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Gazprom launches Russia’s most powerful combined cycle gas turbine unit
Gazprom announced the inauguration of a new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit at the Kirishkaya power plant in northern Russia with the nominal capacity of 800 MW on Friday.
read more... 27/03/2012
China installed a record 18000 megawatts of new wind capacity in 2011
According to the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), China installed a record 18,000 megawatts of new wind capacity in 2011, raising its total capacity to nearly 63,000 megawatts and spreading its lead in the global wind power sector.
read more... 22/03/2012
U.S. solar industry up 109% in 2011
The U.S. solar energy industry installed a record of 1,855 MW of photovoltaic capacity in 2011, as revealed by a new U.S. Solar Market Insight report. The figure is more than the double of the previous annual record of 887 MW set in 2010 and represents a 109 % growth rate in 2011.
read more... 16/03/2012
Spain to double biomass production in 2012
According to a Spanish biomass association, the country could double its total biomass production this year compared with 2011, despite not achieving full capacity previous year. The country produced about 150,000 t of biomass previous year instead of total capacity of 651,000 t/year.
read more... 14/03/2012
A 304 MW wind farm completed in US by Iberdrola
The Blue Creek wind farm of 304 MW has been completed by a Spanish utility Iberdrola. The wind farm, situated in the Van Wert and Paulding Counties of Ohio, US consists of 152 units of Gamesa G90 wind turbines with a capacity of 2 MW each.
read more... 08/03/2012