“The surface temperature measured around wind farms in west-central Texas showed a warming of 0.72 ° C over the last decade compared to neighboring regions, no wind, an effect most likely caused by turbulence blades of the turbines at night acting like fans drawing hot air from high altitudes down, “said Somnath Baidya Roy Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and co-author of the study.

The results were published in the journal Nature Climate Change April 29. Professor Zhou and his colleagues studied data from terrestrial ground temperatures ranging from 2003 to 2011, from scientific observation instruments (MODIS – imaging spectrometer for medium resolution) coupled to an embedded system of satellite NASA Terra and Aqua.

Over large areas, the ground temperature is highly dependent on the type of land cover and the nature of the surface. In some places, the ground temperature varies widely during the day and at night when the air temperature does in a smaller proportion.

The warming observed by MODIS took place mostly at night. In the study area in Texas, the ground temperature after sunset usually cools faster than the air temperature. But as the wind continues to turn, brings the movement of warmer air and ground and created a warming effect compared to agricultural areas not equipped with wind turbines. The researchers expected to see the opposite effect during the day – a slight cooling effect – but the data showed instead a slight warming, or a small effect on the day.

“Estimating the warming is specific to this region, and covers a period where wind farms were booming,” said the lead author of the study, Liming Zhou of the University at Albany. “The estimate should not be considered directly applicable to other regions and landscapes, it should not be extrapolated over a longer period of time, where warming was likely to reach a plateau rather than continue to increase especially if no new wind turbine was added. warming is also considered a local effect, and would not affect the climate on a larger scale…”

“This is a first step in exploring the potential of satellite data to quantify the potential impacts of large wind farms on weather and climate,” said Chris Thorncroft, co-author of the study and Chairman of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Environment at the University of Albany. “We are now expanding this approach with other wind farms and we design models to try to understand the physical processes and mechanisms leading to interactions between the wind and the atmospheric layer near the ground.”

In late 2011, the U.S. wind industry has installed wind capacity of 47,000 megawatts overall close, representing over 20% of global capacity and about 2.9% of all the power of the United States. And just in the last 4 years, the installed wind power capacity increased by over 35%, according to figures provided by the American Association of Wind Energy and the Department of Energy.

“Wind energy will be a part of the solution to climate change, pollution of air and energy security issues,” said Somnath Baidya Roy Pr. “Understanding the impacts of wind farms are essential to developing effective adaptation and strategic management to ensure long term viability of wind energy.”

EDF Energies Nouvelles has also announced the creation of a local subsidiary, EDF EN Morocco, which will drive the Group’s development in Morocco.

Located in northern Morocco, east of Fez, Taza the wind project will be equipped with Alstom’s 50 turbines, each with an output of 3 MW. EDF Energies Nouvelles, Mitsui and Alstom will allocate at least 30% of construction work to subcontractors Moroccan.

The new 150 MW project, launched by the NEB in May 2011 as part of a public-private partnership, will be followed in 2012 by a tendering process involving additional 850 MW of which the procedure pre- qualification is in progress. With the desire to develop conditions of sun and wind very favorable, the Moroccan authorities intend to achieve by 2020 a program of at least 2 GW of wind and 2 GW of solar power.

EDF Energies Nouvelles also opens a subsidiary in Casablanca, Morocco EDF EN, 100% owned by the Group, to spearhead the development of wind and solar activities in the country, in collaboration with the Moroccan authorities and local businesses. EDF EN Morocco and Mitsui will lead the design, financing, development and construction of the wind project Taza. Both companies also provide operations and maintenance of the wind farm as part of an agreement for a period of 20 years.

“We are very pleased to have the chance to achieve this high quality wind project, which will represent the first realization of EDF Energies Nouvelles in Morocco. This demonstrates the capacity of EDF EN in developing local solutions and tailored to meet the needs of public authorities in the field of green electricity generation and industrial integration,” said Fabienne Demol, New Business Director at EDF Energy News. “The decision of the ONE for the wind project Taza is a great opportunity for EDF EN to establish a long term partnership with the Kingdom of Morocco and participate in the implementation of renewable projects in a country with high potential of development.”

Corpoelec, Socialist Utility continues with the transfer of new equipment for the wind farm “La Guajira” currently being built in the municipality Guajira, the state of Zulia.

This time they are moving the towers that will support the turbines and blades or vanes. The logistics of moving covers a route from the headquarters located at Av Bolipuertos 2 The Miracle, to where the work takes place.

