The DoE closed loan guarantees for three large-solar power plants and one large rooftop solar energy project hours before the loan-guarantee program was set to expire.
Continue readingGamesa sells 60 MW wind farm in Poland
Gamesa has sold a 60 MW wind farm that is currently under development to Polish power company PGE Energia Odnawialna.
Continue reading$646 Million Loan to Support Innovative Solar Energy Plant
The Antelope Valley Solar Power Ranch 1 Project will employ First Solar?s FS Series 3 Photovoltaic Module and will feature innovative inverters with voltage regulation and monitoring technologies
Continue readingParis launches electric car sharing Autolib system
The backers hope the scheme will be a major boost for electric vehicles.
Continue readingNissan, GE team up to connect electric vehicles
Nissan and General Electric are partnering to research ways for electric cars such as electric car Nissan’s Leaf to connect with homes and electric grids.
Continue readingFirst Solar sells its two largest solar energy plants
First Solar Inc. has sold its two largest solar power plants under development in California, a day after getting a final loan guarantee approval from the US Department of Energy.
Continue readingEnercon Chosen to Bring Wind Turbines to Ontario’s Niagara Region
Niagara Region Wind Corporation announces it has chosen ENERCON to supply and maintain 230 MW of wind turbines for its Niagara Region Wind Energy Project in Ontario, Canada.
Continue readingSmall Wind Energy Market to Double in Size to $634 Million by 2015
The payback period for a small wind power system can be 5 to 10 years in a region with adequate wind resources.
Continue readingNRG Energy Completes Acquisition of 250-Megawatt California Valley Solar Power Ranch
With major investments in solar energy and wind energy, as well as electric vehicles, NRG is working to help America transition to a clean energy economy.
Continue readingDoE finalizes $1.2 billion loan guarantee to support California solar power
DoE has issued loans to support the world?s largest concentrating solar power generation facilities, three geothermal energy projects and the world?s largest wind farm.
Continue readingPresident Cristina opens Argentina?s largest wind energy plant
President Cristina Fernandez opened in Patagonia the largest wind farm in Argentina. The Rawson Aeolic wind power will eventually generate 80 MW with Vestas’ wind turbines.
Continue readingEurope’s largest concentrating solar thermal power plant comes online
Andasol 3, the concentrated solar power plant built by a consortium of five German companies in the Spanish province of Granada, has been inaugurated.
Continue reading50 MW wind farm started up in Aragon
It has 25 G-87 2 MW wind turbines. With this new wind power, the community of Aragon will be up to 275 MW and 1,568 MW of wind energy on the Iberian Peninsula.
Continue readingStirling Energy Systems bankruptcy adds to US solar energy woes
Stirling Energy Systems (SES), maker of the SunCatcher concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) technology, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Continue readingWind energy business growing in Baja California
So far there are operating one wind farm and 4 wind power projects. The wind turbines plant is the State Government owned in the municipality of Tecate, which began operations in March 2010.
Continue readingWind energy in China – Order for 21 wind turbines for Jiangsu
China is currently the world?s largest wind power market today with almost 45 GW wind farm installed and a growth rate of 73% from 2009 to 2010.
Continue readingDOE Awards $156 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects
ARPA-E funds early-stage technology alternatives in two key areas: electric vehicles and wind energy.
Continue readingUS Department of Energy backs more concentrated solar power projects
The 110 MW concentrating solar thermal ower plant (CSP) will feature the tallest solar tower in the world at 195 m and use molten salt as the heat transfer and storage mechanism.
Continue readingHonduras inaugurates first wind farm
Honduras? first wind energy project began operating this week at Cerro de Hula, 25 kilometers south of Tegucigalpa, which includes 51 wind turbines.
Continue readingAntwerp Port plans Belgium’s biggest onshore wind farm
A consortium led by the Antwerp Port Authority (APA) plans to build Belgium?s largest onshore wind power in the city. Studies have shown that the site could support up to 55 wind turbines.
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