Maine is poised to surpass a milestone of 200 wind turbines by year’s end with four grid-scale wind farm projects built in Maine. Two wind energy projects more are under construction.
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Wind Energy Vestas Embraces Solar Energy
Vestas has installed more than 43,000 wind turbines in 66 countries on six continents, generating more than 90 million megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy per year.
Continue readingSiemens to supply 63 wind turbines for five wind energy projects in Brazil
Four of the wind farm projects are located in the state of Ceara and one wind farm in Piaui in northeastern Brazil, and all wind power plants are expected to be commissioned in late 2012.
Continue readingFirst Solar Sells 10 MW Solar Energy Plant near Zamora, Spain
Solar Power Project Under Construction by Gehrlicher Solar España is Scheduled for December Completion.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex preparing for change of CEO
CEO Thomas Richterich to leave the Company for personal reasons after ten years´ service. Preparations for the appointment of a new CEO underway.
Continue readingSolutia receives contracts to supply solar thermal plants in Spain
Therminol heat transfer fluids continue to be selected for concentrating solar power plants around the world.
Continue readingRenewable Energy to Drive African Economic Development
The Solar Power Africa2011 Conference will take place at the Holiday Inn Sandton on the 22 – 25 August 2011.
Continue readingAmerican Wind Energy Association on the revised draft of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wind Power Guidelines
The wind turbines industry looks forward to having workable final voluntary guidelines that will hold our wind farm industry to a higher standard for wildlife analysis and protection than any other industry.
Continue readingThe 30.6 million electric vehicles sold in 2011 will rise to 51.3 million in 2021
Some 66% of the manufacturers operating in the electric vehicle market in the world are in China. Over 90% of the world’s electric vehicles are made in China, mainly for use in China.
Continue readingGeorgia Power to buy 50 megawatts of solar energy by 2015
The Public Service Commission has approved Georgia Power’s plans to buy up to 50 megawatts of solar power by 2015.
Continue readingChargePoint Network for Electric Vehicles into Massachusetts
Coulomb Technologies announced the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area with more than 150 stations for electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingMaharashtra is expanding its solar energy generation
Reeling under a power deficit, Maharashtra is expanding its solar power generation programme and exploring the environs of Vidarbha, Khandesh and Marathwada regions which are endowed with bright sunshine.
Continue readingCape Wind Farm Would Supply Large Amounts of Electricity
People sometimes think about the ?dog days? and wonder if wind turbines will help, but the data shows us that offshore wind power in Nantucket Sound those hot summer afternoons tend to be quite windy.
Continue readingEdison Mission Group Dedicates Wind Power Project in Minnesota
EMG is the seventh largest developer of wind energy projects in the U.S., with a portfolio of 29 wind farm projects and nearly 2,000 megawatts of wind power capacity in operation or under construction in 11 states.
Continue readingRange Extenders for Electric Vehicles
About eight million hybrid cars will be made in 2021, each with a range extender, the additional power source that distinguishes them from pure electric cars with with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingUzbekistan’s Untapped Solar Energy
In 1965 the Uzbek Academy of Sciences began publishing the “Geliotekhnika” (“Applied Solar Energy”) quarterly journal the former Soviet Union’s sole scientific publication devoted to solar power.
Continue readingElia to Join Google, Good Energies, Marubeni to Finance Atlantic Wind Power Connection
Elia joining the AWC is a strong confirmation that we are on the right track and that we will see a new offshore wind turbines industry in the United States.
Continue readingNuclear energy is in last place in the race against climate change
Global capacity of renewables like wind energy and solar power has grown at rates between 15% to 50% a year – way ahead of even the Chinese economy.
Continue readingNOAA approves Rhode Island plan for offshore wind energy
The plan improves state review processes and policies to facilitate the development of offshore wind farm projects that could lead to the creation of hundreds of wind power jobs.
Continue readingGamesa has a wind energy portfolio of 1,730 MW in India
Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of wind power Gamesa announced its foray into the wind energy markets of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, as a wind farm developer.
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