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A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced plans Thursday for a $1.5 billion, 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas. The venture's main companies include U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Texas-based Cielo Wind Power LP, China's Shenyang Power Group and A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. The wind farm is to be located on 36,000 acres in West Texas, although the group did not ... read more
Liverpool, England (UPI) Oct 20, 2009 Britain is on track to reach its ambitious green energy targets, according to the country's wind energy industry. The British Wind Energy Association Monday announced that Britain now has 4 GW of wind power generating capacity, enough to power 2.3 million homes. "We are on track to hit the target of 10 percent of energy in the U.K. coming from renewables by 2010," BWEA head ... more
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Somerville MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009National Wind Assessments has adopted to add Second Wind's Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to add value to its wind resource assessment offerings. Designed and manufactured by Somerville, Mass.-based Second Wind Inc., a leading provider of wind assessment systems, the Triton is an advanced remote sensing system that uses sodar to capture accurate wind data at the heights of today's wind turbine ... more 
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 17, 2009The world's largest offshore wind farm has been opened in the North Sea off the west coast of Denmark, the Danish company running the project said on Thursday. The Horns Rev 2 wind farm's 91 turbines covers an area of some 35 square kilometres (21 square miles) and can produce enough electricity to supply 200,000 homes a year, Dong Energy said in a statement. Denmark's Crown Prince ... more 
London (UPI) Sep 17, 2009 BP is expanding its wind power electricity generation capacity in the United States but is shedding an Indian unit, which has been sold to Green Infra Limited of India. BP said Green Infra Limited purchased its subsidiary, BP Energy India Private Limited, for a total cash-free, debt-free enterprise value of about $95 million. Green Infra Limited is an independent power producer owned by ... more |
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Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Aug 03, 2009Wind farming is opening up an entirely new revenue source for family farms throughout the region, with ideal locations around Kiama, Milton and south to Eden and the border. If fully developed, wind farming could be the biggest economic opportunity the South Coast has seen since the advent of the motorcar and weekend tourism. But it requires the cooperation of government at all levels to clear the way and provide the planning and financial environment that will underpin a rapid uptake in wind energy developments. ... more 
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Jul 30, 2009 Vietnam has more wind energy potential than Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, experts say. A World Bank survey says Vietnam has the capacity to produce 513,360 megawatts of wind power annually. That translates into 200 times the output of Southeast Asia's largest power plant, the Son La Hydroelectric Plant in northern Vietnam, reports the VietNamNet Bridge news site. Vietnam's renewa ... more 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 29, 2009Thirty top wildlife scientists-including five from Cornell - have announced agreement on some of the highest research priorities to help America's rapidly growing wind energy industry produce much-needed alternative energy while also providing safe passage for birds and bats. This coalition of scientists from industry, government, nongovernmental organizations and universities met recently ... more |
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