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.
Continue readingChina leapfrogs U.S. wind energy, American installations halved in 2010
Chinese wind turbines are now harnessing more wind power than wond farm plants installed in the US, according to AWEA.
Continue readingWind Farm Construction Commences in Idaho
The widespread adoption of lower-cost accelerating wind turbines coupled with low cost pumped hydro schemes to store intermittent power, promises to lower the cost of renewable wind energy.
Continue readingToshiba Offers Bulgaria Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Smart Grids Project
Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has offered Bulgaria a large-scale project in the field of renewable energy, “smart electricity grids” and electric cars.
Continue readingIreland Using Wind Energy to Recharge Electric Vehicles
The project is meant to demonstrate the smart-grid technologies needed to transfer and store wind energy in electric cars with lithium ion batteries. The EVs will be powered by a mix of wind power and electricity.
Continue readingMazda to Lease Electric Vehicles in Japan
Mazda Motor Corporation is independently developing an electric car with lithium ion batteries with plans to commence leasing in Japan in spring 2012.
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