The Maui Planning Commission unanimously approved permits Tuesday for Auwahi Wind Energy to build and operate eight 428-foot-tall wind turbines on Ulupalakua Ranch land.

Although growth rates of new wind farm installations will fall short of the industry?s boom period, cumulative wind power capacity will grow steadily over the next six years.

In Spain, Iberdrola lash concentrated solar power, but in other countries do other things.

As of October, the installed solar power capacity in the country stood at at 125 MW. ?India may add 2,000 MW solar power to its total power generation by 2013.

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published a new report revealing that by 2020, the EU wind farm industry would avoid 342 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 31% of the EU’s target of reducing emissions.

The EU Commissioner for Climate Change emphasised the role of targets in boosting investments in renewable energy (solar power, wind energy) at an EWEA event last night.

China have been planning their own concentrated solar thermal power generation projects, which leads to China Concentrating Solar Power Summit in Beijing on December 5th.

?It is a highly innovative concentrated solar thermal plant with salt storage,? he said, adding that he has just visited that project.

Wind energy will remain a significant contributor to the EU member states? energy portfolio, as they attempt to achieve the EU 2020 target. Germany, Spain and France continue to install more wind turbines.

Vestas generated revenue of EUR 3,798m in the first nine months of 2011, which was in line with the year-earlier period. EBIT declined by EUR 136m to EUR (84)m.

California has hit a major renewable energy milestone: 1 gigawatt — or 1,000 megawatts — of solar power has been installed on rooftops throughout the state.

Cyclone expects that the engine can help reduce the costs of installation and operation of solar power plants dramatically due to its compact size, low weight and high efficiencies.

Alstom is planning to establish up to two sites dedicated to the production of components and to the assembly of 6 MW offshore wind turbines in the port areas of Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) and Cherbourg (Manche).

Siemens received a 100 MW wind energy project contract in Puerto Rico during October 2011. The company secured five wind power supply orders for wind turbines.

German wind turbine producer Repower Systems, a unit of Indian Suzlon Energy, has agreed to deliver wind turbines for a 150 MW wind farm in the Canadian province of Quebec.

The wind power project is expected to house 126 wind turbines by December 2013 and have 20-year purchase agreements with Hydro-Quebec.

Construction of the wind energy project, located in Luna County on about 2000 acres of ranchland, started in January 2011 and the wind farm includes 28 units of Vestas V100-1.8MW wind turbines.

The following responds to an opinion article in today’s edition of the Daily Caller from Michael Needham, CEO of Heritage Action for America, on energy subsidies. Mr. Needham seems to not realize that the wind power industry’s federal incentive is an investment in American manufacturing jobs and one of the fastest-growing U.S. manufacturing sectors. Over … Continue reading Wind energy incentive is an investment in jobs →