China has become a leader in the use of wind power. Wind farm plants that occupy thousands of hectares of land are mushrooming. Wind turbines built with homegrown technology are also being exported.
Continue readingDuke Energy and SunEdison Announce Completion of 17.2 MW Solar Power Plant
Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres of land, the project is comprised of more than 63,000 photovoltaic solar panels and is expected to generate an estimated 28 million kilowatt-hours annually.
Continue readingWind energy in Serbia: the first wind turbines in 2011
Wind power is expected to become a significant part of the renewable energy portfolio in Serbia in the future but the first 6 MW of installed wind farm is not scheduled to become operational until the end of 2011.
Continue readingWind Energy Leading Renewable Power in the UK
Wind power in the UK is leading renewable energy. Wind turbines accounts for almost half of the nation?s renewable generation. Onshore wind farm will provide around six to seven percent of the UK?s net electricity
Continue readingElectric vehicles in Davos
In between meetings at the Hub, Mr. Ghosn spoke with PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi about the electric cars Nissan LEAF and Renault Fluence Z.E.
Continue readingEnel Green Power reaches agreement for development of geothermal energy in Turkey
Enel Green Power has reached an agreement with the Turkish group Uzun for the development of geothermal power plants in Turkey.
Continue readingGeothermal energy: EU approves French public aid to private plant
The 24 MW geothermal power plant will cost around ? 45.3 million, with 56% funding from the French State.
Continue readingFrom Davos – Partnerships for EVs
Johnson, an avid supporter of electric cars and its infrastructure who is expected to install some 25,000 charging points and 100,000 electric cars in the congested city, asked about everything.
Continue readingUnrest in Egypt stirs interest in electric vehicles
The possibility of reduced Mideast oil supplies added urgency to the daylong seminar on increasing the use of electric cars and plug-in hybrids that was held at the show on Friday.
Continue readingNUR-MOH to Build 38 MW Concentrating Solar Power in Greece
The proposed concentrated solar energy plant will deploy the patented LPT 550 solar power generating system supplied by BrightSource Energy.
Continue readingAn outstanding 2010 for photovoltaics, 2011 will be even better
Last year, 17,500 MW were installed, with a 130% increase over 2009. Solar power capacity is expected to increase by 20,500 MW this year.
Continue readingFord Focus Electric Car Named 2011 Green Car Vision Award? Winner
This year, Green Car Vision Award? finalists included the electric vehicles Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Mitsubishi i, Toyota RAV4 Electric, and Volvo C30 DrivE electric.
Continue readingVolvo will unveil V60 Electric Vehicles at Geneva
The rear axle features ERAD (Electric Rear Axle Drive) in the form of an electric motor producing 70 horsepower, which receives its power from a 12 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.
Continue readingSolar Power to Shine in 2011
The latest years have been brutal for the solar energy and wind industry, as seen in the performance of the Guggenheim Solar ETF and First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF that track the solar and wind power industries.
Continue readingAffinity Wind to Develop Wind Energy Farm in Pittsfield
Affinity Wind, a wind power company based in St. Louis, Missouri, has announced its plans to build a 150-MW wind farm in Pike County, west of Pittsfield, Illinois. Affinity plans to install 75 2-MW wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy prospects for in Argentina
The installed wind turbines capacity only amounts to 32 MW. 21 wind power companies submitted 51 wind farm projects to be approved.
Continue readingImpsa supplies wind turbines for Brazil?s largest wind farm By José Santamarta
This wind power agreement confirms CHESF entry to the market of wind energy and allows developing the first wind farm owned by the company.
Continue readingSuntech Power Receives the Murphy&Spitz Global Leader Award 2011
The Annual M&S Research Report on Environmental and Sustainability Standards in the Photovoltaic Industry Will be Published Monday.
Continue readingChina – big boom for wind energy and solar power
The target power generating installed capacity of renewable energy for 2020, including wind power and solar energy, will see big boom in China.
Continue readingOver the Next 5 Years, the Wind Energy Market is Expected to Reach $ 108 B, Solar Photovoltaic $101 B and Solar Thermal $17 B Per Annum
Wind power and solar power are clean renewable energy resources available in abundance across all the regions. The business of generating electricity from wind energy and solar energy is growing.
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