BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power announced plans to further expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas.

The Himachal Pradesh government will explore the possibilities of geothermal energy in the state to generate electricity

Currently operating 520 MW of wind energy in North America, Pattern has 250 MW of wind farm projects in construction and expects to begin construction of more than 750 MW.

The wind power project is made up of 72 2.3-MW Siemens wind turbines. CPV REC has entered into a 20-year wind energy PPA with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Goldwind, which has been praised for its approach to the US wind power market, continues amassing wind turbines orders. Goldwind will have 13 wind farm projects in the United States, in addition to Ecuador and Chile.

The 90 stations, which can be used by all electric cars or plug-in hybrids with lithium ion batteries, will be joined by another 30 in the summer, bringing to 120 the number of charging stations in the network.

Endesa will carry out a research project to demonstrate the technical and economic effectiveness of solar energy generation using the Stirling dish, a concentrating solar thermal dynamic cycle.

The Himachal Pradesh government will explore the possibilities of geothermal energy to generate electricity, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said.

At least 400 megawatts (MW) from wind farm projects in Gharo and Jhimpir will be added to the national grid by the end of current year 2012, which is being observed as the year for wind energy.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), investment tax credits (ITC) and production tax credits (PTC) play a major role in the Wind Power industry?s health and expansion.

The wind farm is a partnership between Servtec and Rio Bravo Investimentos, and will comprise of 12 units of Suzlon’s S95 – 2 MW wind turbines. The wind energy project is scheduled by December, 2013.

The wind power plant, built with a total investment of 5.76 billion yuan ($914 million), will comprise 100 units of 3 MW offshore wind turbines.

With this award, Young Africa receives ?10.000, to realise its project?s dream to train Namibian underprivileged youth in solar energy.

Gamesa Technology Corp. and enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, announced that the 38 megawatt Chestnut Flats Wind Farm. enXco’s portfolio includes solar energy and wind energy.

Total UAE participates in The World Future Energy Summit 2012. The company will display a model of Shams 1; The World’s Largest Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant.

New spending on solar energy (photovoltaic solar power and concentrating solar thermal) jumped 36 percent to $136.6 billion in 2011, outpacing the $74.9 billion put into wind energy.

Concentrated Solar Thermal Power, Photovoltaic, and Concentrated Photovoltaic as US Increases Large-Scale Solar Power.

Fuhrländer has acquired a majority interest in W2E Wind to Energy GmbH (W2E). The two wind turbines companies have been in close cooperation for 10 years.