Europe?s grids are ageing and nearly 50% of them need replacing. At the same time the energies of the future ? renewable energies like wind energy ? are coming online.
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Wind turbines can survive hurricanes
A handful of wind turbines and wind power farms were exposed to the winds from Irene from Delaware to Maine and based on the information gathered here, all of them survived and are operating.
Continue readingEnel Green Power new wind farm in France
The company?s wind power portfolio in France grows by a further 18 MW. The Enel Group renewables company now reaches an installed wind energy capacity of 166 MW in France.
Continue readingDOI approves transmission to connect 250 MW California solar power photovoltaic to grid
The plant will use either solar energy photovoltaic (PV) or concentrating solar power photovoltaic (CPV) technology.
Continue readingFoster Wheeler Awarded Two Solar Steam Generator Contracts For Concentrated Solar Thermal Power in Spain
Foster Wheeler has been awarded contracts to supply solar steam generator systems to two separate concentrated solar energy projects in Spain.
Continue readingEtrion completes Nettuno solar power project in Italy
The solar power project, which is expected to generate 3.5 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy and ?1 million in earnings before EBIT annually, is fitted out with crystalline fixed-tilt photovoltaic modules.
Continue readingADB to finance wind energy in Pakistan
Zorlu Enerji Electrik Uretim will use the $36.8 million loan from ADB to install wind turbines to increase the output of its wind farm located 100 kilometers northeast of Karachi
Continue readingChinese solar energy could reach grid parity by 2015
A Chinese study suggesting solar power photovoltaic could achieve grid parity by 2015 has reignited calls in the UK for the government to bolster its own support for the renewable energy technology.
Continue readingLos Angeles Times misleads on safety in wind energy industry
The wind power industry takes safety extremely seriously. AWEA’s Safety Committee has been working diligently to establish training programs to enhance those already in place at individual companies.
Continue readingAs wind turbines grow, so does misinformation
The Los Angeles Times carried a pair of stories on wind energy this weekend, purportedly on how wind turbines technology is developing, but along the way showcasing a string of urban legends about wind power.
Continue readingMainstream signs deal with China?s Sinovel to deliver 1,000MW of wind power projects in Ireland by 2016
Mainstream Renewable Power signed a deal with Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel Wind Group, which will see 1,000MW of wind energy projects being built in Ireland over the next five years.
Continue readingEnergy Storage Technologies
Sales growth of molten salt TES systems is completely dependent on the growth of the global Concentrated Solar Power market and solar thermal plants.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Targeting $188 Billion Renewable Energy Market
Combined global revenue for solar power photovoltaic, wind power, and biofuels has surged to $188.1 billion.
Continue readingChina may tighten approval of wind energy projects
Currently, wind power farms of less than 50,000 kilowatts are approved by provincial governments and only larger wind turbines facilities need approval from the central-government agency.
Continue readingEnergy Storage in Commercial Buildings
Buildings represent a large portion of total energy consumption and many of their occupants are actively seeking ways of better managing their energy costs.
Continue readingAbengoa completes the financing to start the construction on two new concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Spain
Abengoa consolidates its global leadership with 16 concentrated solar energy plants and more than 1,100 MW of solar thermal in operation and under construction around the world.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex industrialises production
The aim was to significantly improve the efficiency and production quality of the wind turbines plant.
Continue readingItaly says no to nuclear for second time
At the end of 2010, Italy had an installed wind energy capacity of 5,797 MW, similar to that of the UK and France.
Continue readingAbengoa develops its first concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Chile
Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, design and start-up of the new concentrated solar energy plant in the Atacama Desert, which will comprise a solar field of 1,280 parabolic trough collectors.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Day ? tomorrow!
Wind power events are taking place in a whole host of countries from Mexico to New Zealand and all across Europe. Berlin will see the opening of a major new exhibition on wind energy at the capital?s Technical Museum.
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