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Wind Power News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Renewable Energy News Headlines provided by RenewableEnergyWorld.com - the leading online publisher of renewable energy news and information world-wide.
Friday May 16th, 2008
WIND POWER CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
Guadalajara, Mexico
November 5 - 7, 2008
Friday May 16th, 2008
Mesa Power LLP, a company created by legendary energy executive T. Boone Pickens, has placed an order with General Electric (GE) to purchase 667 wind turbines capable of generating a total of 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The agreement represents the first phase of the four-phase Pampa Wind Project that could become the world's largest wind energy project, with more than 4,000 MW of electricity.
Friday May 16th, 2008
Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. (RES-Americas) announced the company has been awarded the construction rights for five utility-scale wind projects with a total capacity of 954 megawatts (MW). The projects will be located in the Canadian province of Quebec and output will be sold to Hydro Quebec Distribution. The project will be managed by RES-Canada, an affiliate of RES-Americas.
Friday May 16th, 2008
Siemens Energy has received one of its largest wind turbine orders ever. FPL Energy has ordered 218 Siemens wind turbines to be installed at several wind farms across the U.S. for delivery in 2009.
Friday May 16th, 2008
Thursday May 15th, 2008
Thursday May 15th, 2008
Joint venture partners SkyPower Corp. and Scotian WindFields Inc. announced that they have been awarded a long term power purchase agreement (PPA) by Nova Scotia Power for power produced by a wind project located in Digby, Nova Scotia.
Thursday May 15th, 2008
GreenHunter Wind Energy, LLC announced its first wind energy development project outside of the United States, located near Shanghai, China. When completed, the project will have the potential to generate up to 300 megawatts (MW) of power.
Thursday May 15th, 2008
Since the election of Canada's Conservative government in 2006, criticism of its approach to environmental protection has been fairly sustained. Its former and present environment ministers were lambasted for stalling the process at climate change conferences in Nigeria and Bali. Conservatives also cut funding for renewables put in place by the previous government, and then re-instated it with new limitations, rankling clean energy supporters.
Wednesday May 14th, 2008
A new analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy finds that wind can be major contributor to the country's energy mix, supplying up to 20% of electricity by 2030. Included in the report, titled "20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply," is an examination of America's technological and manufacturing capabilities, the future costs of energy sources, U.S. wind energy resources and the environmental and economic impacts of wind development.
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