Redstone College, a Denver-based institution of higher learning, celebrated the first class to enroll in the school?s new wind power technology program yesterday with a special event held on the Broomfield campus.
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Wind power Vestas to Move North American Headquarters
Vestas, the world?s leader in producing high-tech wind energy systems, will move its North American sales and service headquarters into the historic Meier & Frank Depot Building at 1417 NW Everett St. in Portland.
Continue readingInto wind power — trip to Danish green island Samsoe
“My interest was to change their attitude from ‘Not In My Back Yard’ to ‘In My Back Yard’,” Hermansen recalled. “You can do that by giving people ownership.”
Continue readingXzeres Wind Introduces Small Wind Power Systems for Marine Environments
Xzeres Wind announced the introduction and availability of two additional distributed energy, small wind turbines systems for marine applications and environments.
Continue readingChina drives promotion of electric vehicles
The alliance, formed on Wednesday, is gearing up to invest 100 billion yuan ($14.7 billion) on electric vehicles by 2012, according to media reports.
Continue readingTHINK joins Basque Country eco car-sharing cosortium
THINK, and its distribution partner in Spain, Going Green, have teamed up with a consortium in the Basque Country to provide citizens of Ataun with a totally carbon free car-sharing scheme in the city.
Continue readingSamsung completes wind power plant in South Korea
The facility on Geoje Island off the country’s south coast has the capacity to produce wind turbines that can generate 500 megawatts annually, the shipbuilder said.
Continue readingTexas Could Be a Renewable Energy Powerhouse
New study shows that with a small investment, the state could create as many as 22,900 clean energy jobs in the next 10 years.
Continue readingIdaho Power Request for Proposals to Provide Wind Energy Closes
In May 2009, IDACORP, Inc.’s (NYSE:IDA) principal subsidiary, Idaho Power, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking to purchase approximately 150 megawatts (MW) of wind power generation by 2012.
Continue readingWind Prospect sets up in South Africa
At the moment, the continent has 770 MW of wind power capacity installed, according to the World Wind Energy Report 2009.
Continue readingAvalon Announces Engagement of SNC-Lavalin to Complete Scoping Study for a Rare Earth Separation Plant
This study will provide Avalon with an estimate of capital and operating costs, as well as identify specific criteria for site selection.
Continue readingWind power in Argentina: Tornquist Wind Farm (90MW)
Tornquist, in the province of Buenos Aires , having a fleet of sixty wind turbines with ninety megawatts, will cost $ 200 million.
Continue readingElectric vehicles alliance in China
The alliance’s short-term goal is to promote the unification of electric car-related technologies, and its medium and long-term goal is to master the core technology for electric vehicles.
Continue readingElectric vehicles THINK enters France in partership with MOBIVIA
The partnership puts THINK at the heart of several large electric vehicles fleet contract tenders in France.
Continue readingUtility Scale Wind Turbines Market Shares
Wind power systems have proved that they can readily be accommodated into existing fossil fuel and nuclear electric system operations reliably and economically.
Continue readingSri Lanka: Wind farm in Puttalam
The Board of Investment has granted approval for an Indian investor to invest 18.55 million US dollars to build a 10 megawatt wind power plant in Uppudaluwa, in Puttalam.
Continue readingClipper Windpower Tapped for Innovative Renewable Energy Project
Clipper’s 2.5 megawatt Liberty wind turbine will be the centerpiece of a full-scale field site at the University of Minnesota’s UMore Park property in Rosemount, MN.
Continue readingXtreme Power Selected as Energy Storage Provider for Tres Amigas
Xtreme Power has been chosen as the storage provider for the Tres Amigas SuperStation.
Continue readingA-Power Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
A-Power Energy Generation Systems plans to release second quarter 2010 financial results on Thursday, August 26, 2010, before the market opens.
Continue readingSauer Energy Engages M4 Engineering for Wind Turbines Testing and Development
Sauer Energy has designed a cutting-edge turbine that requires multi-disciplinary optimization and we look forward to collaborating with M4 Engineering to validate that design.
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