Top stories in March 2011
A mixed bag March this time last year
Friday, 02 March 2012 Toby Price While the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident overshadowed all other news during March, our most read stories this time last year didn’t actually focus on events unfolding there. This,...
Honduras
Globeleq opens Central America's largest wind farm
Friday, 24 February 2012 REMGlobeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), the emerging markets power company, has officially inaugurated Honduras’ first wind farm and the largest in the Central American region.
Developments in Latin America include big gains for renewables and wind
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 REMNicaragua has reached a milestone in its adoption of renewable energy, having 48 percent of its demand for power met by renewable sources, the government has announced.
Honduras
Largest wind farm in Central America switched on
Friday, 10 February 2012 REM Iberdrola Engineering, in a consortium with Gamesa, has started up the Cerro de Hula wind farm in Honduras, the largest in Central America. This new facility has a capacity of 102 MW and its official ...
Emerging markets are taking the lead as wind industry powers ahead
Wednesday, 08 February 2012 Toby Price The Global Wind Energy Council annual market statistics published this week show that the wind industry installed just over 41,000 MW of new clean, reliable wind power in 2011, bringing the total inst...
Iberdrola and Gamesa Éolica ink deal for wind turbine supply and maintenance
Friday, 23 December 2011 REMIberdrola and Gamesa Eólica have signed a new wind turbine supply and maintenance framework agreement, extending their current collaboration through to 2022.
Brazil, tenth for renewable energy investments
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 Luis Ini According to a report prepared by Ernst & Young, Brazil is ranked 10th in the list of most attractive countries for investments in renewable energy (renewable energy country attractiveness indices...
Canción triste de viento
Friday, 21 October 2011 Antonio Barrero F. El ministerio de Sebastián y la AEE no se hablan; los bancos, a la vista del borrador de real decreto eólico que ultima el Gobierno Zapatero, ya le han dicho a los promotores que no les prestarán d...
Latin America
Nestlé helping Mexico to grow wind industry
Monday, 10 October 2011 Toby Price The world’s largest food and nutrition group, Nestlé, is to invest in wind power in an effort to meet 85 percent of its electricity requirements in Mexico with wind energy. The Swiss multinationalâ...
Report: Spain targets 1,400 MW in new wind capacity annually to 2020
Friday, 23 September 2011 REM The Spanish government has set an annual target for installed wind power of 1400 MW between 2013-2020, according to a draft regulation sent to CNE, the energy sector regulator, by the Ministry of Indu...
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