The Deputy Commissioner Generation Alternative Sources of Corpoelec, Francisco Quintero, said: “These towers are about 26 meters long by 4 meters in diameter and to assemble a complete tower is necessary to assemble three flights of this type, which reach a height of 77 meters from the floor to where you installed the generator, so that you can harness the power of wind to move a generator of 2.1 megawatts (MW).”

“Remember that this important work reaches an investment of $225 million, of which 61.5 million will be used to develop the first 25.2 MW in Phase 1-A with the installation of 12 wind turbines of 2.1 MW each; while Phase 1-B will generate 50.4 MW 75.6 MW to complete a “Quintero explained, adding that” This project will be developed in 6 stages made ​​up of 36 wind turbines, an investment that will achieve the national government produce its first results, Energy enough to supply more than 12 000 families in La Guajira.”

He disclosed that currently build the piles that will support foundations or concrete footings that will support the weight of these towers of wind generation. “Before assembling and installing each tower, are needed to build 16 concrete piles and steel bars for each, which are buried 23 meters deep to ensure the strength of each of these computers weigh about 110 tons (including the tower, nacelle – wind – and bats). Then built on these piles, concrete foundations as a basis to set the rings on the towers and get them the rest of the equipment, ie, generator and blades, “explained the Deputy Commissioner.

Quintero said the acquisition of these devices are also framed in the Convention Argentina – Venezuela, confirming the implementation of development works to strengthen the National Electricity Sector to continue strengthening the electricity sector, driven by President Hugo Chavez Frias.

Also, the spokesman said that the work aims to develop 10,000 MW in the area of the Upper Guajira from Caño Sagua and Cano Paijana. “We are starting the first stage are the 75.6 MW that would form Phase 1 of the project whose main benefit is the generation of renewable electricity.”

Thus, the Ministry of Popular Power for Electricity (Mppee) and Corpoelec, Utility Socialist take action to strengthen the national power grid through the consolidation of alternative energy projects.

The Minister of Production of La Pampa, Abelardo Ferran, said that “the incorporation of the 25 mills would increase interconnected system of our province to 50 megawatts.”

“The establishment of these turbines would be extremely important and environment friendly,” said Ferran.

He added that La Pampa implements a “strong program of industrialization, which requires substantial power as input and would benefit from the initiative.”

Ferran presented the project with the director of the Provincial Administration of Energy (APE), Carlos Sanz, along with the project manager of the company ABOWind, Daniel Fernandez, and engineer Alexander Mountain.

Sanz said that “the project would conduct a major energy input to the interconnected system of La Pampa and is distributed in our region according to the needs of each locality.”

He also explained that “each turbine will double the power of the two existing wind farm owned by the Cooperative Utilities (Cosega), located near the town General Acha, 100 kilometers south of Santa Rosa.

Project development would be in charge of ABOWind company through national tenders that the company will ensure the purchase of energy for about 15 years.

The Provincial State contribution would have to do with network management and energy management to the user, would have an aggregate value that would toll in the province, “said the head of the APE.

For his part, Fernandez described as “very good” wind conditions in the area, “like a high wind resource areas like the south of our country and the province of Buenos Aires.”

In Poland, the Pagow park will double the wind capacity of the Group, after the parks of Jarogniew-Moltowo (20 MW) and Wartkowo (30 MW) opened in 2011, and continue its development in renewable energy.

In Romania, the Gemenele wind farm will be commissioned in 2012. It marks the Group’s entry in electricity generation in Romania, and shows at the same time the Romanian potential in renewable energy.

“The development of wind projects of the Group in Romania and Poland demonstrates the will to further diversify the energy mix of GDF Suez and further integration in the growth markets by leveraging the best expertise and technical synergies of the Group” said Gerard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez.

GDF Suez intends to strengthen renewables in its energy mix in Europe to achieve its goal of increasing renewable installed capacity of the Group of 50% by 2015 compared to 2009.

IMPSA won approval of a long-term financing of the Corporation Andina de Fomento (CAF) and the Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (BICE) in favor of its subsidiary Wind Koluel Kayke SA for construction of a wind power generation located in the Province of Santa Cruz. The project called Koluel Kayke II, have a capacity of 25 MW and will have 12 wind turbine technology developed by IMPSA in the country.

The investment will amount to $US 81 million, of which $US 52 million will be provided by the CAF and the BICE together in a 10-year loan. IMPSA in turn provide capital for $US 29 million to complete the project financing.

