With this acquisition, Elecnor is strengthening its interest in the Brazilian wind energy market, where it currently has more than 428 MW in operation.

Spain’s largest maker of wind-power equipment named Ignacio Martin chief executive officer, replacing Jorge Calvet.

The 19 metre long catamarans will be used to transfer people and cargo to the growing number of offshore wind power farms around the coast of Europe.

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns said the company would now look to other wind turbines projects including a potential wind farm in Victoria, Australia.

The 50 MW concentrating solar thermal power plant will produce 110000MWh of electricity per year.

Vestas, the world leader in wind power, has been selected as the preferred supplier to five wind farm projects selected by the South African Department of Energy as part of the country?s second round of renewable energy.

Vestas has won a wind farm contract of 49.4MW with a new customer, Guangdong Yueneng Wind Energy, using Vestas’ V90-1.8/2.0MW wind turbines.

This wind energy farm is composed of 32 wind turbines of 0.85 MW each for a total installed wind power capacity exceeding 27 MW.

A new wind power project in China’s Guangdong province will be acquiring a number of wind turbines from Danish wind energy manufacturer Vestas.

“[I]n addition to a sculpture garden featuring artists of the Pacific Northwest, Maryhill?s grounds?all 5,300 acres of them?now include 15 wind turbines.”

Economic analysis finds households would save $65 – $200 per year if more wind energy were added to the power mix; savings far exceed cost of new transmission to tap wind in the Midwest.

In today?s Guardian, Simon Jenkins takes issue with the UK government?s support of wind energy. Yet his arguments are one-sided to say the least

Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis said that the electricity sector has started setting up the first Egyptian solar power plan with photovoltaic and concentrated solar power.

FCC commences construction of its concentrated solar power plant in Villena (Alicante), which will create over 750 jobs.

Ignacio Martín takes the helm of one of the leading global technology companies in the wind power industry, a corporation with a presence in 50 countries and a manufacturing base in the world’s top wind farm markets.

AMSC expects to ship all of these wind power systems to Inox in 2012. This is the fourth volume order that AMSC has received from Inox in the past two years

Recurrent Energy, a North American solar energy project developer, announced that three of its solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Sacramento County, Calif, have achieved commercial operation.

Kiribati is to get a grant of four million US dollars to develop solar power generation.

ACWA Power International, the Saudi developer of independent water and power projects, said its 50MW Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Thermal Power project in the Northern Cape will be commissioned in 2015.

The joint venture will build, own and operate an additional 88 MW concentrating solar power project to help South Africa meet its renewable energy targets, stimulate long-term economic development and create jobs.