Morocco’s power utility, ONE, on Friday invited companies to submit expressions of interest in five wind farm projects with a total wind power generation capacity of 850 MW, reports Reuters.
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How solar energy can help the billion people without electricity
Photovoltaic solar power in poor villages and neighbourhoods could be the best way to the billion people without access to electricity.
Continue readingSolar power in Malawi
In the village of Capuhkwa people are using solar energy, not only to help build businesses – but to transform their lives.
Continue readingWSJ op-ed: ‘Want Growth? Try Stable Tax Policy’
Allowing the PTC to expire and raising taxes on wind energy will cut American wind turbines manufacturing jobs by one-third, while private investment in wind farm plants will drop by nearly two-thirds
Continue readingMalawi windmill boy with big fans
“William Kamkwamba’s achievements with wind energy show what one person, with an inspired idea, can do to tackle the crisis we face.” Al Gore
Continue readingSolar energy industry on the rise
The goal for India is for some 22,000 megawatts of solar power ? half photovoltaic and half concentrated solar power ? to be installed by 2022.
Continue readingRenewable Energy Investment in Africa Hits N4 Billion
The Managing Director of Bank of Industry (BOI), Ms Evelyn Oputu has said that the total investments in renewable energy in Africa rose from $750 million in 2004 to $3.6 billion in 2011.
Continue readingIndia: Capital cost for solar energy production hits new low
?One reason for the fall in tariffs is that capital costs for solar power projects are seeing a downward trend,? says Mr. Anand.
Continue readingSaudi commitment to industrial-scale solar energy
Concentrating solar power, in which mirrors collect and focus the sun’s rays to provide the heat used to drive turbines, is better suited for large-scale solar power production, Mr Bhargava says.
Continue readingWind energy in Portugal: REpower to supply 11 wind turbines
Suzlon Energy arm REpower has won 22 megawatt worth wind power order from a wind farm in Portugal.
Continue readingSuzlon Wind Energy to Supply 57 Wind Turbines to 120 MW Wind Farm in Western US
A subsidiary of Suzlon Group and a North American supplier of wind turbines, Suzlon Wind Energy has secured an order to supply 57 units of Suzlon S97-2.1 MW wind turbines to a 120 MW wind power project in the western US.
Continue readingIndia plans offshore wind farm to tap wind power
The Centre for Wind Energy Technology plans to conduct a feasibility study in Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram to set up offshore wind turbines, following problems of land acquisition for onshore wind power projects.
Continue readingVestas low-wind V100 wind turbines to China
Over the past few years, Vestas has established a rooted presence in China with more than RMB 3.5 billion worth of investments and more than 3,000 employees, committed to delivering high quality wind energy solutions.
Continue readingKenya wind energy project with 365 wind turbines to start by April
Nairobi Construction of a 310 megawatt (MW) wind power project in Kenya is expected to start in April after its financiers complete due diligence on the wind farm.
Continue readingFuhrländer to Sell $524M of Wind Turbines in Brazil
Fuhrländer, a German wind power maker, expects to sign about 900 million reais ($524 million) worth of sales wind energy contracts in Brazil this month.
Continue readingChina Three Gorges launches 50 MW wind farm in Jhimpir, Pakistan
Goldwind will supply 33 GW77-1500 direct-drive permanent-magnet wind turbines made for areas with a temperature range of -20 to 45 degrees Celsius and with a sealed, dust-proof design.
Continue readingKenya wind farm to start by april
Construction of a 310 megawatt (MW) wind energy project in Kenya is expected to start in April after its financiers complete due diligence on the wind power project.
Continue readingenXco and KCP&L sign PPA for 100.8 MW of Wind Energy
enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, and KCP&L have entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a 100.8MW wind farm to be built in Ford County, Kansas, wind GE wind turbines.
Continue readingSunvalley Solar Awarded New Solar Energy Contract
Sunvalley Solar, a leading solar power technology and solar system integration company, announced today that it has been awarded an 88 KW solar system installation contract by Hans Enterprise Ltd. in Anaheim, CA.
Continue readingKeppel to Expand Suite of Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm
“We are seeing offshore wind power rapidly gaining traction around the world and a large number of offshore wind turbines are under construction and planning.”
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