The additional purchase of wind power will give Xcel Energy in Colorado a total of 1,943 megawatts of wind energy generation on its system.
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Alaska’s Largest Wind Energy Project Approved
A utility is going forward with plans for what could become Alaska’s largest wind farm. The Golden Valley Electric Association has studied the issue for years and now is officially in the wind power business.
Continue readingGood News About Coal
While wind turbines, solar cells, and solar thermal systems will all need repair and occasional replacement, investing in these new energy sources means investing in energy systems that can last forever.
Continue readingKruger Energy New Wind Farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Kruger Energy, a leading Canadian producer of wind energy, celebrated today the official opening of the Kruger Energy Chatham (KEC) Wind Farm in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
Continue readingCanada Invests in Wind Power in Southern Ontario
With the official opening of a new wind farm in Chatham today and an investment from the Government of Canada, Ontario’s wind energy industry is continuing to grow.
Continue readingXcel agrees to buy power from wind farm
The Limon Wind Energy Center will have 125 wind turbines in Lincoln and Elbert counties near Limon. Xcel was able to “capture the benefits of lower wind power costs.”
Continue readingWind energy gets a 7.5 million boost in four US states
The US Government hopes to have a better design in terms of energy input and energy output by the time the US expands its deployment of advanced wind turbines and wind farm for offshore wind power in the US.
Continue readingFacebook drive to reach 45% by 2030
45% by 2030 is a new initiative to achieve a 45% binding target for renewable energy in the EU by 2030 ? the only way that we will avoid the most serious effects of climate change in the not-too-distant future.
Continue readingSGS Opens SGS Wind Energy Technology Center (WETC) in Tianjin, China
Providing a clean and safe energy source, wind power is expected to replace nuclear energy in China as the most substantial of energy sources.
Continue readingRicoh uses wind power and solar energy to put its name in lights
Ricoh Europe, a specialist in office solutions, managed document services and production printing, today unveiled Europe’s first’eco-board’, a billboard powered 100 per cent by wind energy and solar power.
Continue readingaltE Makes Products More Accessible to Solar Energy Installers in New England
altE, a leading distributor of solar panel and solar power products, has recently completed the transition from a third party to an in-house warehouse facility located at the company’s headquarters in Hudson, MA.
Continue readingSmall Wind Turbines (less than 100kW)
The wind energy market has witnessed enormous growth in the past; the world’s cumulative installed capacity reached 197,712 Megawatts (MW) in 2010, from 24,052 MW in 2001, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 26.4%.
Continue readingSiemens secures 108 offshore wind turbines order for a wind farm in UK
Siemens Energy has secured another order for an offshore wind power plant in the United Kingdom. Siemens strengthens leading position in the world’s most important offshore wind energy market.
Continue readingGlobal Consumer Wind Energy Study: Consumers want more renewable energy
Wind Power Vestas Announces Two Global Renewable Energy Studies. The two studies addresses consumer demand, climate change and corporate energy transparency.
Continue readingWhole Foods, Intel, and Kohl’s are among the world’s leading corporate procurers of wind energy
Whole Foods, Intel, and Kohl’s are among the world’s leading corporate procurers of renewable energy, according to new survey released today by Bloomberg New Energy Finance and commissioned by Vestas Wind Systems A/S.
Continue readingSky Power Solutions Forms Alliance With Li-ion Motors
The residential solar power station will have the ability to reduce the average user’s monthly electric grid consumption by up to 30-40% with ZERO emissions and a ZERO carbon footprint using only the power of the Sun.
Continue readingWind power in Philippines – new wind farm in Ilocos Norte
After years in the pipeline, the wind energy project of the Energy Development Corporation will take off within the year.
Continue readingPortuguese children learn about wind energy on Global Wind Day
The program was: a brief introduction to Wind Power, ENERCON and wind turbines. For this, a colleague addressed the matter in a way kids would understand and it was quite funny listening to their questions.
Continue readingSpanish Government Selects SolarReserve’s Solar Thermal Project in Competitive Tender
The Termosolar Alcazar Power Project will contribute to Spain’s renewable energy generation through new highly innovative, fully dispatchable molten salt concentrated solar power tower technology.
Continue readingWind power: A quiet solution to climate change
That’s the word from Adam Scott, Green Energy Program Manager for the Canadian group Environmental Defence, who penned an article on the topic in yesterday’s Huffington Post.
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