Lincoln’s public power utility plans to as much as triple the amount of wind energy it uses now within the next two years. The Lincoln Electric System board on Friday approved a plan to negotiate a purchase agreement for 100 additional megawatts of wind energy, the Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/12k41OV). The city-owned utility has [...]
18/05/2013
Top 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Fuel Cells
Zero Emission Bay Area (ZEBA) — a group of regional transit agencies in Northern California — operates twelve, zero-emission, fuel cell buses in real-world service throughout the Bay Area’s diverse communities and landscapes. 11. Similar to a battery, a fuel cell is a device that produces electricity through an electrochemical reaction — a chemical reaction [...]
18/05/2013
Belarus to build wind energy plant under EU Green Economy project
A wind farm plant will be built near Novogrudok as part of the Belarus-EU international technical assistance project “Green Economy in Belarus”, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vladimir Tsalko told media after a ceremony of signing the agreement on financing the project at the total tune of €12 million. On the EU’s behalf the [...]
18/05/2013
Globeleq Inaugurates 44 MW Eolo Wind Farm in Nicaragua
Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, has inaugurated its 44 MW Eolo de Nicaragua S.A. (Eolo) wind farm in Nicaragua, strengthening its position as the leading renewable energy company in the Central American region. The Eolo wind farm is located in the province of Rivas on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, about 123 kms south [...]
18/05/2013
India retains fifth position in global wind energy market
Despite poor pace of capacity addition in the states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra , India retained its position in top five world wind energy markets in 2012 . India remained third largest market for new turbines in 2012 with capacity addition of 2441 mw, revealed World Wind Energy Report 2012. World’s [...]
18/05/2013
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa’s largest wind farm is set to open in 2014. The kingdom, which has no hydrocarbon reserves of its own, hopes to cover 42 percent of its energy needs with renewable sources by 2020, and has [...]
18/05/2013
How to Achieve a Truly Sustainable Renewable Energy Transition
Last month, the Worldwatch Institute launched the 2013 edition of our annual flagship publication, State of the World. This year’s book asks the question, Is Sustainability Still Possible? by examining a wide range of social and environmental challenges ranging from managing freshwater scarcity to assessing the viability of various alternative energy technologies to building political [...]
17/05/2013
Siemens wins 100 MW wind power order from South Africa
Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the Sere wind power plant on the west coast of South Africa. This is already the second wind power order for Siemens from South Africa. The Sere project is a flagship project for the customer ESKOM, which is one of the world’s largest utilities. [...]
17/05/2013
SSE to Acquire Dunmaglass Wind Farm Project, Invest GBP200 Million
Power supplier SSE PLC (SSE.LN) said Friday that it has reached agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Group to acquire the Dunmaglass wind farm project in Scotland and plans to invest 200 million pounds in the project including acquisition, development and capital costs. MAIN FACTS: -SSE expects to begin full construction of the wind farm in [...]
17/05/2013
Solar Energy Reduces Military Costs, Boosts Security, Saves Lives
Stateside military bases are generating 130 megawatts of solar energy — a modest amount that’s only enough to power 22,000 homes, but still a step the solar power industry says is improving national security. Ambitious plans call for solar power to make up 58 percent of the military’s renewable energy capability by 2017, according to [...]
17/05/2013
Yingli Green Energy to supply 220 MW PV modules for China power investment corporation
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar”, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (“Yingli China”), has succeeded in [...]
17/05/2013
French and German ministers call for 2030 renewable energy targets
Writing in France’s prestigious centre-left daily newspaper Le Monde, Peter Altmaier, the German environment minister, and Delphine Batho, his French counterpart, underlined the need for a 2030 renewable energy target and highlighed the importance of renewables in transforming the European economy, improving energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “We want to make the energy [...]
17/05/2013
GWU issues RFP for renewable energy
George Washington University (GWU) has released a Request for Proposals for wind and/or solar projects for the purchase of 75,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year of renewable energy on a long-term basis (15-20 years). This RFP was released in coordination with a similar RFP from the Department of General Services (DGS) of the District of Columbia [...]
17/05/2013
Nordex to build Ireland’s largest wind farm
Nordex has started construction works of the Knockacummer wind farm for the state-owned Irish utility Bord Gáis Eireann. In the end of 2012, the utility again opted for Nordex strong-wind turbines and placed an order for 35 N90/2500 wind turbines for the Knockacummer wind farm. The contract provides for the turn-key completion of the wind [...]
17/05/2013
Gamesa reinforces its strategic commitment to Brazil having met the nations new local content requirements
Gamesa has achieved another milestone in its Brazilian market strategy, having accredited the new local content requirements established just four months ago by Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (BNDES) for foreign companies operating in Brazil. So far, just one other company has met these requirements. The new regulation, compliance with which is a [...]
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