Wind Power News

In this undated photo a technician works in a new plant that produces gas from wood in Guessing, Austria.

CHINA is planning to meet its 2020 clean energy target by building seven mega wind power bases with a combined capacity of more than 120 gigawatts, a capacity enough to meet the total needs of five cities the size of Shanghai.

In the last year and half, our powerful economy has staggered. An economy built on a base of sand has washed away in a storm, leaving too much debt at all levels.

Today, Oncor notified the U.S. Department of Energy of its intent to apply for approximately $317 million in stimulus funds to advance one of the nationa s broadest and most advanced smart grid initiatives.

It was still dark outside when a spidery man in his underwear answered the knock at the factory door, releasing a wave of heat and gritty smoke from the noisy room behind him.

China and Europe leads the way in the wind energy revolution.

Indiana, one of the nation's smaller players in wind energy, is about to take a big step forward, as the parent company of Indianapolis Power & Light Co.

HONG KONG/BEIJING: China's ambitious plan to increase wind power capacity could attract up to $150 billion in investment, but Beijing will have to get serious about revamping regulations and building much needed infrastructure.

This year China is on track to pass the United States as the world's largest market for wind turbines - after doubling wind power capacity in each of the last four years.

New Hampshire government is now getting 25 percent of its electricity from wind power installations.

Wind energy major Suzlon posted a net loss of Rs.4.69 billion in the last fiscal compared to a profit of Rs.12.65 billion in the previous fiscal, the company said Monday.

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Agencies Beijing, July 2: China is considering doubling its target for installed nuclear power generating capacity to 86 gigawatts by 2020, the China Daily reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Two weeks ago, T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oil and gas tycoon from Texas, told an audience here he is looking to invest in wind energy.

While the Berkshire hills are being eyed as the primary location for wind power projects on state-owned land, turbines aren't likely to start popping up anytime soon, state officials said Wednesday during a public input session at Berkshire Community College.

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved adding new fees to monthly bills for customers of 40 municipal utilities in the state.

A newly formed collaborative between the private sector and a host of New York State and New York City agencies issued Tuesday a Request for Information marking the next step in the development of what could be the largest offshore wind farm proposal in the country.

A poll released last Wednesday by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute found that Americans are split over whether nuclear energy is safe or not.

Ontario, Canada was hailed as North America's wind energy leader recently at an international conference in South Korea, where George Smitherman, Ontario's Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, accepted the 2009 World Wind Energy Award.

A Canadian company and a unit of the U.S. Energy Department are negotiating a loan that would complete funding for a major, proposed power line between cities in Alberta and Montana.