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Willett Kempton – The world?s wind resource for electric power is larger than the total energy need of humanity
Wind energy output could be stabilized if wind turbines were located in a meteorologically designed configuration and electrically connected.
Continue readingInvenergy to build 24 MW wind energy plant in Montana
Invenergy has applied for a permit to build a $50 million, 24-megawatt wind farm southeast of Great Falls.
Continue readingIndia has a lifetime opportunity to build the Concentrating Solar Power industry like China did in the wind energy
India has the potential to become a global manufacturing hub for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) manufacturing.
Continue readingGL Garrad Hassan chosen for SMart Wind’s ‘Hornsea’ wind energy project
The ‘Hornsea’ project is scheduled to deliver 4,000 MW of offshore wind power capacity by 2020.
Continue readingWisconsin Wind Power Project Seeks Purchase Power Agreement
Ridge Wind Energy LLC, a wind power development company located in Verona, Wisconsin is in advanced planning stages of developing a wind farm in southwestern Wisconsin.
Continue readingRussia’s Atomenergomash to start wind turbines production by 2012
“Atomenergomash’s strategic goal is to become a global player on the wind energy market with a significant share in Russia and abroad by 2020,” Kashchenko said at a wind power industry conference.
Continue readingNew wind energy plant in Nicaragua
Combined with the Amayo I wind farm (that has 19 wind turbines), the two phases have a total output of 63.0 MW representing almost 10% of available installed capacity.
Continue readingFirst Wind to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Milford Wind Power Expansion
First Wind will host a ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction of the 102 MW expansion of the company?s Milford Wind energy project.
Continue readingOwnEnergy Offers Wind-Farm Development Workshops for Farmers & Entrepreneurs
The workshop is focusing on the development process and the options available for building community wind farms.
Continue readingWell, they ARE penny-wise ?
Wind energy?s costs are in a competitive range with those of electricity from other types of new power plants.
Continue readingSDG&E signs solar power purchase agreement with CSolar
San Diego Gas & Electric, or SDG&E, has signed a 25-year power-purchase agreement with a subsidiary of CSolar Development, LLC to procure up to 130MW of renewable energy.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex reduces revenue target for 2010
Nordex has launched a cost-cutting program as well as an initiative to boost the efficiency of its wind turbines to enhance its competitiveness on a sustainable basis.
Continue readingCrosswind Renewable Energy and Eco Energy Partners Partnership Agreement
Crosswind is strategically positioned as a premier provider of clean energy solutions due to its global network reach and its extensive commitments with industry leading companies.
Continue readingDraka opening Kansas parts plant for wind turbines
In November 2009, Siemens began construction on a nacelle plant in Hutchinson, KS. A nacelle is the part of the wind turbine that houses the gearbox, drive train and control electronics on wind turbines.
Continue readingSolar energy boom in the American desert
In the remote deserts of the United States, a clean energy boom is under way with potentially far-reaching implications for the way future electricity is generated in the sunbelts of Asia and other regions.
Continue readingSolar Power will develop a Concentrating Solar Power in Chile
GDF SUEZ and Solar Power Group have agreed to jointly develop a 5 MW thermal Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in the North of Chile.
Continue readingenXco Conduct a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the 205.5 Megawatt Lakefield Wind Power Project
enXco – an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS: EEN) and Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) celebrated the construction of the 205.5 megawatt Lakefield Wind Farm with a groundbreaking ceremony.
Continue readingChina to boost wind energy capacity to 90 gigawatts
The wind power target will be met in part by the construction of seven 10 GW wind farm projects, five of which are expected to be completed before 2016.
Continue readingWind energy in Ukraine – Novoazovsky wind base to invest EUR 192 m in construction of wind farm in Donetsk
It is planned to increase the number of wind turbines to 48 by late 2012, bringing the station’s total capacity to 120 MW.
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