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says it is feasible to save up to EUR $45 billion if it could better enhance efficiencies in power systems and optimize size locations when it comes to renewable power planning. And as Siemens plans to expand power generation from renewable energy sources, the study takes on added sig...
Google likes wind energy. So does Motorola and Bloomberg. Ditto Walmart, which intends to become even more active in wind energy procurement. "Walmart is open for business when it concerns wind," Greg Pool, Walmart's senior manager for renewable energy and emissions, told a packed cro...
Total global investment in offshore wind power will reach approximately $170 billion by 2020, according to a report from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In Europe alone, there will be 40 GW of installed offshore capacity by the same year. The study, however, warns that challenges ...
Gabriel Alonso, the CEO of EDP Renewables and incoming chairman of the board of directors at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), laid out a five-point plan to ensure the wind industry's viability and sustainability during the opening general session of WINDPOWER 2013, being h...
Three wind industry professionals were honored at the Women of Wind Energy ' s (WoWE) annual luncheon at the American Wind Energy Association's WINDPOWER 2013 Conference in Chicago this week. Ian Baring-Gould, senior mechanical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, rec...
by Harbec Inc. and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has started operation at the Wayne Industrial Sustainability Park, bringing wind power to three local businesses that employ nearly 200 people. According to NYSERDA, the 850 kW turbine cost $2.4 ...
By 2017, Canada will feature more than half of all wind turbines that are located in cold climates, according to a recent study from Navigant Research . Given that locations in cold climate settings often feature quality wind resources, the deployment of wind power projects in such ar...
Internet giant Google, which has invested over $1 billion in renewable energy to date, has proposed a new tariff-based approach to allow companies to purchase electricity generated by renewable sources directly from utilities. In a white paper , Google outlines common methods through ...
