Reposted from Climate Progress: The U.S. is now the largest wind power market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number 1 supplier, according to a new industry report by Navigant Research. This is a big shakeup in the global wind market. Danish wind manufacturer Vestas had been the world leader from … [continued]
Europe’s largest onshore wind farm is now up and running. Located in the heart of Dobregea Constanta County in Romania, the 600-megawatt (MW) Fantanele/Cogealac wind farm is being run by CEZ Romania, a branch of the largest Central European utility, the CEZ Group. The project is using 240 of General … [continued]
Other than our own stories, here’s some top cleantech and climate news of the day: Solar Power Top PV Module Suppliers Developing Own Utility Projects: “Research from Wiki-Solar has found that the most successful module providers to utility-scale photovoltaic plants are developing their own projects to accommodate their products.” … [continued]
Brazil may be the fastest growing wind power market in the world. About one billion dollars in wind power sales are expected there from General Electric alone… in each of the coming 10 years. Several other manufacturers will also be providing turbines for the surge, but GE will be … [continued]
Last Wednesday, GE celebrated the installation of it’s 20,000th wind turbine. All combined, these 20,000 turbines have the capacity to power the cities of Hong Kong and London. “We couldn’t have achieved this milestone without our development partners,” said Vic Abate, vice president of renewable energy for GE. “Together, … [continued]
The 20-year deal to bring wind power to Alabama from two TradeWind Energy wind farms is enough to meet 3% of Alabama Power customers’ consumption…and it’s going to cost less than what it would have cost the utility to produce it. Sourcing clean, renewable wind power from the Chisholm View and Buffalo Dunes Wind Projects contributes to delivering substantial local green job and economic gains, carbon and GHG emissions reductions and other health and environmental benefits. […]
General Electric (GE) recently announced it has put up a total of 300 wind turbines in Brazil. At the Annual Brazilian Wind Power Conference held In Rio De Janeiro, GE also announced it will put up another 600 units in the Latin American country. Meanwhile, the company plans to open … [continued]
Some welcome news on the US wind energy front: E.ON Climate & Renewables North America on June 4 announced it has secured $150 million of institutional equity financing for its 150MW Pioneer Trail Wind Farm from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Poland, the country where I now live, doesn’t compare to neighbor Germany when it comes to renewable energy, but it’s moving along. One of its prime areas of focus at the moment is the coastal area in the north, which has great wind resources. As part of that, GE … [continued]
GE’s new 1.6-100 wind turbines, the most efficient 1.5-MW wind turbines in the world, will make their European debut in Turkey, a GE announcement this week from the annual European Wind Energy Association conference in Copenhagen noted. 31 of these wind turbines will be used in Fina Enerji’s Tayakadin wind project in … [continued]
