Enel Green Power has announced that it has completed and commissioned its first wind energy in Uruguay. A 50 MW wind energy project was operationalised in the Cerro Largo area, about 320 kilometres from the capital city of Montevideo. Enel Green Power invested $98 million into the the wind farm, which … [continued]
Gamesa has won a fresh order to implement a wind energy project in Uruguay, which will help the company to increase its footprint in the country. A subsidiary of Uruguay’s state utility UTE has placed an order with Gamesa to construct and maintain a 70 MW wind energy project. Gamesa will … [continued]
Uruguay’s renewable energy sector has received a major boost with two wind energy projects bagging substantial financial support. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced substantial financial support in form of loans to two wind energy projects in Uruguay. The projects will have a generation capacity of 70 MW each. The … [continued]
Following up on my “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per Capita” rankings and article, below are “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per GDP” rankings for total installed wind power at the end of 2012 as well as newly installed wind power during the year 2012. Top … [continued]
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently published its final update of 2012 global wind power installation numbers. As such, I am now able to update my “Top Wind Power Countries” lists. If you’ve been a CleanTechnica reader for awhile, you know that I’m all about looking at relative rankings … [continued]
In September of 2011, Uruguay announced it could increase its wind power capacity by 800 MW. Not long afterwards, that figure was increased to 1,000 MW. In the beginning of January 2013, a new goal was publicized: 90% of all its electricity from renewables by 2015. Though this figure might … [continued]
It was just in September that Uruguay estimated it could add 800 MW of wind power by 2015. Recently, it upped that estimate to 1,000 MW. Over half that total may be under construction before the end of 2012. On some windy summer nights, Uruguay gets about 80 to 90 … [continued]
