More than 100 owners in Germany recharge their electric vehicles Roadsters from Germany?s clean electricity grid ? and many of them opt for the greenest possible energy supply from their utility providers.
Continue readingAbu Dhabi champions ecological cause
Masdar is jointly building with France’s Total and Spain’s Abengoa a 100-megawatt concentrated solar energy plant named Shams 1, and touted to be the world’s largest solar thermal at a cost of $600 million.
Continue readingGlobal demand for solar photovoltaic energy will reach 20,400 MW in 2011
Solarbuzz estimated that the photovoltaic solar power market reached 16,300 MW in 2010, with a 117% increase over the already excellent result achieved in 2009.
Continue readingLibya to build first wind farm
Libya is about to join the wind energy club with the construction of a 61.75 MW wind power plant at Al-Fetaih, near Dernah on the north east coast. The wind turbines of 60 MW is executed by the Spanish Amtors Company.
Continue readingNautilus Solar Announces Entry into Florida Solar Power Market with Three Projects
Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC (“Nautilus Solar”) announced its entry into the Florida solar energy market.
Continue readingRapid approval of large geothermal energy project in New Zealand
New Zealand approved a new large-scale 250 MW geothermal power project.
Continue readingFirst wind energy plant in Tanzania
Very short term projects focus on wind power, with a 50 MW wind farm that will be put into service within 18 months. The installation of the wind turbbines would start early next year.
Continue readingHydro and wind power projects in Bosnia
Under the hydro project, 25 plants will be built on the river Bosna for 450 MW, while the construction of the first wind farm (46 MW) has started, to be followed by six additional wind energy projects for 117 MW.
Continue readingAcciona starts work on its third wind farm in Oklahoma
The wind energy project, which will include 66 2.0-MW wind turbines, could generate power for about 46,000 homes. Acciona operates nearly 500 megawatts of wind power capacity throughout the U.S.
Continue readingSuperior Silver Mines Becomes Clean Wind Energy Tower
Superior Silver Mines, Inc. announced it had completed a reverse merger transaction with Clean Wind Energy, Inc.
Continue readingAWEA rebuts attack on national Renewable Electricity Standard by discredited Institute for Energy Research
The DOE’s 2008 report, “20% Wind Energy by 2030,” found that producing 20% of the nation’s electricity from wind power by 2030 would reduce consumers’ natural gas costs by a cumulative $150 billion.
Continue readingCommission Approves Gulf Power?s New Renewable Energy Programs
The Florida Public Service Commission approved four new solar energy programs for Gulf Power customers. ?Gulf Power?s new solar power programs are designed to provide more choices for our customers”.
Continue readingNew Revenue Stream for Wind Energy Company
Here Enterprises is a developer of wind power and entered into an agreement with A&C Green Energy Inc. to resell A&C’s high performance wind turbines, creating a new revenue stream for the Company.
Continue readingTesla CEO: By 2030, the only cars sold in America will be electric vehicles
Musk says that by 2020, it will be dirt cheap to have long range vehicle lithium ion batteries packs and that by 2030 the only cars sold in America will be electric-car.
Continue readingCODA appoints former GM exec Philip Murtaugh as CEO
CODA Holdings is a California-based leading developer of advanced Lithium-ion power battery systems and electric vehicles.
Continue readingEnel Green Power in short list for large concentrated solar energy plant in Morocco
Out of the 19 bidding groups, 4 were selected, one of which will be chosen to build the Ouarzazate 500 MW concentrating solar power plant.
Continue readingChina?s outstanding wind power figures
China has become the global leader in the wind energy market, with over 41,800 MW wind farm installed, including 16,000 MW over the past year.
Continue readingObama: America is Still Home to the Most Creative and Most Innovative Businesses in the World
President Obama?s Visit to GE in Schenectady Highlights the Role of Wind Energy Technology and Exports in US Job Creation.
Continue readingToshiba Plans to Build Major Solar Energy Plant in Bulgaria
Toshiba and Tokyo Electric Power will set up a local joint venture with the Japanese government to build one of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic power stations in Bulgaria.
Continue readingHere Enterprises (HRTE) ? Wind Energy Company Enters New Agreement
Here Enterprises (HRTE) recently announced that it will implement A&C Green Energy?s wind turbines, inverters and poles to generate clean wind power at its Cycle Ranch wind farm.
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