Those who spruik the benefits of emissions trading should be transparent about questions of how anticipated carbon prices over the next decade will transform our energy sector.
Continue readingEconomies boost outlook for electric vehicles profitability
Cost has always been one of the major stumbling blocks to bringing electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries to market.
Continue readingPensionDanmark becoming equity partner in Nysted offshore wind farm
All conditions in relation to the transaction have now been fulfilled and it is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power
Electrical power is produced when the concentrated light is converted to heat which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected to an electrical power generator.
Continue readingEnel Green Power – new geothermal power plant at Chiusdino (Italy)
The new initiative continues the growth of the Tuscan geothermal centre of Enel’s renewables company, one of the largest in the world, with 35 plants and a total capacity of 728 MW.
Continue readingEnel Green Power at the COP16 in Cancun
The first thin film photovoltaic plant was developed in Mexico. 2,500m2 of photovoltaic cells installed on the roof of the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun, will generate 220 MWh per year, contributing to reducing CO2.
Continue readingCroatia has a current total of 27.75 MW of wind energy
Although the country leads the Balkans when it comes to wind power, it is a relative newcomer to the sector. Its first wind farm with a total capacity of 5.95 MW was installed in 2004 on Pag.
Continue readingTHINK further strengthen’s leadership team
THINK announces two new appointments to its top management team, following the leadership transition this Summer with Barry Engle joining the company as CEO and Michael Lock as Chief Marketing Officer.
Continue readingBridgepoint Secures Ontario-based Development Equity for Large Ontario Wind Power Plant
Bridgepoint Group is pleased to announce that it has reached financial close for development capital for a 200+ MW Ontario wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy moving forward in Minnesota
Yusef Orest spent Tuesday morning watching crews prepare the way for 12 wind turbines to be erected on the open landscape south of Cosmos as part of the Adams Wind project.
Continue readingPicoTurbine International Pilots Renewable Green Energy Education Program
PicoTurbine International LLC is a global leader in the manufacture and development of renewable green energy educational materials and curriculum.
Continue readingABB Invests in Renewable Energy
ABB Ltd. (ABB) made an investment of $13 million in Aquamarine Power, a Scotland based renewable energy company. Aquamarine engages in the conversion of wave energy into consumable electricity.
Continue readingPoul la Cour Prize to RES?s Ian Mays: wind power beyond frontiers
Since 1993, the Poul la Cour Prize has been awarded to individuals who have pioneered the development of wind power and have achieved exceptional results in the wind community.
Continue readingProton to launch electric vehicles and hybrids ‘by 2012
Malaysia’s national car maker Proton aims to roll out its first fleet of electric vehicles in January for a pilot test before mass production targeted for 2012.
Continue readingChina BAK Announces Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter FY 2010 Results
China BAK Battery Inc. (Nasdaq: CBAK), a leading global manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells, will host a conference call at 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
Continue readingMass Megawatts Wind Power Goes Horizontal in Its Blade Design
Mass Megawatts Wind Power announces a new blade design for the patented Multi-Axis Turbosystem (MAT).
Continue readingquietrevolution has signed an exclusive agreement with RWE Innogy for the sale of its small wind turbines
The quietrevolution wind turbines can utilise winds from all directions unlike traditional HAWTs which need to track the oncoming wind.
Continue readingSMart Wind scoping report for Hornsea offshore wind farms
SMart Wind has submitted a Scoping Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) detailing the proposed approach to the development of the first offshore wind farm projects in the 4 GW Hornsea Zone, UK.
Continue readingRWE Innogy involved in the expansion of Belgian offshore wind farm Thornton Bank
The C-Power consortium, of which RWE Innogy is a shareholder, reached an investment decision concerning the construction of the second and third expansion phases at Thornton Bank offshore wind farm.
Continue readingEcotricity gets green light for UK’s first ‘sun park’
Wind energy provider Ecotricity has taken a major step towards extending its renewable energy portfolio by securing planning permission for its first solar farm at a site adjacent to one of its wind farms in Lincolnshire.
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