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 the wind turbines to run more efficiently.
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Europe can get 35 times more offshore wind energy
Posted by Greener Tomorrow on December 3rd, 2011
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 GW, is 35 times more than the current offshore wind power capacity, which is 4 GW at the moment. If we would look at the 141 GW of possible offshore wind power output, it would be sufficient to supply 13,1% of Europe’s electricity demand.
Wind power could become huge in Brazil
Posted by Greener Tomorrow on November 30th, 2011
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 for developers and entrepreneurs.
GE will power Mongolia’s first wind farm
Posted by Greener Tomorrow on November 21st, 2011
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 dollar project is set to finish sometime in 2012. The Salkhit Wind Farm will have an initial installed capacity of 50 MW and will feed into Mongolia’s Central Energy System.
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Tags: first wind farm, GE, General Electric, investment, mongolia, Renewable Green Energy 
No Comments »Egypt about to invest in Wind Power
Posted by Greener Tomorrow on November 14th, 2011
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 energy generates less than 1 percent of Egypt’s energy mix. However, the government wants to change that because it also has plans to increase its total electricity capacity from 23,5 GW to 58 GW by 2027.
