Morocco has excluded a group led by Egypt-based Orascom Construction Industries from the bidding for the first phase of a major concentrating solar energy project.

According to the Global Wind Energy Council, the United States, which previously led the world in installed wind power capacity, had only 6.8GW of wind farm capacity.

The Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners has voted unanimously in support of the development of Wind Capital Group’s Sugarland Wind Energy Project, which is planned for Palm Beach County.

Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), officially dedicated its Taloga wind project in Putnam, Okla. The Taloga wind power project is powered by 54 Mitsubishi wind turbines.

Attributing the power tariff deficit to concentrating solar thermal energy is simply erroneous; attempting to avoid future deficit by putting a stop to this
activity, a grievous mistake.

TITAN has delivered 4 double axis solar trackers with parabolic dish concentrator for Stirling engines, for one of the first, commercial concentrating solar thermal projects to be commissioned in South Africa.

Gamesa is investing £125 million in a new offshore wind energy manufacturing plant in Edinburgh that will build blades for wind turbines.

The Department of the Interior has released guidelines designed to help wind farm developers avoid and minimize impacts of land-based wind power projects on wildlife and their habitats.

AGL has bought the rights to develop a wind farm in New South Wales with a potential wind energy capacity of 1GW and 600 wind turbines.

Namibia does have the ability to generate electricity from varied sources, including oil and gas-fired plants, hydroelectric facilities and it is starting to venture into solar power and wind energy.

Poland has considerable wind energy potential and at present an attractive system encouraging investment in wind turbines.

China consolidated its position as the world’s wind power leader in both newly and cumulative installed wind farm capacities in 2011, according to official figures released by the China Wind Energy Association (CWEA).

With the potential to generate up to 1000 megawatts of wind power from about 600 wind turbines, Silverton, near the town of Broken Hill, would be the biggest onshore wind farm in the world.

Wind power generation in the UK and New Zealand are very different. In New Zealand we have an excellent wind resource and as a result our wind farm plants are twice as productive as their equivalents in the UK.

A new report from analysts Douglas-Westwood contends that over $225 billion will be spent on offshore wind power over the next four years.

A California state law requires that by 2020 consume a third of electricity generated from renewable energy, including wind power, solar energy and geothermal energy.

Silver State North marks Enbridge’s entry into the U.S. solar energy market and demonstrates Enbridge’s continuing commitment to growing its green energy business.