Calpine Corp (CPN.N) agreed to provide wind energy integration services to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). Under the contract, Calpine will provide up to 270 megawatts of power to LADWP.
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Wind and Solar Industry Likely to Remain Hot Sectors in 2010 in the Asia Pacific region
There was an unprecedented rush to develop the renewable energy (RE) sector in the Asia Pacific region in order to create jobs as well as to revive the ailing economies from the impact of the global economic slowdown.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy set to power Europe
Last week the UK government announced new plans to dramatically expand its offshore wind power generating capacity.
Continue readingEDF EN Canada Announces Commercial Operation of the Arnprior Solar Project
EDF EN Canada’s Solar PV Project in Ottawa, Ontario will Generate Peak Power for about 7,000 Homes.
Continue readingVestas receives order for V90-3.0 MW wind turbines in Canada
Vestas has entered into an agreement with TransAlta to supply and service 18 additional units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine at the Kent Hills wind farm near Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Continue readingGazoo Energy Group, Inc. Receives Wind Energy Site Layout for Twenty-Seven 2.5 Megawatt Wind Turbines
Gazoo Energy Group (OTCBB:GAZU) announced that a Wind Energy site layout has been designed using industry standard spacing requirements and the wind direction determined by an onsite analysis.
Continue readingXunlight Awarded $34.5 Million Tax Credit
Xunlight Corporation, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of flexible and lightweight thin-film silicon solar modules, announced today that it has been awarded a $34.5 million tax credit.
Continue readingChina elimina las limitaciones a la entrada de aerogeneradores
Los proyectos eólicos en China ya no tendrán que tener un 70% de sus turbinas fabricadas en el país y podrán adquirir más maquinaria extranjera.
Continue readingChina drops ‘70% homemade’ rule for wind turbines
he Chinese government dropped a rule stipulating that more than 70 percent of the wind turbines in use in China must be produced domestically, China Business News reported.
Continue readingSchuff Steel Company Qualifies for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Schuff Steel Company, through its parent, Schuff International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SHFK), has qualified for a federal tax credit in the amount of $7,073,316 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Continue readingPPG’s Fiber Glass Goving Products Approved for Use in Wind Turbine Blades
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has announced the certification of HYBON fiber glass roving products for wind turbine blades by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), a leading international certification body in the wind energy industry.
Continue readingGTK1100 in Asia heads to wind farms
The first Grove GTK1100 crane to arrive in Asia has completed its first tasks, helping to build major wind farm installations in Inner Mongolia, China.
Continue readingGood Energy secures finance to bolster Cornish wind farm
Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy announced that it is to begin work on increasing the capacity of its flagship wind farm at Delabole in North Cornwall after successfully securing £11.8m.
Continue readingTransAlta to expand New Brunswick wind power operation by 54 megawatts
TransAlta awarded 25-year power purchase agreement with New Brunswick Power; announces expansion of Kent Hills wind farm to 150 MW.
Continue readingEPA Recognizes Mountain View Grand Among Nation?s Leading Green Power Purchasers
Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, located in New Hampshire?s White Mountains, has earned recognition as a 100% Green Power Purchaser as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Green Power Partnership program.
Continue readingITC Midwest Connects 716 Megawatts of Wind Power Generation in 2009
ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) Helping harness wind energy development in the Midwest, ITC Midwest LLC connected 716 megawatts (MW) of installed wind energy generation to the company’s electric transmission in 2009.
Continue readingNaiKun Wind Releases Year-End Results
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NKW) has released its financial results for the year ended September 30, 2009, a period of major milestones in the development of Canada’s first British Columbia’s wind energy project.
Continue readingCrownbutte Wind Power Begins Design of Wind Turbine Foundations
Crownbutte Wind Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBWP) announced today that it has completed its review of geotechnical reports from Braun Intertec Corporation of Fargo, ND, based on a geotechnical survey completed in Ap
Continue readingWorld wind power up 21 pct in 2009
World’s installed wind power capacity rose more than 20 percent last year to 146 Gigawatts, REVE-Spanish Wind Energy Association said on Saturday.
Continue readingRWE Innogy to develop 4,000 megawatt of offshore wind power in the UK
Gordon Brown announces successful companies for Round 3 offshore wind energy development zones. RWE Innogy involved with two zone. Decision reached on building ?Nordsee Ost? offshore wind farm off the German coast.
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