Vestas Asia Pacific wins the 2010 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Renewable Energy Company of the Year.
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Bryce Overlooks Another Convenient Truth
Bryce conveniently forgets to mention that our government’s permanent subsidies for fossil fuel generation greatly outweigh the small, short-lived incentives provided for wind energy.
Continue readingSolarReserve Advances Permitting for Arizona Concentrating Solar Power Project
Company achieves permitting endorsement for its proposed Maricopa County solar thermal project.
Continue readingToyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Qualifies For Government Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicle Grant Scheme
Prius Plug-in?s environmental performance is further strengthened by the fact that, compared to diesel cars, it emits much less NOx and no particulates.
Continue readingISO On Background Session to Provide Details of New England Wind Energy Integration Study
Informational Media Briefing to Discuss Study of Impact of Large-Scale Wind Power Development on Power Grid Operations.
Continue readingKenya – Lake Turkana Wind Power was talking to the World Bank and ATI for the guarantees
Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP), the planned largest wind energy farm in Africa said it was talking to the World Bank and ATI for the guarantees, in addition to its ?in-house solution? that it did not reveal.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles closes financing for La Mata La Ventosa wind energy plant in Mexico (67.5MW)
EDF Energies Nouvelles closes the financing for La Mata La Ventosa wind farm (67.5MW) with four banking partners for a total amount of 1,772 Million pesos.
Continue readingSecond Wind Makes 2010 a Breakout Year
Second Wind, a leader in wind measurement systems for the wind energy industry, made its 30th year in business its strongest ever, with record growth, new products and a major expansion of sales channels worldwide.
Continue readingCanada – wind power electricity is now produced in every province
In 2009, Canada installed more than 900 MW of new wind energy capacity, placing Canada in the top 10 worldwide for new installed capacity.
Continue readingEgypt to start first concentrated solar energy plant in february
The Concentrating Solar Power plant in Kuraymat, an uninhabited flat desert area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Cairo, will have a solar capacity of 20 megawatts.
Continue readingMicrogrids offer a compelling alternative to traditional energy generation
Smart Energy Aggregation Platforms for Distributed Power Generation, Safe Grid Islanding, Reliability, Security, and Emergency Services.
Continue readingA-Power Clarifies Statements Regarding General Electric
We retract our statements that GE cannot provide the drawings or satisfy our gearbox design requirements. We have no questions regarding the ability of GE to produce high quality wind turbine gearboxes.
Continue readingNew Electric Vehicles Hits U.S. Streets
‘When electric cars are powered by renewable energy sources, like wind energy and solar power, they can be a big part of the pollution reduction solution.
Continue readingWind energy REpower: Contract for 51 MW for wind farm project in US signed
Agreement upon option to purchase additional 85 wind turbines. First wind power project between REpower USA and EverPower.
Continue readingUK to offer grants for electric vehicles
The government launched state grants aimed at encouraging motorists to buy environmentally-friendly electric cars with lithium ion batteries made by leading manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.
Continue readingClashindarroch wind farm planning permission granted
Planning permission for a wind farm with 18 wind turbines in Clashindarroch Forest near Huntly has been granted by Aberdeenshire Council.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas enters Cape Verde with an order for 26 MW
Vestas has received an order for 30 V52-850 kW wind turbines for Cape Verde.
Continue readingChina – Top wind energy producer says capacity up 76% annually in past five years
China Longyuan Power Group, the country’s largest wind power producer, said its installed wind farm capacity had reached 5.51 MW as of November, after seeing an annual rise of 76.2 percent during the past five years.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Acquires Wind Energy Development Project
Here Enterprises is working to develop a wind farm on the Cycle Ranch site in conjunction with its operating commercial motocross speedway business.
Continue readingEthiopia Could Use Wind Energy in Lieu of Gibe III to Save Lives
Ethiopia should abandon the Gilgel Gibe III, an Ethiopian hydroelectric dam being built on the Omo River, and explore wind power to harness needed energy.
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