Eagle Claw Fabrication, LLC, yesterday announced plans to build a 150,000-square-foot factory specifically designed for construction of wind turbine towers at the Port of Muskogee, Okla.
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Wind power allows Americans to demand clean energy now
Pressure continues to mount on US lawmakers to use wind power and other renewables as a way of increasing the nation?s energy security.
Continue readingFloating Ocean Wind Turbines
Offshore wind farms have been built, but only in shallow water near coasts, and one naval architect wants to go much farther out by placing wind turbines on floating platforms.
Continue readingWelwind Energy Enters Into Negotiations for Large Scale Wind Farm in China (100 MW)
The company will be in negotiations to acquire an 80% interest in an existing 100 MW wind farm. This is an advanced phase wind power project with significant expansion potential.
Continue readingCOMSA EMTE and Gamesa join forces to bid for Catalan wind power tender
Both companies will bid for the 769 MW wind energy capacity tender being run by the regional government of Catalonia.
Continue readingUK Wind Energy Industry Welcomes Green Investment Bank Proposals
Wind power industry restates that £100bn investment can deliver 30GW of installed wind capacity by 2020. RenewableUK stresses need for continued R&D and innovation funding create to supply-chain jobs.
Continue readingNew Wind of Opportunities in the Wind Energy Sector in Europe
Europe’s pioneering and undisputed technology leadership in wind power is and has been drawing numerous investors to this region.
Continue readingXcel Energy’s first concentrating solar power thermal -coal project
Xcel Energy is now operating a first-of-its-kind demonstration of a hybrid solar-coal approach, using parabolic-trough solar technology integrated with a coal-fired power plant.
Continue readingGE To Install 4 MW Offshore Wind Turbines In Norway, Sweden
Demonstration Projects With Statoil and Lyse and Gothenburg Energy will Feature GE?s Latest Offshore, Direct Drive Wind Turbine Technology.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance and Seville City paves the way for the introduction of electric vehicles
The Renault?Nissan Alliance and Seville City Council announced a partnership that paves the way for the introduction of electric cars in 2011.
Continue readingVestas receives 250 MW wind power order for Colorado, USA
Vestas has received a wind energy order from RES Americas for 139 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for the USA.
Continue readingInterior and Energy Sign MOU to Spur Offshore Wind Power Projects
?We have a major opportunity to tap the energy in waves and offshore wind energy. Increasing cooperation between our agencies will help make clean, renewable energy a reality,” said Secretary Steven Chu.
Continue readingSouthWest NanoTechnologies Awarded Lithium-Ion Vehicle Battery Development Grant Worth $500,000
This $500,000 funding is provided to develop CNT enhanced Cathode Materials that will form the basis for the production of low-cost and highly-efficient Li-ion electric vehicle batteries.
Continue readingENTSO-E 10 Year Grid Development Plan
TYNDP marks a useful step towards a much-needed European electricity grid that interconnects national electricity systems, benefits consumers, and enables the integration of large amounts of wind energy.
Continue readingMixed news for wind power emerges from G20
The final text of the G20 summit of world leaders in Toronto which ended on Sunday contained mixed messages for wind energy.
Continue readingTracking the Growth of U.S. Wind s Manufacturing
A question came up on Twitter yesterday: “guys, i heard from a congressman that there are no Solar or Wind power mfgs in USA. is that true? Google inconclusive.”
Continue readingGrowing Consensus on Radar and Wind Power? By Tom Gray
The absence of fireworks was perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness hearing yesterday on radar interference from wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa to issue up to 3.6 million new shares
However, the definitive number of shares to be issued will depend on the number of shareholders opting not to sell their freely allocated rights back to Gamesa.
Continue readingElectricity Transmission Infrastructure
After years of neglect, high-voltage transmission systems all over the world are getting much-needed attention.
Continue readingE-Z-GO?s First Street-Legal Electric Car
E-Z-GO®, a Textron (NYSE:TXT) Company, introduces the 2Five, its first street-legal vehicle designed for neighborhoods and public roads with a speed limit of 35 mph or less.
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