DATC, a joint venture of Duke Energy and American Transmission Co., acquired the Zephyr Power Transmission Project from a unit of Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy LLC. Pathfinder is developing a wind farm project.
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Concentrating solar power: its contribution to a sustainable energy future
Concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic electricity solar energy as a commercially available renewable energy technology capable of harnessing the immense solar resource.
Continue readingBolivia to use Chinese wind turbines for first wind power project
The wind energy project will be completed in the first half of next year and work could begin at the end of 2012 and completed in 2014.
Continue readingRepower wins 20.5 MW wind energy contract in UK
Repower has signed a wind power deal to supply 20.5 MW Sixpenny Wood wind Farm, which has been developed by a subsidiary of a AES Wind Generation with 10 MM92 Repower wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: new wind power auction
The largest contract value in wind power was R$109.40/MWh, Ventos do Sertão, located in Bahia, which sold 2,226,564 MWh.
Continue readingGoogle: another solar energy investment
We believe the world needs a wide range of solutions?from wind energy, to transmission, to PV solar energy and concentrated solar power.
Continue readingWind energy adoption and the increasing cost of electricity in the U.S.
Despite the fact that electricity costs are rising across the U.S., there is a widely held perception that adding wind turbines and photovoltaic solar power generating capacity results in undue costs to ratepayers.
Continue readingThe Value of Concentrating Solar Power
A new analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory explores how the value of Concentrated Solar Thermal Power increases with a higher penetration of solar on the grid.
Continue readingThermal Energy Storage in CSP Plants Could Boost Penetration of Solar Energy, Wind Power
Thermal Energy Storage in CSP Plants Could Boost Penetration of Solar Energy, Wind Energy. Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) can dispatch power even during periods of high demand.
Continue readingFirst 24-hour concentrated solar power plant to be built in Abu Dhabi
The Gemasolar concentrating solar thermal power plant has been operational since June and has already delivered its first uninterrupted 24 hours of electricity.
Continue readingEverPower and OwnEnergy, Leaders in Wind Energy, Join Forces to Build Wind Farm
The Community Wind power project was started by Saint Francis University’s Renewable Energy Center. The university installed a meteorological tower in Patton and Ebensburg and found that was suitable for wind turbines.
Continue readingenXco signs wind energy agreement with Ridgeline Energy
Rockland Wind Farm in Power County, Idaho, is a JV between Ridgeline Energy and Diamond Generating Corp. Consisting of 44 Vestas V100 – 1.815 MW wind turbines, the project will provide wind power for Idaho Power.
Continue readingInterior Department approves solar farm in Arizona and wind farm in California
Salazar also said he will push for offshore wind power projects in the Atlantic Ocean.
Continue readingWe Energies Wind Energy Project Begins Commercial Operation
We Energies’ Glacier Hills Wind Power, now the largest wind farm in Wisconsin, was placed into commercial service today with 90 wind turbines.
Continue readingAcciona starts up first Polish wind farm, unveils second wind power
The wind energy farm, 100% owned by Acciona, is located in the municipality of Golice (Lubuskie province) in the west of the country, and consists of nineteen 2 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingFederal Approval of the Iberdrola Renewables’ Tule Wind Energy Project
The U.S. Department of the Interior issued its final approval of the Tule Wind Power Project when Secretary Ken Salazar signed the Record of Decision on the Environmental Impact Statement.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power Market Guide
The cost of generating Concentrated Solar Power electricity can be reduced by up to 30 percent by 2015 and even by more than 50 percent by 2025.
Continue readingGoogle turns up investment in solar power
Backing Recurrent marked Google’s first time investing in large scale solar photovoltaic power plants that generate energy for the US electric grid instead of on individual rooftops, according to Martinez.
Continue readingBP to exit solar energy business after 40 years
London-based BP Plc, an international oil giant and Europe’s second-largest company, will shut its solar power unit and qit the business entirely after 40 years because it’s become unprofitable.
Continue readingNew solar energy projects in Xinjiang
The China Power Investment Corporation (CPIC) recently obtained a 40,000-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) solar power generator project in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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