The financing will be structured under a scheme of “Project Finance” pure, which combine investor capital funds and financial institutions. The repayment will come from cash flows from the sale of energy under contract ENARSA a 15-year term. The project has a strong insurance scheme, technological safeguards and additional guarantees on assets Kayke II Kolulel usual in such operations.

IMPSA has already completed the engineering, soil studies and planning has begun the work and the purchase of inputs and components to make the park begin to generate in 14 months.

This event contributes to the consolidation of the objectives of the Renewable Generation Program (Genre), driven by the Ministry of Planning through the Ministry of Energy and its executor ENARSA. The Program established the framework for clean energy development in Argentina. In this way, it contributes with the aim of Law 26,190, which is to ensure that 8% of national energy from renewable sources by 2016.

For the construction of their projects in Argentina, in the case of wind farms and, in particular, the wind turbines (windmills), IMPSA design uses its technology fully developed in Argentina Mendoza. Manufactured at the plant and through a network of SME companies Argentine Wind Cluster members, which is currently in action.

IMPSA, through its unit IMPSA Energy has become the biggest investor in wind power projects in Latin America now has 322 MW in operation in Brazil and has 600 MW in the same country with the purchase and sale of energy signed and under construction and financing, and another 65 MW in Uruguay in the final stages of financing.
Moreover, the company is facing an impending financial close for Malaspina Park I 50 MW in the province of Chubut and is moving in the financial structuring for parks Koluel Kayke I (Santa Cruz) and Malaspina II (Chubut) .

In addition IMPSA installed for the Province of La Rioja Arauco wind farm already in operation and has a capacity of 25 MW and is building for the same additional 25 MW plus 10 MW of wind power for the Province of Santiago del Estero and 180 MW to the Brazilian company of San Francisco Hydroelectric Company (Chesf) in Brazil.

Nordex has received its largest contract farm in Ireland. The wind power project is called “Garracummer” is located in County Tipperary, and will have 17 wind turbines N90/2500.

“Garracummer” of 42.5 megawatts, is the largest Nordex wind farm in Ireland. The other two Nordex wind projects in Ireland are “Knockawarriga” with 22.5 megawatts and “Kilgarvan”, with 32.5 megawatts. Nordex built these wind farms with SWS, a wind power developer, which was acquired by Bord Gais in 2009.

The wind energy market in Ireland in 2011 has been a good year for Nordex. The manufacturer of wind turbines installed the first turbine in 2002. In 2010, the company founded an Irish subsidiary based in Swords, near Dublin. Today there are over 60 Nordex wind turbines operating in Ireland, with a capacity of 150 megawatts.

The federal government yesterday approved funding for the construction of a photovoltaic solar power plant in California and Oregon wind farm will generate 379 megawatts together renewable energy, enough to power 112,500 homes and help to create over 600 jobs.

These would be the renewable energy projects number 26 and 27 respectively supported by the Department of the Interior over the past two years.

“As we continue to actively and swiftly moving into the future of renewable energy these projects strengthen local economies by creating good jobs and sustainable energy,” said Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior.

In California, Solar Energy Project Sentinel is a solar power plant of 275 megawatts that will connect through the Imperial Valley Substation in San Diego Gas & Electric. This plant will create 367 jobs, generating more than $ 30 million in taxes during the life of the project, while providing enough electricity to supply about 82,500 homes.

The Oregon project, North Steens Transmission Line, is a line of 44 miles that will generate power for about 30,000 homes, 4.5 million in local tax revenue over the life of the project. Both projects were subject to extensive environmental review to mitigate any potential advance environmental impact, authorities said.

Because development on private land is connected to the federal law Pathways to transmission lines and can not proceed without approval from the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Assessment had to consider the impact of any generation and transmission projects, including the component that they will be located on private land.

Located in Fengtun, near Mount Dajianfeng Mouding district of Yunnan-Guizhou plateau, the wind power plant has a height of between 2,000 and 2,500 meters above sea level, according to the wind turbine supplier Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology, which provided 33 wind turbines permanent magnet direct drive (no gearbox) of 1.5 megawatts.

The wind farm construction lasted 15 months and had an investment of 483 million yuan (76.7 million). The upland areas are highly valued because they offer promising prospects for energy companies and wind turbine manufacturers for its abundant resources.

