Latest Wind Power product news
AEI China Power Limited has acquired 67 percent of NBT (Baicheng) New Energy Development Company, Ltd., a company formed in China that recently began construction on the 49.5MW first phase of a 200MW wind farm in Baicheng, Jilin Province, China. AEI acquired the equity from a subsidiary of NBT AS, a Norwegian wind farm developer focused on promoting renewable energy in China.
AEI also closed a long-term project finance loan for 397 million renminbi (approximately US $58 million), which was pr... [more]
Beacon Power Corporation has shipped, installed and connected a Smart Energy™ 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California. The system is part of a wind power/flywheel demonstration project being carried out for the California Energy Commission.
The primary goal of the project is to demonstrate that advanced control technology with energy storage can help expand the delivery of wind energy by effectively increasing the capacity of constrained transmission ... [more]
The 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project will be Nevada’s first major wind project and is expected to be generating electricity by late 2011. The project would create more than 150 jobs during the construction phase and approximately 10 permanent positions.
NV Energy and Pattern Energy Group LP announced that the two companies have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced from the Spring Valley Wind Project to be located in eastern Nevada.
Terms of... [more]
WSI (Weather Services International) is beginning to take orders for Q2 delivery of the new STAR (Storm-Threat-Alert-Respond) System, a tool integrating real-time weather, weather forecasts and alerting for lightning and storms that helps professionals in both wind turbine and utility operations respond to the effects of severe weather outages.
The STAR System is available in two versions. One is designed for wind farm operations and maintenance managers, the other for utility operators. Both... [more]
The SBHS (Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme), unveiled by Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, will give grants of up to 40 per cent of project costs, capped at £100,000. The funding is open to small and medium-sized businesses to install renewable energy heating systems.
SMEs in England and Scotland can also borrow £5,000 to £200,000 interest-free for the installation of renewable energy or energy efficient plant – such as wind turbines, Solar PV and Biomass.
Biomass Soluti... [more]
Iberdrola Renewables has announced the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will purchase 300 megawatts (MW) of clean, renewable energy from Iberdrola Renewables’ Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Power Project under construction near the villages of Odell and Emington, Illinois, south of Chicago. This represents its biggest power purchase agreement (PPA) ever.
TVA will purchase the wind energy from Portland, Oregon-based Iberdrola Renewables as part of its effort to add 2,000 MW of new renewable ... [more]
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