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Evwind, Wind Energy

Enel admitted to new sustainability index series

The Enel Group has been admitted to the prestigious CDP Italy Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 2014, published in the CDP Italy 100 Climate Report 2014. Enel was ranked in the index as a leading company in terms of quality, comprehensiveness and transparency of climate change data it made available to the market through CDP, the … Continue reading Enel admitted to new sustainability index series →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Chinese wind turbines to be tested in Australia wind farm

China will be testing wind farm technology in Australia as one of the continent’s states, Tasmania, bolsters the economic relationship it has with the Asian giant. Shenhua Group, a Chinese energy and mining company leader, will be installing and testing wind turbines in a 10- to 30-megawatt wind farm with one of Woolnorth Wind Farm … Continue reading Chinese wind turbines to be tested in Australia wind farm →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind Energy in China: Gamesa to supply wind turbines for a wind farm

Gamesa will install 32 of its G97-2.0 MW wind turbines for CGN and 24 of the same model for Everbright.     Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has further consolidated its Chinese presence with two new supply contracts. The first is a new contract with CGN Wind Energy, a subsidiary of China’s … Continue reading Wind Energy in China: Gamesa to supply wind turbines for a wind farm →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

GE wind turbines for wind farm in Croatia

GE announced it will supply Vienna-based renewable energy developer RP Global with twelve GE 2.85-103 wind turbines for the Rudine wind farm GE’s first wind farm in Croatia.   The latest in a series of first wind turbine orders in countries such as Morocco and Pakistan, GE today announced it will supply Vienna-based renewable energy … Continue reading GE wind turbines for wind farm in Croatia →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind Energy To Power New Google Datacenter

Google has announced its new Eemshaven datacenter will be 100% powered by renewable energy from its first day of operation. Google says it has struck an agreement to buy all the output of a new Eneco wind farm currently under construction at Delfzijl, near Eemshaven in the Netherlands for the next decade. “By entering into … Continue reading Wind Energy To Power New Google Datacenter →

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Wind Energy

Antonio Luque, photovoltaic solar pioneer in Spain, to receive $60,000 B?er award

Antonio Luque, professor and director of the Institute of Solar Energy at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain, will receive the Karl W.  B?er Solar Energy Medal of Merit at a ceremony to be held at the University of Delaware on March 13, 2015. The medal and a cash award of $60,000, funded by the … Continue reading Antonio Luque, photovoltaic solar pioneer in Spain, to receive $60,000 B?er award →

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Electric Vehicle, Evwind

Acciona will compete in the Dakar Rally with the first ever zero-emission, electric car

Acciona, the Spanish infrastructure, water, services and renewable energies multinational company, has designed and built the first electrically powered car based entirely on renewable sources. The vehicle was officially presented today at ACCIONA S.A. head office in Madrid as further evidence of ACCIONA’s commitment to innovation, renewable energy and sustainable development. Developing ACCIONA 100% EcoPowered … Continue reading Acciona will compete in the Dakar Rally with the first ever zero-emission, electric car →

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Wind Energy

Acciona Windpower to supply 165 MW of wind turbines for IKEA’s largest wind energy project to date

ACCIONA Windpower, an ACCIONA group subsidiary company dedicated to the design, manufacture and sale of wind turbines, has completed a turbine supply agreement with Apex Clean Energy, developer of the 165 MW Cameron Wind farm, which has been purchased by IKEA Group. The agreement includes the supply of 55 ACCIONA Windpower AW125/3000 wind turbines and … Continue reading Acciona Windpower to supply 165 MW of wind turbines for IKEA’s largest wind energy project to date →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Ikea buys U.S. wind farm with Acciona wind turbines

Ikea also has invested in wind power in Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Sweden and the U.K. Ikea, the largest furniture retailer, made its biggest renewable-energy investment to date by buying a 165-megawatt wind farm in southern Texas. When the Cameron Wind Farm is complete by the end of next year, Ikea will own … Continue reading Ikea buys U.S. wind farm with Acciona wind turbines →

