Recruitment for Renewable Energy Improvement Enhancement of renewable energy technologies means technology of jobs upon different disciplines. It is similar to whenever you are growing your home-based enterprise in which you need to hire additional employees to help you keep an eye on the operation of one’s developing business. Further jobs are provided to enhance [...]
EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDFEN) announced that it’s U.S. subsidiary, enXco, has commissioned the Wapsipinicon wind farm.The 100.5-megawatt (MW) facility, which is located in Minnesota, was built using 67 GE Energy turbines. Each turbine is rated at 1.5 MW of generating capacity. Source:enXco Commissions 100-MW US Wind Farm
A new study from Energy Watch Group “Wind Power in Context – A Clean Revolution in the Energy Sector” shows that there has been exponential growth in wind power capacity since the early 1990s. With net capacity additions of almost 20,000 megawatts in 2007 the report suggests that, contrary to IEA forecasts, growth of wind [...]
According to new a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), as of 2008 the U.S. has become the world’s largest player in terms of total wind power installations. Source:Wind Installations Continue To Break Records Across the Globe
Earlier this month, the City of Newark, Delaware became the first electric utility in the U.S. to use a car to store and provide power for the local electric grid. Source:Newark, Delaware Tests Vehicle-to-Grid Technology
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has reached an agreement with Xcel Energy to provide highly detailed, localized weather forecasts to enable the utility to better integrate electricity generated from wind into the power grid. The forecasts will help operators make critical decisions about powering down traditional coal- and natural gas-fired plants when sufficient [...]
Mexican President Felipe Calderon helped to celebrate the start of development on the Eurus wind farm, which, already underway, will have a total installed capacity if 250 megawatts (MW) that will be consumed mainly by Cemex. The wind farm represents an investment of US $550 million by the Spanish company Acciona. Source:First Phase of 250-MW [...]
The world needs a one-off switch-over to renewable energy — and this could be largely accomplished in just forty years time, slashing energy costs and greenhouse gases while allowing healthy economic growth, experts say. Source:Will the Children of Today Be Living in a World Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050?
The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported this week as it warned of an uncertain outlook for 2009 due to the continuing financial crisis. Source:Installed US Wind Energy Capacity Grows by Record 8,300 MW
With Barack Obama now firmly installed in the White House – after a historic U.S. election that felt like it lasted decades – we can now declare that 2009 has truly begun. This is the time of year when we go out on a limb and predict what sort of year it is going to [...]
