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Deepwater Wind to build first US offshore wind farm
Under a 20-year power purchase agreement, developer Deepwater Wind will sell electricity from up to 8 turbines producing 28 megawatts to National Grid Plc. First 28-MW phase of wind farm to be completed in 2013.
Continue readingGE and Plutonic Power resume 300 MW wind project in British Columbia
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), and Plutonic Power Corp (TSX: PCC) have completed their purchase and will resume construction of the 300-MegaWatt Dokie wind power project.
Continue readingAlliant Energy’s First Wind Farm in Iowa Begins Operation
200-megawatt wind power now online. Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), has initiated commercial operation of its first owned-and-operated wind farm in Iowa.
Continue readingEurope’s Largest Onshore Windfarm Set To Grow Again
SCOTTISH POWER: Europe’s Largest Onshore Windfarm Set To Grow Again – ScottishPower Renewables Receives Consent For A Further 39 Turbines At Whitelee.
Continue readingLa Asociación Eólica de Galicia recurrirá el canon eólico
La asamblea general de la Asociación Eólica de Galicia (EGA) acordó encargar un estudio jurídico a Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), que en un primer análisis del anteproyecto ya ha detectado posibles ilegalidades.
Continue readingWindTamer Turbines Break the Betz .593 Theoretical Limit for Wind Energy
WindTamer Corporation (OTCBB: WNDT) released the results of a performance report from Professor Kenneth Visser of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam.
Continue readingAccio Energy Wins Contract for Electrokinetic Wind Energy Generator
Accio Energy, Inc., a pioneer in electrokinetic wind energy devices, announced a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a prototype electrokinetic wind energy device.
Continue readingWind power in Sri Lanka
Groundwork for Sri Lanka?s largest wind energy project has begun ahead of its launch in May next year, with the contract for logistics services given to global firm, Agility Project Logistics.
Continue readingGE Receives $1.4 Billion Contract to Supply Turbines for Largest Wind Farm
GE (NYSE:GE) announced it has received a $1.4 billion contract from Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and provide services for an 845-megawatt (MW) wind farm project to be located in Oregon.
Continue readingRecovery investment in offshore wind shows its strategic importance for Europe
Commission approves over ?1,5bn for 15 CCS and off-shore wind projects to support European economic recovery.
Continue readingWind power in Mongolia
The ?Clean air? project will be supported by using wind power in Mongolia and establishing a fund to develop ?Clean? technology in order to combat air pollution in Ulaanbaatar.
Continue readingSolar and wind power to ease Tibet’s power shortages
The solar and wind power generating technology, developed by the Tibet Autonomous Regional Energy Research Center, is expected to ease Tibet’s electricity shortages substantially in winter.
Continue readingNaiKun Wind Power Project Receives Environmental Approval
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NKW) announced that it has been granted a provincial Environmental Assessment Certificate for its 396 MW offshore wind energy project in northwest British Columbia.
Continue readingTsitsikamma Community Wind Farm in South Africa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed at Wittekleibosch, in the Eastern Cape, between partners hoping to develop the Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm (TCWF) project, which aims at generating 40 MW of wind power.
Continue readingEolia Renovables ganó 62,7 millones de euros, gracias a sus nuevos parques eólicos
Eolia Renovables obtuvo un beneficio bruto de explotación (Ebitda) de 62,7 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses del año, un 90% más que en el mismo periodo de 2008.
Continue readingIndustria preasigna tres centrales termosolares a Elecnor, Aries Ingeniería y Eiser Global Infrastructure
El consorcio integrado por Elecnor, Aries Ingeniería y el fondo Eiser Global Infrastructure ha recibido la autorización del Ministerio de Industria para tres plantas de solar termoeléctrica.
Continue readingArise Windpower signs agreement for 60 new wind turbines
Swedish onshore wind farm developer Arise Windpower AB had signed a framework agreement with Danish Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH: VWS) for the delivery of 60 wind turbines in the period 2010-2012.
Continue readingCatch the Wind releases final results of trial program
Catch the Wind Ltd. today released the final results of its trial program with Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD).
Continue readingEl CES dictamina favorablemente el Proyecto de Decreto de la energía eólica en Castilla-La Mancha
El Pleno del Consejo Económico y Social de Castilla-La Mancha ha dictaminado favorablemente por unanimidad el Proyecto de Decreto por el que se regula el aprovechamiento de la energía eólica.
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