The Boquillas Wind project will be located some 80 miles west of Flagstaff on ranch lands owned by the tribe and on Arizona trust lands. The project’s first phase of approximately 85 megawatts is being designed for 2011.
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Canada to surpass 3,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity in 2009 (3,319 MW)
Right now, wind farms in Canada have a capacity of 3,319 MW ? enough to power almost 1,000,000 homes or equivalent to about 1.1 % of Canada?s total electricity demand.
Continue readingMayor and Industry Leaders Announce Creation of Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition
Mayor William D. Sessoms Jr. and industry leaders announced today the creation of a new organization to promote offshore wind energy in Virginia.
Continue readingMore offshore wind news–what’s in the water? By Chris Madison (AWEA)
This was a week in which the wind power news seemed to move offshore. First, there was Interior Secretary Salazar meeting with interested parties in the long-running Cape Wind drama.
Continue readingFisker Automotive Secures Additional Funding for Plug-in Hybrids Electric Vehicles
Fisker Automotive has secured access to an additional $115.3 million in private equity funding to develop plug-in hybrid electric cars.
Continue readingIMPSA Installs First Wind Turbine at Argentina?s Largest Wind Farm
IMPSA Wind (Industrias Metalurgicas Pescarmona) installed the first 2.1-megawatt (MW) wind turbine at the Arauco Phase I Wind Farm in La Puerta, in La Rioja province (Argentina).
Continue readingKriegers Flak ? the world?s first offshore electricity grid
Vattenfall Europe Transmission, Svenska Kraftnät and Energinet.dk are looking into the possibility of laying an offshore transmission grid linking the electricity grids of the three countries.
Continue readingEVCARCO and Verdek-EV Form Partnership for Distribution of Coulomb Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles
EVCARCO Inc. and Verdek-EV Form Partnership for Distribution of Coulomb ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for Electric Cars.
Continue readingElectric Vehicle Development in Europe
19 European cities and regions, 17 major European vehicle manufacturers and 12 European electricity providers have submitted a project proposal coordinated by the city of Rotterdam on the deployment of electromobility.
Continue readingPVOIOY is proposing to erect the largest wind offshore farm in Finland
PVO Innopower Oy’s (PVOIOY) ambitious plan to build Finland’s biggest offshore wind farm in the west of the country at Kristiinankaupunki has reached an advanced stage in the planning process.
Continue readingPort of Los Angeles to Work with Vision Industries to Evaluate Zero-Emission Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
Expanding its commitment to bringing zero-emission solutions, the Port of Los Angeles is entering into negotiations with Los Angeles-based Vision Industries for the purchase and evaluation of Vision’s hybrid-electric trucks.
Continue readingOPPD Approves Purchase Agreement for Additional Wind Energy in Nebraska
The Omaha Public Power District Board of Directors has approved a power purchase agreement expected to substantially increase the district?s renewable energy portfolio.
Continue readingDuke Energy Appoints Tony Dorazio to Lead Wind Power Development
Duke Energy Generation Services, part of Duke Energy’s commercial businesses, has appointed Tony Dorazio as senior vice president for wind energy development.
Continue readingNREL report on PV break-even cost in U.S.
The key drivers for solar electric systems to break even are also non-technical, and a number of them can produce very different local scenarios.
Continue readingOettinger: EU unity on energy policy needed
Günther Oettinger has called for a ?paradigm shift? in EU energy policy to focus on indigenous wind energy, solar energy and ?smart grids? capable of delivering increasing amounts of renewable energy.
Continue readingIngeteam participará en la feria de la energía de Abu Dhabi
Ingeteam acudirá a la feria World Future Energy Summit (WFES) ‘Cumbre Mundial de Energías del Futuro’ 2010, que se celebrará del 18 al 21 de enero en Abu Dhabi (Emiratos Árabes Unidos).
Continue readingCrownbutte Wind Power Agrees to Terms for Electricity Dispatch and Scheduling Services Agreement for Gascoyne I Project
Crownbutte Wind Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBWP) announced that the company and Montana-Dakota Utilities (“MDU”) have agreed to terms for an electricity dispatch and scheduling services agreement.
Continue readingRES Enters South African Wind Energy Market With Acquisition of 300 MW
RES has today announced the acquisition of a portfolio of wind power projects in South Africa which marks the RES Group?s first step into this market.
Continue readingNDRC removes localization limits on wind power equipment in China
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has formally removed the localization limits that the country’s wind energy projects should be equipped with a minimum 70 percent of equipment made in China.
Continue reading27 Chinese cities to set up infrastructure to charge its electric vehicles
As China slowly positions itself as the world leader in electric vehicles production, they are also working on the necessary infrastructure to charge its electric car stock.
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