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Evwind, Other renewables

American Firm plans 1200 MW solar power plant in Nigeria

A consortium of American investors in renewable energy has pledged to deliver in two years, 1,200 megawatts (MW) of solar-powered electricity in Nigeria.Nigeria’s Thisday newspaper report on Tuesday said that the consortium, operating under the auspices of MOTIR SEASPIRE and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo in … Continue reading American Firm plans 1200 MW solar power plant in Nigeria →

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Wind Energy

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) opportunity in China

Noting that BrightSource’s Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)  technology has shown “good stability in commercial operation” at its 392 MW tower project at Ivanpah; Shanghai Electric Group Company just signed a joint agreement with BrightSource to construct two tower CSP projects in the Qinghai province. These herald a huge new market for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)  … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) opportunity in China →

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Evwind, Grids

Revenue from Smart Grid Technologies is Expected to Reach $70.2 Billion Annually by 2023

A recent report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for smart grid technologies, including global market forecasts for revenue, broken out by technology, application, component, and region, through 2023.   The past two years have seen accelerating technological advancements and shifting priorities among utility industry stakeholders.  The benefits of smart grid technology are becoming … Continue reading Revenue from Smart Grid Technologies is Expected to Reach $70.2 Billion Annually by 2023 →

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Evwind, News Menu, Other renewables, Wind Energy

SunEdison gets wind power firm

SunEdison and its power-plant holding company, TerraForm Power Inc. (TERP), agreed to buy closely held First Wind Holdings Inc. for $2.4 billion, expanding the types of renewable-energy projects it can develop.   SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), a leading global solar developer, and TerraForm Power, Inc. (Nasdaq: TERP), a global owner and operator of renewable energy … Continue reading SunEdison gets wind power firm →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Blue Earth Annouces Letter of Agreement to Purchase 273 MW of Solar Energy and Wind Power Projects in Mexic

Blue Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBLU) an alternative/renewable energy and energy efficiency services company, announced it has signed a letter of agreement that provides the Company the exclusive rights to acquire six projects totaling 273 MW, that are in various stages of development. Four of the projects are utility scale solar projects (totaling 105MW’s) and two … Continue reading Blue Earth Annouces Letter of Agreement to Purchase 273 MW of Solar Energy and Wind Power Projects in Mexic →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Siemens plans Green Port Hull Offshore Wind Energy Plants

Siemens has announced plans to incorporate a leaner, more efficient wind turbine blade manufacturing facility at Green Port Hull, by developing on a single site at Alexandra Dock in Hull. The commitment to create 1,000 direct jobs through the £310 million investment on the Humber is unchanged. Under the revised plans, the blade plant will … Continue reading Siemens plans Green Port Hull Offshore Wind Energy Plants →

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Evwind, Other renewables

India plans to install 100,000 MW of solar energy, photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power, by 2022

India is working at revising the solar power target to 100,000 MW for 2022 from the current 20,000 MW.   “We have reset the targets of renewable energy. The earlier target for solar energy was 20,000 MW till 2022, which we are trying to reset to 100,000 MW,” he said at an event here organised … Continue reading India plans to install 100,000 MW of solar energy, photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power, by 2022 →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Concentrated Solar Power SolarReserve Ranked #1 Fastest Growing Cleantech Company in North America on Deloitte 2014 Technology Fast 500™

SolarReserve’s 110 MW Crescent Dunes Concentrated Solar Power  Plant located in Nevada is the first utility-scale facility in the world to feature advanced molten salt power tower energy storage capabilities.   SolarReserve, a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced it ranked the fastest growing cleantech company … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power SolarReserve Ranked #1 Fastest Growing Cleantech Company in North America on Deloitte 2014 Technology Fast 500™ →

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Evwind, Other renewables, Wind Energy

Peru to Unveil Plans for Renewable Power Auction During UN Talks

The auction will be held in the first half of next year and will allow bids for solar energy, wind power, biomass and geothermal energy projects, said Pedro Gamio, energy coordinator for the United Nations-organized climate talks. “Peru’s main objective is to diversify its energy mix, which means to use cleaner and more economic sources,” … Continue reading Peru to Unveil Plans for Renewable Power Auction During UN Talks →

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