The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) will unveil its long-term strategic vision for wind power development in Quebec on Nov. 1st at the opening of its 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Montreal.
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Alteris Renewables Helps Nantucket High School Harness the Wind Power
‘With its high wind speeds and high energy costs, the wind turbine will provide the school with ongoing savings on their electricity bills for years to come.’
Continue readingReport reveals offshore wind power in the U.S. has tremendous potential
The NREL report found that harnessing even a fraction of the nation?s potential offshore wind power resource, estimated to be more than 4,000 GW, would be highly beneficial.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables presents its ?Catalonia Wind Power Innovation? project under the regional wind energy tender
The company is bidding for 489 megawatts (MW) in five of the seven areas designated by the authorities for development.
Continue readingGoogle backs 6000MW Atlantic offshore wind power
It will connect 6000 megawatts of offshore wind turbines, which is comparable to 60 percent of the wind energy installed throughout the entire United States.
Continue readingChevrolet, OnStar and NFPA Host Electric Vehicle Safety Training
NFPA’s Electric Vehicle Safety Training project is a nationwide program to help firefighters and other first responders prepare for the growing number of electric vehicles on the road in the United States.
Continue readingStrong U.S. Solar Industry Growth
U.S. solar electric industry projected to grow more than 100 percent in 2010 over 2009; Industry goal to power 2 million new U.S. homes each year by 2015 within reach.
Continue readingIntegrating wind power into electricity systems
The availability of electric power has become a vast enabler for human beings, yet has also fostered a massive dependency.
Continue readingWind energy could supply more than 40 times current worldwide consumption of electricity
Is there enough of it? Is it in the right places? It is available when you want it? What does it cost? What emissions does it have? What residue does it leave?
Continue readingOECD Pacific – By 2030 the cumulative capacity of wind power would be 18.6 GW, up from 4.6 GW in 2009
South Korea has a target for renewables to provide 11% of the country?s primary energy (not just electricity) by 2030.
Continue readingCanada, U.S.,Mexico – 141 GW of wind power by 2030
The Reference scenario numbers would result in a total wind power capacity of 141 GW by 2030, which would produce 346 TWh of electricity and save the emission of 207.6 million tonnes of CO2 every year.
Continue readingOECD Europe – 10.5 GW of new wind power were added during 2009
10.5 GW of new wind energy were added during 2009, bringing the total installed capacity to 75.5 GW, which, in a normal year, can be expected to generate about 162.5 TWh of electricity.
Continue readingNon-OECD Asia – 78 MW of new wind energy capacity was installed
More than 2,500 of new wind energy capacity would be installed in the region every year by 2015, and this would gradually increase to a pace of 19.5 GW every year by 2030.
Continue readingMiddle East: only 101 MW wind energy installed at end of 2009
As regards wind power, the region had 101 MW installed at end of 2009. While less evenly distributed than solar, the region?s wind resource is excellent in some areas, as several of the governments are now recognizing.
Continue readingLatin America – At the end of 2009, only 1,072 MW of wind power capacity had been installed across the entire region
At the end of 2009, only 1,072 MW of wind power capacity had been installed across the entire region. 505 MW of this was installed during 2009.
Continue readingIndia – the wind energy potential could be as great as 100 GW
The World Institute for Sustainable Energy, India (WISE) considers that with larger wind turbines, greater land availability and expanded resource exploration, the potential could be as great as 100 GW.
Continue readingWind power development in Eastern Europe/Eurasia
As of August 2010, there were 30 wind energy projects in the JI pipeline, totalling an installed capacity of 1,280 MW. The largest one of these, at 300 MW, is located in Ukraine.
Continue readingAfrica?s wind resource is best around the coasts and in the eastern highlands
At the end of 2009, about 96% of the continent?s total wind installations of 763 MW were to be found in Egypt (430 MW), Morocco (253 MW) and Tunisia (54 MW).
Continue readingCost of wind energy: ?1,350 per kW in 2009
Producing increased volumes of wind power generated electricity
will attract considerable levels of investment. Capital costs per kilowatt of installed capacity are taken as an average of ?1,350 per kW in 2009.
How Much Does Nuclear Cost? $6,000 a Kilowatt or More
Constellation?s bid to get government backing sheds some light on the high cost of nuclear. Wind energy, although intermittent, costs $1,300 a kilowatt.
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