Horizon Wind Energy has chosen SmartSignal's remote monitoring technology to secure the operation of its entire US fleet of wind turbines, totalling in some 1600 units, across 20 wind farms, with a total of 3.4 GW of installed capacity.
Category: North America
Horizon Wind will use SmartSignal remote monitoring technology for entire North American fleet
November 10th, 2010 | Posted in WindRam Power obtains financing for Phase II of San Jacinto-Tizate project in Nicaragua
November 9th, 2010 | Posted in Geothermal
Ram Power announced the closing of USD 160 million debt financing for Phase II of the company's San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal energy project in Nicaragua. The financing was structured by International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group.
Mustang Geothermal acquires Andean Geothermic Energy
November 9th, 2010 | Posted in Geothermal
Mustang Geothermal announced the company has completed the purchase of Andean Geothermic Energy, a Peruvian geothermal energy developer controlling four geothermal exploration applications having 3600 hectares (or 8896 acres) of land area in the provinces of Puno and Arequipa, in Peru.
GEA report optimistic on geothermal industry future
November 9th, 2010 | Posted in Geothermal
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) published a report called Green Jobs through Geothermal Energy, which shows some optimistic outlooks for the geothermal industry. According to the report, announced at the closing of GEA's 2010 Geothermal Energy Expo, held in Sacramento, California, the geothermal industry is creating more jobs than the conventional energy industry, jobs that are permanent, full time, and with better wages.
Sharp now owns 100% of Recurrent Energy
November 6th, 2010 | Posted in Solar
Sharp Corporation announced the finalization of the acquisition of 100% ownership in Recurrent Energy, announced in September this year. Sharp cashed out USD 305 million for complete ownership of Recurrent Energy, integrating Recurrent Energy as its primary solar power generation platform. This way, the company has expanded its presence in the solar energy industry to include the key area of solar energy project development. Sharp has this way become an integrated provider of solar energy products and services, starting from solar cells and modules, to solar energy project development and execution.
US Geothermal drills another well at Neal Hot Springs
November 4th, 2010 | Posted in Geothermal
US Geothermal announced the company has successfully drilled another production well at Neal Hot Springs, in Oregon, USA. The NHS-2 is the fourth large diameter well drilled at the site, and has resulted in a steady 3027 gpm of flow at about 142 ºC, from a depth of 979 meters.
GE to deliver 55 1.6 MW units to Suncor for Alberta wind farm
November 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Wind
GE received an order for 55 1.6 MW units from Suncor, which is developing one of the largest wind farm projects in the Canadian province of Alberta. The Wintering Hills project will have 88 MW of installed capacity, and will provide clean power for about 35,000 average Canadia homes. It is located some 125 km northeast of the province's capital Calgary.
The units are to be delivered in Q2 2011. Wintering Hills is being developed by Suncor (with 70% stake) and Teck Resources (30% stake).
[source: GE]
Vestas receives orders totalling 172 MW from UK, US and Brazil
November 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Wind
Vestas received three orders for a total of 172 MW of wind turbines from customers in the UK, the US and Brazil.
The UK order comes from RES for 28 MW or 14 V80-2.0 MW units to be installed at the Kelburn wind farm, in North Ayeshire, Scotland. The units are to be delivered and installed in mid-2011. Vestas will provide S&M for ten years, as well as its remote monitoring system.
Gamesa launches G97 wind turbine for North American wind market
November 1st, 2010 | Posted in Wind
Gamesa announced the company will launch its new G97-2.0 MW wind turbine model, especially developed for low wind speed regions such as North America. The new model represents an improvement of about 16% in swept area compared to the G90 model, and an output increase of about 14 percent. The new model will be officially launched at the annual conference and exhibition organized by the Canadian Wind Energy Association.
Canada emphasizes hydropower as leading clean energy technology
November 1st, 2010 | Posted in Hydro
At the 11th Forum on Hydropower, held in Ottawa last week, and organized by the Canadian Hydropower Association, Canadian Minister of Natural Resources delivered a keynote in which he emphasized the significance of hydro energy as the leading clean energy technology in the country, citing a very large installed hydropower capacity base, and a lot more capacity that has yet to be developed.
