Wind energy and desalination have long been considered as two separate entities, each playing a vital role in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. Wind energy has emerged as a clean and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, while desalination has become an increasingly important solution to the global water crisis. However, recent advancements in technology … Continue reading Wind Energy and Desalination: A Sustainable Partnership for Clean Water
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Lake Turkana Wind Power project
Lake Turkana, in the far northwest of Kenya and extending over the border into Ethiopia, is the world’s largest desert lake, in a region that is central to archaeological investigation into the origin of humanity. It is now also central to two different projects for expanding renewable energy due to come on-line in the … Continue reading Lake Turkana Wind Power project
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Abengoa to Build World’s Largest Solar Power Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Advanced Water Technology (AWT) to jointly develop the world’s first large-scale desalination plant to be powered by solar energy, in Saudi Arabia. AWT is a newly formed company … Continue reading Abengoa to Build World’s Largest Solar Power Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia
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Water Resources Fact Sheet
Water scarcity may be the most underrated resource issue the world is facing today. Seventy percent of world fresh water use is for irrigation. Each day we drink nearly 4 liters of water, but it takes some 2,000 liters of water——to produce the food we consume.1,000 tons of water is used to produce 1 ton … Continue reading Water Resources Fact Sheet
Continue readingRising energy demand a threat to water supplies
Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, nuclear power, coal and oil, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report on Friday. It urged energy companies to do more to limit the use of water in everything from cooling coal-fired … Continue reading Rising energy demand a threat to water supplies
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Wind Power Helps Preserve Water Resources
Energy and water are very closely linked, but those links are often overlooked, according to Stacy Tellinghuisen, Western Resource Advocates’ senior energy and water policy analyst. Tellinghuisen works to promote energy policies that reduce the energy sector’s impact on water resources. Most forms of electricity require water, Tellinghuisen says, and thermal electric power plants use … Continue reading Wind Power Helps Preserve Water Resources
Continue readingBrightSource Adding Molten-Salt Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Storage
Storage technology may be essential if concentrated solar thermal energy is to compete with photovoltaic solar power, which have been coming down in price
Continue readingSGS to Participate in Offshore Wind Power Logistics 2011 Conference in London
On January 19, 2011, Jale Cairney, Vice President Global Risk Management from SGS Industrial Services will give a speech on the Risk Management of Wind Farm Project Logistics, scheduled for 14.50.
Continue readingPlug In Carolina and Eaton Tour South Carolina To Kick Off Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries included the Mitsubishi iMiEV, the Chevrolet Volt and the Tesla Roadster.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Wins 200 MW Bid for Xinjiang Hami Wind Energy Project
The bid was launched in October 2010 and believed to be China’s first onshore wind turbines auction for 2.5 MW and above capacity wind turbines.
Continue readingNorthern Power Systems Community Wind Farm Business Sees Strong Growth in 2010
This past year has continued to demonstrate the strength of the on-site wind power industry and our own Community Wind farm business, in particular? said Parthiv Amin, President of Community Wind at Northern Power.
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