The US investment fund Blackstone plans to invest several billion euros in German wind farm plants, as the biggest economy in Europe will need the energy when it abandons nuclear power by 2022.
Continue readingRenewable energy investment grows to 211 billion dollars in 2010
The renewable installed capacity of wind energy, concentrating solar power, solar energy photovoltaic and geothermal energy rose from 250 to 312 GW between 2009 and 2010.
Continue readingNew wind power capacity has by far exceeded new nuclear power capacity
The world installed almost 50% more new wind energy capacity in 2010 alone (38.3 GW) than it installed new nuclear capacity in the last decade (26.1 GW).
Continue readingNevada’s first utility-scale wind power plant
Nevada’s first utility-scale wind farm, the Spring Valley Wind Energy Facility, already on a fast-track approval process through the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), also has been on a fast track through the courts.
Continue readingToyota to produce electric vehicles in Ontario
Toyota will build its newest electric car with lithium ion batteries in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced.
Continue reading20% of Iowa?s electricity from wind turbines
A new report shows Iowa now generates 20 percent of its electricity from wind power. The American Wind Energy Association says Iowa leads the nation in wind farm capacity.
Continue reading$967 Million Loan Guarantee to Agua Caliente Solar Power Project
DOE has issued loan guarantees to support several of the world?s largest concentrated solar energy generation facilities, three geothermal energy projects and the world?s largest wind energy plant.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power: BrightSource Energy launches molten salt solar thermal storage
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.
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