The project ?guided by Enel – includes 15 other partners comprising research centres, universities and companies. It aims at making solar concentration technology competitive in Italy.

The installed capacity of China’s first massive wind power base in northwestern Gansu Province reached two gigawatts.

In past days the envelopes with the technical offer of the Official Plan of Renewable Energies (GENREN) bid were opened. The proposing companies are now waiting for the economic offer envelopes.

The wind power industry had a good year in 2009, adding at least 7,000 MW of capacity in US, despite the poor economy. It followed a spectacular 2008 (8,500 MW) and terrific 2007 (5,200 MW).

The Spanish Wind Energy Association claims: to move forward quotas, flexibility in transfers between different stages, a call for wind farms that have been left out of the Registry and a new regulatory framework.

Siemens and DONG Energy have further expanded their cooperation in offshore wind power, into an agreement for the supply of up to 500 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 1,800 megawatts.

This was the first wind energy auction performed in Brazil, from which 773 wind turbines will enter operation in mid 2012, with a twenty year concession.

The Bolivian company published an atlas of the wind power resources of the country and informed that the Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo will administer the data base.

Joint Venture to acquire a 50% stake of a 270 MW UK offshore wind farm project Lincs from UK energy company Centrica.

European wind power experienced an amazingly robust ride in 2009 even though the year began with an ongoing global recession and ended with continued inertia caused by leaders failing to reach an agreement in Copenhagen.