| Two companies -- including E Light Wind + Solar -- won a $17.3M design-build contract for a 3.2 mW solar power system at the Denver Federal Center. One is Centerre Government Contracting (Denver). The other partner is E Light Wind + Solar, a division ... |
![]() | Eco Factor: Texas sets new record for wind generation. Texas, the nation’s wind energy leader, set a new record for wind generation when 19 percent of the electricity of the state’s main grid was supplied by the wind turbines. The 6272MW peak was ge ... |
![]() | by Tate Dwinnell Speculation has been swirling for a few months now that legislation would be passed putting the kibosh on the big 600MW Texas wind farm being developed by Shenyang Group (which A-Power has majority ownership of) and a few US based c ... |
| Texas has the largest wind power generation capacity in the USA, with nearly 9,410 megawatts available, leaving it’s nearest competition Iowa far behind, which has wind power generation capacity of 3,870 megawatts. And it appears that the installed ... |
![]() | Photo: Public domain For a Little While, %19 of the State's Electricity Came from Wind Power It looks like the wind is blowing strong these days in Texas. On Sunday Feb. 28th, it broke a wind power electricity generation record with 6,242 megawatts ... |
![]() | Within the next few months, we hope to start seeing more about an intriguing small-scale wind power technology that was first announced a few years ago. The Windbelt was devised as a wind power generator to meet the very modest power needs of familie ... |
![]() | Good news on the alternative energy front: Texas managed to break the U.S. wind energy generation record last Friday morning when it produced 6,272 MW of power–19% of the total electricity mix. The state, which is the country’s wind power leader, got ... |
| The Friends of the Supergrid group of companies says that tying together offshore wind farms would compensate for the variability of wind power. ... |
![]() | After showing you pictures of offshore wind turbine foundations in this story , I am pleased to be able to now post pictures of the above-the-water parts, before their installation at sea: Left: nacelles with the hubs being installed Right: blades ( ... |
| by Tate Dwinnell Speculation has been swirling for a few months now that legislation would be passed putting the kibosh on the big 600MW Texas wind farm being developed by Shenyang Group (which A-Power ... |
| The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and DOE's Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program announced the selection of four partners to establish small wind Regional Test Centers (RTCs) to conduct tests on sma ... |
![]() | Photograph: Bob Sacha/Corbis China recently announced that it is planning to reduce its carbon intensity by 40-45% (from 2005 levels) and generate 15% of its electricity from renewables by 2020. According to Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy ... |
| We are very concerned by your report of a possible delay to the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme due to problems preparing the legislation, and we urge the government to do everything it can to ensure the scheme starts on time next month ( ... |
![]() | China is reportedly planning to produce 15% of its electricity from low-carbon technology by 2020 , and to reduce it’s carbon intensity by 40-45% from the 2005 level . Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration, told the government-own ... |