Onshore wind power can alleviate the country?s constant and growing energy needs. No one should expect that the solution to Lebanon?s energy problems will come from wind turbines alone.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Energy Market Will Reach $73.5 Billion by 2015
New wind turbines capacity of 236.6 GW would be installed between 2010 and 2015, representing a CAGR of 17% in global wind power installed capacity for the same period.
Continue readingWind Energy – Britain boosts Europe?s most efficient and developed processes for offshore wind turbines
Denmark was leading of offshore wind power policies, but recently the UK has over taken as a result of its ?rounds? system. This has proved very efficient at bringing a large number of wind farm projects online.
Continue readingGermany 2010 wind energy installations fall by 19%
Germany installed 1551 MW of new wind power capacity in 2010, down from 1917 MW of wind farm plants the year before.
Continue readingNissan Progresses Construction of Electric Vehicles Battery Plant in Tennessee
Construction is progressing on Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., which will produce lithium-ion batteries to power the Nissan LEAF electric car.
Continue readingVice President Joe Biden Visits Ener1’s Battery Pack Assembly Plant
Joe Biden Announces Large-Scale Government Program to Spur Electric Vehicles Deployment.
Continue readingBiden Announces Plan to Put One Million Advanced Technology Vehicles on the Road by 2015
Make electric vehicles more affordable with a rebate of up to $7500, instead of a tax credit, meaning it would be available to all consumers immediately.
Continue readingICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA Applauds President Obama?s State of the Union Address
President Obama made some significant announcements: 80 percent of America?s electricity should come from clean energy by 2035; America should have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
Continue readingEnvia Systems Delivers High Energy Density Battery Materials Available for Commercial Testing
New Technology Promises Higher Performance at Lower Cost for Next-Generation electric cars and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingSCHOTT Solar Announces Plans to Significantly Expand Global Capacity
Receivers from SCHOTT Solar are key components in large-scale power plants that generate electricity from concentrated solar energy on the basis of parabolic trough technology.
Continue readingSun shines on Seat?s solar power initiative
SEAT?s project to establish itself as a leader in solar energy generation in Spain continues apace with news that the first phase of its ambitious ?SEAT al Sol? scheme has just been completed.
Continue readingYemen and World Bank discuss Makha Wind Energy Farm Project
Deputy prime minister met on Wednesday with a delegation from the World Bank in charge of evaluating the wind power project. The wind farm will be the first of its kind in the country.
Continue readingEnfinity Announces Four Solar Energy Projects to Start 2011
Enfinity, a leading international solar power project developer, begins the new year by announcing three solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in California.
Continue readingFrance kick-starts its offshore wind energy aspirations
France officially joined the offshore wind power. The first 600 wind turbines are to be installed in five wind farm areas.
Continue readingAbengoa signs agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals to develop Concentrating Solar Power projects in India
Abengoa has signed an agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and formalized a strategic partnership to jointly undertake concentrated solar energy (CSP) projects in India.
Continue readingBard hires Van Oord at Dutch offshore wind energy project
The wind farm (600 MW output capacity) will consist of two adjoining wind power plants, located 55 km north of the island of Schiermonnikoog. Typhoon Offshore will be responsible for financing the wind turbines project.
Continue readingNACEL Energy Purchases Stake in Crownbutte Wind Power
Crownbutte currently has a pipeline of wind farm projects. NACEL Energy is one of the first publicly traded companies in America exclusively developing clean, renewable, utility scale wind energy.
Continue readingGermany – 1,550 MW of new onshore and offshore wind energy in 2010
The German wind farm industry is among the world’s leading, with companies including Enercon, Siemens Wind Power, Nordex and REPower selling wind turbines all over the globe.
Continue readingUS Wind Energy Installations Down 50% in 2010
For the first time ever, China wind farm capacity, the electricity that can be generated using wind power, blew past the U.S.. American-based wind turbines can produce up to 40,180 megawatts.
Continue readingWind power Vestas Opens Office in Romania
Vestas, the world leader in wind power, has opened a new office in Bucharest, showing confidence in the development of the Romanian wind turbines market. The office will serve the Romanian wind farm market.
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