“We are seeing offshore wind power rapidly gaining traction around the world and a large number of offshore wind turbines are under construction and planning.”
Continue readingSunvalley Solar Awarded New Solar Energy Contract
Sunvalley Solar, a leading solar power technology and solar system integration company, announced today that it has been awarded an 88 KW solar system installation contract by Hans Enterprise Ltd. in Anaheim, CA.
Continue readingenXco and KCP&L sign PPA for 100.8 MW of Wind Energy
enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, and KCP&L have entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a 100.8MW wind farm to be built in Ford County, Kansas, wind GE wind turbines.
Continue readingKenya wind farm to start by april
Construction of a 310 megawatt (MW) wind energy project in Kenya is expected to start in April after its financiers complete due diligence on the wind power project.
Continue readingSiemens wins about 1.4 GW in offshore wind power contracts
Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals has ordered up to 130 wind turbines from Siemens Canada for a 300 MW offshore wind farm on Lake Ontario.
Continue readingSwitzerland: Walking the talk on renewable energy
The CRF programme allows producers of clean energy (hydro, solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy and biomass) to sell electricity to the grid at higher than the market price.
Continue readingGermany reports record 60 per cent surge in solar energy generation
‘Solar power has become an indispensable ingredient for the success of the energy transformation,’ said Carsten Körnig, chief executive of BSW-Solar.
Continue readingInstalled capacity of photovoltaic solar energy exceeds 100 MW in Xinjiang
Four 20-megawatt on-grid photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants recently completed construction and began operation in northwestern China?s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Continue readingElection year is crunch time for US wind power policy
According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), policy makers should quickly extend the PTC, which is the US wind farm sector?s main policy incentive, in order to replace the industry?s boom and bust cycles.
Continue readingIsrael to build two concentrated solar power plants for 180 MW
Israel awarded licences to build two concentrating solar thermal power plants that will produce 180 megawatts of electricity, reports Reuters.
Continue readingIn former anti-wind farm hotbed, wind turbines are part of landscape
Wind energy is demonstrably one of the cleanest energy sources: no mining or drilling for fuel, no air pollution, no water pollution, no greenhouse gases, no hazardous wastes or ash, and virtually no water use.
Continue readingTop scientist says wind energy offers best value for money
Investing in renewable sources of energy such as wind power would save £84 per person per year, bringing the cost down to the equivalent of £4,598.
Continue readingFeed-in tariff for solar energy soon in Pakistan
Minister for water and power, Syed Naveed Qamar, said government will soon announce feed-in tariff for solar power. Government has set a target of generating 1500 MW from wind energy by 2013.
Continue readingOntario wind farm completed
Comber wind power plant consists of 72, 2.3-megawatt Siemens wind turbines with 101-meter rotors – currently the largest rotor available in the North American wind energy market.
Continue readingSo far, electric vehicles coming up short: 20,000 EVs in USA
Last year, the electric-car revolution became real. The White House hopes to meet its ambitious goal of putting 1.5 million lithium ion batteries electric cars on the road by mid-decade.
Continue readingZinc air batteries for grids
Eos Energy is on a mission to develop a low-cost, high-energy rechargeable zinc-air battery for utility and electric vehicles.
Continue readingChinese Photovoltaic Solar Energy Manufacturers Target U.S. as European Operations Slow
In recent months, solar energy manufacturers from across the globe have focused more attention on the United States as the European debt crisis has caused demand uncertainty in the onetime solar power hotbed.
Continue readingSchwarzenegger fund buys $30m stake in wind energy group Gamesa
DFA becomes one of Gamesa’s largest shareholders alongside Spanish utility Iberdrola, which has 19.6%, and Blackrock Inc which holds 4.9%. Gamesa is the great Spanish manufacturer of wind turbines.
Continue readingSolar energy to provide 10pc of Saudi Arabia needs
Saudi Arabia plans to derive 10 per cent of its electrical supply from the sun by 2020 and the kingdom will eventually emerge as the world?s largest source of solar power.
Continue readingBrightSource Energy Names Dick Kelly as Board Chairman
BrightSource Energy is a leader in the design and development of concentrating solar thermal power technology used to produce high-value electricity and steam.
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