Increase in new wind energy capacity installed to 970 megawatts. Wind power manufacturer Nordex installed a total of 428 new wind farm systems around the world in 2011.

Danish wind power manufacturer Vestas has secured a third order from TuuliWatti to supply wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 30 MW for a wind farm in Finland.

enXco Service Canada, an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Suncor Energy and Teck Resources to provide O&M services for an 88MW wind energy project in Alberta, Canada.

Nur Energie and the Desertec Foundation are developing plans to install two gigawatts (GW) worth of concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) in Tunisia.

The 23 wind turbines wind energy plant has a maximum generating wind energy capacity of 55 megawatts.

American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of wind farm from projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

While the type of fossil fuel generation displaced by wind energy varies by region and over time, in many parts of the U.S. wind energy is displacing significant amounts of coal generation.

Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a wind power contract by wind farm developer ABO Wind for the construction of a further two wind farms with a total of 13 N117/2400 onshore wind turbines.

Estonian wind energy company Nelja Energia and its two shareholders, Scandinavian energy company Vardar Eurus and investment fund Freenergy concluded a merger agreement on Tuesday, LETA/Ärpäev reports.

REpower Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy, has bagged a wind energy contract for delivering 25 wind turbines from US-based enXco.

Brazil is already the largest wind power market in Latin America. All major manufacturers of wind turbines are or on their way: Enercon, Impsa, Vestas, Gamesa, Suzlon, Alstom, Goldwind, Sinovel, GE and Siemens.

Israeli solar energy company commissions second hybrid concentrating solar thermal power plant, this time in southern Spain. Facility will have capacity to produce 100 kW.

Wind power project approved for up to 200 MW of wind energy in Ohio.

Iberdrola Renewables, America’s second largest wind farm developer, is laying off 50 people. Behind Iberdrola’s Portland layoffs: expiring wind power tax credits, declining demand, overloaded grid, cheap natural gas.

While, wind power market penetration is expected to reach over 8 percent of worldwide electricity usage by 2018, the predicament lies with the quality of technology, rather than quantity.

The wind turbines of ?Eólicas Ventos do Norte? 1 to 10 and ?Marcos dos Ventos? 1 to 5 will be established in the municipalities of Paulino Neves and Tutóia, respectively.