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Exploring Wind Power as the Solution to Africa`s Energy Shortages
CAIRO - In a recent survey conducted by the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC), 64.28% of the 2,754 energy sector respondents have chosen wind power as the principle solution to meet Africa's growing energy demand. This topic will be further explored at IQPC's Wind Power Development and Implementation conference, taking place in Cairo, Egypt from 12-15 December 2010. Economic ...
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Wind-powered landmine detector developed
An Afghan designer has developed a wind-powered device that could substantially lower the risk to human life and financial cost of clearing landmines. The 'Mine Kafon' was created by Massoud Hassani, who is based at the Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Built out of inexpensive, prefabricated materials, the device consists of a heavy plastic core containing a GPS (global positioning ...
By SciDev.Net
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Gamesa to supply 36 MW to French developer Valorem
The company will install eight of its G114-2.5 MW turbines and eight of its G87-2.0 MW turbines at three wind farms located in France, which it will then maintain for 10 years Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, continues to make inroads with its business strategy in Europe, having received its first order from French wind power developer Valorem for the supply of 36 MW at ...
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ScottishPower and Debenhams sign 100% green energy deal
ScottishPower, the UK’s leading renewable energy developer, has announced a deal with Debenhams to supply all of its 178 properties in the UK with electricity generated from green sources. The two-year deal will see ScottishPower supply 35MW (megawatts) of electricity per month to Debenhams stores across the UK, covering 100% of the retail giant’s electricity demands. The deal has been agreed on ...
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Asia`s Largest and World`s Second Largest Offshore Wind Event
The Offshore Wind China 2012 Conference and Exhibition, Asia's largest and the world's second largest wind power event, will take place in Shanghai between 30 May and 1 June 2012, with the aim of promoting offshore wind power development not only locally in the Shanghai area but also worldwide. The exhibition session will take place at Shanghai New International Expo Center, while the meeting ...
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Carbon Trust takes its offshore wind expertise to China
The Carbon Trust is applying learning from its world leading work on offshore wind to help China meet its national target to grow its offshore wind capacity. The Carbon Trust will now be applying the learning from its world leading work on offshore wind to help China meet its national target to grow its offshore wind capacity at the lowest cost from under 0.5GW today to 5GW by 2015 and to 30GW ...
By Carbon Trust
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Siemens to cut offshore maintenance times with labor-saving drones
Advances in battery technology, operational algorithms and data analytics are improving the business case for unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) inspections of wind turbines. Drones are becoming more autonomous, potentially creating significant cost savings while improving employee safety. Technology advancements come as wind farm operators seek new ways to lower operations and maintenance ...
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Response to the publication of the Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force report
Phil de Villiers, Head of Offshore Wind at the Carbon Trust said: "Offshore wind is an important and abundant low carbon energy source for the UK that also offers significant opportunity for growth, jobs and exports. Developing it at scale is essential to help us meet the energy security and carbon reduction challenges facing the country over the next few decades. But we must act quickly to ...
By Carbon Trust
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Southern California Edison signs contract for more than 900 MW of wind energy
Southern California Edison (SCE) signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power. Developers say that once completed, the Caithness project will be one of the world’s largest fully permitted wind farms. The project, called Caithness Shepherd’s Flat, involves the installation of 303 wind turbines across 30 square miles in ...
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NTPC’s Tender for 600 MW of ISTS-Connected Wind Projects
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has floated a tender for 600 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected wind energy projects in the country. The last date for the submission of bids is March 30, 2020. Interested bidders are required to make an earnest money deposit (EMD) of 600,000 (~$8,367)/MW. A pre-bid meeting will be held on March 16, 2020, according to the notice ...
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EcoSecurities awarded contract to purchase 6 million CERs from Chinese wind farms
EcoSecurities, a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits, announces that it has signed an Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA) with the China Datang Corporation, one of five major state-owned power companies in China, to purchase over 6 million Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) from 13 Chinese wind farms ...
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Wind power and M&A: a moveable feast
Multi-billion dollar renewable energy enterprises seem to have sprung up full-blown practically overnight, providing investment bankers, venture capitalists and financiers with their latest moveable feast. Wind power projects and companies were among the first to attract serious attention and capital. While solar and biofuels have likewise come to the fore, wind power investment continues to grow ...
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Made to take part in generating a clean-energy future in Tunisia
Made, a Gamesa subsidiary, has re-launched its business activities by signing a new agreement with the Tunisian company Société Tunisienne de L'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG) for the supply of 91 AE-61 wind turbine generators to what will become the country’s largest wind power facilities. These turbines with a total power of 120 MW will be supplied to the Metline and Kchabta wind farms, both of ...
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EU Wind Power Industry: 520,000 Employed by 2020
The European wind power industry's contribution to EU economic growth will increase almost threefold over the decade by 2020. More than half a million people will be working for the wind power industry in Europe by 2020. The sector has been proven to be a powerful motor against economic slowdown in Europe. This will be shown on Monday 16 April 2012, as the European Wind Energy Association ...
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China´s Offshore Wind Market Expected to Grow to US$16 billion
Despite the considerable challenges and bottlenecks faced by China's offshore wind power market, the country's efforts in technologies for development of offshore wind power have remained strong. Thanks to years of coordination and cooperation between the government and domestic offshore wind power players, the first batch of offshore wind power license projects, most of which have been idle for ...
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What drives general acceptance of offshore wind farms?
General acceptance of offshore wind farms is most positively influenced by reductions in fossil fuel imports and contributions to global warming mitigation, and most negatively by concerns about increases in electricity price and impacts on scenic views, US research suggests. Other factors, such as reductions in air pollution, were not closely related to general acceptance even though on average ...
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Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind Power
BEE, BBE, DGRV and WWEA Write Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind Power Berlin/Bonn, 11 February 2020 – In a joint open letter to the German Minister for Economics and Energy, Peter Altmaier, the German Renewable Energies Federation BEE, the German Community Power Association BBE, the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen ...
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Offshore Wind China 2013, Largest Event of Its Kind in Asia, Kicks Off on 19 June in Shanghai
The number of firms in China exiting or reducing their exposure to the wind power sector is expected to significantly level off, as new policies supporting renewable energy being developed at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People's Congress (NPC) come on line. At the end of last year, China Longyuan Power Group's 150MW demonstration offshore wind ...
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Wind Generation Benefits Farmers, Rural Communities and the Environment
U.S. energy production is undergoing rapid transformation, with substantial impacts to the agriculture and rural economies. Many farmers already produce renewable energy by growing corn to make ethanol and soybeans for biodiesel. Now, more farmers and ranchers are harvesting the wind blowing over their land to make electricity. Large wind turbines increasingly dot the countryside, and, like ...
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ACCIONA Windpower signs a contract to supply 93 MW of wind power for Brazil
In addition to the turbine supply contracts, the operation and maintenance of the wind farms has been contracted for a period of 15 years. To date ACCIONA Windpower has supplied, or has orders for, 423 MW in Brazil, all for its most powerful model of wind turbines. ACCIONA Windpower (AWP), a subsidiary of the ACCIONA group that designs, manufactures and sells wind turbines, has signed a ...
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