Three of the world’s leading concentrating solar power companies — Abengoa, BrightSource Energy and Torresol Energy — have formed an alliance, CSPA.

Premier Power has built a strong presence in North America and Europe through the development and construction of more than 1,000 solar power projects.

Wind energy technology major Gamesa is in the process of setting up a third wind power plant, which will manufacture nacelles at Mamandur, near Chennai.

Vestas has received a wind energy order from Iberdrola Engineering and Construction in Poland for 41 wind turbines with a combined wind power capacity of 82 megawatts.

The wind power manufacturer Nordex has received an order to supply and install the ?Sincik? wind farm. Tektug Elektrik to build 27.5 MW wind farm with N100 wind turbines.

Global installed wind farm capacity has grown at an average annual rate of nearly 27% over the last 10 years, according to the recently published report Lubricants for Wind Turbines 2011.

The wind power project will be developed under a partnership between juwi Wind Canada and local wind turbines developer Community Wind Farms Inc.

The rapid expansion of America’s wind power industry, it said, means there is a growing need for technicians to service and maintain the giant wind turbines.

Through these wind farm installations Acciona consolidates its leadership in wind power in Mexico, with 65% of the country’s wind turbines.

These photovoltaic solar power projects are being done in partnership with the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a nonprofit organization that designs and implements solar energy solutions in developing countries.

SunMaxx Solar, a leading, vertically integrated manufacturer of solar thermal systems and components, is pleased to announce that the solar industry leader has launched a custom Glycol XT.

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) kicked off its first-ever Midwest Regional Wind Energy Summit in Chicago, a national center for wind power headquarters operations and wind turbines facilities.

The US solar power generation industry includes about 150 companies that provide a small but growing amount of the nation’s electricity.

At the beginning of 2011, Concentrating Solar Power plants with a cumulated capacity of about 730 MW, were in commercial operation in Spain, about 58% of the worldwide capacity of 1.26 GW.

General Electric plans to build a $35 million wind power plant in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia to assemble wind turbines as the market for wind farm surges in the South American country.

Remote sensing system brings vital wind condition data to wind farm operators.

Electricity from wind power and other renewables is close to one-third cheaper than electricity from a new coal-fired plant, according to a US report published by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPRS).

The wind energy Production Tax Credit does not apply to solar power. Shocking, I know, but there you have it: solar is solar, and wind is wind, and the two are not the same.

Skylines dominated by nodding pump jacks are increasingly spotted with spinning wind turbines.

Wind energy products from China have a competitive edge in the international market, and the United States has taken some protectionism measures against these products.