Wind

Unusual weather patterns chill and still wind farms in US, Canada

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Cold and unusually wet weather in Canada and the American Midwest is wreaking havoc at some wind farms, where turbines have been still since before Christmas.

Gamesa sells Polish wind farm to RWE Innogy

Thursday, 13 January 2011 Gamesa has announced the sale of a 32-MW wind farm in Poland to Germany’s RWE Innogy The site, developed and built by Gamesa’s wind farm division, is equipped with 16 Gamesa G90-2.0 MW turbines. ...

Acciona strengthens its presence in India with the construction of a third wind farm

Thursday, 11 November 2010 Yesterday, we reported on the opening of Acciona Energy’s new solar thermal plant in Spain, while today brings an announcement by the Spanish company that it will being construction of its third ...

Iberdrola Renovables achieves record wind output in the US

Friday, 16 July 2010 Iberdrola Renovables now has 41 wind farms in the US with an installed capacity of 3,877 MW and has further cemented its position as the second largest sector player in the country. Thanks to this capacity, ...

Iberdrola Renovables installed 34% less wind power in 2009 than in previous year

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 The world’s leading wind power operator, Iberdrola Renovables, installed 1,450 MW of new capacity last year, 754 MW less than in 2008. This represents a 34.21% drop. Meanwhile, its electricity production ...

Spanish government authorises 9,000 MW of renewable power

Friday, 18 December 2009 Spain’s Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade has published the registry of pre-assignation of remuneration for renewable energy projects, and in doing so has approved 338 installations with a ...

Spanish government green lights 6,000 MW of wind and 2,040 MW of solar thermal electric power

Wednesday, 02 December 2009 The news was announced in a press release issued by Spain’s Council of Ministers in which it sets out a three-year roadmap for these technologies. According to the proposed calendar, by the end of ...

New Renewable Energy Scheme in the UK

A new loan scheme is expected to increase the number of renewable energy facilities in the country, which lags behind other European nations in green credentials.

China plans to triple wind power

According to Bloomberg, the Asian country will spend 45.6 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) by 2010 to developing wind capacity throughout the country. By then, China is expected to be one of the top producers ...