August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
Wind Powering America, an initiative for the promotion of wind energy launched by the Department of Energy (DOE), published the new map of wind resources in the United States. The map, publicly available on the WPA website, includes detailed data on wind conditions in the whole of the USA, gathered...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
Wind or solar? Which will grow faster? Here's a nice analysis that compares the two industries. The discussion is US centric, but many points in the analyses apply to most countries... Read more from this report in Daily Finance
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
Gamesa and Iberdrola signed a new framework agreement for a minimum of 50% of the total wind turbine fleet Iberdrola buys for its renewable energy business on Spanish and international markets between 2013 and 2022 – or until reaching a total of 3.8 GW. All right, fairly old news (Dec...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
A 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines proposed for Malta. Photo credit: Malta Today A massive offshore hexagon-shaped 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines, is being proposed for Malta by Swedish company Hexicon AB. The project description statement has been submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
Call me a party pooper, but I do think most of the party-kinda stuff we have in the world are unsustainable. So you can well imagine what my opinions would be about the Wal-Marts and McDonalds of the world. And just when I started getting more extreme in my thinking...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
The Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET) will set up an assessment mast in Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram to tap offshore wind energy potential and the data will be generated by the end of this year or next year, according to chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
A £1 billion contract has been awarded for the construction of the first sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England, energy firms announced today. The 261-mile line will run from Hunterston in Ayrshire to a landing point on the Wirral peninsula and will have a 2,200 megawatt (MW) capacity. National...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
Siemens Energy has secured its first wind turbine orders within Africa, with orders for two new wind farms going up in Morocco. Siemens will supply turbines with a total capacity of 100 MW, 50 MW to the Haouma Wind Farm project in Northern Morocco, and 50 MW to Foum El...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
The Big Apple is finally exploring wind power. New York is pursuing wind power by planning a few projects that take advantage of the city’s coastal features. In the meantime, many city residents can buy wind power through their utility companies. Some buildings have experimented with drawing electricity from their...
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August 9, 2012 by Team EAI
While offshore turbines deliver 50% higher plant load factor (a measure of capacity utilisation) than onshore farms because of higher wind speeds at sea, the capital cost of tapping offshore wind could be over Rs 30 crore a MW, five times that of onshore, says this report I am not...
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