“We have designed new models of wind turbines with larger wind blades and better insulation techniques and protection against lightning and radiation,” said Wu Gang, president of Goldwind. At the same time, many wind turbine manufacturers have expressed a strong interest in the market of products designed especially for the plateaus.

In November, CSR Zhuzhou manufacturer reported that it had connected the two wind turbines installed in wind farms in Yunnan to the grid, which was a hit for power generation in the highlands.

To date, CSR Zhuzhou has received orders for more than 400 units of this type of special turbines, a figure that puts the company in the first place in terms of market share of resources for plateaus.

In turn, Huaneng Power and Renewables Longyuan, who pioneered the exploration of wind resources in China, have chosen the southwestern province of Guizhou as a priority to carry out its development projects wind resources. Guizhou aims to reach an installed capacity of wind power generation from nine gigawatts of 2020.

Until late 2010, China recorded an installed capacity of wind power generation of 44.7 gigawatts, replacing the United States in the first wind power production, and plans to increase the number to 100 gigawatts by 2015.

Currently, about 90 percent of China’s wind power is below 1,000 meters above sea level. Experts have noted that the plateaus exploration is expensive because of high construction costs and uncertainty about whether the projects would generate profits.

This project marks the first commercial application of 4.1-113 GE model, a range of 4 megawatts of wind turbines designed to provide a higher level of reliability to the offshore wind industry.

With fewer moving parts, direct drive technology indeed offers a simple and reliable design integrated redundancy and partial operation for major components, all designed to maintain the operational reliability of the turbines at sea technology avoids direct transmission expensive parts for the multiplier and reduces operating costs. Moreover, according to GE, “the 4.1-113 blade design is optimized to maximize energy capture sites suitable for foundations monopieu type.”

Thus, the new turbine (113 meters in diameter) will be able to produce enough electricity to power 3,000 homes a year Swedish and reduce annual CO2 emissions by up to 15 000 tonnes.

“We are delighted that after two years of planning and coordination, all happen. The wind can not be in a better position: although installed on land and therefore easily accessible, it is on the seafront and then exposed weather conditions offshore. For the people of Gothenburg, this project is an important step for the success of our goal is to produce more green energy for the city and country, “said Jonas Cognell, Director of Renewable Energy in Göteborg Energi.
The turbine is installed Risholmsvägen, located at the entrance of the port and the gateway to Sweden, whose location is convenient from a logistical point of view. The nacelle, the tower and the blades will arrive by boat. The foundation of 21 meters in diameter is embedded in the rock through a technique of hype.

It is expected that the installation be completed by mid-December. The completion of the installation and connection to the grid are planned for later this year.

“We are very proud to help Sweden to expand its green energy through the installation of our first wind 4.1-113 in the port of Gothenburg,” said Vincent Schellings, Offshore Product Manager at GE Energy. “The offshore turbine 4.1-113 uses the direct transmission of the most successful in the industry, and is developed on the basis of our experience onshore models, we have over 17,000 units operating in the world.”

This is the first time that France reached an instantaneous wind power as high. Figures provided by the Union of renewable energy comes from the RTE base, éCO2mix, and relate to the day of December 7, 2011.

So Wednesday, early morning (around 8:45), when power consumption is particularly high in this time of year, wind energy has produced 6% of our national power.

According to the Renewable Energy Association (REA), “the figure shows the undeniable contribution of wind energy in the energy mix, which replaces electricity production from thermal power plants, operating from imported fuel and CO2 emissions. ”

He added “the power of the installed wind farm stands in late November 6500 MW. The Grenelle has set the industry a target of 25,000 MW in 2020, confirming the major role of this form of energy in the energy independence of our country and the fight against climate change. “

A project profile for the installation of 14 wind turbines of electric power of 1.5 MW each was presented by a committee of the People’s Republic of China to Tarija, said Luis Paz, alternative energy consultant of the Interior.

At present, the document being scanned and then sign a contract to implement this benefit to the department. Paz said, “It should be noted that China is among the first countries based power generation from wind, and that this reference speaks of an experience in that field.”

The most suitable place has been located in the department is the town of Angostura. The mills are easy to install, however it must create the conditions for transfer, have a large capacity crane and quite high since the machines will be raised from 80 to 100 meters, while the blades are about 50 meters of long as the paper.

The wind project has a financing offer from the same Republic of China as a whole and the debt would be payable within 20 years, with the same income would generate, it will be interconnected to the national grid (SIN). Being a foreign-funded work, you must meet certain requirements at the national level the Ministry of Economy and Finance Department and the Legislative Assembly.

