The installed capacity of phase I wind farm project at Dalian Wafangdian Wind Power Plant is 48 MW. The estimated total investment of this wind farm is approximately RMB 495 million.
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Will Goldwind Rule the Wind Energy World?
The still somewhat anonymous Chinese wind power company is coming to the U.S. with direct drive wind turbines. It will ruffle feathers.
Continue readingChina may set up wind energy factory in Sweden
Chinese ZPMC, world?s biggest gantry crane maker, aims to boost its market shares in the global wind power industry and plans to set up an assembly plant in Europe.
Continue readingWind turbines V112-3.0 MW are nominated for energy prize
Wind energy Vestas joins the competition for the best response to future demands for sustainable energy. The jury, chaired by a former Nobel Peace Prize winner, will decide in January 2011.
Continue readingEurope’s energy infrastructure is outdated
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) believes the aim of the Commission?s Blueprint, to build an integrated European energy network, is crucial for Europe?s future prosperity.
Continue readingMajor growth opportunities for wind power Vergnet
French government launches call for tenders for a 1(st) phase of 75 MW of wind energy projects in the overseas departments.
Continue readingNorthland Power Completes Financing for Mont Louis Wind Energy Plant
Commercial operations are expected to begin in the third quarter of 2011, subject to completion of the project’s interconnection. The project is using 67 General Electric 1.5sle wind turbines.
Continue reading400 MW wind energy for Ethiopia
Close to 1 000 MW of the 8 000 MW by which Ethiopia?s power generating capacity is planned to increase over the next five years is estimated by EEPCo will come from wind power.
Continue readingFirst Wind Marks the Start of Construction on Milford II Wind Farm Project
Company holds event in Milford, Utah to commemorate the 102 MW expansion, the completion of a long-term wind power purchase agreement and closing in construction financing.
Continue readingPakistan and the US cooperate on wind energy
The two governments along with American power company AES Corporation will develop the $375-million wind power generation project in Pakistan?s Gharo Corridor, west of Karachi.
Continue readingKoch Industries receives uncoveted Snake Oil Award
Koch Industries, the privately held, Wichita, KS-based oil & gas giant, was ?honored? last week by the renewable energy advocacy group Repower America with its ?Snake Oil Award.?
Continue readingEndesa is selected to develop fast charging points for electric vehicles in Spain
Through the QUICK project, Endesa will develop the infrastructure needed to fast charge the first electric vehicles in Spain (this complements the slow charge facilities at homes, workplaces and leisure areas).
Continue readingBASF is building production facility for battery materials
In Elyria in the US State of Ohio, BASF has commenced construction of a $50+ million production facility for innovative cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries used to power hybrid and full-electric vehicles.
Continue readingAREVA’s Linear Fresnel Solar Power Plant
When completed in 2008, the 5-MW Kimberlina concentrating solar power (CSP) plant became the first large-scale solar thermal project to come online in California in 20 years.
Continue readingChinese Firm Enters U.S. Market to Build Solar Power Plants
The jv signals Chinese intentions to enter the U.S./EU solar market ? an intention strengthened by U.S. banker Wells Fargo committing $100 million in financing for GCL?s solar projects.
Continue readingKodiak utility diesel savings pass 1 million gallons
Kodiak?s 1.5-MW wind turbines are many times larger than any that would have been attempted or installed at a remote community in the 1980s or, indeed, as little as 10 years ago.
Continue readingDTE Energy Signs Deal With AMP Electric Vehicles to Electrify Fleet Vehicles
DTE Energy has been very active in the electrification of vehicles, and through this effort with Amp and the MPSC, is working to ensure the grid is ready for the commercialization of electric vehicles, and the demand created therein.
Continue readingChevrolet Volt Named Automobile of the Year
The Chevrolet Volt is the AUTOMOBILE Magazine 2011 Automobile of the Year. The award will be presented to Joel Ewanick, GM U.S. Marketing Vice President, on Wednesday at the Los Angeles International Auto Show.
Continue readingNew Solutions for Lithium-Ion Battery Packs
The Composites Division of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) recently introduced ProtectION?, designed to protect lithium-ion cells from hazards that can negatively affect battery performance.
Continue readingMorocco launches tender to build wind farm
The Office National d’Electricite (ONE) has called for bids for the construction of a 150 MW wind farm.
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