Domestic concentrating solar power (CSP) experienced a burst of projects in California in the 1980s, and then went quiet for two decades.
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China getting ready to overtake US as wind energy leader
What explains the dramatic growth of wind power in China? Genuine political commitment is certainly the deciding factor, something the US has been lacking to date.
Continue readingGoogle invests $5 billion in offshore wind energy project
The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone will, upon completion, be able to connect 6,000 MW of offshore wind power.
Continue readingRenewable Energy Tax Credits: Keeping America at Work
The 1603 program actually led to a record-breaking year of 10,000 megawatts (MW) of new wind power in 2009, compared to the 4,000 MW feared prior to the Recovery Act.
Continue readingWind power Vestas Towers America, Inc., celebrates grand opening with U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar
New Wind Towers Factory in Pueblo, Colorado ? the World?s Largest ? Officially Opens for Business.
Continue readingWind power Vestas opens $50m Beijing R&D center
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, opened a $50-million technology research and development (R&D) center in Beijing on Tuesday, in a move to expand its portfolio in the country.
Continue readingChina likely to lead world in wind energy by year-end
China is likely to surpass the United States as the leader in cumulative wind power capacity by the end of this year, a Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) official said on Tuesday.
Continue readingFluor receives contract from Elecnor to design 2 Concentrating Solar Power contracts in Spain
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced that Elecnor S.A. has awarded the company an engineering services contract for two new 50 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Alcazar de San Juan, Spain.
Continue readingAmerica’s largest solar show reflects continued growth of solar energy
Solar Power International 2010, the largest business-to-business solar conference and expo in North America, opened Tuesday with over 1,100 exhibitors coming from many countries of the world.
Continue readingGamesa obtains new contracts in China to supply wind turbines (251 MW)
Gamesa signs deals with Guangdong and Datang and a new customer, Henan Weite Wind Power. The company will supply 73 wind turbines of its G90-2.0 MW turbine and 124 units of its G58-850 kW wind turbine in 2010.
Continue readingKorea to Boost Wind Energy Sector
Korea has lost the head-start in the solar and wind power market to advanced economies and China, so the government devised a plan to catch up through huge investment.
Continue readingWind energy capacity to grow five-fold by 2020
“China is at a crossroads,” said Yang. “It can choose between the dirty, dangerous world of coal and fossil fuels, or the new, clean future promised by wind power. The answer is obvious.”
Continue readingChina – SOEs rushing to build offshore wind energy plants with low bids
“The (low) bidding prices are unrealistic and can be very risky,” Li said at the conference for the release of the China Wind Power Outlook 2010 report on Wednesday.
Continue readingWind Energy to Surge by 2030 in Kenya, Egypt and Eritrea
Wind power will increase to make up between five and 22 percent of world power generated by 2030 and countries must do more to expand electricity grids to cope, a study by pro-wind groups showed on Tuesday.
Continue readingWind power envoy in the Middle East
Recently, he met with the Lebanese minister of energy, who wanted to know more about how wind energy can supplement the existing supplies.
Continue readingFluor Develops Master Plan for South Africa Solar Power Park (5 GW)
Five Gigawatt Solar Park Plan Among World?s Largest. Fluor Corporation was selected to perform a study for a potential solar energy park development in the Northern Cape for South Africa?s Department of Energy.
Continue readingCost of wind energy: ?1,350 per kW in 2009
Producing increased volumes of wind power generated electricity
will attract considerable levels of investment. Capital costs per kilowatt of installed capacity are taken as an average of ?1,350 per kW in 2009.
Africa?s wind resource is best around the coasts and in the eastern highlands
At the end of 2009, about 96% of the continent?s total wind installations of 763 MW were to be found in Egypt (430 MW), Morocco (253 MW) and Tunisia (54 MW).
Continue readingWind power development in Eastern Europe/Eurasia
As of August 2010, there were 30 wind energy projects in the JI pipeline, totalling an installed capacity of 1,280 MW. The largest one of these, at 300 MW, is located in Ukraine.
Continue readingIndia – the wind energy potential could be as great as 100 GW
The World Institute for Sustainable Energy, India (WISE) considers that with larger wind turbines, greater land availability and expanded resource exploration, the potential could be as great as 100 GW.
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