Finally, Paz said that this project would be the first at national level and put the department as a pioneer in alternative energy in Bolivia, so he said he is working for two wind measurement towers 70 to 80 meters

Later this month will launch the third wind farm in Croatia in Sibenik-Knin, Croatia and consolidating the leading country in wind power in the Balkans. The excavation and construction of the wind farm began last July at Brdo, near Sibenik Crno between Podi and cities Vrpolje and Danilo.

The completion of the works of the wind farm is planned for late autumn this year. The project involves an investment of 14.2 million euros. The wind farm developer is the company Tudic Elektrocentar.

The wind farm has seven wind turbines with a total capacity of 11 MW. The turbines of 1.5 MW wind turbine blades and the company produces Leitwind of Austria, with direct drive technology.

Ponikve wind farm, which is about 45 miles northwest of Dubrovnik, will become the third WPD wind farm in Croatia, following the Trtar-Krtolin and Orlice. WPD is developing the project with the help of a financing agreement of EUR 35 million with KfW IPEX and Renewable Energy Fund.

The German promoter scheduled to arrive to site wind turbines in the spring of 2012 and the connection of the park before the end of that year. The network connection permits have already been achieved.

In late 2010, wind in Croatia amounted to only 70 MW, according to the World Wind Energy Association (World Wind Energy Association). However, the Croatian Strategy of Energy has proposed 1,250 MW by 2020, reaching up to 20% renewable energy in the electricity mix of the country in that year. WPD states that, in addition to Croatia, now operates in twenty countries worldwide and has completed projects totaling about 2,100 MW. Also the developer has a portfolio of projects totaling 7 GW.

The entry into Mongolia is a strategic move by General Electric (GE), which aims to tap the growing demand for renewable energy in the regions around the world including Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Electricity demand in Mongolia is expected to double over the next 15 years. The GE wind turbines in Salkhit wind farm will generate about 5 percent of electricity of Mongolia. GE’s participation in the Salkhit wind project includes the supply of equipment and technical assistance in the installation and commissioning of wind turbines for wind power generation.

GE was represented at the signing ceremony by John Rice, Vice President and CEO of GE Global Growth. He was joined by Byambasaikhan Bayanjargal, CEO of Newcom. “The demand for energy in Mongolia increasing from 8 to 10 percent a year,” said Byambasaikhan. “The wind farm Salkhit help cover the growing demand for Mongolia and facilitate the development of railway infrastructure, roads and electricity infrastructure.”

In 2005, the Parliament of Mongolia adopted the National Renewable Energy Program, which aims to increase the share of renewable energies from 20 to 25 percent in 2020. Mongolia has an installed capacity of approximately 800 megawatts (MW). “This is a milestone in developing relations with Mongolia GE and our teamwork with Newcom. We are introducing advanced technology that paves the way for renewable energy projects and underscores our commitment to grow in one of the most difficult” said Rice.

Mongolia is becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with the highest growth in the world with 17.3 percent in the first half of 2011 on year, according to the World Bank. Energy demand will double by 2015.

Lesotho, one of the poorest countries in Africa, plans to build wind farms and hydroelectric plants worth 11,000 million euros in financing China.

The authorities hope that the project, one of the most important in Africa, will provide an incentive to boost the economy of this country’s heart embedded in South Africa, where nearly half of its two million inhabitants survive on less than one euro a day .

“With this project, our country can go from being one of the least developed to become an emerging economy,” said the South African weekly Monyane Moleleki, Minister of Natural Resources of Lesotho.

The objective is to generate 6,000 megawatts of wind power and 4,000 from water, equivalent to 5 percent of the electricity needs of South Africa itself.

The wind farm will be installed in the Maluti mountains of over 3,000 meters, an area whose major drawbacks are its low winter temperatures to 20 degrees below zero, and lightning. It is expected that the investment is made ​​over the next ten or fifteen years at this time to generate some 25,000 jobs.

The distributor of photovoltaic material Albasolar just announced that, through its headquarters in Germany, Albasolar GmbH, provided the largest photovoltaic solar project for Austria and the highest in Europe. The solar farm, located at 1,900 meters above sea level, has a power of two megawatts and is located in the Niedere Tauern massif, belonging to Steiermark region, near the wind farm located at the very top. Since 10.20.11, it is been connected and sending electricity into the grid.

