Presently installed wind farm capacity in Africa has with Egypt, the continent’s wind energy leader, a mere 550 megawatts (MW), Morocco has 286 MW of wind turbines and Tunisia has 114MW.
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Wind Energy, Solar Power Industries in Limbo as Congress Set to Adjourn
America’s first offshore wind farm is shelved, and sales of electric vehicles are missing targets. America’s wind power and solar energy industries are stuck in limbo, waiting anxiously if Congress will extend subsidies.
Continue readingInsight into the German wind energy
German wind power association BWE has recently released two major new reports. ?Wind Energy Market 2011? focuses on the German and international wind farm markets and on wind turbines technology and service.
Continue readingSolar Energy Industry at 2012?s Solar Power Generation USA
Four dedicated channels: Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP), Photovoltaic Solar Energy (PV), Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Power (CPV), and Operation and Maintenance (O&M).
Continue readingWind energy in Bolivia: China will give funding for the first wind farm
Chinese wind power companies will install wind turbines in Chile and Ecuador. In Bolivia, the Chinese companies financing wind farm projects.
Continue readingHawai’i Public Utilities Commission Approves Contract for Kawailoa Wind Energy Project
The Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission approved an agreement between First Wind and Hawaiian Electric Company for the utility to purchase wind power produced by the proposed 69-megawatt Kawailoa Wind Farm.
Continue readingIndia?s premier conference and exhibition on wind power in India
The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), the World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE), and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), are proud to announce WIND POWER INDIA 2012.
Continue readingThe AfDB co-financing Ouarzazte concentrating solar power plant
The AfDB’s Clean Technology Fund (CTF) pipeline for 2012 includes concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) projects in Kom Ombo, Egypt and Ouarzazate concentrated solar energy, Morocco.
Continue readingADF geothermal energy project to boost supply in Kenya
Kenya has substantial geothermal power potential, and has made this sector a priority in its 2030 vision, with the objective to develop 5000 MW of geothermal energy.
Continue readingGreen Beer Comes to Hale?s Ales with Installation of Hybrid Solar Thermal System
Net Zero Impact LLC is expert in the design and installation of hybrid solar energy technologies for commercial applications in the Pacific Northwest.
Continue readingBuffett Buys 49% Stake in $1.8 Billion NRG Solar Power Plant
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in NRG Energy Inc.’s $1.8 billion Agua Caliente solar energy project.
Continue readingChina Datang Renewable to Profit Up 50 Pct
From January to November in 2011, wind energy generators produced electricity of 6.27 billion kilowatt-hours, profiting to the tune of 557 million yuan (87.75 million U.S. dollars).
Continue readingA two-day event in Milan to discuss geothermal energy with Enel Green Power
The experts? aim is to share ideas and define actions necessary to promote the development of geothermal energy and investments to be made over the coming years.
Continue readingGujarat to have 300 MW of solar power
Declining any extension of deadline for developers, DJ Pandian, energy secretary, Government of Gujarat said that only 300 MW of solar energy projects may commission before the year ends.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Rwanda
According to the national electricity master plan, geothermal energy is expected to contribute at least 300 MW to the national grid by 2017, and potentially provide half of the country’s energy requirements by 2020.
Continue readingSolar Power Generation USA
Award nominations are now open for Solar Utility of the Year, Photovoltaic Project of the Year, Concentrated Solar Power Project of the Year, and Concentrating Photovoltaic Solar Power.
Continue readingSiemens wins order for offshore wind farm in Germany
Siemens Energy has received another large order to build an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the Amrumbank West wind energy project in the North Sea, the company is supplying 80 wind turbines.
Continue readingE.ON approves 219 MW UK offshore wind farm
E.ON has unveiled that its Humber Gateway wind energy plant off the East Yorkshire coast, will consist of a 73 wind turbines that will generate up to 219 MW of electricity, enough to wind power up to 170,000 homes.
Continue readingKorea First to get ‘Next Generation’ Wind Turbines
Representatives for Korea have signed a Letter of Intent to purchase 2,500 megawatts worth of wind power from Infinity Energy Inc., making it among the largest Wind Farm Plants in the world when complete.
Continue readingClimate change will have a positive impact on the output of solar power
Regions were selected for the study on account of existing or planned large photovoltaic solar energy or Concentrating Solar Power plants.
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