Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL), the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Platinum award for its new headquarters in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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On the Road with GE?s ?Capture the Wind? Blade Tour By Emily Caruso (GE)
?Capture the Wind? tour is focused on building greater awareness of the benefits of renewable energy technologies, the impact that wind power has on our daily lives, and the need for stable federal policy.
Continue readingU.S. wind power installed only 539 MW in the first quarter of 2010
The American Wind Energy Association today announced that the U.S. wind industry installed 539 megawatts (MW) in the first quarter of 2010, the lowest first quarter figure since 2007.
Continue readingQuebec Lithium Project
Canada Lithium Corp. (TSXV: CLQ; U.S. OTC: CLQMF) announced that a 6,000-metre drill program is under way at its Quebec Lithium Project 60 km north of Val d’Or, Quebec.
Continue readingCape Cod marks birth of a global offshore wind power industry
The approval by the Obama administration of the US?s first offshore wind farm “marks the birth of a new phase in offshore wind energy.
Continue readingAlpha Ventus: Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm
Alpha Ventus is the first open sea wind farm of its kind in Germany?s territorial waters. It marks the beginning of a new era in environmentally-friendly wind power generation in Germany.
Continue readingWind power order for Nordex in China (57 MW)
Nordex acquires the next wind energy orders in the People?s Republic: the Chinese utilities Beijing Energy and Ningxia Electric Power have ordered a total of 38 wind turbines from the S77/1500 series.
Continue readingREpower is first wind energy manufacturer with certification according to SDLWindV
Variants of the MM series (new systems) now fully certified. First system certificates for MM wind farms expected in the coming weeks. Double-fed system demonstrably meets high network requirements in Germany.
Continue readingAEE´s First Meeting on Risk Prevention in the Wind Power Sector
SGS will be participating in the I International Meeting on Risk Prevention in the Wind Energy Sector organized by AEE from May 11-12, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
Continue readingUK reaches 1GW of offshore wind energy By Zoë Casey (EWEA)
The 1 GW level was reached as Dong Energy?s wind farm Gunfleet Sands, and E.ON?s Robin Rigg offshore wind farms were completed. These two farms add to the UK?s portfolio of 11 offshore wind farms.
Continue readingWind power offshore in 2009
Offshore wind energy, although still in its infancy, is starting to have an increasing impact on Europe?s wind power development, and it is expected to reach 40 GW or more of installed capacity by 2020.
Continue readingGE First Wind Power in Turkey
GAMA Energy A.S. and GE (GE) announced their first wind energy projects in Turkey, the 22.5-megawatt Sares and 10-megawatt Karadag wind farms in the country’s western region.
Continue reading$200 Million for Smart Grid Projects
Progress Energy has accepted a $200 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant awarded as part of the 2009 federal stimulus package.
Continue readingAWEA applauds Secretary Salazar for approving the Cape Wind Power Project
AWEA applauds Secretary Salazar for approving the Cape Wind project. Such forward-thinking decisions are necessary for the U.S. to realize the many environmental and economic benefits of offshore wind energy.
Continue readingCape Wind power gets the green light from Secretary Salazar By Chris Madison
The decision by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to approve the 130 wind turbines Cape Wind farm represents a huge boost to the U.S. wind energy industry, not just the offshore component.
Continue readingSuzlon enters Bulgarian wind power market
Suzlon Energy Ltd has signed an agreement with Technomash Bulgarian Industrial Group to deliver six Suzlon S88 2.1 MW wind turbines to a wind farm in the Varna region in Bulgaria.
Continue readingVestas receives order for 2,014 MW in April
The first-quarter wind power order intake was 1,258 MW, and the value of the backlog of firm and unconditional orders amounted to EUR 2.9bn at 31 March 2010.
Continue readingWind Power in France in 2009
France enjoys Europe?s second largest wind potential, and the wind resource is well distributed. With nearly 4,500 MW of wind energy installed at the end of 2009, France is the fourth largest market in Europe-
Continue readingMeeting our 100% renewables by 2050 target By Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
The fact is that Europe?s current electricity supply structure bears the characteristics of the time in which it was developed, a time when fossil fuels and then nuclear were everything.
Continue readingSmall Wind Power Systems
With over twenty UK-based manufacturers there is a wide variety of small wind system designs and setups. Annual deployment of 7.24 MW in 2008 grew to 8.64MW in 2009.
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