The Orites wind power consists of 41 towering white Vestas V90 2MW wind turbines, spread over the 16km site.
Continue readingGiraSolar to build biggest solar power plant in Turkey
GiraSolar is in talks with local Turkish energy companies to build a 100-MW photovoltaic solar energy plant in southern Turkey.
Continue readingNissan electric vehicles LEAF delivered to first UK customers
The great thing about electric cars with lithium ion batteries is that the fuel distribution is already in place. The LEAF is a proper full size family electric car with a 100 mile range.
Continue readingInitiative to pave the way for electric cars
In Italy Enel Distribuzione is devising the recharge infrastructure for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries as well as coordinating demo projects.
Continue readingRWE’s first own offshore vessel for wind energy
The ship will take the transport of 48 wind turbines of the six-megawatt class. Full completion of the ?Nordsee Ost? wind farm is planned for 2013. The wind power plant of 295 MW will supply 295,000 homes in Germany.
Continue readingColizen signs agreement with Renault for the supply of electric vehicles Kangoo Z.E.
2011 is a decisive year in Renault’s history, with the launch of three electric car models, Fluence Z.E., Kangoo Z.E. and Twizy, followed by ZOE in 2012.
Continue readingThe leading role of renewable energy
Over the past 10 years the world renewable market has registered by far the fastest growth, especially solar power photovoltaic (+39.9% annual average) and wind energy (+29.7% average).
Continue readingBangladesh joined the geothermal energy
Soon to be constructed the first geothermal power plant for electricity generation in Bangladesh, which will thus become the twenty-sixth country in the world to use this source of renewable energy.
Continue readingInner Mongolia’s installed wind energy ranks first in China
The installed wind farm capacity of the grid-connected wind power in Inner Mongolia reached 10.9 GW by February 2011, making it China’s first region to possess 10 GW of grid-connected installed wind ene
Continue readingSaudi Arabia looking to invest in solar power
Saudi Arabia announced that it would be looking to develop its solar energy, geothermal energy and wind energy sectors.
Continue readingBillion Electric is planning to introduce its latest Solar Power and Wind Energy Solutions
Billion Electric is planning to introduce its latest Solar Energy and Wind Power Solutions, Intelligent Streetlight Control and Management Solutions, Smart Grid AMI Solutions and BPL/EoC Broadband Access.
Continue readingEnel Green Power: new solar power photovoltaic in Italy
The San Gillio solar energy project in Piedmont will have an installed capacity of about 5 MW.
Continue readingRenewable energy, a much better option than nuclear power
Wind power and solar energy, after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power, have proven to be a much cheaper option and without the dangers of nuclear energy.
Continue readingWind energy was the technology that generated more electricity in Spain
It is the first time in history that wind power is the first technology of the system for a full month. Wind farm production reached 4,738 GWh. Wind turbines covered 21% of the electricity demand.
Continue readingFukushima is not Chernobyl, but it is potentially worse
When you hear ‘no immediate danger’ from nuclear radiation then you should run away as far and as fast as you can.
Continue readingSolFocus 1 MW concentrated solar photovoltaic system
SolFocus, Bechtel Power, and developer Sol Orchard just announced that the 1-megawatt concentrated solar photovoltaic plant was completed for Nichols Farms in Hanford, California.
Continue readingWind energy in France – Largest wind farm now on line
With 30 N100/2500 wind turbines and a total wind power capacity of 75 MW, the Germinon wind farm located to the west of Paris is currently the largest Nordex wind farm in France.
Continue readingChina approves 10 large wind energy projects
The NDRC announced that it has approved 10 large wind farm projects in Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, and Hebei provinces.
Continue readingChina?s largest wind farm developer places 48 MW wind energy order with Vestas
Vestas has signed its first wind power order in 2011 with China Longyuan Power Group for 48 MW. The order consists of 24 wind turbines V80-2.0 MW which will be installed in Fujian.
Continue readingChina may double solar energy goal
China, the world’s largest solar photovoltaic exporter, is likely to boast 10 GW of solar power capacity by 2015 from the current 1 GW, doubling its existing target amid rising doubts about the safety of nuclear energy.
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