President Nicolas Sarkozy said France was seeking bidders for a 10-billion euro (13.6 billion dollar) contract to build the country’s first offshore wind energy facilities with 600 wind turbines.
Continue readingUganda launches feed-in tariff (FiT) program
This week it is the US’s former military foe, Vietnam, that dipped its toe into the feed-in tariff waters by announcing a draft wind energy proposal.
Continue readingBalqon Receives an Order for 300 Electric Vehicles From China-based Winston Global Energy
Balqon anticipates that it will begin production of the 300 electric vehicles in mid-2011 at its headquarters in Harbor City, California and plans to begin hiring new employees within the next month.
Continue readingFrance launches tender for 3 GW offshore wind energy
France will invest EUR10bn in a 3 GW offshore wind farm. The wind power project will involve the construction of 600 offshore wind turbines.
Continue readingAMSC Receives $9 Million Follow-on Wind Energy Order for Wind Turbines
Inox Wind Limited (IWL) currently has the ability to manufacture 400 of its 2 MW wind turbines annually at its facility in Una (Himachal Pradesh) India.
Continue readingJA Solar & Crosswind Energy
By 2011, investors have begun looking across the whole spectrum of renewable energy such as solar power, wind energy and geothermal energy.
Continue readingSouthwest Solar Technologies to Offer Research Facilities at its Phoenix, Research Park
The company is engaged in providing concentrated solar energy (CPS) systems.
Continue readingFuture viability of Solar Photovoltaic Technology dependant on production cost improvements
Three dominant commercial process technologies ? monocrystalline wafers (Sunpower), CdTe thin-film (First Solar) and concentrating PV (Concentrix) ? in its new techno-economic analysis report entitled Solar Photovoltaic.
Continue readingTop Ten Global Energy Trends by 2020
The global energy industry is undergoing unprecedented changes. Rapid increase in energy consumption in the developing world will be the key driver of growth for the global energy market.
Continue readingUltracapacitor Market to Top $900 Million by 2016
The most popular segment today for ultracapacitor modules in the electric vehicles, and early-stage applications for ultracapacitors also include grid-scale energy storage and wind turbines.
Continue readingGamesa to Construct a 50 MW Wind Energy Plant for Syria
Gamesa, a wind turbines designing, manufacturing and maintaining and wind farm developing company, has received a wind power generation plant building order from Syria.
Continue readingGamesa enters Asia-Pacific wind energy market
Spain’s Gamesa, a global player in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines and wind farm developer is to supply nine Gamesa G52-850 KW wind turbines for a total installed capacity of 7.65 MW.
Continue readingRWE awards ?240m wind energy contract for Gwynt y Môr foundations
RWE npower renewables is currently finalising the establishment of construction port facilities close to the site of the wind farm. Construction of the ?2billion Gwynt y Môr wind farm began in November 2009
Continue readingRenova Awards USD 32 Million Wind Energy Orders to ABB
ABB has been awarded a $32 million wind power contract from Renova Energia. It would construct transmission lines to serve 14 wind farm plants having a 300 MW wind turbines capacity.
Continue readingGhana to diversify power portfolio to solar and wind energy
The Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority has revealed that plans are well advanced for the authority to explore other sources of energy.This exploration will include wind power, solar power and bionergy.
Continue readingEuro Solar Parks Announces Acquisition of 11,560m2 Land Resources for Solar Power Plants up to 0.7 MWp
Euro Solar Parks, Inc. is a world-wide operating project developer of commercial solar energy plants.
Continue readingTrapped by a windfall
It’s comforting to know that I’m not alone in thinking Windfall is overlong–Variety reviewer Rob Nelson called it a “gassy documentary” and opined that “Distribution of the pic at its current length seems inconceivable.
Continue readingLibya to build first wind energy plant
Libya has been planning to join the wind energy society after completing the 61.75 megawatt wind farm at Al-Fetaih, in Dernah on north east coast.
Continue readingElectricity from the sun
The operation of Concentrating Solar Power plants and their interaction with electric loads, by time of day and season, were analyzed to determine how this technology could be realistically incorporated into energy-economic models.
Continue readingFoundation contract award for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm
The wind power contract is worth around ?240million. At 576 MW, Gwynt y Môr will be one of the largest offshore wind energy plants with wind turbines from Siemens.
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