Google has now acquired Makani Power, a company that develops autonomous airborne wind turbines. The company was founded by Saul Griffith and Don Montague, a former World Cup windsurfer. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. The Makani Airborne Wind Turbine is a tethered wing that generates power by flying in large circles where ...
The first of 160 turbines at the Gwynt y Môr wind farm in the UK has been successfully installed. The wind turbine from Siemens was installed on a monopile foundation approximately twelve kilometres off the coast of North Wales. The installation of each wind turbine comprising two tower segments, a nacelle, a hub and three ...
Solar-Fabrik AG has delivered modules and inverters for the largest solar plant to date in Turkey. The system, with a total output of 250 kW, was implemented in Torbali in the province of Izmir, on the building of the logistics company Reysas, and is said to be capable of generating 470 MWh of solar electricity ...
87.5 MW wind farm which includes 35 N90/2500 turbines for Bord Gáis Eireann will be built by Nordex. Nordex has recently started construction works of the Knockacummer wind farm for the state-owned Irish utility Bord Gáis Eireann. In the end of 2012, the utility again opted for Nordex strong-wind turbines and placed an order for ...
SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) has recently announced a lease financing agreement with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to fund more than $500 million in solar power projects which equals around 110 megawatts in generation capacity for homeowners and businesses. Image Source: SolarCity The financing provides the opportunity for homeowners, businesses, government and other non-profit organizations to install ...
The World Wind Energy Association has recently launched the World Wind Energy Report 2012. Below you can find some keypoints: The worldwide wind capacity reached 282 GW, out of which 44’609 Megawatt were added in 2012, more than ever before. Wind power showed a growth rate of 19,2 %, which is the lowest rate in ...
SheerWind funner wind turbine is able to generate 600% more energy than conventional turbines. According to Daryoush Allaei, Sheer Wind’s chief technical officer, a utility-scale installation of these wind turbines — that is a 100 to 500 MW power plant — could cost as low as 1 cent per KWh. For comparison, conventional tower and ...
