The Swedish government has set a goal of increasing wind power several times over by 2020 to provide badly needed energy for this cold-climate country.

A $280-million wind-farm project on Vancouver Island has been given the green light by the province after a review by the Environmental Assessment Office.

The wind power industry never sits still in any given year, and 2011 was no different, as it forged ahead with a slew of benchmarks, policy progress, and hard data that illustrate wind turbines continuing its march.

Some remote and inaccessible border areas in Jammu and Kashmir will soon get electrified through solar energu and wind energy.

Solar power is now affordable for more Americans. Today, there are 1.5 million households using solar thermal water heating and enough solar energy electricity to power 730,000 homes.

Enel Green Power Nord America has brought into operation the Caney River wind energy plant in Kansas, a plant with 200 MW of installed capacity bringing the firm’s total North America capacity to 986 MW.

India plans to build an initial capacity of 1 GW of solar power by 2013, enough to power close to 1 mn homes.

Enel GP is among the industry leaders worldwide thanks to its approximately 22 billion KWh generated from a mix inclusive of water, solar power, wind energy and geothermal energy sources.

Wind power and other renewables, is consolidated in Brazil. The major wind turbines manufacturers already producing or will soon, from Enercon and Impsa, to Gamesa, Vestas, Suzlon, GE, Siemens and Alstom.

Wind energy hits 20 percent overall in two states. It contributes a record 50 percent for a period of time in another. And the wind turbines that pump out all those electrons? Their cost has dropped 33 percent.

The consortium, in which the Spanish subsidiary of Enel Green Power holds a 40% stake, obtained a long-term 260 million euro funding to implement a group of wind farm projects.

Photovoltaic solar and concentrated solar thermal power will prevail in the 2060 energy mix, meeting a third of the overall global consumption and half of total electricity needs.

Spanish wind power manufacturer Gamesa has secured a contract from New & Renewable Energy Authority to supply 200 MW of turbines for wind farm projects in Egypt.