wind energy use News
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Water used for EU power production equivalent to annual consumption of Germany
Nuclear, coal and gas plants in Europe use 4.5 billion m³ of water a year, equivalent to that of 82 million EU citizens – the same as the population of Germany – new research shows. Energy production represents 44% of the EU’s total water use: more than any other activity. Yet wind energy, which uses no water, avoids the use of 1.2 billion m³ of water per year , ...
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BP sells Indian wind farm operations for US$95m
As BP continues to focus its wind business on its major development portfolio in the US, it has announced the sale of its wind power interests in India Green Infra Limited has purchased BP's subsidiary, BP Energy India Private Limited (BPEIPL), which owns and operates three wind farms in India with a total generating capacity of approximately 100 megawatts (MW), for a total cash-free, debt-free ...
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WindMade: leading businesses and non-profit organisations will develop first global consumer label for companies using wind energy
The Global Wind Energy Council, WWF, the LEGO Group, the UN Global Compact, Vestas Wind Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers (the Official WindMade Verification Partner) and Bloomberg (the Official Data Provider to WindMade) today announced their support for the development of the first global consumer label identifying corporations and products made with wind energy. The WindMade initiative is a ...
By 3BL Media
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Torque Wind Turbine Video Online - How does it work?
Torque Wind Turbine presents a video where viewers can see the turbine rotating. It is a wind turbine that not only looks completely different than the wind turbines we are used to, it also works in a different way. It is a very dynamic and intelligent wind turbine that can work in nearly all circumstances from low wind speeds up to high storm wind speeds. It uses wind energy although the wind ...
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Walmart Announces Plans to Double U.S. Wind and Solar Energy Use
Recently (4/18), Walmart announced that suppliers have reported reducing more than 20 million metric tons (MMT) of greenhouse gas emissions in the global value chain, as part of the company’s Project Gigaton initiative. Walmart launched Project Gigaton last April, seeking to work with suppliers to reduce emissions from the company’s value chain by a gigaton, or one billion metric tons, by 2030. ...
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Powerful Wind Blows through US Energy Sector
The wind turbines are turning across America, and a majorreport by the US Department of Energy (DOE) says the wind energy sector now supplies 4.5% of the nation’s electricity. Given the right energy policies and investment in infrastructure, that figure could increase to 10% by 2020 and to 35% by 2050, the DOE predicts. That will not only benefit tens of thousands of workers who will be ...
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Annual Wind Power Rankings of US suggest Steady Growth in Market
AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) has come up with its recent annual rankings that suggest a steady growth in market. 'These wind power rankings tell the story of a vibrant industry that is growing fast, competing hard, gaining market share, and all the while powering a cleaner, stronger America,' Randall Swisher, executive director with AWEA, said in a statement that ElectricNet published ...
By RNCOS
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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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CPRI: Affordable Electricity for All Indians by 2015
CPRI (Central Power Research Institute) is harnessing every possible source, whether it’s solar, wind, or thermal energy, for supplying power to Indian populace at a reasonable price by the year 2015. “The CPRI has envisaged a time-bound roadmap for the Indian power sector - sustainable energy system with clean power technologies in the 21st century,” as said by P K Kognolkar, the director of ...
By RNCOS
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America`s major consumer brands, including Nike, Starbucks and Campbell soup, call on congress to extend wind energy tax credit
Staples, Starbucks, Nike, Levi Strauss & Co., Campbell Soup, Yahoo and other large corporate purchasers of renewable energy delivered a letter today to Congressional leadership asking for an extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power – scheduled to expire in December 2012. The letter calls on Congress to include an extension of the PTC in this week’s payroll ...
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Cooperation with AL PRO extended to Canada and Brazil!
We are very satisfied with AL-PRO commitment in Germany. In just 1 year, they’ve succeeded in establishing meteodyn WT on that wind energy market. From now we entrust AL-PRO with the sales of meteodyn WT and meteodyn Forecast through its subsidiaries in Canada and Brazil. We know we can rely on AL-PRO expertise in CFD modeling and wind resource assessment. Meteodyn WT is a Computational ...
By Meteodyn
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Larger US wind farms gain cost advantage at 4 to 10 years, study shows
Larger wind projects can benefit from operations and maintenance (O&M) costs up to 60% lower than smaller facilities in the 4 to 10-year age period and economies of scale will become more widespread in the coming years, Mike McNulty, co-author of IHS Markit's new O&M cost report, told New Energy Update. Falling wind power costs and increasing wholesale market exposure have placed ...
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RWE and Innogy Investigate Production of Green Hydrogen in the Netherlands
The energy groups RWE and innogy are jointly examining the large-scale production of green hydrogen in the Province of Groningen. As a first step, the companies are now starting a feasibility study to build an up to 100 MW hydrogen plant on the site of RWE's Eemshaven power station. This is close to innogy’s Westereems Wind Farm, which will supply the green electricity. In this way, wind ...
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Xcel Energy Announces the Nation's Largest Multi-State Investment in Wind Energy
Xcel Energy, the leading utility wind energy provider in the U.S., has plans to make the largest multi-state investment in wind capacity in the country. The company has proposed 11 new wind farms in seven states, which would add a total of 3,380 megawatts of new wind generation to its system. The proposed plan significantly increases the amount of wind energy in the company's energy mix by 2021, ...
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Wind energy bumps into power grid`s limits
When the builders of the Maple Ridge Wind farm spent US$320 million to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that Maple Ridge has been forced to shut down even with a brisk wind blowing. That is a symptom of a broad national problem. Expansive dreams about renewable ...
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DEWI GmbH publish Wind Energy Study 2008
The international wind energy industry takes a very positive view of further development of the worldwide wind energy market in the coming years. Thus the world market volume of annual new installations is expected to be multiplied by five within ten years, from about 20 000 MW in 2007 to about 107 000 MW in 2017. The results of the fourth WindEnergy Study were presented in Berlin today – they ...
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European research shows that hydrogen energy could reduce oil consumption in road transport by 40% by 2050
A scientific project funded by the EU's research programme has found that introducing hydrogen into the energy system would reduce the total oil consumption by the road transport sector by 40% between now and 2050. By taking a leading position in the worldwide market for hydrogen technologies, Europe can open new economic opportunities and strengthen its competitiveness. But the analysis also ...
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Wind Rebounds in 2Q, but Continued Growth Depends on Consistent Tax Policy
U.S. wind energy continued to rebound in the second quarter, with 2,151 megawatts (MW) of electrical generating capacity installed in the first half of 2011 versus 1,250 MW during the same time in 2010, up 72 percent. However, analysts at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) cautioned that without stable policy such as an extension of the Production Tax Credit, ...
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Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 - Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 - Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment ...
By ReportLinker
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Making wind turbines builds career interest
The wind turbine that Louis Solis and Jose Santistevan fashioned in about 20 minutes promptly registered a 5.1 on the voltage meter in their Denver West High School classroom, tops in the class. But Solis and Santistevan, both 17-year-old juniors, were determined they could do better. So, they bent and trimmed the balsa wood, flattened the angles on the blades, and tried again. They flipped on ...
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