MidAmerican Energy Company will add new wind farm projects in the state of Iowa that will foster economic development while demonstrating the company?s commitment to environmental respect.
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Japan’s Kyocera to supply modules to 204 MW Thailand solar energy project
In total, the Solar Farm project will provide electricity for the local area with an annual power output sufficient for roughly 170,000 average Thai households.
Continue readingEdison cancels contract for Tessera?s Calico concentrated solar energy project
Southern California Edison (SCE) has canceled its contract to buy the power produced by the Calico Power Project, a 663 MW concentrating solar power plant under development by Calico Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Tessera.
Continue readingSolar Millennium Constructs Concentrating Solar Power Plant in Kuraymat Region
Flagsol, a subsidiary company of Solar Millennium, has constructed the first Concentrating Solar Power Plant in the Kuraymat region of Egypt.
Continue readingAREVA Signs Accord to Supply Wind Turbines for Offshore Wind Energy Project
AREVA has succeeded in gaining a wind power contract worth 400 million from Trianel, a German urban utilities association, to provide forty 5 MW M5000 wind turbines.
Continue readingSiemens Receives its Largest Onshore Wind Energy Order
Siemens Receives its Largest Onshore Wind Turbines Order to Date and Further Solidifies its Position in the U.S. Wind Power Market. Wind farm with MidAmerican Energy for 258 wind turbines will provide clean energy.
Continue readingMartifer Renovables to invest in wind energy in Brazil
The four wind power plats would have an installed capacity of 90.3 megawatts and, under the terms of the contract, would be operating by July, 2012.
Continue readingWind Power Deals Commendable in Tanzania
The move by the government, through the National Development Corporation, to sign a deal worth about Sh172.2 billion with a company that generates electricity from wind energy is timely and worth of praise.
Continue readingNorthland Power Signs Agreement for Construction of Wind Farm in Quebec
Northland Power Income Fund has been granted a 20 year PPA by Hydro-Quebec for constructing and operating a 24 MW wind farm in Frampton QC located close to the South Shore of the River St. Lawrence.
Continue readingIranian Company to Develop Wind Energy in Pakistan
Sanir, an Iran-based company, announced that it has entered into a joint venture with a Pakistani company to establish a wind farm in Sindh province, Pakistan. Sanir will construct a 1,000 MW wind power plant in Sindh.
Continue readingCommercial Lease for the Cape Wind Energy Project
The wind farm plan calls for 130 wind turbines capable of generating a maximum electric output of 468 megawatts with an anticipated average output of 183 megawatts.
Continue readingSanto Domingo to Host Wind Energy Parks by 2011
The wind turbines proposed for Los Cocos and the nearby Quilvio Cabrera wind energy parks will have 19 wind turbines to generate 33.5 MW clean power.
Continue readingMunich Re Unveils Plans to Invest in Wind Energy Products
It has announced its plans to buy 40 wind turbines located in 11 wind farms in Germany with capacity to generate 73 MW power.
Continue readingDong Energy to Use Siemens Wind Turbines for Offshore Research
The agreement will require Siemens to supply two newly formulated 6.0 MW offshore wind turbines to DONG Energy and to assist their research and development related to offshore wind energy generation.
Continue readingEthiopia – First wind power generation to start in six month
Vergnet, a French company, is installing the first wind farm, which will have the capacity to generate 120 MW of electricity, in Ashegoda, located 20km from Mekelle, Tigray Regional State.
Continue readingWind energy in India – Railway plans 7 wind turbines near Western Ghats
Four firms that have lands in these regions with wind power potential have bid for tenders to install wind turbines that are expected to generate 12 billion units of power.
Continue readingHonda and Kumamoto Prefecture start Electric Vehicle Testing Program
The specifics of the testing program, testing electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries and solar power charging stations have also been revealed at Honda’s Kumamoto Factory.
Continue readingHonda Launches Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program
The specifics of the testing program, testing electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries and solar power charging stations have also been revealed at Honda’s Kumamoto Factory.
Continue readingChina’s first solar tower plant starts operating in desert
The solar chimney plant is the country’s first Concentrating Solar Power plant that combines solar and wind power into power generation.
Continue readingDong Energy to test next generation Siemens wind turbines
Dong Energy and Siemens Wind Power have entered into an agreement under which Siemens will supply test wind turbines for research and development wind energy purposes to DONG Energy.
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