Aiming to capture the economic, environmental, and strategic benefits offered by vehicles that do not run on fossil fuels, the United States military is investing heavily in electric vehicles (EVs), including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). One of the largest supporters of various types of alternative drive vehicles, the U.S. Department … Continue reading The U.S. Department of Defense Will Acquire 92,000 Electric Vehicles by 2020
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Annual Installations of Wind Power Capacity in Latin America Will Double by 2022
Although wind plant construction across Latin America is modest compared to more established markets, such as South and East Asia, North America, and Europe, the region’s wind power industry is taking off at a rapid pace. Latin America has become the hottest growth market for the wind energy industry at a time when growth rates … Continue reading Annual Installations of Wind Power Capacity in Latin America Will Double by 2022
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The Lithium Ion Inflection Point
First developed in the late 1980s as an energy storage solution for consumer electronics devices, lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries have since grabbed majority market share in a number of battery applications, including electric vehicles, stationary energy storage, portable devices, and power tools.
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Japan’s biggest solar energy plant starts generating power
Japan’s biggest solar power plant opened in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima on Monday. The photovoltaic plant is a major new attempt to develop the country’s renewable energy resources amid lingering public concern over the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. The facility, the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant designed … Continue reading Japan’s biggest solar energy plant starts generating power
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KfW approves
The US$810 million Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) project is expected to be completed in 2015. Construction of the 160 MW Ouarzazate concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) project begun in Morocco during May 2013. The US$810 million project is expected to be completed in 2015. A consortium led by Saudi developer ACWA Power won the contract … Continue reading KfW approves
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IDB approves funding for wind energy project in Uruguay
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has granted a private sector loan of up to $132.6m for Carape I and II wind farms with a total capacity of 90MW in Uruguay. The bank loan, which includes $88.4m from its ordinary capital and $44.2m from the China Co-financing Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, will partially … Continue reading IDB approves funding for wind energy project in Uruguay
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Groundbreaking held today for Cross Winds Energy Plant
Consumers Energy, its contractors, Tuscola County-area landowners and local government officials held a groundbreaking event today to officially start construction of the company’s second wind park, the Cross Winds® Energy Park. “Renewable energy will continue to be a vital part of our Balanced Energy Initiative, providing Michigan residents with the energy they need, whenever they … Continue reading Groundbreaking held today for Cross Winds Energy Plant
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AREVA integrates energy storage in its Concentrated Solar Power CLFR design
AREVA Solar is collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on a new concentrated solar power (CSP) installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP storage project combines AREVA’s modular Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar design with Sandia Labs’ proven molten salt storage system. This will be the first CSP integration with Sandia Labs’ Molten Salt Test … Continue reading AREVA integrates energy storage in its Concentrated Solar Power CLFR design
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Texas
When most people, particularly out-of-staters, think of energy production and Texas they conjure up mental pictures of oil derricks, pumping jacks and “Texas Tea.” A barrel of the world’s best crude. Actually, that is not incorrect, but it is not the whole picture, either. Texas is not all about oil. Texas is all about finding … Continue reading Texas
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Workshop on Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
The enerMena Teaching Workshop offers high-level scientific teaching material on Concentrating Solar Power Technology. It is open to lecturers and professors of universities, researchers, PhD and Master students, policy-makers, engineers and other specialists who wish to deepen their knowledge on CSP. The participants will receive specific courses, to be presented by experts from the German … Continue reading Workshop on Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
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Solar energy
The solar energy’s potential in Azerbaijan is 5,000 megawatts, representative of the State Agency for Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, Jamil Melikov said on Nov. 1 at a round table meeting. According to him, the potential of wind energy in the country is 4,500 megawatts, biomass – 1,500 megawatts, geothermal energy – 800 megawatts, … Continue reading Solar energy
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Brazil plans massive wind energy expansion
Brazil must expand energy production capacity by 50 percent in the next decade to keep pace with population growth and demand for electricity. To achieve this, government planners are investing in wind energy, The Washington Post reports. Currently, the country relies largely on hydropower generated by massive dams. But wind has become an increasingly attractive … Continue reading Brazil plans massive wind energy expansion
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Consumers Energy breaks ground on $255M wind farm
The Cross Winds Energy plant will be a 105-megawatt wind farm with 62 wind turbines. It’s expected to open in late 2014 and create about 150 construction jobs. Consumers Energy has broken ground on a $255 million wind power project in Michigan that will expand the company’s renewable energy options. The unit of Jackson-based CMS … Continue reading Consumers Energy breaks ground on $255M wind farm
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OCC Newsletter Focuses on Public Welfare Investments in Wind Energy Projects
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published an online newsletter that provides information showing how national banks and federal savings associations can use public welfare investment authority to invest in wind energy projects. The online newsletter describes how banks and thrifts, with the requisite credit, legal, and accounting expertise, may use … Continue reading OCC Newsletter Focuses on Public Welfare Investments in Wind Energy Projects
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Wind energy in Estonia: Producers Hoping to Expand Offshore
Big plans to expand wind farms beyond Estonia’s coastline were discussed at the nation’s first conference to focus on offshore wind energy, held in Hiiumaa on October 29-30. Plans are still in their beginning stages, as environmental studies and other obstacles are still ahead, but producers are eyeing Hiiumaa and P
Continue readingKa Xu Solar One Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant gets EUR 210 million EIB backing
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide R2,8 billion (EUR210 million) for construction of the Ka Xu Solar One concentrating solar power plant north of Pofadder in the Northern Cape. The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide R2,8 billion (EUR210 million) for construction of the Ka Xu Solar One concentrating solar power (CSP)
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Shunfeng to buy Suntech for $492 Million
Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Ltd. (1165), a Chinese solar company owned in part by Cheng Kin Ming, plans to buy the main unit of what was once the world’s largest photovoltaic maker for 3 billion yuan ($492 million). Jiangsu Shungfeng Photovoltaic Technology Co. agreed to buy Wuxi Suntech Power Co., according to a statement Shunfeng … Continue reading Shunfeng to buy Suntech for $492 Million
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Acciona took part in the European Green Growth Summit
Acciona’s International Director-General, Carmen Becerril, calls for specific EU objectives for 2030 on renewables generation, lower GHGs and energy efficiency. Energy and Climate Change ministers from 13 EU countries and leading corporate players, among them ACCIONA, gathered yesterday at the European Green Growth Summit to address the intitiatives needed for the EU to take on … Continue reading Acciona took part in the European Green Growth Summit
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With wind energy development picking up in Michigan, leaders to summit to discuss economic benefits to the state
Wind industry executives, investors to join lawmakers at AWEA’s Wind Energy Forum November 1, 2013 East Lansing, MI – The following event is open to coverage by accredited journalists for news media outlets: What: AWEA State Energy Forum – Michigan Who: Business, political and community leaders, including Budget Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, Sen. Debbie Stabenow … Continue reading With wind energy development picking up in Michigan, leaders to summit to discuss economic benefits to the state
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Acciona Microenerg
ACCIONA Microenergía México presented its Light at Home Oaxaca Programme at Green Solutions 2013, a technology exhibit focussing on mitigating climate change. On 25 and 26 October, Morelos, Mexico, played host to the fourth Green Solutions event. Green Solutions is a space for exhibits and dialogue between the public sector and the private sector, an … Continue reading Acciona Microenerg
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