 2010 became the country with the most installed wind power capacity, supplanting the United States. China installed 16 GW of new wind farm capacity in 2010. The wind turbines installed save 90 million t. CO2.
Continue readingMarine energy: 250 MW Tidal Power Plant to come up in India
Asia’s first commercial tidal power plant will be built in the Indian state of Gujarat with an initial 50 MW capacity.
Continue readingSterling Agro buys wind power equipment from Suzlon
Sterling Agro Industries has placed an order with Suzlon to buy wind energy equipment. Suzlon has also supplied wind turbines to Sterling Agro for its wind farm in Rajasthan
Continue readingMasdar plans 100 MW photovoltaic solar power plant
Masdar is already building a $600 million, 100 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power plant in Abu Dhabi with France?s TotalTotal S.A. (TOT) and Spain?s Abengoa Solar (ABG.MC).
Continue readingi-MiEV electric vehicles in 15 European countries
Mitsubishi began production of the electric car i-MiEVs with ithium ion batteries for Europe from October of last year. Three months after starting shipment, about 2,500 electric cars were shipped.
Continue readingTrends in the Global Wind Energy Market to 2015
The US leads the global wind power market with a share of 21.9% of the cumulative wind farm capacity in 2009. The US is followed by China, which accounted for 16.3% of the total wind turbines.
Continue readingRepower to supply 300 MW for Quebec wind energy plant
REpower and Saint-Laurent Énergies Consortium sign a 300 MW contract for Canadian wind power projects. Delivery of 150 REpower MM82 and MM92 wind turbines for wind farm plants.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables installs more wind energy in 2010 than any other utility
Iberdrola Renovables built 39 new wind farm facilities in 2010 with combined wind power capacity of 1,780 MW.
Continue readingConcentrix CPV System Connected to Jordan’s Grid
Soitec (Euronext Paris), the world’s leading supplier of advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, reports excellent results for the company’s concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system in Jordan.
Continue readingBringing Solar Power Lights To Belize
GEAR said the village can sustain these solar lamps from the resulted savings of up to 75% over the cost of kerosene.
Continue readingAffinity Wind Closes JV Agreement with wind energy Suzlon
Forms Development Partnership for 150 MW Illinois Wind Power Project. Suzlon is a highly vertically integrated wind turbines manufacturer. Suzlon will be responsible for this first wind farm.
Continue readingAlgeria – 170 MW from concentrated solar energy by 2015
Algeria is seeking to produce 6% of its electricity from renewables by 2015, of which 100 MW will be in the form of wind energy, 170 MW will come from concentrating solar power and 5.1MW from photovoltaics.
Continue readingSolar power use in cell towers can reduce CO2
If all these cellphone towers use solar energy then it could save a great amount of fossil fuels as well as reduce carbon emissions.
Continue readingEight companies vie to put wind turbines in offshore wind farm in Maryland
The O’Malley administration has pushed to develop offshore wind power as the main way to achieve the state’s goal of getting 20 percent of Maryland’s electricity needs from renewable power by 2022.
Continue readingEgypt continues looking to wind energy to power some of its energy needs
Egypt is getting ready to expand its wind power sector. The ministry had already raised funds for several wind farm plants. Egypt had 430 MW of installed wind turbines at the end of 2009.
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