In the statement released by Albasolar, the Spanish distributor says that “a firm commitment by the Austrian party to the current photovoltaic expansion will strengthen the retailer along the axis Germany-Austria-Switzerland, where it’s been operating for two years with offices in major European business centers.” According to the CEO of Albasolar, Alberto Sanromán, “We believe that this is a great project to demonstrate the quality of European products and the agility of supply of our company, which has already almost 20 years of experience in the industry.”

During a meeting between the head of the republic and Adigeya Atomenergmash company representatives, an agreement was reached on the installation of wind farms in the republic.

In the territory of the republic of Adigeya there will be created wind farms with a capacity of 750 MW. The wind turbines will be located in Giaginski, Shovgenovski and Koshebalski regions of the republic. The sites for the installation of wind turbines were already chosen.

The project will have several stages. In the near future a joint venture between the Republic and the company Adigeya “Atomenergmash” will be founded that will carry out the construction and operation of wind farms, reports the press service of the head of Adigeya republic.

Thanks to the construction of wind farms in Adigeya, the republic expects having its own energy base for the development of industry in and receive annual tax revenues worth 100-150 million rubles ($3.2-4.8 mln). A sale of electricity to consumers of the republic and in the wholesale market of electric power is planned as well.

The project is carried out by the U.S. subsidiary of Enel with a local company U.S. Energy TradeWind at a ratio of 51 to 49. The park will consist of 93 turbines of 1.6 MW each, will complete a total of 148.8 MW of installed capacity. This is the fourth joint project being carried out by both companies since 2006, when they started their business alliance. You have 250 MW in operation and another 200 MW under construction.

Once operational, Rocky Ridge would annually generate about 630 million kWh. During construction, the park will create 150 temporary jobs, and about 10 fixed for maintenance, operation and management.

The total investment is financed by Enel itself as part of its announced program of 2011-2015.

The project promises to generate, at a time when energy supply is at the limit, in a first stage 12 megawatts of power through 200 generators that make up what is technically called a farm. This, together with the factory installation of the turbines will require an investment of 36 million dollars, which are immersed in the project which will seek to generate up to 300 megawatts of power and which will require a total of $700 million.

These are the plans for North Winds Mendoza-a domestic capital corporation, whose draft was submitted to the provincial government and already has a statement of provincial interest. For Jorge Paneblanco president of the firm, that statement is part of the 70%, now subtract the environmental impact study also involved a statutory public hearing.

But the wind farm is hampered by the requirement of banks worldwide of a surety that in Argentina there, asked for the total project, which includes the creation of 7,000 jobs.

Note that the first generator will be brought from Spain, but under an WN patent. Then they will be produced in Mendoza, the Provincial Industrial Park located in Lujan.

When asked about the possibility of producing environmental impact in the area to install the wind farm, Paneblanco told that in the low Andes there would be installed low equipment, 30 meters high that would not cause a larger environmental impact. Regarding the impact of the turbines it would be zero since they carry out a fence that prevents an animal to enter.

In addition the wind farm will have a processing plant to manage the energy to be delivered to Cammesa, the consortium responsible for the distribution of energy to the national grid. The plant, once fully-working will have an installed capacity of 300 MW which means ten times the power currently available to the country in terms of wind energy.

The park will be installed over an area of 13.5 hectares and the area covered by the ships and civil works will reach 31,258 square meters. The generators to be installed are new, work continuously taking advantage of low winds in the area.

Note that this project could be replicated in other provinces as Tucumán, where Gov. George Capitanich met with representatives of WN in San Luis. But the idea beyond the borders of the nation and the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales wants to take the same enterprise but with 1,500 megawatts of power in his country. “We would be bringing a project in Argentina to neighboring countries,” said Paneblanco.

The first stage requires an investment of $36 million for the installation of the plant in Lujan and 200 wind turbines that generate 50 kW each to be added to produce 1.5 megawatt turbine.

It was originally estimated would take about 13 years to complete the installation of the wind farm in Pampa Amarilla, but by the state of the proceedings would be in less time, making the park the 300 megawatts generated within five or six years . Anyway, they said since the signing, there to await the change of government to proceed with environmental impact studies.

The wind farm should be operational in 2014. DONG Energy and Iberdrola have already completed the project design and wind turbines dividing the investment cost to 50/50.

Construction will begin next year and is expected to create 500 jobs over the jobs in the operation and maintenance.

