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GE to Provide 56 1.7-100 Turbines for Nareva’s Wind Farm in Morocco

Today, GE announced it will supply 56 1.7-100 wind turbines for its first wind farm in North Africa developed by Energie Eolienne du Maroc (EEM), a leading developer of wind projects and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nareva Holding. The 100 MW wind farm will be located near Akhfennir in southern Morocco.

24 Sep 2014

Iowa State Engineers to Study High-Strength Concrete for Taller Wind Turbine Towers

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Iowa State engineers $1 million to study how high-strength concrete can be used to build taller wind turbine towers.

19 Sep 2014

DTE Energy Dedicates Echo Wind Park in Huron County

DTE Energy's Echo Wind Park has reached commercial operation and company officials celebrated its dedication today in the shadow of one of 70 wind turbines in the park.

From DTE Energy 19 Sep 2014

Sandia National Laboratories Helps American Wind Turbine Blade Producers Improve Labor Productivity

Sandia National Laboratories is helping makers of wind turbine blades improve the labor productivity associated with blade fabrication and finishing. This improved productivity makes domestic blades more cost competitive with blades from countries that pay workers lower wages.

18 Sep 2014

Clean Green Energy’s WIND e20 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Awarded U.S. Patent

Clean Green Energy LLC (CGE) said today the U.S. Patent Office has issued the company a patent that covers the WIND e20® vertical axis wind turbine. The patent for invention number 8,823,199 is for a fluid driven turbine that uses a rotor which rotates at an axis transverse to the fluid flow.

16 Sep 2014

ABB Solution to Enable Kodiak Island to Integrate More Renewable Energy and Stabilize Power Supply

ABB, the leading power and automation group, will install its PowerStore, an integrated commercial flywheel technology to integrate with a battery system on Kodiak Island in Alaska to enable the integration of more renewable energy from an expanded wind farm to its microgrid and also to address stability challenges that will arise from a crane upgrade being undertaken to enhance its port operations.

15 Sep 2014

New Report on Wind Power Market in India 2014

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Wind Power Market in India 2014" report to their offering.

10 Sep 2014

New Report Analyzes Global Onshore Wind Energy Market in Detail

Wind energy is a relatively mature method of generating renewable energy. It has garnered significant share in the global renewable energy market due to its relatively mature technology and low cost of generation vis-a-vis other renewable energy sources. The wind industry's rapid development in the past few years indicates its significant potential to create jobs, spur economic activity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

8 Sep 2014

Wind Energy Continues to Produce Greater Savings, Reveals UPV/EHU Study

The promoting of renewable energy is at the heart of the current debate on energy policy. From an economic perspective, the question focusses on determining the cost of the feed-in tariff systems. Firstly, whether the incentives are as expensive as has been maintained in the most recent regulatory modifications, and secondly, whether the effect is similar with respect to all renewable technologies.

5 Sep 2014

Banco Interacciones, Envision Partner to Jointly Explore, Develop Wind-Power Projects in Mexico

Banco Interacciones (Interacciones), a subsidiary of Grupo Financiero Interacciones and Envision Energy (Envision), the Shanghai-based world leader in smart wind power and renewable energy, have signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") to jointly carry out exploration, structuring and the pursuit and/ or installation of renewable energy projects in Mexico.

27 Aug 2014