Belgium?s Thornton Bank wind farm once fully completed will have a total installed capacity of 325 MW which will provide enough electricity to power 600,000 households with renewable energy.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables acquired two wind power plants in Catalonia
The company acquired both wind farm plants from Gamesa. The deal further strengthens the company?s leadership in the development of wind energy and underlines its commitment to Catalonia.
Continue readingTop 10 Crystalline Module Efficiency (mono-crystalline)
As many would have expected, Sunpower sells the solar module with the highest efficiency of 19.6%. The technology of number two Sanyo is actually not based on mc-Si alone.
Continue readingFeasibility of Automotive Battery Recycling Industry
These will be on re-using electric vehicles batteries for electricity storage in the utilities sector and the recycling of tracked electric car Li-ion batteries.
Continue readingNational Renewables Cooperative Members Purchase MISO Wind Energy
Three generation and transmission cooperatives announced the purchase of 40 megawatts of wind power from the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, which is under development east of Paxton, IL.
Continue readingBP Wind Energy PPA for proposed Mehoopany Wind Farm
The proposed wind power plant would place about 90 wind turbines in Noxen, Forkston, Mehoppany and Eaton townships and generate as much as 144 megawatts of energy.
Continue readingMobilization to Deer Horn Commencing
Tellurium is one of the rarest metals in the world and is sought after by both the solar power and electronics industries. We are looking forward to drilling the tungsten showing on the Deer Horn property.
Continue reading100% wind energy: Let’s get to 20% first
A recent article on the environmental blog TreeHugger discussed Denmark’s plan to increase the percentage of electricity it obtains from wind turbines.
Continue readingUtility spokesperson errs on wind energy integration
The cost of accommodating wind power on the utility system is less than the cost of integrating many other types of power plants.
Continue readingXcel, NextEra Sign Contract for 200 MW Wind Energy in Colorado
Xcel Energy has signed a contract with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, to build a 200 megawatts (MW) wind farm wind 125 wind turbines in Lincoln and Elbert counties near Limon.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power plant produces solar power 24 hours a day
Gemasolar is the Concentrating Solar Power plant located in Fuentes de Andalucía (Seville, Spain), owned by Torresol Energy (a joint venture between Masdar and Sener.
Continue readingDHL tests Volkswagen’s Caddy blue-emotion electric vehicles
Ten electric vehicles in Potsdam and Stahnsdorf, Germany. The Volkswagen electric car Caddy blue-e-motion is powered by lithium ion batteries that have a capacity of 85 kW and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
Continue readingE.ON launches project unique in Europe to store heat from renewable energy sources
Home owners who produce heat with the aid of solar-thermal systems can feed it into the grid of E.ON Hanse Wärme.
Continue readingE.ON secures state of the art offshore wind power vessel from MPI
E.ON has a 4,000 MW offshore wind energy pipeline and already operates 5 offshore wind farm plants with almost 500 MW of installed wind turbines capacity. Together
Continue readingVestas signs 180 MW wind energy agreement to supply Eolus Vind in Sweden
In April, the company placed an order for 22 of its V90-2MW wind turbines for the Tolvmanstegen wind farm.
Continue readingRFPs for new wind energy projects in Arizona
While TEP and UES have focused on developing solar power systems, both companies are preparing to integrate significant wind power into their renewable energy portfolios this year, the company said.
Continue readingSky Power Solutions Solar Dish
The Sky Power Solutions system can easily be installed in most backyards taking less than one third of the space of conventional Solar panels.
Continue readingEU climate vote on the brink ? take action now!
Today Ministers in Brussels will vote on whether to review the EU?s target of reducing its carbon emission by 20% by 2020.
Continue readingOMG Continues to Push Closer to End Users in Fast-Growing End Markets
Magnetic Engineering Company Represents OMG’s Most Significant Step in Diversifying Business.
Continue readingLithium iron phosphate (LMP/LFP) battery
Lithium iron phosphate is a novel cathode material that has a great deal of potential for use in next-generation lithium ion batteries, used among other things for hybrid and electric vehicles.
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