Surrounded on all sides by the sea and often swept by strong winds, the UK is the windiest country in Europe and one of the most appropriate places in Europe for wind power development. Worldwide, ranks eighth in installed wind power, far less than Spain.

The first wind farm in the country was built in Delabole, Cornwall, in 1991, driven by a local family who led the anti-nuclear movement plans to build a nuclear plant in the area. However, UK has developed little wind. Until 2007 the wind energy to hydropower overcame to become the largest source of renewable energy in the country, contributing to only 2.2% of electricity supply.

Today with an installed capacity of 5204 MW wind power (figures 2010), which represents 6% of total wind capacity of the EU, while the sector is beginning to catch up with their European cousins. The Renewable Energy Plan for 2020 foresees UK a target of 27,880 MW, of which 12,990 MW of offshore wind power.

Abengoa is responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance over 20 years of three wind farms to be built in the State of Ceará, in Northeast Brazil. The wind project will be developed through a “joint venture” between Abengoa and Banco Santander Brasil. The energy produced at wind farms is sold to ANEEL.

Abengoa will handle the construction, operation and maintenance of the three wind farms for 20 years. Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in energy and environmental sectors, has been chosen by ANEEL, Brazil to develop, “joint venture” with Banco Santander Brasil, three wind farms with a total capacity of 64 MW in Brazil.

Abengoa is responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance for 20 years, three wind farms to be built in the state of Ceara in northeastern Brazil. This new project will supply renewable energy to a population of about 200,000 people, and avoid the annual emission of 400,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

The company will operate the wind farms for 20 years under a concession model also determines a guaranteed fixed price per MWh of electricity generated. The project also includes the sale of energy produced to the National Electric Energy Agency.

With this award, Abengoa strengthens its entry into the wind energy market following the award last March by the National Electric Power Generation and Transmission (UTE) project to develop a 50 MW wind farm in the town of Peralta in Tacuarembo, Uruguay.

Abengoa has a permanent presence in Brazil for over 30 years, during which he has developed many projects and which has established itself as one of the companies concerned.

Abengoa is an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the sectors of energy and the environment, generating electricity from solar, biofuel, desalinating seawater and recycling industrial waste.

n Israeli renewable energy company, which focuses primarily on photovoltaic solar energy facilities, is adding wind farms, through a collaboration agreement made ​​with six communities in the Golan.

The company, Enlight Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Eurocom Communications Ltd. public and has installed solar panels on a number of kibbutzim and moshavim throughout Israel since its establishment in 2008. Enlight is interested in expanding other forms of renewable energy, and since the Israeli cabinet approved an allocation of 800 megawatts of wind farms, the company is ideal this time to lead the company in that direction, according to CEO and Director Gilad Yavetz.

“We have initiated the development of wind potential over a year ago, but most of our activities to date were in the business side of development,” said Yavetz. “We started in photovoltaic solar energy in the first three years, because this was the purest in terms of regulations in Israel. We also strongly believe in the potential of wind energy, and now that the legal framework for doing so, we are entering this field, “he said.

While Enlight currently has signed agreements with six communities in the Golan, said he expects Yavetz set between 8 and 10 systems, which will add a total of 50 megawatts in the area.

One of the two current obstacles that still stands in the way is the possibility of getting wind turbines. To achieve this requires the approval of the Authority of Public Services. “We expect to take place in the near future,” said Yavetz with respect to the application conditions.

Secondly another difficulty is the legal steps to issue building permits, which can take up to a year to get as this requires “a national policy that provides the legal rules for all committees to assess and deliver permits “, he said. Enlight expects the company to be able to start building wind turbines in two years.

The director of the National Institute of Preinvestment (INP), Santiago Medina, told the Andes public agency that the first of these is Huascachaca Mines, which will generate 30 megawatts, in the provinces of Azuay and Loja, in the southern Andes of country.

A study eight years ago led to the conclusion that there would develop a park at a cost of $34 million. The second is the project García Moreno, will generate 15 megawatts in the province of Carchi, which borders Colombia, at a cost of $1.2 million.

In Ecuador several turbines operate on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos and last week, the government awarded to China’s Global Goldwind the Villonaco wind farm in the province of Loja, bordering Peru.

This park will generate 15 megawatts and will be built at a cost of $34 million. The government of President Rafael Correa is determined to change the country’s energy sources, predominantly from power plants, to make way for hydroelectric, geothermal and even wind farms.

