There was big news in the renewable energy world this week, as Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors announced plans to buy Solar City. However, earlier Huffington Post coverage by reporters Alexander Kaurman and Damon Beres misunderstands Musk’s support for wind and reiterates two myths about it. As Musk noted, wind is “part of the equation.” He … Continue reading Wind power and solar energy work together to diversify American energy
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Mainstream Renewable Power Signs Landmark Africa Clean Energy Equity Funding
Global renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power (www.MainstreamRP.com) has signed $117.5m equity investment from investors including IFC (www.IFC.org), the IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund (ALAC) and the IFC Catalyst Fund, two funds managed by IFC Asset Management Company, Ascension Investment Management and Sanlam to accelerate the build-out of megawatts of wind and solar … Continue reading Mainstream Renewable Power Signs Landmark Africa Clean Energy Equity Funding
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Wind energy in Ethiopia: Chines Firm to Develop Wind Farm in Aisha
The Chinese electric company, Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited (DECL), concluded an agreement with Ethiopian Electric Power Utility (EEPU) for the development of wind farm in Aisha area of Somali State, Ethiopia. The wind farm is expected to cost 257 million USD and it will be located in 20 kilometers distance from Ethio-Djibouti border. According to … Continue reading Wind energy in Ethiopia: Chines Firm to Develop Wind Farm in Aisha
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Africa’s largest wind farm set to power Kenya
The Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project is both the largest single wind power project in Africa and the largest single private investment in Kenya’s history. It is being developed in Marsabit County, 12km east of Lake Turkana – the biggest permanent desert lake in the world – approximately 530km north of Nairobi, the country’s … Continue reading Africa’s largest wind farm set to power Kenya
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GE to install 250 MW of wind energy in Germany
GE says the agreement represents its largest wind collaboration in the country to date. In addition, the company has received a firm order for 30 MW of new wind capacity at UKA Group’s Duben Süd wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany. The order also includes a 15-year full services agreement. The Duben Süd order, comprising 11 … Continue reading GE to install 250 MW of wind energy in Germany
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Siemens presents cost out strategy for offshore wind energy by 2025
In early June, 2016, eleven members of the wind industry association Wind Europe issued a joined declaration containing the target of making offshore wind energy more cost competitive with conventional power generation within the coming years. At the Global Offshore Wind 2016 conference and exhibition in Manchester, England, Siemens as one of the first companies … Continue reading Siemens presents cost out strategy for offshore wind energy by 2025
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Solar energy could meet up to 13% of global power needs by 2030
Dramatic cost reductions could drive sharp increase in global solar PV capacity The share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2 per cent today to as much as 13 per cent by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Released today at InterSolar Europe, … Continue reading Solar energy could meet up to 13% of global power needs by 2030
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Scottish wind farm to power Nestlé UK and Ireland’s operations
A brand new wind farm in the Scottish borders will power Nestlé’s operations in the UK & Ireland when it is completed in 2017. All of Nestlé’s grid-supplied electricity in the UK and Ireland already comes from renewable sources and the newly commissioned windfarm will generate new power to initially cover half of the company’s … Continue reading Scottish wind farm to power Nestlé UK and Ireland’s operations
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Gamesa will become one of the global leaders in the wind power industry following the merger with Siemens
Gamesa held its Shareholders’ General Meeting, at second call, today in Zamudio (Vizcaya, Spain), at which its shareholders approved its 2015 financial statements and the company’s management throughout the year. Among the items approved today, it is worth highlighting the ratification of the appointments of Gema Góngora and Sonsoles Rubio as proprietary directors and of … Continue reading Gamesa will become one of the global leaders in the wind power industry following the merger with Siemens
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IRENA and the Terrawatt Initiative launch effort to boost global solar energy development
Leaders in energy, finance and law will collaborate to scale up solar energy under a new initiative officially launched today on the margins of InterSolar Europe. The Solar Energy Standardisation Initiative, led by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Terrawatt Initiative, aims to spur global solar development by standardising contracts to streamline the … Continue reading IRENA and the Terrawatt Initiative launch effort to boost global solar energy development
