domestic wind News
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WWEA: Fostering Wind Power Deployment in Pakistan through capacity building, WWEA warns against introduction of auctions
End of December, the World Wind Energy Association, in partnership with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Pakistan, launched the policy paper “Accelerating Wind Power Deployment in Pakistan: Capacity Building and Policy Options” on the occasion of a wind energy seminar held in Islamabad. Third in a series, the policy paper not only discusses barriers to wind market growth but provides also ...
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LED lighting technology goes underground
Leading European street lighting suppliers Joliet Technology introduce a specially designed lamp unit for tunnel and underground lighting applications.Switching to LED street lights offers up to 80% savings on power consumption and ensures a complete return on investment in less than 17 months with colossal savings over the 10 year life of the product. Resultant reductions in harmful Co2 and So2 ...
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Homes for Haitians? the solution is across the street from the UN
On Wednesday, March 31, ministers and leaders from around the world will gather at the United Nations for the UN Haitian Donors conference to pledge millions of dollars to the Haiti reconstruction efforts. But while millions are being pledged, the Haitian homeless are still living in tents and under sheets of plastic, exposed to the elements and violent crime and growing frustrated. At the same ...
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Molas NL applied to offshore 4.0MW wind turbines
In June 2019, Movelaser Molas NL nacelle-based wind lidar was installed at an offshore wind farm in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province.It was applied to the power curve verification of offshore wind turbines.The wind turbine is Siemens 4.0MW model with a hub height of 90 meters and a blade length of 62.5 meters.The cost of setting up a offshore wind tower is millions of RMB, which is difficult to ...
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General Compression Secures $54.5 Million in Series B Financing
General Compression, Inc. ("GC"), a Massachusetts company developing utility-scale, responsive, renewable power projects that feature a proprietary compressed air energy storage system, announced today that it has closed on the first tranche of a $54.5 Million Series B Financing. Funds from this investment round will be used to enhance the company's manufacturing capacity and to build a pipeline ...
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LED street light bulb can save 10,000 Euros each year
Leading European street lighting suppliers Joliet Technology introduce a specially designed street lamp bulb to replace existing sodium bulbs with standard E40 screw in fitting. Ideal for outdoor lighting, parks, parking areas and footpaths this revolutionary lamp bulb simply replaces existing bulbs. The ten year life of the bulb allows users to replace sodium lamp bulbs as they burn out and ...
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EU reaches 100 GW wind power milestone
100 GW of wind power can generate electricity over a year to meet the total consumption of 57 million households, equivalent to the power production of 39 nuclear power plants. It took the European wind energy sector some twenty years to get the first 10 GW grid connected. It only needed 13 years to add an additional 90 GW. Half of the total European wind power capacity has been installed over ...
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US now world leader in wind power production, says AWEA
US wind capacity is expected to increase 45% in 2008 although Congress' failure to extend the production tax credit (PTC) for the renewable energy industry threatens to derail further development, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Total US installed wind power capacity now stands at 19,549MW, up 2,726MW from the end of 2007, making the US the world leader in wind ...
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NaiKun Wind Releases Second Quarter Financial Results
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NKW) (the "Company' or "NaiKun Wind") today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011, a fiscal period during which the Company maintained the expenditure level achieved through its restructuring and continued to progress the new strategies it began during the last quarter of fiscal 2010. The Company also announced on ...
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Wind Power – a real alternative energy
Private energy generation from domestic scale wind turbines is now a reality. The increasing availability of small, effective, affordable, wind turbines offers consumers the choice to take control of power supply for at least the next decade.As world wide energy resources dwindle and power costs continue to increase the case for wind power has never been stronger.Leading European suppliers of ...
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New study sheds light on the growing US wind power market
For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world in 2008, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity additions increased by 60 percent in 2008, representing a $16 billion investment in new wind projects. “At ...
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GWEC to launch GWEC India to help develop India’s vast wind power potential and support green recovery
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) will establish GWEC India and designate Sumant Sinha, Chairman and MD of ReNew Power as the organisation’s first Chairperson. GWEC India will work closely with government stakeholders, companies and adjacent technologies to accelerate the momentum around wind power development in India and support the country in achieving its ambitious renewable ...
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Knockaneden wind farm global wind day 2015
Knockaneden wind farm in Ireland, owned by Caherciveen Wind Ltd and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, welcomed three local schools to the wind farm yesterday to celebrate Global Wind Day 2015. The pupils, from St. Finians, Filemore and Coars primary schools, were given a tour of the wind farm which has been in commercial operation since 2012. Mainstream staff provided the pupils with ...
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U.S. Department Of Energy Finds Record Production And Job Growth In U.S. Wind Power Sector
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 16) released three reports showing that wind power remains one of America's fastest growing energy sources and a generator of high-quality jobs. Wind power accounted for 32% of U.S. energy capacity growth in 2021, employs 120,000 Americans, and now provides enough energy to power 40 million American homes. The 2021 wind market reports show that the ...
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US government commended for policy outlining challenges on energy efficiency and renewables
“The US has made good progress on the way to a more sustainable energy system and successfully and successfully demonstrated its ability to react to supply disruptions”, Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said last week in Washington. During the presentation of the publication Energy Policies of IEA Countries – United States 2007 Review, Mr. Tanaka also ...
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Geo`s Whole Home Optimization Trial Shows Dramatic Energy and Carbon Savings
UK households are saving an average of 49% on their annual energy bills and cutting their carbon footprint by 14% as part of a trial led by smart energy specialist, geo, to assess how real-time smart meter data enables the Whole Home Optimization of energy. Funded by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the trial, known as Core4Grid, uses geo's Whole Home ...
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E.ON Climate & Renewables secures financing for Texas wind farm
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced today it has secured institutional equity financing of approximately $167.7 millionand a commitment to fund expected capital contributions of approximately $55.9 millionfrom a group of investors that includes JPM Capital Corporation (J.P. Morgan) and Wells Fargo Wind Holdings LLC (Wells Fargo) in exchange for a partial interest in ...
By E.ON AG
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Clean currents announces `Wind Powered Baltimore Week`
Maryland based Clean Currents is hosting Wind Powered Baltimore Week October 15 – 21st, 2012 to celebrate Baltimore’s growing community of businesses, non-profits, and homes powered by wind. The week long recognition of green energy powered organizations includes events, promotions, and kicks off this year’s Green Neighborhood Challenge. Over 35 businesses and community groups ...
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E.ON Climate & Renewables Secures Financing for Indiana Wind Farm
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced today it has secured institutional equity financing of approximately $174.9 million and a commitment to fund further capital contributions from a group of investors that includes JPM Capital Corporation (J.P. Morgan) and Wells Fargo Wind Holdings LLC (Wells Fargo) in exchange for a partial interest in EC&R's Wildcat I Wind Farm. ...
By E.ON AG
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Renewable energy investors closely monitoring US-China relations
On her first trip to Asia as the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has announced: 'We will be looking for ways to collaborate on issues that go beyond just our mutual concerns to really addressing global concerns.' Accompanying Mrs Clinton was Todd Stern, the administration's climate change envoy, and amid the flux of economic stimulus facilities announced this month by both the US and ...
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