wind power

Ball Corporation Inks Twin Deals To Move North American Operations To 100 Percent Renewable Energy

Ball Corporation Inks Twin Deals To Move North American Operations To 100 Percent Renewable Energy

In a bid to transition to utilizing exclusively renewable energy, Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced late last month that it executed a pair of virtual power purchase agreements for 388 megawatts of new renewable energy. The agreements, of which one is for solar...

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Nalco to Look to Renewable Energy for Growing Power Needs

Nalco to Look to Renewable Energy for Growing Power Needs

According to the company’s annual report, Indian state-run aluminium firm National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has decided to turn to renewable energy to satisfy its growing power needs. At present, Nalco derives over 100 mW of power from two wind farms, one each at Rajasthan and Maharastra, the result of an investment of ₹6.7 billion (US$104 […]

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U.S. Firm Debuts Improved Aluminium Wire for Wind Turbine Applications

U.S. Firm Debuts Improved Aluminium Wire for Wind Turbine Applications

American wire and cable producer Southwire Company, LLC announced the development of a new aluminium wire product with enhanced features suited to down-tower wind turbine use. The company’s new cable has three layers: 8000 Series Aluminum conductor per ASTM B800, Class C Compact strand per ASTM B801 or Single Input Wire stranding per ASTM B836, […]

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Nalco Plans 150-mW Wind Power Facility in Odisha

Nalco Plans 150-mW Wind Power Facility in Odisha

India’s state-owned aluminium firm National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) announced a plan late last week to build a 150-mW wind power farm in Odisha. The plant, which could cost in the neighborhood of US$140 million, is intended to support Nalco’s one-million-metric-ton capacity expansion at facilities in the eastern state. “While the Nation is transforming into […]

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