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Dong Energy to construct new operations and maintenance in Merseyside for offshore wind energy
Dong Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe to serve its two offshore wind farms in the area. The facility will consist of a new office and warehouse building on a disused site. It will serve the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and the new Burbo Bank … Continue reading Dong Energy to construct new operations and maintenance in Merseyside for offshore wind energy
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Wind energy could provide 26% of China’s electricity by 2030
China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power — if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to a newly published MIT study. The study forecasts that wind power could provide 26 percent of China’s projected electricity demand by 2030, up from 3 percent in 2015. Such a … Continue reading Wind energy could provide 26% of China’s electricity by 2030
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Vestas to build 1,000 wind turbines for Iowa wind farm
Vestas announced that it was selected as the sole provider for a major new wind farm in Iowa. They entered into a conditional agreement with MidAmerican Energy to supply as many as 1,000 new wind turbines for project which is pending approval by the Iowa Public Utilities Commission. MidAmerican is a first of it’s kind … Continue reading Vestas to build 1,000 wind turbines for Iowa wind farm
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Offshore wind power would reduce Turkey’s energy dependence
Offshore wind power appears to be more efficient than onshore plants, according to experts. However, building offshore wind power plants requires a more investment compared to onshore plants. Despite the cost, offshore plants pay back more. With a long Mediterranean coastline, Turkey has the potential to generate its own energy. While the resource-poor country focuses … Continue reading Offshore wind power would reduce Turkey’s energy dependence
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Cuba promotes wind power with Chinese wind turbines
Some 500 years after ocean winds swept Christopher Columbus’ ships into Gibara Bay, in Cuba’s eastern province of Holguin, officials are harnessing those same sea breezes to generate electricity. The historic town of Gibara, where the famed explorer set foot during his first voyage to Cuba, is home to two wind farms that are part … Continue reading Cuba promotes wind power with Chinese wind turbines
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China to generate a quarter of electricity from wind energy by 2030
China is on track to generate more than a quarter of its electricity from wind power by 2030, and the figure could rise to nearly a third with power sector reforms, a new study has found. Within 14 years, more new generating capacity – mostly clean energy – will come online in China than currently … Continue reading China to generate a quarter of electricity from wind energy by 2030
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Predictive analytics among top trends at WINDPOWER 2016
Seth Morris is a Senior Sales Executive at SparkCognition who focuses on helping his customers leverage the latest innovations in cognitive machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop revolutionary solutions in the areas of predictive prognostics, optimization, and cyber/physical security. SparkCognition is cognitive, data-driven analytic company focused on delivering reliability, safety and security to the industrial … Continue reading Predictive analytics among top trends at WINDPOWER 2016
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Wind energy in Philippines: six potential wind power projects in Luzon
Energy Development Corp., a renewable power producer led by the Lopez Group, plans to build six more power projects that will add 1,500 megawatts. EDC received an approval from the Energy Department to conduct studies on six potential wind power projects in Luzon and the Visayas to determine their impact on the power grid. Latest … Continue reading Wind energy in Philippines: six potential wind power projects in Luzon
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Wind power in Sindh: 46 wind energy projects in final phase
In Sindh, the construction work on forty-six wind energy power projects is in final phase and is expected to start producing electricity by the end of next year. Official sources told Radio Pakistan Karachi correspondent that Sindh government has already completed the work on six wind energy power projects.
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A renewable energy reality: Fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere
The artwork for Ontario’s Climate Change Action plan shows Ontario, circa 2050, as a paradise of cyclists, electric cars, wind turbines, solar panels, dense urban environments and homes powered by geothermal energy. Renewable energy industries could not have been happier. These industries have been growing fast, their products becoming cheaper, their subsidies continuing, their consumers … Continue reading A renewable energy reality: Fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere
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