Gamesa will open an office in Hamburg for its offshore wind power business in the second quarter of the year, in order to tap growth in one of the world’s largest marine wind farm markets.
Continue readingSpanish wind energy has record month in March
Wind power’s best comparative monthly performance was in November and December 2009, when it covered 21.2% and 20.1% of national demand. It respectively, toppled nuclear power from second place.
Continue readingNissan LEAF join UK electric vehicles trial
The Switch EV project is aimed at accelerating the widespread adoption of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries in the UK.
Continue readingLDK Expands Solar Power to 570 MW
LDK Solar Co., a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers and photovoltaic, announced the addition of one new solar energy manufacturing site in Hefei City, Anhui Province.
Continue readingCoulomb Technologies Expands ChargePoint Network for Electric Vehicles into European Markets
The ChargePoint Network comprises stations installed throughout Europe including Ireland, England and the Netherlands, with more than 100 stations for electric cars currently in use in the City of Amsterdam.
Continue readingWind energy EDPR takes full control of GENESA
Genesa is a company that as of Dec-2010 had in Spain 1.7 GW of wind power installed capacity, 50 MW wind farm under construction and 3.9 GW of wind turbines in pipeline & prospects
Continue readingUK – Quarter 4 contribution of wind energy goes up 24%
Wind power delivers over 10 TWh in 2010, representing 7.7% year-on-year growth. For the first time wind farm plants contributed more than 10 terawatt hours (TWh) in a single year.
Continue readingWind energy industry backs research on bat concerns
Because some bat species are harmed by wind turbines collisions, the wind power industry has taken a special interest in bats in general.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles charging station
Gates Bozzuto Group has revealed 2 electric vehicles charging stations in Fitzgerald Apartments, made by SemaConnect, the first public electric car charging stations.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic – Enel Green Power new solar energy project
Enel Green Power has made a contract with the Agatos Energia to obtain about 80 percent stake in Agatos Solar Power San Gillio Srl. The photovoltaic solar power project which is expected to have 4.8 MW capacity.
Continue readingRenewable energy: 19 new priority projects in the USA
They include 9 solar power (concentrated solar thermal energy and photovoltaic), 5 wind energy and 5 geothermal energy projects ? totaling 4.366 MW ? to be developed on public lands.
Continue readingEthiopia announced large hydroelectric project on the Nile
Wind energy Goldwind wins wind turbines order of 76.5 MW in Ethiopia. Adama wind farm is located in central Ethiopia. The wind power contract includes 34 wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy in Cyprus – First wind farm inaugurated
The Orites wind power consists of 41 towering white Vestas V90 2MW wind turbines, spread over the 16km site.
Continue readingGiraSolar to build biggest solar power plant in Turkey
GiraSolar is in talks with local Turkish energy companies to build a 100-MW photovoltaic solar energy plant in southern Turkey.
Continue readingNissan electric vehicles LEAF delivered to first UK customers
The great thing about electric cars with lithium ion batteries is that the fuel distribution is already in place. The LEAF is a proper full size family electric car with a 100 mile range.
Continue readingInitiative to pave the way for electric cars
In Italy Enel Distribuzione is devising the recharge infrastructure for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries as well as coordinating demo projects.
Continue readingRWE’s first own offshore vessel for wind energy
The ship will take the transport of 48 wind turbines of the six-megawatt class. Full completion of the ?Nordsee Ost? wind farm is planned for 2013. The wind power plant of 295 MW will supply 295,000 homes in Germany.
Continue readingColizen signs agreement with Renault for the supply of electric vehicles Kangoo Z.E.
2011 is a decisive year in Renault’s history, with the launch of three electric car models, Fluence Z.E., Kangoo Z.E. and Twizy, followed by ZOE in 2012.
Continue readingThe leading role of renewable energy
Over the past 10 years the world renewable market has registered by far the fastest growth, especially solar power photovoltaic (+39.9% annual average) and wind energy (+29.7% average).
Continue readingBangladesh joined the geothermal energy
Soon to be constructed the first geothermal power plant for electricity generation in Bangladesh, which will thus become the twenty-sixth country in the world to use this source of renewable energy.
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