Iran has mounted and launched over 20,000 solar thermal water-heaters in different parts of the country to save money and reduce consumption of fossil fuels.
Continue readingSolar power Sets on Oil for Gulf Power Generation
Falling costs of photovoltaic (PV) technology mean that solar energy is already a more economically attractive option for domestic power generation in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region (GCC).
Continue readingCleanTech Innovations receives $11 million In initial wind power supply contracts from China’s largest energy company
CleanTech anticipates winning additional wind energy supply contracts throughout 2011.
Continue readingRenewable energy soars in Europe ahead of summit
Indications suggest that several European countries are surging ahead with offshore wind energy, energy super grids and solar power stations.
Continue readingWind power Vestas to Supply Wind Turbines to BOREAS Energie
Vestas declared that it has obtained an order from BOREAS Energie for the supply of 19 VestasV90-2.0 MW wind turbines with 125 meters hub height for a wind energy project in Germany.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa to Supply Wind Turbines to Western Wind Energy
Wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa, has secured a contract to deliver wind turbines totaling 10 MW of capacity for the wind farm being constructed by Western Wind Energy in Arizona.
Continue readingGM?s Volt Electric Vehicle and Navistar?s eStar All Electric Truck Take Center Stage at EUEC 2011
The new generation of electric vehicles from GM and Navistar will be on exhibit at EUEC 2011, the USA?s largest energy, utility and environment conference being held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ.
Continue readingTesla Roadster will drive the message of environmental responsibility at Berlin Fashion Week?s
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.
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