BP Wind Energy has selected General Electric (GE) to supply 350 1.6MW wind turbines for wind farm projects in Kansas and Pennsylvania, under a $750m wind power contract.

Rios, who was a guest speaker at a wind farm integration seminar, organized by Concytec in Lima, praised the construction of three new wind power farms for 2012.

For the first time ever the European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind power research and development.

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) CEO Denise Bode released the following statement today in reaction to Rep. Mike Pompeo?s (R-Kan.) planned legislation to repeal the federal Production Tax Credit for wind energy.

Solar energy photovoltaic (PV) companies manufactured a record 24,000 megawatts of PV cells worldwide in 2010, more than doubling their 2009 output.

The T-Solar Group, a worldwide solar power photovoltaic (PV) generator, is continuing its international expansion with the construction of a further 61 megawatts (MW) in Peru and India.

We recently sat down with AGBeat, an online business resource for entrepreneurs and businesses, to discuss solar energy.

Gamesa obtains type certification from GL for its G128-4.5 MW wind turbine, the most powerful device on the onshore wind power market.

Gov. Shumlin participates in ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate 40 megawatt wind power project that will deliver clean energy to about 15,000 Vermont homes.

Vestas and DONG Energy have entered into wind energy cooperation on testing of Vestas? new V164-7.0 MW offshore wind turbines at DONG Energy?s wind farm in the waters off Frederikshavn.

“Now more than ever, wind turbines industry leaders and communicators must stress the importance of wind farm in America’s energy portfolio,” said AWEA CEO Denise Bode.

The U.S. wind power industry installed just over 1,200 megawatts (MW) in the third quarter, and about 3,360 MW on the year so far ? but has more than 8,400 MW under construction.

California’s solar Gold Rush is under way, fueled by billions of dollars of federal stimulus funding and a new state law that requires utilities to buy a third of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) stated its plans to invest $60 million to support the advancement of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) technologies.

BP Wind Energy has reached a $750 million deal with General Electric Co. to supply and maintain 350 wind turbines for wind power farms in Pennsylvania and Kansas.

Pike Research?s report, ?Distributed Solar Energy Generation?, analyzes the current status of, along with the future outlook for, the global market for distributed solar power photovoltaics.

The US DOE wants researchers and scientists to “think outside the box” and come up “highly disruptive Concentrated Solar Thermal Power technologies that will meet 6¢/kWh cost targets by the end of the decade.