Spain’s 500MW wind power auction last week was too small to satisfy demand and the country risks missing its 2020 target for renewables. The auction is Spain’s first under the new support scheme for renewable energy projects since the government implemented a series of harsh retroactive cutbacks to the country’s feed-in tariff in 2013. A … Continue reading Spain’s 500 MW wind energy auction inadequate
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A 50% share of variable renewables can save up to 6% on system costs
The REserviceS project – led by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and involving other stakeholders from across the electricity system and academia – also found that creating markets to trade grid support services (GSS) can provide revenue streams for generators, in addition to energy-only markets. Wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy is capable of … Continue reading A 50% share of variable renewables can save up to 6% on system costs
Continue readingJapanese Breakthrough will make Wind Energy Cheaper than Nuclear Power
A surprising aerodynamic innovation in wind turbine design called the ‘wind lens’ could triple the output of a typical wind turbine, making it less costly than nuclear power.
Continue readingElectric vehicles plugged into the grid could make owners a bundle
Energy researchers and electric car with lithium ion batteries developers are looking to vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems as part of the future of electric cars.
Continue readingDOE Commits Support for Landmark Rooftop Solar Energy Project
Largest Rooftop Project in U.S. History Will Enable Wide Distribution of Solar Power Across Country While Creating at Least a Thousand Jobs.
Continue readingRenault launches the world?s biggest automotive industry solar power roof project
In partnership with Gestamp Solar, Renault is launching the world?s biggest solar energy project in the automotive industry by installing solar photovoltaic roof panels at its French plants.
Continue readingVestas receives 31 MW wind turbines order for Tamil Nadu
Around 42% of all wind energy plants in India are to be found in Tamil Nadu. The wind power order has been placed by Beta Wind Farm Pvt. Ltd.
Continue readingInnovative Geothermal Energy Startup Will Put Carbon Dioxide To Good Use
Geothermal power holds enormous opportunities to provide affordable, clean energy that avoids greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2).
Continue readingFord And N.Y. Power Authority Collaborate To Prepare New York For Electric Vehicles
Over the next two years, Ford will introduce the Transit Connect Electric small commercial van, the Ford Focus Electric passenger car, two third generation lithium-ion battery hybrids and a plug-in hybrid.
Continue readingRLE International and Energetique launch maxEV Electric Vehicles
Since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in December 2009, RLE International and Energetique have set a goal of generating Electric Vehicles for a broad range of mobility applications.
Continue readingUnlike oil spills, emissions-free offshore wind power doesn?t pollute By Chris Rose
Just days after the unfolding oil-related environmental disaster started in the Gulf of Mexico, a number of Democratic lawmakers began lobbying the US government to quickly get involved in approving an offshore wind farm
Continue readingMeeting our 100% renewables by 2050 target By Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
The fact is that Europe?s current electricity supply structure bears the characteristics of the time in which it was developed, a time when fossil fuels and then nuclear were everything.
Continue readingEn 2020 la eólica evitará en Europa 333 millones de toneladas de CO2 anuales
La Asociación Europea de Energía Eólica (EWEA) ha indicado que espera que la energía eólica pueda evitar la emisión de 333 millones de toneladas de CO2 al año hasta 2020.
Continue readingLa eólica crecerá ligeramente en la Unión Europea en 2009 a pesar de la crisis
Según la Asociación Europea de Energía Eólica (EWEA) se instalará una potencia adicional de 8.600 megavatios (MW), con un aumento del 1% respecto a 2008.
Continue readingEl mercado eólico mundial se triplicará en 2013
En 2020 la eólica podría abastecer el 60% del consumo de los hogares europeos. Esa cantidad equivale a una capacidad instalada de eólica de 230 gigavatios, que suministraría entre el 14 y el 18 por ciento de la demanda.
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