Category Archives: Wind
China eases overcapacity concern on solar PV, wind power
BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) – China’s central government has eased its concern on overcapacity in multi-crystalline silicon and wind equipment manufacturing based on latest survey, said China Economic Observer on Monday. Shi Lishan, an official with the National Energy Administration, said recently that China required 25,000 to 30,000 metric tons (tonnes) of [...]
Rural Electric Cooperative Completes $240 Million Wind Farm in 4 Months : CleanTechnica
Written by Susan Kraemer Published on January 1st, 2010 A North Dakota rural electric cooperative made history on New Year’s Eve, in completing the nation’s largest wind project to be entirely owned by a consumer cooperative. The $240 million, 115.5 MW wind farm was begun in August and completed a mere four months later; three [...]
This Year in Wind Power
December 29, 2009 The economic stimulus story threaded its way through the calendar year in 2009. by Carl Levesque, AWEA Over 7,000 MW of wind power are expected to be installed this year in the U.S. That’s down from 2008′s record 8,545 MW, but that still would make it the second best year in the history [...]