Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina have signed the memorandum of understanding related to wind energy.
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Minnesota plant will produce fertilizer from wind energy
Minnesota researchers have designed a $3.75 million carbon-free system that uses wind power from a towering wind turbine to produce anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen-based fertilizer.
Continue readingIreland will be able to generate up to 40 per cent of its electricity from wind power by 2020
Ireland will be able to generate up to 40 per cent of its electricity from wind energy by 2020 but the system will have to be managed to ensure security of supply, according to the national grid operator.
Continue readingGM plans to focus on electric cars
Toyota, Volkswagen and China’s BYD Automobile, are expanding output of hybrid and electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries as China promotes electric cars.
Continue readingStartup of IMPSA and CEMIG?s second Wind Farm in Brazil
The 28.8 MW Praia do Morgado wind farm extends over 366 hectares in the municipality of Acaraú and has 19 IMPSA-V 1.5 MW wind turbines, with rotors 77 m in diameter, all made by IMPSA.
Continue readingUSW, AWEA Announce Plan to Make U.S.A. Leader in Wind Energy
AWEA and the United Steelworkers (USW) released a joint ?Framework Agreement? to create a ?Partnership for Progress? in accelerating the development and deployment of wind power production in the U.S.
Continue readingHarnessing powerful trade winds will help Hawaii?s green energy revolution By Chris Rose
The state has set a goal of 70% clean energy through energy efficiency and renewable energies by 2030. Hawaii?s Clean Energy Initiative is already working to harness the state?s strong trade winds.
Continue readingGLWN Targets Expanding Wind Power Markets
GLWN believes Advanced Wind Workshop will create new business opportunities for wind farm developers, wind turbines designers, component manufacturers, engineering, and logistics firms.
Continue readingSanyo to Expand Solar Energy Solutions in Europe
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) has announced that it will begin full-scale development and expansion of its solar photovoltaic and energy solutions business in the European market in 2010.
Continue readingVirginia Signs MOU to Join Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium
The Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition Applauds Department of Interior Decision to Locate Regional Renewable Energy Office in Virginia.
Continue readingFirst 9 Wind Turbine Patents as Development Progresses
Global Technologies it commenced patent protection on its first 9 Wind Turbine technologies recently acquired as part of the core Innovative Wind Turbine Blade Designs from the CLE’s extensive Intellectual Property.
Continue readingNREL Analysis Shows Promise for New Remote Sensing Technology in Wind Resource Assessment
Final study of Second Wind?s Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler shows excellent correlation with meteorological tower-based measurements.
Continue readingInvestments Drive Growth of German Solar Photovoltaic Industry
The rapid growth of the photovoltaic industry (PV) in Germany continues. Several solar companies, namely industry giants First Solar, Avancis, SolarWorld and Juwi, have announced new investments in Germany.
Continue readingJA Solar and ECN Join Efforts to Introduce High Efficiency Photovoltaic Modules
JA Solar Holdings announced at Intersolar Europe that it has partnered with the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) to introduce the metal wrap through (MWT) solar cell and module technology into production.
Continue readingA-Power Energy Reports Results for First Quarter of 2010
A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (Nasdaq: APWR) (“A-Power” or “the Company”) reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
Continue readingUK Report Debunks Wind Turbine Syndrome By Tom Gray
Noise from wind turbines cannot contribute to the symptoms reported by Dr Pierpont?s respondents, by the mechanism that she proposes.
Continue readingWind Power Project Valuations Soften as Investors and Developers Show Caution
In 2009, the average prices paid for commissioned wind assets fell slightly to EUR 1.66m/MW. Under-development assets showed a much larger, 30% decrease year-on-year to EUR 130,000/MW.
Continue readingElement Power Secures Financing for Spanish Photovoltaic Solar Project
Element Power announced today that it has successfully secured a ?18.5m debt facility for its 3.51 MW PV solar project in Alicante, Spain.
Continue readingGalán forecasts ?sharp earnings growth? at Iberdrola Renovables in 2010
Ignacio Galán, said he saw ?sharp earnings growth this year in the order of 20%? which will cement the company?s leadership position in the global wind power industry.
Continue readingWind energy industry foresees 250,000 new jobs in Europe by 2020
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), announced today that it expects the European wind power sector to create over 250,000 new jobs in Europe in the next decade.
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