Once home to America's largest oncentration of pump-jacks and oil derricks, Texas is now the best region
in the country to install wind turbines. According to a new report by the lobal Wind Energy Council, at 4,356-megawatts (MW), the Lone Star State
has nearly twice the wind power capacity of nearest rival California (2,439 MW).

Pune - Suzlon Energy (Tianjin) Limited (SETL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy Limited, India, has secured orders totaling nearly 200 MW of capacity for wind farm projects in China. The orders from two major players in China’s energy sector, is a significant addition to Suzlon’s position in the country’s growing wind energy market.

The first order from Ao Lu Jia New Energy Development Ltd., calls for the delivery of 148.5 MW of wind turbine capacity through 99 units of the S82 – 1.5 MW turbine for use in three wind farms. Deliveries for the first wind farm are scheduled for shipment during the second quarter of FY2008-09. Ao Lu Jia New Energy Development Ltd. is a Sino-Norwegian joint venture and partially owned by Norway’s NBT AS. This joint venture is NBT’s participation in renewable energy developments in China. NBT AS seeks to develop an extensive wind portfolio in Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia provinces, with a target to build 588 MW of capacity by the end of 2010.