American Electric Technologies Inc (AETI) has launched a wind switchgear solution designed specifically to provide “safer, more reliable, higher-performing wind farm operations.”
26 February, 2010
Gamesa reports an overall fall in results for 2009 as a difficult market slowed down wind developments.
26 February, 2010
A US-based provider of renewable energy assessment and power forecasting tools has completed a tool to identify and map the world’s wind and solar resources using a globally-consistent methodology.
25 February, 2010
A US report evaluates numerous factors to determine how western states can source 33% of their electricity from new renewable energy resources.
25 February, 2010
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe intends to invest up to £100 million in an offshore wind turbine project in the UK under a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Government.
25 February, 2010
Investment totalling €2.4 billion in new ships to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years is needed.
25 February, 2010
Boots on the Roof, a US provider of renewable energy training and education, is now offering a Master Certificate in Renewable Energy programme.
24 February, 2010
Siemens has installed its 1000th wind turbine in the UK at the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm off the coast of Essex.
24 February, 2010
Two US agencies are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites.
24 February, 2010
A coalition of environmental groups says Canada could create at least 8000 jobs by if the Federal Government renews incentives for renewable energy.
24 February, 2010
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has opened the third call for capital grant funding for offshore wind component and technology development.
23 February, 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver 25 of its MM92, 2.05 MW wind turbines to Akuo Energy SAS for three wind farms in France.
23 February, 2010
Renewable energy could produce 100% of the electricity needed in Australia within 10 years, using technologies that are available now.
23 February, 2010
Wind energy projects are underway or planned by 79% of utilities in the USA within the next five years, while solar energy is planned by 73% within that time horizon.
23 February, 2010
Gamesa and Bard Holding GmbH will jointly develop and market offshore wind turbines and services under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
22 February, 2010
The Scottish Government has unveiled plans to facilitate the installation of residential wind turbines and air-source heat pumps.
22 February, 2010
The State Assembly in California has approved legislation to increase the limit on the state’s net metering programme for solar and wind energy.
22 February, 2010
The capital cost to install a 20 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) facility by 2015 will be US$7981/kW, according to a report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
22 February, 2010
Wind turbines on the continental USA could generate 37 PWh a year, according to a new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
19 February, 2010
Controllable rubber trailing edge flaps for wind turbines have shown promising results in wind tunnel tests, says the Wind Energy Division at Risø DTU, Denmark.
19 February, 2010
Clipper Windpower Marine Ltd, a Clipper Windpower Inc subsidiary, has started the groundbreaking of its offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Neptune Estate, Tyne, UK.
18 February, 2010
The Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have commissioned three new wind turbines that will supply 40% of the settlement’s electricity.
18 February, 2010
The state of Delaware must evaluate the feasibility of installing renewable enegy such as on-site wind or solar systems with a simple payback period of under 20 years.
18 February, 2010
REpower Systems AG will supply 26 of its 2 MW MM92 wind turbines to EOLE-RES S.A for the Langres Sud 52 MWwind farm in the Champagne-Ardennes region, France.
17 February, 2010
The US government has funded 16 native tribes to issue bonds for renewable energy facilities.
17 February, 2010
Solar will register the greatest increase in usage from 2010 into 2011, according to the latest US government forecast.
17 February, 2010
A 15 MW wind turbine drive train and nacelle test facility is planned in the UK by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
17 February, 2010
REpower Systems AG and Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc (RES Canada) have completed the construction of a test wind farm in the Gaspé region, Canada.
16 February, 2010
SeaRoc will provide its Offshore Wind Farm Management web applications for the 367.2 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the UK.
15 February, 2010
HK Electric proposes a 100 MW offshore wind farm in Southwest Lamma Channel, Hong Kong.
15 February, 2010
Enova is granting NOK137 million to Sway AS to erect a 10 MW prototype offshore wind turbine in Hordaland, Norway.
12 February, 2010
Vestas will deliver 33 of its V90-3.0 MW wind turbines to Granite Reliable Power Windpark in New Hampshire, USA.
12 February, 2010
Gamesa has set up an Indian subsidiary, Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd, near Chennai, India, to produce the Gamesa G58-850 kW Wind Turbine.
11 February, 2010
Turkey must exploit its huge wind energy resources if it wants to meet its increasing power demand.
11 February, 2010
Americans of all parties support the passage of Federal policies to support renewable energy, although the level is down from a baseline survey conducted two years ago.
11 February, 2010
Five associations in the United States have banded together to urge Congress to enact key policies which will continue accelerated growth across the renewable energy sector.
10 February, 2010
Vestas profit after tax for 2009 rose 13.3% to €579 million from 2008.
10 February, 2010
KEMA has won the tender to conduct the Front End Engineering Design Study (FEED study) for two offshore wind farms totalling 1.2 GW in the North Sea.
10 February, 2010
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10 February, 2010
China’s investment in wind energy last year kept the world’s overall investment in clean energy to 6.5% below the 2008 record, despite the worst recession for 60 years.
09 February, 2010
juwi has started construction of its first US wind farm in Richardson County, Nebraska, USA.
09 February, 2010
Twelve UK communities have received grants to install solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy technologies, under a national challenge to reduce carbon emissions.
09 February, 2010
Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Glasfiber’s international service unit has joined the Global Wind Alliance.
09 February, 2010
Hawaii has introduced legislation to create a green jobs sector through the establishment of a ‘Hawaii Clean Energy Investment Bonds’ programme for renewable energy.
09 February, 2010
Indian Energy Ltd says the first three wind turbines at its Theni Project have been commissioned and are now fully operational and grid connected.
08 February, 2010
Wind power represented the largest share of new electricity generating technology installed in the European Union in 2009.
08 February, 2010
A US national renewable electricity standard (RES) of 25% by 2025 could create thousands of jobs and help fledgling industries like wind grow, as short-term tax benefits expire.
05 February, 2010
Siemens is to invest over €250 million in India by 2012, with a major part of this going to renewable energy.
05 February, 2010
HgCapital Renewable Power Partners has made three new investments: two Spanish solar photovoltaic (PV) projects and one UK onshore wind project.
04 February, 2010
The capacity of wind energy increased by 31% last year, adding 37.5 GW of wind turbines with an investment of US$63 billion.
04 February, 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will deliver US$70 million-worth of wind turbine electrical control systems to China’s Shenyang Blower Works Co Ltd (SBW).
03 February, 2010
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes European regional energy initiatives, but says the aim is a European single market by 2015.
03 February, 2010
Finnish wind gear manufacturer Moventas and Chinese Dong Fang New Energy Equipment (DNEE) have agreed on R&D cooperation on wind turbines.
03 February, 2010
The US federal budget proposes that the USA should be “the global leader in the new energy economy by developing new ways to produce and use clean and renewable energy.”
02 February, 2010
Acciona Energy increased its wind power capacity in Spain by 1308 MW last year, to 3996.8 MW.
01 February, 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver 48 offshore wind turbines totalling 295 MW to RWE Innogy for Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm.
01 February, 2010
The UK renewable energy industry welcomes today’s announcement of the feed-in tariff for renewable and low carbon electricity, and the plans for low carbon heating incentives.
01 February, 2010
The UK Government has announced its feed-in tariffs for small scale renewable and low carbon electricity starting from 1 April.
01 February, 2010
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) calls on the UK Government to consider a raft of immediate measures to deliver the UK’s 2020 renewable energy targets.
01 February, 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will deliver 100 sets of wind turbine core electrical components to China’s XJ Group Corporation.
01 February, 2010