The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published offshore wind energy statistics for the first half year of 2011, showing a comfortable 4.5% increase in installations of offshore wind power capacity.
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EDP Renováveis executes project finance for 70 MW wind power plant in Brazil
It was the first wind farm built and installed by EDPR in Brazil, a country with a strong potential for the development of wind energy given its attractive wind resource.
Continue readingGamesa to supply wind turbines to two wind energy plants in Spain
La Tella wind farm (50 MW) will be equipped with 25 Gamesa G97-2.0 MW wind turbines, while Palomarejo (30 MW) will be powered by 15 Gamesa G90-2.0 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingOfficials Break Ground on Wind Energy Research and Development Center
America’s first R&D center for large wind turbines gearbox systems also establishes technical program for Stark State College students.
Continue readingOpportunities in the China Wind Energy Industry
China plans to increase its wind power base to 69,076 MW by 2015. Led by the increasing electricity demand by 15 per cent per year in China, the wind farm capacity has been doubling every year since 2005.
Continue readingVestas receives 92 MW wind power order in Asia Pacific
Wind energy Vestas has received a firm order for 51 wind turbines of the V100-1.8 MW wind turbine in Asia Pacific for a wind farm.
Continue readingEDP Renewables 1H 2011 results with EBITDA up by 19% to ? 409 million
EDPR assumed full control of wind power GENESA (1.7 GW of wind farm capacity) of which it already held 80%, and won a public tender with 127 MW of wind energy in Aragon.
Continue readingKoch Brothers Make it Official. We Hate Wind Energy
Americans for Prosperity retained the Beacon Hill Institute to do a cost-benefit analysis of the state?s plans to develop up to 1,100 megawatts of wind farm capacity off the coast of southern New Jersey.
Continue readingEIA studies on energy incentives distort value of spending on wind energy
Wind power accounted for 35% of all new electricity capacity installed in 2007, but according to the EIA 2007 study, it received just 12% of Federal electricity support in that year.
Continue readingIPT systems for wirelessly charging electric vehicles
HaloIPT, the global leader in Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems for wirelessly charging electric cars announces a new strategic partnership with Drayson Racing Technologies.
Continue readingNissan and China partner Dongfeng to invest $8 bln, including electric vehicles
The two firms plan to nearly double annual sales and launch a zero-emission electric car with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingNordex wins 52.5 MW wind turbines order for Scottish wind farm
Wind energy manufacturer Nordex has won a wind power contract to supply wind turbines for a 52.5 MW wind farm in Scotland which is currently being built by Statkraft.
Continue readingJohnson Controls expands advanced battery lab
This includes a full technology range from advanced lead-acid batteries through lithium ion batteries and alternate cell chemistries for electric cars.
Continue readingWind Energy and Solar Power Electric Vehicles Charging Station
With the mainstreaming of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries, a major challenge to greater adoption has been the lack of an adequate charging infrastructure.
Continue readingA123 Systems to Supply Energy Storage System to Dongfang Electric Corporation
The government has set ambitions goals to increase wind energy in China to about 170GW by 2020, and DEC looks forward to doing our part to help reach this target.
Continue readingEDP Renováveis agrees construction of wind farm in Brazil
Portugal?s EDP Renováveis (EDPR) said that it had established a project finance agreement with Brazilian state bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (BNDES) to build a wind energy plant.
Continue readingAlgonquin Power & Utilities Executes Wind Power PPA with Manitoba Hydro
APCo will be acquiring a partial interest in an existing 370 MW portfolio of New England and New York wind turbines projects and development opportunities representing 1,200 MW of wind farm projects.
Continue readingRight Wing Media Use Wildlife Deaths To Attack Wind Power
In recent weeks, the right-wing media have used reports of wildlife deaths — particularly those of bats and birds — in order to attack wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy in North Carolina
Atlantic Wind plans to erect up to 150 wind turbines on a wind farm in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. About 15 miles away, Invenergy plans to erect more than 100 wind turbines on a wind farm.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy and Direct Use
Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Agricultural Applications for Geothermal Direct Use Energy: Market Analysis and Forecasts.
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