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China Datang Renewable to Profit Up 50 Pct
From January to November in 2011, wind energy generators produced electricity of 6.27 billion kilowatt-hours, profiting to the tune of 557 million yuan (87.75 million U.S. dollars).
Continue readingA two-day event in Milan to discuss geothermal energy with Enel Green Power
The experts? aim is to share ideas and define actions necessary to promote the development of geothermal energy and investments to be made over the coming years.
Continue readingGujarat to have 300 MW of solar power
Declining any extension of deadline for developers, DJ Pandian, energy secretary, Government of Gujarat said that only 300 MW of solar energy projects may commission before the year ends.
Continue readingIndonesia’s Patuha Unit 1 Geothermal Energy Plant
Indonesia is recognized as having the world’s largest geothermal energy resources, with a potential apacity of 28,000 MW, although the installed capacity to date is little over 1,100 MW.
Continue readingConstruction on 150-MW Copper Mountain Solar Energy begins this year
Regulators Approve Long-Term Contract for Sempra Generation Solar Power Plant .
Continue readingExtension of the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC)
With a four-year extension, 8,000 to 10,000 MW of new wind farm capacity (enough to power the equivalent of 2 million to 3 million homes) each year through 2016 and an increase in wind turbines supported jobs to 95,000.
Continue readingWind power’s impact on birds: modest
The wind energy has modest impacts on birds compared to other forms of energy generation and should be viewed with vastly more significant sources of mortality such as buildings, communication towers, or vehicle.
Continue readingCan Wind Power Survive Without Tax Subsidies?
Numbers aside, it?s important to keep the wind energy industry supported while it makes the gains necessary to compete with coal, oil, and natural gas.
Continue readingVestas president urges Senate to extend wind energy tax credit
Vestas-American Wind Technology President Martha Wyrsch urged the U.S. Senate to immediately extend the Production Tax Credit that helps owners of wind farm projects afford to build them.
Continue readingWind energy in Chile: 240 MW Ckani wind farm
Ckani wind power envisages the installation of 160, 1.5 MW wind turbines 85m in height. The wind farm will connect to the northern SING power grid via the 220kV El Abra transformer station.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power in Australia
The $1.2 billion Solar Dawn concentrated solar energy project, which proposes to build a 250 MW solar thermal power facility in Queensland, failed to fund the project.
Continue readingChina cranks up 2015 solar power target
China has significantly increased its renewable energy target for solar energy capacity. It also confirmed the existing target to deliver 100 GW of wind energy capacity by 2015.
Continue readingSiemens wins about 1.4 GW in offshore wind energy contracts in 2011
New wind power order for Amrumbank West in North Sea.
Continue readingSiemens wins order for offshore wind farm in Germany
Siemens Energy has received another large order to build an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the Amrumbank West wind energy project in the North Sea, the company is supplying 80 wind turbines.
Continue readingE.ON approves 219 MW UK offshore wind farm
E.ON has unveiled that its Humber Gateway wind energy plant off the East Yorkshire coast, will consist of a 73 wind turbines that will generate up to 219 MW of electricity, enough to wind power up to 170,000 homes.
Continue readingKorea First to get ‘Next Generation’ Wind Turbines
Representatives for Korea have signed a Letter of Intent to purchase 2,500 megawatts worth of wind power from Infinity Energy Inc., making it among the largest Wind Farm Plants in the world when complete.
Continue readingClimate change will have a positive impact on the output of solar power
Regions were selected for the study on account of existing or planned large photovoltaic solar energy or Concentrating Solar Power plants.
Continue readingSolarplaza’s Top 10 Polycrystalline Silicon Modules
There are six Asian and four European photovoltaic solar energy companies represented in this Top 10.
Continue readingIran to launch dual-purpose concentrated solar power plant
The Islamic Republic has made great strides in generating energy from renewable sources, mainly solar energy and wind energy.
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