Latest Wind power News

EMMA energy and micro-generator controller can divert surplus energy to additional storage devices

To date, an average of 50 per cent of what is generated by a micro-generator is uncontrollably exported to the grid due to the unavailability of a smart energy management device that can manage and match energy supply and demand in any household. Coolpower Products Ltd. has launched a technology solution for the UK market, that will provide a smart energy management device for both domestic and commercial buildings, that more effectively mana... [more]

NRG Energy to purchase South Trent wind farm in Texas

NRG Energy, Inc. has signed a binding letter of intent to purchase the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. Upon successful conclusion of the acquisition, South Trent will become the fourth plant in NRG’s onshore wind portfolio. The 101 megawatt (MW) wind farm, which came online in January 2009, consists of 44 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines capable, at maximum capacity, of powering more than 80,000 homes. AEP Energy Partners, Inc. has ... [more]

Wind Energy America commissions and operates Iowas wind turbine

Wind Energy America Inc. has completed the commissioning of the first of two Gamesa G-87 2.0-megawatt (MW) wind turbines which is part of its wholly owned Zachary Ridge LLC (“ZR”), located on Buffalo Ridge in Osceola County, Iowa. WEA has been working with Outland Renewable Energy, LLC, to retrofit and commission these turbines, acquired in September of 2008, in order to achieve full commercial operation. It is expected that commissioning of t... [more]

Cape Wind offshore wind farm will provide good long term value to electric consumers on Cape Cod

Cape Wind’s proposal to build America’s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal would provide most of the electricity used on Cape Cod and the Islands from clean, renewable energy - reducing this region’s need to import oil, coal and gas. Cape Wind will create new jobs, help stabilize electric costs, contribute to a healthier environment, increase energy independence and establish Massachusetts as a leader in offshore wind power. Cape Wind... [more]

NV Energy and Pattern Energy enter power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced from the Spring Valley Wind Project

The 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project will be Nevada’s first major wind project and is expected to be generating electricity by late 2011. The project would create more than 150 jobs during the construction phase and approximately 10 permanent positions. NV Energy and Pattern Energy Group LP announced that the two companies have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced from the Spring Valley Wind Pr... [more]

Other Wind power news and reviews

Wind power’s dirty secret: It has a carbon footprint (KOMO Seattle)
In the past 10 years, Oregon has handed out $1.3 billion in tax credits for projects like wind power, but questions about why the state is spending so much on something that may have an environmental drawback have been raised.

Junior Science Club: Wind Power (New York Post)
Learn about wind power then design and build your own wind-driven device. For children ages 8-13. Admission is $8 ($5 for members), but parents can observe for free. For more information, call Seth Wollney at 718-483-7105...

Wind power’s dirty secret: a carbon footprint (KVAL Eugene)
In 10 years Oregon has handed out $1.3 billion in tax credits for projects like wind power, but questions about why the state is spending so much on something that may have an environmental drawback have been raised.

Wind power plants in Puttalam (Daily News)
The first two private sector operated wind power generation plants in Sri Lanka will be commissioned soon at Mampuri and Mullipuram in the Puttalam district, Sustainable Energy Authority sources said.

Wind power’s dirty secret: It has a carbon footprint (KATU Portland)
In ten years Oregon has handed out $1.3 billion in tax credits for projects like wind power, but questions about why the state is spending so much on something that may have an environmental drawback have been raised.

Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Reports for Third Fiscal Quarter Ended January 31, 2010 (citybizlist Boston)
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. (OTC:MMGW) (BULLETIN BOARD: MMGW) reports a net ...

Retransmission: NaiKun Wind Shareholder Update on BC Hydro's Clean Power Call (Marketwire)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NKW) issued the following shareholder update today on BC Hydro's Clean Power Call.

Power firm Your Energy not to appeal wind farm decision (Berwick Advertiser)
POWER firm Your Energy has confirmed it will not be taking its proposal for a seven turbine wind farm at Moorsyde, near Ancroft, any further.

Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Reports for Third Fiscal Quarter Ended January 31, 2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. reports a net loss of one cent per share or $96,935 in the third quarter ending January 31, 2010. In the same period last year , Mass Megawatts reported a net loss of three cents per share or $147,865 for the same quarter ending January 31, 2009.

Beacon Power Connects Flywheel Energy Storage System to California Wind Farm (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TYNGSBORO, Mass.----Beacon Power Corporation , a leading provider of advanced products and services to support a more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid, today announced that it has shipped, installed and successfully connected a Smart Energy™ 25 flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California.