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Empire State Building Moving To 100% Wind Energy
Officials for the Empire State building announced that soon all of its power will come from wind power, provided by Texas-based Green Mountain Energy.
Continue readingUS, Chinese firms to build world’s largest solar photovoltaic plant
First Solar will build a 2,000-megawatt (2 GW) solar power plant with its partners in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The first phase of the solar energy project is to build a 30-MW production capacity plant.
Continue readingChina wind energy firm set for $1.4 billion IPO
Sinovel told that it would use the proceeds of its IPO to expand wind power installed capacity and beef up its research and development capability for 6-megawatt (MW) wind turbines.
Continue readingSuzlon Energy to build and operate 150 MW in wind power projects
Suzlon Energy has signed an agreement with Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company to set up, operate and maintain 150 MW of wind energy. The Suzlon Group has installed over 15,000 MW of wind farm capacity.
Continue readingIberdrola and Gamesa secure a contract for a wind energy plant in Kenya
The new wind farm to be located in Ngong, some 30 kilometres from Nairobi. The new wind power plant, to be built within 18 months, will have 16 G52 wind turbines.
Continue readingIncreased wind energy is expected to be part of Turkey?s future
Turkey added that 343 MW of new wind power was installed in 2009, bringing total wind farm capacity up to 801 MW. An additional 500 MW of wind turbines was expected to be installed in 2010.
Continue readingGlobal wind turbines trading platform for new and used wind turbines
While in many parts of the world wind energy is becoming a popular energy source, since recently there was no global online marketplace for used wind turbines in this relatively young market.
Continue readingGermany?s Cumulative Photovoltaic Capacity to Grow at 24.4% by 2014
According to our recent research report ?German Photovoltaic Market Analysis?, Germany remained most active photovoltaic market in the world and showed remarkable resilience against economic slowdown.
Continue readingSwitzerland – 2010 a record year for wind power (42 MW)
The country?s leading wind energy association, Suisse-Eole, is reporting a 150 percent jump in wind energy production last year?the best year on record for the industry.
Continue readingAREVA strengthens position in offshore wind market with ?400 million contract
Situated 45 km off the northern coast of the island of Borkum, the wind farm is the biggest wind energy project in the German North Sea.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Developing Texas Wind Farm
Here Enterprises is developing its firm wind energy generation project in Floresville, Texas. Texas leads the nation in wind power production with 9,727 MW of installed capacity.
Continue readingLincoln Renewable Energy Inks $14M Round
Lincoln Renewable Energy, which develops solar and wind energy projects in the U.S., has raised $14 million in a venture capital round led by Austin Ventures.
Continue readingXtreme Power Selected for Hawaii Wind Energy Storage
Xtreme Power has been selected as the storage provider for First Wind?s Kaheawa Wind Power II (KWP II) project. Located on the Island of Maui, the 21 MW wind farm will employ a 10 MW DPR from Xtreme Power.
Continue readingBolivia hopes to install 700 MW of wind energy in the next 10 years
Bolivia hopes to install 700 MW of wind power capacity in the next 10 years as South America’s poorest nation works to diversify its energy mix, according to industry observers.
Continue readingInner Mongolia adds 3.5 GW of wind energy in 2010
In 2010, the grid-connected electricity output by wind power in Inner Mongolia had amounted to 17.72 billion kilowatt hours, up 71.9 percent.
Continue readingWind energy – How serious is threat to birds?
Wind farm sites are checked by experts and conservationists to determine their possible impact on the environment, including local and migratory birds.
Continue readingWhile generating green electricity, wind power might also help crops
In the frenzied lead up to the Christmas-New Year?s holiday season, some fascinating news about another potential benefit of wind energy received little attention in the mainstream media.
Continue readingGeothermal Heat Pumps
The geothermal heat pump system moves heat from the ground, which has a fairly consistent temperature year-round, to a building (or from a building to the ground) through a series of flexible pipe “loops”.
Continue readingSolar Thermal Electricity National Associations Are Growing
In the EU 3 Concentrating Solar Power associations already exist: PROTERMOSOLAR in Spain (more than 100 Members), ANEST in Italy (around 20 members) and SER-STE Commission in France (around 30 members).
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