EGP’s analysis of off-grid electrification in Moroccan villages presented at the Res4Med workshop in Rabat focuses on distributed generation and green energy to increase access to energy and protect the environment. That renewable energy must be in rural villages has for many years been at the heart of international programmes such as the United … Continue reading Solar Power and Storage Closing Energy Gap
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Cemex announces first solar power plant in the Caribbean
Cemex Dominican Republic has announced the launch of a solar plant that will provide renewable energy for its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís. The plant comprises 5040 panels with inverters that capture the sunlight and convert it into energy. “The contribution represents 1.5 MW that will allow us to produce 2.2 million … Continue reading Cemex announces first solar power plant in the Caribbean
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ZTE Signs an Agreement with Enel to Focus on Sustainability
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code 0763.HK/A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has signed an agreement with Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity, for the development and deployment of innovative power generation technologies with a focus … Continue reading ZTE Signs an Agreement with Enel to Focus on Sustainability
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Japan eyes wind energy: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project
A huge amount of electricity supply was lost in Japan when the nuclear power plant at Fukushima was disabled by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and compensating for such a loss has required original thinking. An ingenious solution that is being pursued is to build a network of power-generating systems relying on a … Continue reading Japan eyes wind energy: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project
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IEA report: installed solar photovoltaic capacity reached 139 GW in 2013
Following the difficult year of 2012 in terms of market growth, industry consolidation, policy uncertainty and ongoing fast cost reduction, 2013 has seen a slower evolution on the cost side but also a growing worldwide market again, although with a different split of dominant markets compared to the past. The fast rise of PV … Continue reading IEA report: installed solar photovoltaic capacity reached 139 GW in 2013
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Eletrosul to Borrow $34 Million for Brazil Wind Energy and Solar Power
Eletrosul Centrais Eletricas SA, a Brazilian state-run power company, arranged 81.4 million reais ($34 million) in loans to expand its renewable energy generation and transmission operations. The company will borrow 11.3 million reais from the country’s research-financing agency Finep to develop wind energy and solar power projects. It’s borrowing an additional 70.1 million reais … Continue reading Eletrosul to Borrow $34 Million for Brazil Wind Energy and Solar Power
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Energy sector is key to powering prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa
Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub?Saharan Africa, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook, a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series. More than 620 million people in the region (two-thirds of the population) live without electricity, and nearly 730 … Continue reading Energy sector is key to powering prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa
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SKF to invest in Brazil’s wind energy
Investment enables the SKF Group to capitalize on the fast growing wind energy market in Brazil. SKF (STO:SKFB) (STO:SKFA) (LSE:SKFB) (Pink Sheets:SKFRY) today announces that it is investing around SEK 220 million in a new factory at its existing SKF Campus in Cajamar, Brazil.The 6,600 m2 facility, which will employ up to 150 people, will … Continue reading SKF to invest in Brazil’s wind energy
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Renewable energy for Sub-Saharan Africa
Enel Green Power at Italy-Africa: Working Together for a Sustainable Energy Future, a conference being held in Rome promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Africa-EU energy partnership. Italy is helping to put the spotlight on Sub-Saharan Africa thanks to the Italy-Africa initiative, through which the Italian Ministry of Foreign … Continue reading Renewable energy for Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wind energy is cheapest energy, EU analysis finds
Onshore wind energy is cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear energy when the costs of ‘external’ factors like air quality, human toxicity and climate change are taken into account, according to an EU analysis. The report says that for every megawatt hour (MW/h) of electricity generated, onshore wind power costs roughly €105 (£83) per MW/h, … Continue reading Wind energy is cheapest energy, EU analysis finds
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Alstom and DCNS get together to found a sector of excellence in the floating wind energy
Alstom Renewable Power Chairman Jérôme Pécresse and DCNS Marine Energy and Infrastructures Division Director Thierry Kalanquin were on hand today as both groups signed a partnership agreement in the floating wind energy business. The agreement aims at developing and then commercialising an integrated system for a semi-submersible floating wind turbine delivering 6 MW. The groups … Continue reading Alstom and DCNS get together to found a sector of excellence in the floating wind energy
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Global energy efficiency market ‘an invisible powerhouse’ worth at least USD 310 billion per year
The global energy efficiency market is worth at least USD 310 billion a year and growing, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency that confirms the position of energy efficiency as the world’s “first fuel”. The report also finds that energy efficiency finance is becoming an established market segment, with innovative new … Continue reading Global energy efficiency market ‘an invisible powerhouse’ worth at least USD 310 billion per year
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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 readingSolar photovoltaic (PV) grows in Latin America
Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is poised to play a substantial role in fulfilling the need for increased power generation capacity across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a latest industry report. The total PV project pipeline is growing throughout the region and now exceeds 22 gigawatts (GW) of projects across all phases … Continue reading Solar photovoltaic (PV) grows in Latin America
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Oman Plans $200m Wind Energy Project
The wind farm at Harweel will have a capacity of 50 megawatts, and is expected to begin operating early in 2017. Oman plans to build its first major wind farm at a cost of $125 million to generate electricity in its southern governorate of Dhofar, as part of efforts to limit the use of … Continue reading Oman Plans $200m Wind Energy Project
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Michigan has the potential for more than 59,000 megawatts of wind energy generation
Wind power: Michigan ranks 16th among U.S. states with 1,163 megawatts of installed wind power, enough to power more than 300,000 average Michigan homes. The state has the potential for more than 59,000 megawatts of wind energy generation — more than 1.6 times the state’s current energy needs. That capacity is the 18th best wind … Continue reading Michigan has the potential for more than 59,000 megawatts of wind energy generation
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Iran to set up new solar power plant
The Islamic Republic of Iran is to set up a solar power plant in the city of Zahedan, member of photovoltaic scientific society of wind energy in Iran Gholamreza Sar-Golzari said on Saturday, IRNA reported. The first-ever 20 megawatt solar power plant is to be constructed eight kilometers away from Zahedan city, he … Continue reading Iran to set up new solar power plant
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Colorado wind power’s triumphs and challenges
Wind energy in Colorado has picked up some bragging rights in recent years, several times delivering more than half of electricity on Xcel Energy’s power grid while arguably rivaling coal mining in job totals. There are altogether 3,800 megawatts of generating capacity. Will this success, like the winds that often scour the eastern plains, die … Continue reading Colorado wind power’s triumphs and challenges
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Wind Energy Expansion in Iowa
Over the years, wind turbines have slowly become part of that trademark Iowa landscape, and Friday, Governor Terry Branstad announced we’ll be seeing a lot more of them. $280 million’s worth of them, to be exact. MidAmerican Energy is set to develop one new wind farm site in Adams County and expand a second site … Continue reading Wind Energy Expansion in Iowa
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New wind farm coming to eastern New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico is set to be the home of a new wind farm. The Hobbs News-Sun reports (http://goo.gl/SlzlmP) the Anderson Wind Farm is under construction in Lea County — in the heart of the state’s oil and gas country — and could start generating power by December. Officials say the facility featuring nearly … Continue reading New wind farm coming to eastern New Mexico
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