The Statement delivered by Chris Huhne in the House of Commons reconfirmed the Government’s long-term commitment to expanding renewable energy, with the announcement of a Renewables Delivery Plan.
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Raising Appliance Efficiency: A Big Win for Consumers and the Climate By Lester R. Brown
There are enormous opportunities to use energy more efficiently. Investing in energy efficiency is often far cheaper than expanding the energy supply to meet growing demand.
Continue readingAcciona improves its EBITDA by 38.5% up to reaching 528 Million Euros
Acciona Energy increased by 42.1%, to 741 million Euros and the EBITDA grew 60.1% up to 395 million Euros.
Continue readingRussia to build 100 MW wind energy plant
Russia is planning to invest $200 million in the construction of the country’s largest wind farm in its Black Sea Territory of southern Krasnoyarsk.
Continue readingTerra-Gen Power Breaks Ground on World?s Largest Wind Power Project
The Alta wind farm projects will create more than 3,000 domestic manufacturing, construction and operation and maintenance jobs, and contribute more than $1.2 billion to the local economy in Kern County.
Continue readingNational Wind Coordinating Collaborative Sage-Grouse Research
Group Seeks Proposals for Research Exploring Impacts of Wind Power Development on Sage-Grouse.
Continue readingSolarReserve Gets Green Light on Nevada Concentrating Solar Power (100 MW)
SolarReserve?s 100 megawatt power contract with NV Energy will utilize innovative energy storage technology developed and manufactured in the United States.
Continue readingOG&E’s ‘Crossroads’ Wind Farm Gains Regulatory Approval
OG&E announced today that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a new wind farm in northwestern Oklahoma.
Continue readingEnergy Development to invest in geothermal and wind power projects
Tantoco said geothermal projects would comprise the bulk of the investments in new projects that will generate 230 megawatts of electricity.
Continue readingSri Lanka has a potential of about 20,000 MW of wind energy
Ranawaka said a US survey showed the island has a potential of about 20,000MW of wind power. “Now our capacity is 2,500MW. If we can harness 4-5,000MW of wind power we can simply double our capacity.”
Continue readingEDP Renewables shows consistent financial and operational growth for H1 2010
EDP Renewables (EDP Renováveis, Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, announced that gross profit increased 30%.
Continue readingBroadwind Energy Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany
Broadwind Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWEN) announced that it has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, and named Michael Stegelmann as managing director of Broadwind Energy Europe GmbH.
Continue readingDetroit Edison Seeks Wind Turbines Supplier
Detroit Edison issued a Request for Prequalification to purchase wind turbine generation equipment to be installed at one wind farm the electric utility is planning to develop.
Continue readingGetting the scoop on wind power at Michigan supply chain meeting
About 300 business men and women are gathering in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to get the latest facts and figures on the wind energy industry, as well as advice on how to get into the business.
Continue readingTimken Wins US$26 Million Wind Energy Contract Supplying Goldwind
Timken to provide engineering, advanced bearings, condition monitoring and services for Goldwind wind turbines in China with broader, global opportunity
Continue readingSolar and wind power can rise to a 10% share by 2015 in India
India can afford to raise the share of renewable energy in national power output to 10% by 2015 from under 4% today, says a new report.
Continue readingAMSC Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, reported financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2010 ended June 30, 2010.
Continue readingGamesa terminates its negotiations with Bard in wind power offshore
Gamesa decides to develop its offshore wind energy business on its own.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa: 762 MW and order backlog of 1,894 MW
Growth in international wind energy markets: Asia is now the company’s largest market, and foreign sales account for 89% of the total.
Continue readingOnce again, Google turns to wind power for its green energy commitment
We?ve been excited about this deal because taking 114 megawatts of wind power off the market for so long means producers have the incentive and means to build more renewable energy capacity for other customers.
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