Germany wants to boost the share of the country’s power needs generated by renewable energy to 35 percent. Siemens produces equipment used to produce solar energy and wind power.
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The International Energy Agency projects that solar power will grow steadily, producing nearly a quarter of the world’s electricity within four decades.
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Department awarded a loan guarantee to build the Kahuku wind energy plant in Hawaii. Those wind turbines were built in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The wind power project also features a state of the art energy storage system.
Continue readingCanada has enormous geothermal energy resources
Canada has enormous geothermal power resources that could supply the country with a renewable and clean source of power even though currently Canada has no geothermal electrical production.
Continue readingToyota Introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
The electric car has a newly developed 4.4 kWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack.
Continue readingRwanda – Hasty Energy Introduces Portable Solar Power
Hasty Energy Limited in collaboration with Nanowin Techology, a Taiwan based company have brought onto the Rwandan market, portable solar energy equipment.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Iceland
Alterra Power operates two geothermal energy facilities in Iceland, a geothermal power plant in Nevada, British Columbia’s largest run of river hydro facilities and the province’s largest wind farm.
Continue readingPakistan: Solar energy to the rescue
There are two solar systems for generation of electricity using solar energy – directly, using PV system, which is the most common, and indirectly, utilising concentrated solar power (CSP) system.
Continue readingEGP USA will develop the world’s first solar power – geothermal energy plant
80,000 solar energy photovoltaic polycrystalline modules will increase the facility¡¯s present peak capacity of 24 MW and will also create 150 new jobs.
Continue readingVestas has started the construction of a fully owned wind energy project for 100 MW in Chile
Vestas has started the construction of a fully owned wind farm for 100 MW in Chile, the Talinay Oriente (?Talinay East?) Wind Power Plant, which will be located in northern Chile in the Limari Province.
Continue readingNicaragua orders 22 wind turbines of the V90-1.8 MW platform for the wind farm La Fé
Vestas has received a wind energy order for a total of 39.6 MW consisting of 22 wind turbines of the V90-1.8 MW platform for the wind power project La Fé ? San Martin in Nicaragua.
Continue readingDuke Energy to Build Second Pennsylvania Wind Farm
The wind energy plant will consist of 30 Siemens wind turbines, each capable of generating 2.3 MW.
Continue readingEDP Renovaveis Inks PPA For 101 MW Wind Farm In Iowa
With this PPA, the output of the Lost Lakes wind power plant, which has been in operation since 2009, is fully contracted through a long-term agreement.
Continue readingCheaper lithium ion batteries are good for America?s electric vehicles
The story says that the price of advanced batteries for electric cars is rapidly declining. That?s true. And it?s also very good news, since it makes America more competitive.
Continue readingSolar Power and Electric Vehicles
Solar energy charging station provides economical charging facility for electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingTEi Equipment Selected for New Concentrating Solar Power Plant in Desert Southwest
“The application of our oil to salt heat exchangers in Concentrated Solar Power Plants highlights our bpigreen initiative.”
Continue readingSaint-Gobain Solar Energy Expert Explains Industry Growth
He urges to determine what needs should be addressed both in the short-term and long-term scope of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and solar power photovoltaic (PV) developments.
Continue readingMasdar shelves world?s first solar power export project
Masdar shelved plans for the world?s first building that makes more energy than it consumes, a year after the financial crisis forced the Abu Dhabi company to step back from setting up the first carbon-neutral city.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa in India
Besides localising, Gamesa is also creating a market where none exists. Kymal is looking at wind turbines that were installed in the 1990s.
Continue readingGeneral Electric enters Brazilian solar energy market
General Electric (GE) and MPX, a division of EBX Group, owned by businessman Eike Batista, have entered into a partnership that will double the output of the latter company’s first solar power plant in Brazil.
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