The EIB will grant EUR 333 million to finance the Northwind offshore wind power plant. The financial close, which was announced today, will cover the construction and operation of a 216 MW offshore wind farm.
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Goldwind sells 19.5MW Australian wind farm to China Guandong Wind Energy
The 19.5-megawatt Morton’s Lane wind farm consists of 13 1.5-megawatt Goldwind direct-drive wind turbines and generates 60 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
Continue readingTwo Views of Our Future
Mainstream economists see the 2008?09 global economic recession and near-collapse of the international financial system as a bump in the road, albeit an unusually big one, before a return to growth as usual.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power: Abengoa commissions 50 MW plant in Spain
Abengoa has commissioned the first of two 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Continue readingSENER to supply technology for 50 MW Concentrating Solar Power plant in South Africa
The Bokpoort concentrated solar thermal power plant (CSP) will be located near the city of Upington, in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province.
Continue readingWind Farm: petition leadership for immediate PTC extension
Highlighting the bipartisan nature of wind power was a recent dialogue between Karl Rove, former senior advisor to President George W. Bush, and Robert Gibbs, former Press Secretary and advisor to President Obama.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power plant near the Kalahari Desert
Acciona, in a consortium with other companies, will build a concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plant near the Kalahari Desert.
Continue readingSmith Electric Vehicles Announces Appointment of John F. Smith to Board of Directors, Robin Mackie to President
Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. is a leader in all-electric commercial vehicles. Smith produces zero-emission vehicles that are designed to be a superior-performing alternative to traditional diesel trucks.
Continue readingStanford scientists develop ultrafast nickel-iron battery
The enhanced device eventually could be used in electric vehicles, much as Edison originally envisioned.
Continue readingA123 Systems to Supply Advanced Nanophosphate® Lithium-ion Battery Technology for Aviation Applications
Lithium-ion battery technology offers stable chemistry, faster charging, consistent output, excellent cycle life and superior cost performance.
Continue readingSpray-on battery revealed
The design could revolutionise the design of lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops, cellphones and electric vehicles.
Continue readingGL Garrad Hassan releases update of wind farm design software
GL Garrad Hassan offers services to the onshore and offshore wind energy, wave energy, tidal energy and solar energy sectors.
Continue readingChina Guangdong Nuclear Wind Energy acquired a wind farm in Australia
The 19.5-megawatt Morton’s Lane wind farm consists of 13 1.5-megawatt Goldwind direct-drive wind turbines and generates 60 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
Continue readingThermal scout finds trouble at solar plants
At a 20-megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, some 10,000 mirrors reflect sunlight onto 10,000 receiver tubes, each of which must operate efficiently to get the maximum impact from the sun.
Continue readingCourt approves BrightSource purchase of 500 MW Palen Concentrated Solar Power project
The Palen concentrating solar power project was originally developed by Solar Millennium and designed as a solar thermal parabolic trough plant.
Continue readingA consortium made up of SENER, Acciona, TSK and Crowie to build a 50 MW concentrated solar power plant in South Africa
The Bokpoort concentrating solar power plant, estimated to cost ?300 million, will have over 100 km of SENERtrough® parabolic troughs and will employ a nine hour molten salt heat storage system.
Continue readingHelios 1 Spanish concentrated solar power plant operational
Abengoa (MCE: ABG) has begun operation of Helios 1, the first of the two parabolic trough concentrating solar thermal power plants in the Castilla-La Mancha Solar Complex.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power: BrightSource Energy Names Mathew Brett Senior Vice President
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading concentrated solar thermal power technology company, has named Mathew Brett as senior vice president of international development.
Continue readingGridSense, an Acorn Energy Company, Partners with California Utility to Measure Photovoltaics’ Effect on the Power Grid
GridSense is a smart grid technology company dedicated to providing innovative, practical and cost effective monitoring solutions to the electric power industry.
Continue readingWind energy in Belgium: Vestas wins 216 MW offshore wind farm
The wind power order includes supply, installation and commissioning of 72 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines, along with a 15-year service and maintenance agreement.
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