The 98.9 MW Talbot wind farm consists of 43 Siemens wind turbines. RES Canada is the developer, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor and partial owner of the Talbot Wind Energy Project.
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First U.S.-China Summit on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Indianapolis will host the first U.S.-China Advanced Technology Vehicle Summit Thursday and Friday (May 27-28).
Continue readingGeothermal energy, with over 10,000 MW, powering 52 million worldwide
Geothermal power is growing rapidly across the globe according to a new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA).
Continue readingHoneywell secures $27.3 Million Grant From U.S. DOE to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric cars
Honeywell Secures $27.3 Million Grant From U.S. Department of Energy to Produce Critical Battery Material. Grant to help establish domestic supply of LiPF6, key material for all lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingAcciona Energy shows its commitment to the US wind power at the Dallas Windpower Fair
Acciona is highlighting its dual facet of wind farm developer and wind turbines manufacture in the fair, the biggest in the world wind energy sector.
Continue readingOpal-RT Technologies Expands Presence in the Wind Power Industry
Use of Opal-RT PC-based Real-Time Simulators rapidly increasing for engineering research & development of wind turbines & wind farm design, control and integration.
Continue readingLiebherr at the 2010 Windpower
Liebherr will be taking advantage of the international wind energy trade fair, the “Windpower Conference & Exhibition” to present a selection of high per-formance components for wind power systems.
Continue readingEaton Showcases Solutions that Transform Wind Energy into Reliable Power
Wind farms require a complex collection of equipment that needs to work together effectively to generate electricity and transmit it to the utility grid.
Continue readingTexas A&M University System and Gamesa Announce Plan to Collaborate on Nation’s Largest Wind Turbine
The Gamesa G10X (also known as the G128) would be the largest wind power generator of its kind in the country, while providing substantial advances in production output, energy efficiency and noise reduction.
Continue readingThe first wireless power solution for wind turbines
Wind Turbine Operators Can Increase Uptime, Decrease Costs through a new generation of Inductive Power Transfer Technology.
Continue readingTexas Tech Announces Formation of National Institute For Renewable Energy
NIRE will address the future energy needs of Texas and the nation through research wind farm.
Continue readingFord to invest $135M in 2 Michigan factories to make hybrid and electric cars
Ford is investing $135 million to design, engineer and produce key components for its next-generation hybrid and electric vehicles that go into production in 2012 in North America
Continue readingMortenson Building Nine New Wind Power Projects Throughout U.S. and Canada
The Renewable Energy Groups of Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction is currently building nine new wind energy projects throughout the United States and Canada, all of which are expected to come on-line in 2010.
Continue readingGE Continues to Expand Wind Turbines Service Portfolio
GE (NYSE:GE) announced that it has added to its suite of wind service solutions a “Full Service Agreement” (FSA) for all new GE 1.6 MW wind turbines installed globally.
Continue readingU.S. Wind Executives See Lack of Financing and National Energy Policy as Top Obstacles to Growth
2010 U.S. Wind Power Industry Monitor finds that wind executives view the lack of financing and lack of a national energy policy as the top obstacles to growth.
Continue readingNew Wind Energy Record as WINDPOWER 2010 Begins By Michael Goggin (AWEA)
Perfectly timed for WINDPOWER, wind output in ERCOT has been extraordinarily high ever since we got here yesterday, and they just set a new record for instantaneous wind output a few minutes ago.
Continue readingReStore Energy Systems Exhibits at AWEA WINDPOWER
ReStore Energy Systems, a new division of Exide Technologies (Nasdaq:XIDE) will make its first market appearance at the American Wind Energy Association’s WINDPOWER® Conference and Exhibition.
Continue readingNorthern Power Systems Ships 100th Northwind® 100 Community Scale Wind Turbine
Northern Power Systems, Inc. announced the shipment of its 100th Northwind® 100 turbine over the past year, highlighting a customer base that now includes owners in more than 15 U.S. states and four countries.
Continue readingDuke Energy Wind Power Business Secures Financing
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is leveraging its interests in five of its commercial wind farms to finance continued investments in renewable power.
Continue readingIowa innovation and leadership moving wind energy toward next stage of transmission frontier
With 14 percent of Iowa’s in-state energy produced by wind energy, the state is looking to make significant strides in transmission infrastructure policy as the industry matures in the United States.
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