enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS:EEN) has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement for up to a 100 megawatt wind farm to be built in Solano County, California.
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Photovoltaics keep on growing steadily
The expected global demand for 2010 exceeds 16,000 MW, more than twice the capacity installed in 2009. Europe still prevails, but starting from next year China and the US will be key actors.
Continue readingSolar photovoltaic market keeps shining in 2011
iSuppli forecasts that solar photovoltaic installations will reach 20.2 Gigawatts (GW) next year, up from 14.2 GW at the end of 2010. The PV market is expected to reach over 37 GW in 2014, up from 14.2 GW in 2010.
Continue readingAustralia – Albany wind farm extension
The Grasmere Wind Farm is expected to be completed by the end of 2011, with final synchronisation with the nearby 12 wind turbines ensuring full operation within several months.
Continue readingUpward revision for mid-term role of wind power in the EU
Wind energy share in electricity generation is expected to rise to 14% in 2020 (compared with current 5%), while estimates for 2030 have doubled forecasts made two years ago.
Continue readingChina’s wind energy blows to US stock market
Wind power in China accounted for about 25 GW of electricity generating capacity at the end of 2009, and it aims to reach 150 GW by 2020.
Continue readingChina – Dabancheng Wind Farm now has a combined generating capacity of 500 MW
Wang Wenqi was mocked as a fantasist when he set out plans to create China’s wind power capital in Dabancheng, a small and nondescript town in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Continue readingWind Energy Update’s O&M Summit 2010
0.019 euro per kWh is the average real cost of O&M compared with estimated costs from a leading wind turbine OEM of $0.005 per kWh.
Continue readingCannon Power Group Closes $547 Million Power Sales Transaction With Souther California Pulbic Power Authority
Cannon Power Group?s Windy Flats project went on line earlier in 2010. It is part of the company?s 500 MW Windy Point/Windy Flats wind turbines project.
Continue readingNordex supplies twelve wind turbines for Emerald Isle
RES, ESB and Nordex have been partners for a number of years. This partnership has installed wind turbines in Northern Ireland with a total capacity of 75 MW.
Continue readingEnel Green Power awarded 90 MW of wind energy in Brazil
EGP was awarded contracts for three wind farms whose capacity factor is among the highest in the world.
Continue readingSouth Africa announced huge 5,000 MW solar power plant
The ongoing feasibility study has already identified the site, near the town of Upington, and the investment will be about 16 billion euros. The Government hopes to start construction by 2012.
Continue readingGeothermal energy: US funding for demonstration projects
7 innovative projects regarding geothermal fluids – low temperature and recovered from oil and gas wells ? aim at lowering significantly the initial cost of units.
Continue readingVantagePoint Ventures to invest in wind power Goldwind
VantagePoint Venture Partners will invest in Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Company (Goldwind) when the Chinese wind turbines manufacturer launches its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange next month.
Continue readingSolar and Wind Energy Companies now in Greater Portland
Portland-Vancouver Regional Partners Council for Economic Development (Regional Partners) announced that the region?s recently expanded presence in solar and wind power.
Continue readingElectric vehicles becomes mainstream at Paris Motor Show
Consumers remain cautious, and environmental rules are more stringent. The auto industry hopes hybrids and electric cars will be a big part of the way forward.
Continue reading?Windfall? Documentary: Greatest Hits of Misinformation By Carl Levesque
A documentary film taking aim at wind power has recently been receiving some attention. The film attempts to tell the tale (read: tall tale) of a New York town where developers sought to build a wind farm.
Continue readingChina – Power firms ramp up wind energy spending
Wind power assets of China Longyuan Power Group, the Hong Kong-listed new energy unit of China Guodian, increased by 57.8 percent over the first six months of this year while its profit doubled from a year earlier.
Continue readingIowa – Releases report on wind energy development
In 2009, UMTDI developed a set of cost allocation principles that can serve as a foundation for ongoing cost allocation discussions in the region and the country.
Continue readingMythbusting fact: Wind’s energy payback is strongly positive By Tom Gray
Yet another myth circulating among the always busy anti-wind rumor mill concerns the “energy payback” (also known as “net energy balance” or “energy return on investment, EROI”) of wind power.
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