Typical uses include research and development, resource assessment and performance monitoring of concentrated solar power (CSP) and concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technologies.
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High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Crystalline Silicon Modules Rise to $8.6 Billion in 2015
Commodity materials such as glass, aluminum and copper comprise the bulk of a photovoltaic solar energy system, and the prices of these materials do not significantly drop at higher volumes.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Thermal Power Forecast to Grow at Nearly 45% p/a to 2016
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies to grow rapidly — 44.9% CAGR to 2016. 2016 installed solar energy capacity: 8.6 GW (CSP) and 219 GW (solar photovoltaic).
Continue readingHenkel showcases innovative adhesives for the concentrating solar power industry
Henkel will present innovative new Loctite bonding solutions for the Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) industry at the SolarPACES international congress in Spain.
Continue readingRomanian wind farm projects require 85 permits
85 percent of the expenses to create a wind power project is covered by the cost if wind turbines. Roads and foundations require another 7 percent, while the design costs reach 4 percent of the total.
Continue readingWind Power Growth Rebounds 15% in H1 2011
The worldwide wind farm market has been rebounding strongly from a weak 2010 through the first half of this year, according to the World Wind Energy Association’s (WWEA) first half report for 2011.
Continue readingVolkswagen Investing One Billion Euros in Wind Power
The announcement follows the company?s decisions earlier this year to invest in wind energy projects as well as to launch new electric vehicles.
Continue readingBaran Begins Concentrated Solar Thermal Power In USA
Baran USA is to announce shortly that it has already completed its first concentrated solar energy development in the United States by building and commissioning a concentrating solar thermal power plant.
Continue readingBlackstone closes ?1.2 billion deal for Germany’s largest offshore wind energy plant
Blackstone has closed a ?1.2 billion ($1.7 billion) transaction for “Meerwind,” Germany’s largest offshore wind farm. The 288 MW wind farm is located in the North Sea.
Continue readingSri Lanka to set up wind power plants in northwestern coast
Sri Lanka plans to harness the wind energy along the northwestern coast of the country and has identified Mannar and the adjoining coastal areas as suitable for setting up a dedicated Wind Farm Plants. The Cabinet of Ministers Wednesday approved a proposal made by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to set up the first of … Continue reading Sri Lanka to set up wind power plants in northwestern coast
Continue readingMaking electricity with solar power photovoltaics
MIT researchers have made a button-sized power generator fueled by butane that can run three times longer than a lithium-ion battery of the same weight.
Continue readingWind Works Power Acquires 100% Interest in Wind Farm Burg II, Germany
Wind Farm Burg II is a 6 megawatt (MW) wind energy project located near Magdeburg in the eastern part of Germany with 6 wind turbines..
Continue readingConsumers Want More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
The potential fuel economy improvement of electric vehicles is infinite. About 20 percent would consider purchasing an electric car when shopping for a new car.
Continue readingLeading Wind Power Groups in China
Greens has won new wind energy orders from various tenders to produce 99 sets of wind turbine towers, to be delivered to various wind farm plants operated by a Hong Kong listed wind power generator group.
Continue readingDHL tests Volkswagen’s Caddy blue-emotion electric vehicles
Ten electric vehicles in Potsdam and Stahnsdorf, Germany. The Volkswagen electric car Caddy blue-e-motion is powered by lithium ion batteries that have a capacity of 85 kW and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
Continue readingChina Solar Energy Market 2011
The cost of solar power in China is likely to fall by 20 percent in the coming five years as China prepares to embark on a large-scale application of green energy from 2015.
Continue readingGreengate Power Corporation is focused on development of quality wind energy projects across Alberta
The sale of Halkirk I wind farm follows the closing of a private placement financing by Greengate in April 2011 for total gross proceeds of C$14.3 million.
Continue readingEstonia?s ?wired? Global Wind Day
Although small wind turbines might be complicated to use in cities, Estonia still has many remote areas where electricity is not always taken for granted.
Continue readingAeva Selected by Australian Government for New Concentrating Solar Power
The Australian Government has selected the AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Prospect CWP consortium?s ?Solar Dawn? as the preferred solar thermal power project in Solar Flagships Program.
Continue readingA Fleet of 695,000 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to be on the Road by 2017
Neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), also known as low-speed electric vehicles, were one of the original ?electric vehicle? categories and have been on the market for a number of years.
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