Germany’s Siemens AG would open a wind power plant in France if the consortium it is part of were to win one of France’s offshore wind farm tender offers.
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Catch the Wind to Outfit Canadian Wind Farm
Saturn Power Inc. is a Canadian owned, renewable energy development company based in New Hamburg, Ontario with a focus on wind energy and solar power projects in Ontario.
Continue readingChina increases solar thermal business 12-fold since 2005
The Chinese solar energy market is still dominated by residential hot water applications. ?There are no more than 10 solar cooling systems currently running in China,? professor Luo says.
Continue readingWind energy in India: Gamesa launches 2 MW wind turbine
The wind turbines are designed for low wind farm sites. It launched the G97 in the global wind power market last year and has secured contracts to supply 356 MW worldwide.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Thermal Power Alliance Launched
Leading concentrating solar power companies, Abengoa, BrightSource Energy, and Torresol Energy announced the formation of the Concentrating Solar Power Alliance (CSPA).
Continue readingSolarReserve Concentrating Solar Power Project in Colorado
The solar energy project consists of two 100 MW 656-foot tall solar thermal power generating units based on concentrated solar power technology.
Continue readingSuzlon wins 151 MW in new wind power orders worldwide
Suzlon Group-subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, announced cumulative wind energy orders of 151 MW across Europe and North America, excluding wind turbines orders announced separately.
Continue readingPhilippines approves $475-m solar energy projects
The Energy Department approved seven photovoltaic solar power projects last year with a combined capacity of 190.08 megawatts and investments of around $475 million. A photovoltaic project costs around $2.5 m per MW.
Continue readingAustralia: wind energy and solar power needs support
The Grattan Institute has studied the potential of wind power, solar energy (photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal power), geothermal energy, bioenergy, nuclear and CCS to generate near-zero emissions power.
Continue readingWind energy in Lebanon: potential to generate 140 MW through wind power
Danish officials say Lebanon has the potential to generate as much as 140 megawatts of electricity through wind turbines.
Continue readingSolar Millennium sells US concentrated solar power project pipeline to solarhybrid
Solar Millennium has sold the two concentrated solar thermal power project holding companies Solar Millennium Capital GmbH and Solar Millennium USA 2 GmbH to solarhybrid AG, Brilon.
Continue readingA step toward offshore Massachusetts wind power
The Interior Department on Friday called for interest from the offshore wind energy industry in leasing an area off the Massachusetts coast for wind farm development.
Continue readingInterContinental Miami goes 100% Green with Wind Energy
Luxury hotel InterContinental Miami today announced that it has partnered with Greenlight Energy to purchase 15,467,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind power in 2012.
Continue readingMENA trails again in wind energy and solar power growth
The world’s leading wind power maker has just 600 megawatts (MW) of installed wind farm capacity from Morocco to the Arabian Peninsula, compared to 3,650 MW of wind turbines it has supplied to Spain alone.
Continue readingTime is ripe for wind power
The environmental footprint of wind farm compared to any other current form of energy is undeniable. Nebraska’s potential for the production of wind energy ranks third of all 50 states.
Continue readingE.ON Climate & Renewables Secures Financing for Illinois Wind Farm
The first wind energy farm in Iroquois County is located 10 miles west of Watseka and consists of 94 GE 1.6 megawatt wind turbines providing more than 150 megawatts (MW) of wind power.
Continue readingMarine Energy: Atlantis Resources to Continue Tidal Turbine Testing Program
The 1MW unit was retrieved from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) late last November and will be transported to Blyth in time for Narec?s 3MW drive train testing facility?s spring opening.
Continue readingGoldwind signs $5.5 billion for wind energy
Xinjiang Goldwind Science Technology, China?s second-largest wind power maker, signed a financial agreement with China Development Bank for wind farm projects worth 35 billion yuan ($5.5 billion), according to Bloomberg.
Continue readingEDC acquired a 70-percent stake in four geothermal energy projects in Chile and Peru
The JV is fordevelop the Calerias and Longavi geothermal energy fields in Chile, and the Quellaapacheta and Chocopata geothermal energy projects in Peru.
Continue readingEuropean Investment Bank Backs Caribbean Geothermal Energy
The European Investment Bank will provide 1.1 million euros ($1.4 million) in geothermal energy grants in the Caribbean.
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