The contract includes the installation of 75 Gamesa G90 wind turbines. Gamesa plans to start to build the wind energy plant immediately.
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Indiana Wind Power Conference Starts Today
The third annual WIndiana conference will include a focus on utility-scale wind farm generation along with small-scale efforts for communities and individuals.
Continue readingGlobal Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall in 2009 By Amy Heinzerling
Past Decade Still Sees Rapid Emissions Growth. In 2009, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China?the world?s leading emitter?grew by nearly 9 percent.
Continue readingIberdrola operating earnings rose 11.7% to ?3,835.6 million in first half 2010
Operating results improve, fruit of investments and a solid business model.
Ebitda rose in all businesses and gross margin in all markets. Net income declined 2.6% to ?1,467.2 million on lower capital gains.
PGE’s Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Starts Generating Power
Portland General Electric Company (PGE) announced the first wind turbines for Phase 3 of its Biglow Canyon Wind Power plant have begun generating electricity.
Continue readingEurope Renewable Energy Policy Handbook 2010
A new EU directive on renewable energy, agreed in December 2008, requires each member state to increase its share of renewable energy, such as solar, wind or hydro, in the primary energy mix from the current 8.5% to 20%
Continue readingRecord year for European offshore wind power
Record year for European offshore wind energy, UK leads the sector. European total approaches 2.5 gigawatts, a threefold increase since 2006.
Continue readingSecretary Chu Announces Initiatives to Promote Clean Energy
In the transportation sector, the U.S. and other countries are participating in the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) to enhance global cooperation on the development and deployment of electric vehicles.
Continue readingBehr?s Cooling Technology Boosts Electric Vehicles
Behr America?s newest technology for cooling engines and batteries is helping automakers develop new electric vehicles and more fuel-efficient gasoline engines.
Continue readingRepublicans and Democrats have taken another critical step toward finally ending our nation’s dangerous dependence on oil
The legislation echoes recommendations put forward by the EC, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles.
Continue readingVattenfall and Stadtwerke München to build offshore wind farm in the German North Sea
Vattenfall and the Munich municipal utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture for realisation of the offshore wind power project DanTysk.
Continue readingMoog Partners with Sewind to Supply 400 Pitch Control Systems for Wind Turbines in China
Starting in January 2010, Moog Industrial Group will provide 400 electric pitch control systems for Sewind?s 2 MW wind turbines and variant models including onshore and intertidal wind turbines.
Continue readingSolving the Electricity Transmission Gridlock By Tom Gray
Let’s hope this marks the beginning of the end for a true “gridlock” that has largely stalled the construction of new transmission lines for the past 30 years, resulting in massive power blackouts.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables maintains its plan to install 1,000 MW of wind power in the US
Operating capacity rose 16.5% to 11,215 MW and production by 21.5% to 12,858 million kWh, consolidating the Company?s global leadership.
Continue readingNextEra Energy Resources Signs PPA with Google Energy to Supply Wind Power
NextEra Energy Resources announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement with Google Energy, LLC. Google Energy will purchase 114 megawatts of wind energy from Story II wind farm.
Continue readingGKN Develops Electric-Drive Axles for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
GKN Driveline has designed a new range of electric-drive axles ideal for use in both pure electric vehicles and for converting conventional vehicles into hybrids.
Continue readingV2G: Vehicle to Grid Will Change the Whole Energy Picture By RP Siegel
The big issue with solar or wind energy, our brightest hopes for a clean energy future, is the fact that they come when they want to, which isn?t always when we need them.
Continue readingVolkswagen Presents Worldwide Research Alliance on Electric Mobility
“In the future, the heart of Volkswagen will also beat with electricity, and our engineers in America, Europe and Asia are laying the foundations for that in the research alliance,” Winterkorn said.
Continue readingHonda announces plug-in hybrid & electric car plans for 2012
Honda will introduce new advanced environmental technology vehicles, including a battery-electric vehicles and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle, to the U.S. market in 2012.
Continue readingMitsubishi Motors to Introduce electric car i-MiEV to U.S. Consumers in 2011
Local Mitsubishi Dealer Expects Electric Vehicles to Win Over Greater Boston.
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