Tata Power has been selected as the “Preferred Bidder” for the 139 MW Amakhala Wind Farm project and the 95 MW Tsitsikamma Wind powerproject by the Department of Energy, South Africa (DoE).
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Obama calls for extending wind energy tax breaks
President Obama ? here to stump for an extension for wind power tax breaks ? hammered Thursday on congressional Republicans as stumbling blocks to economic progress.
Continue readingenXco Acquires Pinelands Biomass Project
“For more than two decades, we have been a leader in wind-energy focusing on large-scale wind projects. Today enXco’s portfolio includes solar power and biomass technologies.”
Continue readingWind energy in Vietnam: first sea wind turbines built in Bac Lieu
Two sea wind turbines have been installed in the sea off southern Bac Lieu Province, as part of the first sea wind power project. Under the wind farm project, 62 wind turbines will be installed.
Continue readingSolar Impulse to attempt flight to Africa
The trip will coincide with the start of work in Morocco?s Ouarzazate region to construct the largest concentrated solar power plant ever built.
Continue readingSolar power in Cyprus
Easy Power presented their plans for the construction of a photovoltaic (PV) plant and a concentrating solar thermal power plant, which could more than quadruple Cyprus? installed solar energy capacity.
Continue readingWhat’s at stake in week when President Obama addresses wind energy workers
Bipartisan support keeps mounting to extend the critical Production Tax Credit that allows U.S. wind power to install 35% of all new U.S. electric generating capacity
Continue readingWind farm: PTC extension passes milestone with 100 cosponsors in U.S. House
Two Cabinet secretaries met with 14 wind turbines industry leaders at the White House recently to discuss how to get the PTC extended before Congress takes its summer recess.
Continue readingAt last, a resource map for small wind turbines
Big news for the growth of distributed wind power: the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Wind Energy Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently published wind resource maps for the U.S..
Continue readingSubsidies for wind power
?EU Plans to Phase Out Solar Power, Wind-Energy Subsidies? was the headline last weekend in Business Week ? echoing a similar story in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Continue readingVestas wind energy plant in Kent given approval
A plan to build wind turbines in Kent, with the creation of about 1,600 jobs, has been given approval.
Continue readingSouth Africa awards additional large-scale solar energy project
SolarReserve, Intikon and Kensani are cooperating further to develop additional photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power projects in South Africa.
Continue readingApex Wind Energy begins work on Oklahoma wind farm
Apex said Wednesday in a news release that it has begun construction of the $470 million Canadian Hills Wind power project outside Oklahoma City.
Continue readingSoitec Announces Project Financing for Solar Photovoltaic Power Project in South Africa
Soitec Announces Project Financing for Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic Power Project in Western Cape, South Africa – Deal Analysis from GlobalData.
Continue readingDawson Energy Completes Griffin and Commences London Array Wind Energy Plants
Siemens Wind Power is supplying the 175 wind turbines for the wind farm. Each will be rated at 3.6MW, be fitted with the new Siemens 120m rotor
Continue readingTop Concentrating Solar Power companies to meet in Madrid
In just two weeks, Madrid will host the only techno-economic event focused in Concentrated Solar Power; the 2nd CSP Optimisation Summit, 5-6 June, with more than 150 solar thermal experts set to attend.
Continue readingPakistan?s renewable energy awaits tapping
Naseer Ahmed, president of the Renewable and Alternative Energy Association of Pakistan, said solar power systems were costly despite government incentives such as abolition of taxes for solar panels.
Continue readingGeothermal energy reaches 11,224 MW
The global geothermal energy market has grown to approximately 11,224 megawatts of installed capacity as of May 2012, with the United States remaining the world leader with approximately 3,187 MW.
Continue readingMiaSole Sets Flexible PV Efficiency World Record at 15.5 Percent
MiaSole is a pioneer and leading developer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, one of the lowest-cost, highest efficiency solar panels in the world.
Continue readingIsrael’s Arava solar power to build eight photovoltaic solar energy plants
Company secures $204 million in funding, largest financial closing in the country’s solar power industry.
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