Category Archives: Cheap Wind Turbines
Congress deals major blow to wind power industry
CHICAGO — The wind industry is predicting massive layoffs and stalled or abandoned projects after a deal to renew a tax credit for wind production failed Thursday in Washington.
Q: Off hand, do you know what Egypt’s electricity generation capacity is in megawatts? El Sayed:
The total capacity by the summer of 2012 is going to reach 30,000 megawatts (MW) this year. The maximum demand last summer was between 26,000 and 27,000 MW.
Q: Off hand, do you know what Egypt’s electricity generation capacity is in megawatts? El Sayed:
Edison Pinnacle Wind Farm Goes Live
Edison International has initiated commercial operation of the 55 megawatts Pinnacle Wind Farm near the Maryland-West Virginia border.
Cheap natural gas jumbles energy markets, stirs fears it could inhibit renewables
For the past three years, promoters of shale gas and environmentalists opposed to coal-fired power plants have hailed the sudden abundance of U.S. natural gas as a bridge to a renewable-energy future. but natural gas has become so cheap that many energy experts and environmentalists now wonder whether it will turn into a long, bumpy detour. Read full article >>
Cheap natural gas jumbles energy markets, stirs fears it could inhibit renewables
Pictures: A Rare Look Inside China’s Energy Machine
A photographer gains an inside look at China’s massive power complex, and at efforts by the world’s largest energy consumer to spur cleaner future growth.
It’s time for an energy sector ‘shake-up’
Unlike their predecessors, shaking up the UK's energy sector isn't something today's politicians can ignore. It's time for action, writes Channel 4 News Science Editor Tom Clarke.
Iberdrola Renewables agrees to keep North American headquarters in Portland at least seven years for $1,155,000
Portland Mayor Sam Adams describes the city's proposed grant as an investment in an industry that provides high-skilled well-paid jobs.
Renewable-energy misery spreads to Vestas, as the Danish wind turbine maker slashes jobs, some in Portland
Vestas Wind Systems will cut about a tenth of its worldwide work force. Layoffs will include 182 in the United States and Canada.
