The vessel is capable of installing wind turbines and foundations in water depths up to 55 meters.
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Largest Enercon wind farm in the Baltics (Lithuania)
The new wind farm shall contribute to the company?s aim to become the best and most reliable wind power producer in Lithuania.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Power Report Shows Minimal Environmental Impact
New Jersey is the first state to take such a detailed scientific look at its offshore ecological resources in the context of wind energy.
Continue readingAlaska Signs Renewable Energy Legislation
Governor Sean Parnell signed legislation creating a statewide energy policy and an omnibus energy bill designed to create jobs and stimulate the economy, with hydroelectric, wind power, solar, geothermal and tidal.
Continue readingCommission accepts Idaho Power green tag plan
Idaho Power?s 101-megawatt Elkhorn Wind power project in Oregon and its 13 MW Raft River geothermal project in south-central Idaho generated more than 320,000 MWh of RECs for Idaho Power in 2007 and 2008.
Continue readingAES Wind Generation Expands Wind Energy Pipeline in Poland to 775 MW
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), announced that its wind power business has signed an agreement with Jan Reichert (Reichert), a Polish wind farm developer, to acquire its development pipeline of 353 MW.
Continue readingWind energy in Philippines: NorthWind to develop a wind farm in Aparri, Cagayan (40 MW)
Wind power developer NorthPoint Wind Power Corp. plans to invest as much as $120 million to develop a wind farm in Aparri, Cagayan that can power a 40 megawatt wind energy plant.
Continue readingIn 2020, the solar thermal power capacity is expected to reach at 122,252 MW from 2,715 MW in 2010
Global solar thermal or concentrating solar power market was concentrated in the US only till Spain joined in 2007. Since 2007, the sector has broadened its geographical reach.
Continue readingKenya?s promising wind energy
The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project is the largest of the three wind farm plants that are expected to roar into life in the next two years, churning out 365 Megawatts of electricity.
Continue readingEtrion to Acquire 30 MW of Solar Energy Projects in Italy
The Italian feed-in-tariff is a premium purchase price for renewable electricity that is guaranteed by the Italian government for 20 years from the start of operations.
Continue readingVestas China?s key account Datang orders another 50 MW
Datang Renewable Power continues to show confidence in Vestas? services and products and expands its fleet of V80-2.0 MW wind turbines by another 50 MW.
Continue readingThe US small wind power market is prospering
In 2009, the small wind energy market grew by 15%. The new installed capacity was 20.3 MW, equivalent to about half of the capacity installed last year in the rest of the world.
Continue readingWind energy in Pakistan: a potential of producing 50,000 MW
Pakistan this year expects to finalise four wind power deals worth $500 million to exploit a renewable resource that has been barely tapped in a country with a yawning gap between power capacity and demand.
Continue readingNorth Dakota Praised as Energy-Rich and Wind Energy Friendly
Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company (NYSE: ALE), is constructing its first wholly-owned wind farm in North Dakota.
Continue readingWorld Solar Power Market to Reach $173 Billion by 2014
World solar energy market is expected to grow 27.5% over the next five years, from $66 billion in 2010 to $173 billion in 2014.
Continue readingAirborne wind power projects
US-based Joby Energy is testing a wind turbine system transported by a particular multi-wing structure that harnesses winds up to 10,000 metres.
Continue readingGiant wind turbines ‘the future of UK wind energy’
Huge wind turbines with a span rivalling that of the London Eye could form part of the UK’s wind power future.
Continue readingWorld Bank has offered Egypt a US$220 million loan to support a wind power project
The wind farm will establish the first wind energy stations at 250 megawatt capacities around the Gulf of Suez and Gabal el-Zait. It will also connect the prospective wind farms with the national electricity grid.
Continue readingShear Wind intends to transfer 60 MW Glen Dhu wind power project in Nova Scotia
Shear Wind Announces the Planned Establishment of a Limited Partnership to Own and Advance Glen Dhu North Wind Energy Project
Continue readingHydro Aluminum Extruded Frames selected for concentrating solar power
Regional production will supply Florida generating station with sophisticated support structures for 180,000 collecting mirrors. Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center will produce 75MW.
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