Lego is making headlines by investing $500 million into green energy. The toy maker from Denmark will buy almost a third of a brand new German offshore wind power project planned by DONG Energy company. The investment will account for…
World’s largest offshore wind farm opens
The Walney offshore wind farm, currently the largest wind farm in the world, has opened. The wind farm is located 14 km off the coast of Walney island in northwest England. At 367 MW it is the largest offshore wind…
US Wind Power installations grows 31% in 4Q 2011
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported that US wind power installations grew with 31% in 2011, compared to the previous year. A total of 3.4 GW of wind power capacity was installed in the last quarter of 2011, bringing…
Reducing Wind Power’s Cost
While the wind, just like the sun, is a free resource, you can’t really measure how much you use or have. Instead, you have to measure the wind as it is being used. With the right information, you can tune…
Europe can get 35 times more offshore wind energy
If you sum up all the offshore wind energy projects currently underway plus the current offshore parks and the approved plans to build offshore wind power projects, it can power over 130 million European homes with electricity. This amount, 141…
Wind power could become huge in Brazil
The Brazilian government recently launched an energy expansion plan to boost installed wind power generation capacity to 11.5 GW by 2020. Currently wind energy generates 1.5 GW of power for Brazil. This major increase in capacity brings huge investment opportunities…
GE will power Mongolia’s first wind farm
Last week General Electric (GE) announced it had signed an agreement with Newcom LLC to provide Mongolia with the technology and supplies to start building its first wind farm. Located some 70 kilometres from the nations capital, the 100 million…
Morocco to plan 1 GW Hydro-Wind power project
An enormous new renewable green energy project is being planned in Morocco. The green project will combine hydropower and wind power to generate 1 GW of renewable energy. The project will double the existing hydropower capacity of the North-African nation.…
Egypt about to invest in Wind Power
While many would agree with the idea of Egypt being perfect for solar power, the nation has set its goals on wind power to produce the majority of the 20% renewable energy they want to produce by 2020. Currently, wind…
Wind Energy grows with 15% compared to Q1/2 2010
After a weak year in 2010 Wind Energy finds a renewed momentum in 2011. In a half-year report of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) worldwide wind capacity reached 215 GW by mid-2011. From those 215 GW, 18.4 GW were…