The prospect of being able to provide water that is potable for drinking in parts of the world that is in serious need of it is what the Eole Water business is all about. The technology that the company has been developing over the last 8 years or more involves using wind power to create [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Black Fork Wind Project, Ohio
Element Power US, LLC, owner & developer of the Black Fork Wind Farm, received its state Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need from the Ohio Power Siting Board for the construction & operation of the Black Fork Wind Project, a 200 MW wind farm located in north central Ohio. Element Power has advanced the [...] Read more »
Welspun Proposes 500MW More Wind Energy India
A proposal has been agreed upon between Welspun Energy, Ltd and New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) to install 500MW of wind energy in the state. Welspun Energy is part of the $3 billion diversified Welspun Group and it already has a significant portfolio of renewable energy projects in different stages [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Cimarron Wind Energy Project
The Cimarron Wind Energy Project is a 165MW wind powered generating facility in Gray County, Kansas. The facility is being developed by CPV Renewable Energy Company, LLC and is producing the electricity for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The wind facility consists of 72 Siemens 2.3 megawatt turbines and they will supply TVA customers with [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Windstar Project
The Windstar Project is a wind farm that has been constructed in Tehachapi, California by Western Wind Energy Corp. The wind farm sits on 1,850 acres of land owned by the company and consists of 60 Gamesa G80 and G87 2MW turbines giving the project a maximum generating capacity of 120MW. The company has signed [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Michigan Wind 2 Wind Project
The Michigan Wind 2 Project has been commissioned by Exelon Wind in Minden City, Michigan. This wind farm consists of 50 Vestas Wind Systems turbines and has a maximum generating capacity of 90MW. It represents the first commercial wind project to have been developed by Exelon Wind. As well as producing electricity for more than [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Fire Island Wind Project
Up until this point the total wind energy capacity in the state of Alaska comes to somewhere approaching 10MW with the 4.5MW Kodiak Island Wind Project making up a significant proportion of that. That is about to be significantly increased thanks to a power purchase agreement signed in October 2011. Chugach Electric Association (CEA), Alaska’s [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Spearville 3 Wind Energy Project
It is expected that construction will start on a wind power project 17 miles northeast of Dodge City, Kansas in the first quarter of 2012. This is a 100.8MW wind farm that will be known as the Spearville 3 Wind Project and it will be developed, built and owned by enXco with expected completion of [...] Read more »
Wind Power | NaiKun Offshore Wind Energy Project
The first offshore wind energy project to be developed in Canada’s waters may soon become a reality after British Columbia-based renewable energy company NaiKun Wind Energy Group and the Council of the Haida Nation formed a partnership that will operate and maintain the NaiKun wind energy project after construction. The NaiKun project is to be [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Fowler Ridge Wind Farm Phase II
Early in 2010 the second phase of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, consisting of 133 GE 1.5MW wind turbines, became operational. This added a further 200MW of capacity to the original 400MW that became operational in 2009. The planned total capacity of the project when all phases have been completed is expected to reach 750MW [...] Read more »