The following is the project García Moreno (15 MW) in the northern province of Carchi border with Colombia. The cost of this wind farm would be 12 million dollars and the study area is between 2 500 and 2 800 meters above sea level. Analysis of these projects will begin in 2012 and end 2013, and then start to construction.

Ecuador has already several wind turbines on the island Santa Cruz (Galapagos) and Villonaco wind farm (15 MW) will be built by the Chinese firm Global Goldwind 34 million dollars. With the construction of wind farms and hydropower, Ecuador can change its energy. The idea is that by 2020 the country use the 93.53% of power generated by hydro, thermal 4.86%, 0.57% wind, geothermal 0.72% and 0.32% biomass.

Cuban specialists will drive in the second half of the current year to take advantage of research of wind power and other renewables. The investigation sought to determine the most feasible in order to build a new wind farm, preferably in the area of the northern coast of eastern Cuba, the best wind currents.

The wind equipment installed in different parts of the archipelago seek to determine the wind speed, altitude and average temperatures. The two wind farms in Gibara, in the northeastern province of Holguín, delivered in the past three and a half years approximately 30,000 MWh national electric system.

According to Prensa Latina that Cuba allowed production to save more than five thousand 800 tons of oil and prevented release into the atmosphere 21 000 tons of carbon dioxide. For experts, this type of energy, exhibiting a significant increase worldwide, non-polluting, slows the depletion of fossil fuels and help prevent climate change.

Entrepreneurs will invest $620 million in four years to generate electricity from wind, solar and geothermal energy, to join the three applied 3.381 million dollars in hydroelectric construction. At present, the installed capacity of hydropower (60 percent) and thermal (40 percent) is 1,700 megawatts, with an average demand of 1,280 megawatts and an annual growth of 5 percent.

On 15 August, the government will launch a call for tender in October following a 200-megawatt wind farm in the region of -180 Penonomé miles west of the capital with an investment of 360 million dollars. Along with wind power, the State Power Generation Company (Egesa) will invest $10 million in 2012 to build a solar power plant Sarigua National Park, about 230 kilometers west of the capital, which generate two megawatts.

Panama, unlike other Latin American countries still lack of wind farms. There are plans to install wind turbines, and several companies such as Fersa want to develop wind power in Panama. In the long run, Panama is committed to wind power, which the country would not be as dependent on changes in fuel prices. The administrator of the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP), Zelmar Rodriguez said several wind projects that have registered at the school office and even some companies already have their provisional licenses.

“A number of other wind companies are in the process of delivery of the environmental impact study and other requirements we are asking for,” he said. Rodriguez stressed that these projects will not be ready for this year, because they are long term investments and are in the process of paperwork and housekeeping. Wind Fersa Panamanian Union and plans to install a total of 5 wind turbines with a capacity of 565 MW.

With an estimated investment of 360 million, the bidding for wind energy projects will take place in October, according to the Electricity Transmission Company (ETESA), through the National Energy secretary, Juan Manuel Urriola. ‘In the middle of 2013, we must begin to generate wind power, which will have very positive results for that renewable energy and the wind really hits when the hydrology is low,” said Urriola.

He added that this type of energy will link the National Interconnected System maximum capacity of 200 megawatts (MW). The initial contract will be for 150 MW. The Central American country has no wind farms, although there are several ongoing projects.

ETESA announced that among the projects to be undertaken is the cleanest energy of LNG, which just signed an agreement between two companies, Clean Energy of Panama and Repsol of Spain. “These companies already have to set up a capacity of 500 MW with an investment of $ 250 million and should begin operations in the first quarter of 2014, which achieved great annual savings,” said Urriola.

Another advance is that said that ‘the Embera-Wounaan community participate in these projects. This community did not allow access before, but today we have left to do assessments of the environmental study for projects of energy, “said the representative of Energy.

For the official, these projects will bring great benefits because of use of renewable, cleaner energy and a downward impact of energy prices. “Bringing down the cost to the user and change the array with clean, renewable energy is the goal of the new projects we are undertaking,” he added.

On the other hand, the general manager of ETESA Fernando Marciscano admitted that there are complaints of the generators on the possible manipulation of prices and costs for the company. However, he noted that “we would be irresponsible if we accept that high prices would hit the pockets of Panamanians, the idea is to look for more reliable power and much cheaper.” According to the manager of ETESA are doing everything possible so that the energy rate increases. ‘Since 2009 the rate stays the same and what we want to continue with the same price, with no increase.”