Wind Power comes to Kingdom of Lesotho, South Africa

Colin P

Gamesa is to be awarded the contract for supplying turbines for a 25-35 MW farm to be built near the major diamond mine at Letseng-La-Terai, Lesotho. Lesotho, a land-locked Kingdom surrounded by South Africa, is a major exporter of diamonds, but is one of the world’s poorer countries. The project is being developed by South African… Read the rest

Obama On Course To Decrease Dependance On Imported Oil

Colin P
President Barack Obama says shifting the U.S. away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will add momentum to a trend that has led to 1.8 million new jobs in the past 13 months. He wants to bring down the price of gasoline through decreasing dependence on oil he said in his weekly radio… Read the rest

Siemens Closing In On Major Players With $900M In Wind Turbine Contracts

Sarah Dinola
By Camille Ricketts – Engineering giant Siemens has made its presence felt in the wind business, winning six contracts to build 565-megawatts worth of wind turbines, valued at more than $900 million. About 250 of the turbines will be installed in Ontario Canada, with the other 750 (enough to power 170,000 homes) destined for wind farms… Read the rest

New Windmills Coming As Old Ones Are Still Disputed

Colin P
In Stoneycreek Township – Somerset County, the push by the local county for cleaner energy continues but local residents are not pleased at all and are pushing right back. The fact that more windmill turbines are going to be erected in the Somerset and Blair counties is stirring up some heated debates.
Somerset County wind mills… Read the rest