In New Zealand, wind power capacity grew by just over 50% during 2009, with a record 171 megawatts (MW) installed at three wind farms. Wind energy now provides over 3% of New Zealand’s annual electricity supply.
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La eólica en La Rioja: 13 parques eólicos con 446,6 MW
La Rioja tiene 13 parques eólicos y 400 aerogeneradores, con una potencia instalada de 446,62 megavatios. En 2009 no se instaló ningún parque. Por Juan C. Berdonces.
Continue readingCompany to introduce electric vehicles in Ethiopia
Free Style Plc, an Ethiopian company owned by an Italian businessman, is to assemble electric cars in Ethiopia at its plant in Legetafo, Signor Carlos Pironti, its owner, told The Reporter.
Continue readingBalqon Expands Electric Vehicles Distribution into Argentina
Balqon Corporation (OTCBB: BLQN) announced that it has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Autoelevadores Yale, a leading distributor of material handling equipment and electric vehicles in Argentina.
Continue readingBetter Metrics For Energy Savings
A Michigan State University professor says if the world is to make better decisions when it comes to developing new energy sources, it needs to have better methods of measuring progress toward its energy goals.
Continue readingOpportunities from renewables for the US labour market
The binding commitment to generate 25% of electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2025 would create at least 274,000 additional jobs, according to a study by Alliance RES.
Continue readingIn Europe, new wind power tops other sources in 2009
For the third year running, more wind energy capacity was installed in Europe than any other electricity-generating technology.
Continue readingUnión Eólica Panamá gets the provisional license to 337 MW of wind power
ASEP granted provisional licences for the installation, operation and exploitation of 4 wind farms, called Nuevo Chagres, Portobelo Ballestillas, Marañón and Rosa de los Vientos.
Continue readingCorpoGuajira gave an environmental license for the construction of the wind farm Jouktai in Colombia
On information delivered to the Financial Superintendent of Colombia, this license was handed over to Isagén and authorized it to build and operate a 31.5 MW wind power, in Cabo de la Vela in the municipality of Urbilla.
Continue readingSouthPoint Wind Announces 1400 MW Offshore Wind Energy Projects
Seven hundred offshore wind turbines are being proposed for Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair including 165 wind turbines north of Lakeshore and wind farms off Amherstburg, Colchester, Kingsville and Leamington.
Continue readingThe wind industry’s Atticus Finch By Chris Madison (AWEA)
Rich Rayhill of Ridgeline Energy called Linehan ?the Atticus Finch of the wind power industry,? referring to the attorney-hero in the novel ?To Kill a Mockingbird.?
Continue readingClipper Windpower to build the world?s largest wind turbine blade in Newcastle (10 MW), initially creating 500 jobs
Government pledges a further £8 million for offshore wind power. The factory building the blades will be based on Tyneside, creating 500 jobs by 2020.
Continue readingSalazar: Government to help speed up wind energy in Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Rhode Island
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar vowed Friday to work closely with Atlantic Coast states to streamline the permitting process for offshore wind power projects.
Continue readingLa eólica en Chubut (Argentina)
La convocatoria de la empresa estatal ENARSA para la compra de energía eléctrica producida a partir de generación eólica, podría habilitar un flujo de inversiones impensado hasta no hace mucho en la provincia de Chubut.
Continue readingSmart electricity needed to achieve the full potential of renewable energies
Transmission planners should take a smarter approach to integrating ‘variable’ power sources such as wind power, solar energy, hydro and wave, which do not generate consistent levels of power.
Continue readingReneSola Announces 600 MW Solar Module OEM Agreement
ReneSola Ltd announced that it has signed an OEM agreement to provide 600 megawatts (“MW”) of solar modules to a major global solar power company over a period of three years.
Continue readingNextLight Renewable Power to start 50 MW Silver State PV power plant
NextLight Renewable Power will start construction of a 50 MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant called Silver State, near Primm, Nevada, in early December 2010.
Continue readingACS inaugura en Torre de Miguel Sesmero una termosolar de 50 MW
El acto contará con el presidente de la Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, que estará acompañado del presidente de ACS Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, Florentino Pérez Rodríguez.
Continue readingSecretary Salazar Hosts Atlantic Governors at Outer Continental Shelf Wind Energy Summit
Noting that President Obama has set a high priority on diversifying the nation?s energy portfolio, Salazar said offshore wind energy production in the Atlantic offers significant potential for development.
Continue readingLa Gloria wind farm in Costa Rica
The new power plant now feed electricity into the grid of San José-based utility Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
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