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South Texas Electric Cooperative to double its wind power
Iberdrola Renewables, with headquarter in Portland, Ore, USA, plans to double its wind power capacity by extending an existing power purchase contract (PPC) with South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC), an American wholesale electricity provider.
read more... 11/05/2011
An undersea super grid to export wind energy from the Netherlands versus UK
According to a recent announcement of the executive director of the National Grid, Nick Winser, an undersea super grid will become soon a reality, giving the possibility of exporting wind energy, regardless of weather conditions.
read more... 10/05/2011
New Colorado Legislative Act cuts permit fees for solar systems
A new Legislative act was yesterday passed by the state Senate of Colorado called Fair Permit Act (HB-1199) that reconsiders permit fees to clients installing solar or solar thermal equipments. The act averts local government agencies from charging excessive permit fees and aims a better transparency of the whole permits issue process.
read more... 06/05/2011
Forecast of 7000 MW for Italian solar installed capacity by the end of June
Italian photovoltaic energy market had shown a rapid growth after introducing an incentives scheme for solar energy in 2007. According to an official at Italy’s state energy services agency GSE, this renewable sector may reach 7,000 MW by the end of June.
read more... 05/05/2011
USA to host the largest annual wind energy event, WINDPOWER 2011
One of the most important events of the 2011 will take part during May 22-25 at the American Anaheim Convention Center which will assist about 20,000 of wind industry players, government officials such as Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, the Congressman Earl Blumenauer, the CNN Founder Ted Turner and other important wind business personalities.
read more... 04/05/2011