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Vestas receives 29 MW wind power order in Mexico
Wind energy Vestas has received an order 16 wind turbines of the V90-1.8 MW turbine for a wind farm in Chiapas.
Continue readingSinovel to enter the Irish wind power market
Eddie O’Connor, Mainstream’s CEO says: “This is our second deal with a leading Chinese wind energy company in six months and for us it is just the beginning. We have the global portfolio of wind farm projects.”
Continue readingVestas signs new wind power order for 60 MW in Brazil
Wind energy Vestas has signed a wind turbines order for a total capacity of 60 MW for wind farm projects in Brazil.
Continue readingRare earth elements can be recycled
Rare earths have unique physical and chemical properties making them essential for defense applications, wind energy, computers, cellphones, electric vehicles, batteries, appliances, and other products.
Continue readingGeronimo Wind signs wind power deal with Xcel Energy
Geronimo Wind Energy would sell 200 megawatts for the Prairie Rose Wind Farm with 125 wind turbines to Xcel Energy under a long-term deal as the power company looks to meet its state-mandated renewable energy goals.
Continue readingChina plans massive growth in offshore wind power by 2020
One of the most interesting news items in the past week was a report that energy-challenged China is planning to rapidly boost its offshore wind energy sector to 30 GW by 2020.
Continue readingIn Iowa, the state that knows wind energy the best, voters overwhelmingly support it
Iowa voters give wind energy companies 85% approval, favor wind power 3:1 over all other sources for state?s energy needs.
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HelioFocus, the Concentrating Solar Power Israeli Developer, at InterSolar
While reducing the solar field size needed by 30%, it presents the best performance, installation & environmental efficiencies, offering the lowest LCOE provides today in concentrated solar energy industry.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles and Vestas enter wind energy frame agreement
EDF Energies Nouvelles will purchase a minimum of 50 per cent of all its future onshore wind turbines in Europe and a minimum of 30 per cent of all its future onshore wind farm installations in the US from Vestas.
Continue readingMainstream in ?1.5bn deal for Irish wind energy project
Eddie O?Connor?s Mainstream Renewable Energy is joining forces with a Chinese wind turbines manufacturer Sinovel and bank to invest up to ?1.5 billion in Irish wind power projects.
Continue readingTurkey’s wind energy potential is 83,000 MW
The wind power sector is developing fast and licenses to numerous wind farm projects have already been issued.
Continue readingIlocos Norte continues to be home of wind energy
Ilocos Norte continues to be the home of wind farm in the country with the entry of three more wind power developers eyeing to build five more wind turbines plants this year.
Continue readingAECOM to manage first offshore wind farm in North America
Fishermen?s Energy, LLC, is a developer of offshore wind power projects, founded by New Jersey commercial fishermen to respond to the public?s need to develop the ocean for renewable wind energy.
Continue readingWind power industry unveils radar-friendly wind turbines
Vestas showed that a V90 turbine of the company with stealth rotor achieved a targeted reduction in radar cross-section of approximately 99 percent, or 20 decibels, compared with standard wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power can provide half of Europe’s electricity supply by 2050
The new research to be published next month shows how wind energy can contribute very substantially to achieving the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by the middle of the century.
Continue readingConnecting the dots: Job losses to China … and … consistent energy policy
The global wind energy industry is expanding rapidly, having gone from 17,000 megawatts (MW) installed in 2000 to 197,000 MW in 2010–more than 10-fold growth in a single decade.
Continue readingArizona Wind Energy Projects
UniSource have issued a joint request for proposals for new Arizona-based wind farm projects that could produce up to 50 megawatts (MW) of wind power.
Continue readingNew board for American Wind Energy Association
Having contributed 35 percent of all new electricity generating capacity since 2007, the U.S. wind power industry is generating electricity and economic development.
Continue readingYingli Green Energy to Supply 110 MW of Photovoltaic Solar Power to Huanghe Hydropower
Yingli Green Energy, which markets its products under the brand ‘Yingli Solar,’ is a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers.
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