BrightSource Energy, Inc., a solar thermal technology company, launched a new concentrated solar thermal power plant solution for utilities.
Continue readingLos Angeles Times misleads on safety in wind energy industry
The wind power industry takes safety extremely seriously. AWEA’s Safety Committee has been working diligently to establish training programs to enhance those already in place at individual companies.
Continue readingSiemens To Supply 80 Wind Turbines For Offshore Wind Power Plant In Germany
Siemens secures wind energy order for sixth offshore wind farm plant in Germany.
Continue readingEnel Green Power – new solar energy plant in Sicily
The plant is located on the historic site on which Enel created the world?s first concentrated solar power plant in 1981.
Continue readingUltracapacitors and Electric Vehicles
The Ultracapacitors market has also been witnessing increasing awareness of electric cars.
Continue readingNew wind energy plant planned for Iowa
The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that construction on the $235 million wind power project is expected to begin in 2012.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy project in Germany secures financing
The Meerwind wind farm southwest of Helgoland will be one of Germany’s largest offshore wind power plants with 80 wind turbines. Blackstone also bought a license for a second offshore wind energy project.
Continue readingBlackstone to Invest $3.5B in German Wind Farm
The U.S. private equity firm group will announce on Friday that it has secured financing for an 80 wind turbines wind farm in the North Sea, which it plans to complete constructing by 2013.
Continue readingUS wind power capacity up 72% in 1H, according to AWEA
According to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) second quarter report, 2151 MW wind turbines was installed over the period. Iowa passes the 20% mark in electricity generation from wind farm.
Continue readingUpdates on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants
The concentrated solar energy industry has seen several Concentrating Solar Power plants leaving the status of ?planning? or ?under construction? to operation in the last 12 months.
Continue readingPG&E, Sempra Generation in solar energy deal
PG&E and Sempra Energy subsidiary Sempra Generation signed a 25-year contract under which PG&E will receive 150 megawatts of solar power from Sempra.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Wind Power to Develop Offshore Wind Energy in Guangdong
The cooperation between Ming Yang and CTGNE will focus on offshore wind farm development in Guangdong, giving Ming Yang preferential supplier status in CTGNE wind turbines projects in Guangdong.
Continue readingEnel Green Power new 16 MW wind farm online in Avila, Spain
The new wind power plant in the province of Avila will produce 42.7 million kilowatt hours of power a year, enough to meet the energy needs of about 15800 households, and will cut CO2 emissions by 31600 tonnes a year.
Continue readingVestas to supply wind turbines for 46.8MW wind farm in India
Vestas has secured a wind energy order from Powerica to supply wind turbines for the 46.8MW Vandiya Power Wind Farm in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Continue readingCuba Promotes Wind Power
Cuban experts will promote research on how to better use wind energy as a renewable energy source and reduce damage to the environment. Cuba has wind turbines from Gamesa anda Goldwind.
Continue readingU.S. wind energy continued to rebound in the second quarter, with 2,151 megawatts
U.S. wind power continued to rebound in the second quarter, with 2,151 megawatts (MW) of wind farm capacity installed in the first half of 2011 versus 1,250 MW during the same time in 2010, up 72 percent.
Continue readingMini electric vehicles trial results
40 electric cars Minis with lithium ion batteries leased over 12 months. Running an electric car costs less than 2p a mile, an extensive field trial has found.
Continue readingSolar Power for Electric Vehicles
Solar energy powered electric car chargers are bound to appease critics who say that electric cars with lithium ion batteries are as clean as the energy that feeds them.
Continue readingSiemens to set up two divisions for wind energy, and solar power and hydro
“We want to continue our success story in wind turbines business and establish the basis for further growth,” said Michael Suess, CEO of the Siemens Energy Sector.
Continue readingSunPower Signs 15 MW Solar Energy Agreement with Mahindra
Mahindra and SunPower to Collaborate on Multiple Solar Power Plants in India.
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