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Spain saw wind power become its main source of electricity generation last month, underscoring the country's progress in becoming one of Europe's greenest nations. Power network operator Red Electrica (REE) said Iberian wind farms generated 4,738 GWh of electricity in March to meet 21% of dema...

If the Interisland Wind Project brought 400 megawatts of wind power from Lanai and Molokai to Oahu as planned, this would bring the island's total wind power to 500 megawatts, meeting increasing energy needsA new study has found that an additional 400 megawatts of wind power, coupled with existing w...

 

  The largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere will be built in Australia at Macarthur near Hamilton, 260km west of Melbourne, Victoria. Comprising 140 Vestas V112-3.0 MW wind turbine generators, the 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm will have the capacity to power more than 220,000 average Victo...

  California Doing business in the U.S. wind market is a tumultuous affair. After a number of years of high growth, the wind industry is facing a down year, partly due to the lack of consistent policy. As wind professionals watch the space with uncertainty, it's more important than ever to hav...

Renewable energy pioneer Cannon Power Group, based in Del Mar Heights, announced Wednesday it was awarded a cash grant from the Department of Treasury through the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act to enable the further build-out of the Windy Point/Windy Flats project in rural Klickitat County,...

  When the first unit train carrying wind turbine components leaves Duluth this week, it will signal the start of a new, “green” chapter in transportation logistics at the westernmost tip of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system. The shipment of 24 Siemens wind turbine nacelles and spinn...

German wind turbine manufacturer Siemens has won three wind farm maintenance contracts in Washington and Oregon.The company said the deals were worth a combined $55 million.Under a deal with San Diego-based Cannon Power Group, Siemens will provide warranty maintenance services for 114 of its SWT-2.3...

  A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines in the same location. This may also be called a “wind power plant,” because many wind turbines working together can produce a lot of electricity—just like coal or nuclear power plants. Wind turbines are often grouped together in wind farms because...

With the planet’s rising need for electricity overstepping its source, it is about time that we take solid actions to preserve electric power. Despite being aware of the consumption of electric power and water at home, the population can make use of green and cheap electric power solutions at our h...