Renewable Energy World Markets
Sample Projects
Project Title: Shanghai Wind
location: Shanghai, China
startup date: 2005
size: 21 MW
project type: Wind
descriptions: This is the first of two utility-scale wind projects to be built in Shanghai. It wil consist of 14 1.5 MW turbines.
Contractors:
GE Energy Wind Turbines
Shanghai Power Industrial & Commercial - Owner
Shanghai Wind Power Co. - Constructor
Project Title: Flat Ridge Wind Farm
location: Barber County, KS
startup date: 2008
size: 100 MW
project type: Wind
descriptions: This wind farm is a 100 MW project developed by BP. Westar will own half of the wind farm and purchase energy from the remaining half. Flat Ridge will utilize 40 Clipper 2.5 MW C-96 wind turbine generators.
Contractors:
Clipper Windpower Wind Turbines
BP Alternative Energy Developer
Project Title: Southern California Edison Solar Project
location: Los Angeles, CA
startup date: 2012
size: 250 MW
project type: Solar, PV
descriptions: SCE said it would install 65 million square feet of solar panels on roofs in the LA area, taking five years to complete the task. The project is being designed to help meet peak electric needs on hot summer days and help reach the state's mandate of producing 20 percent of its power from renewable resources by 2010.
Contractors:
Southern California Edison Developer/Owner/Operator
Project Title: San Luis Obispo Solar Plant
location: San Luis Obispo County, CA
startup date: 2010
size: 177 MW
project type: Solar, Solar Thermal
descriptions: Ausra has filed its Application for Certification for the plant. The project will use only one square mile (640 acres) of land due to the exceptional area efficiency of Ausra's collector technology. Ausra's new Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar technology utilizes heat from the sun's rays to create steam, which boil water to power steam turbine generators.
Contractors:
Pacific Gas and Electric Power Purchaser
Ausra Developer/Owner/Operator
Project Title: UPM's Rauma Paper Mill
location: west coast, Finland
startup date: 2006
size: 107 MW
project type: Biomass
descriptions: The plant will burn bark, forest residue, peat, sludge and a small amount of recycled fuel in a bubbling fluidized bed boiler.
Contractors:
Kvaerner Power - boiler
Project Title: Virginia Minnesota Biomass Plant
location: Virginia, MN
startup date:
size: 135000 lbs of steam
project type: Biomass
descriptions: Foster Wheeler has been awarded a $14 million contract for the design and supply of two biomass fired grate boilers.
Contractors:
Foster Wheeler Boilers
Hibbing Public Utilities Owner
Virginia Public Utilities Owner