The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated that there could be as much as 16,500 megawatts of untapped power potential just from geothermal sources that have already been identified.
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Vattenfall to build 122 MW wind farm in the Netherlands with Repower wind turbines
REpower Systems SE and the Vattenfall have entered into a contract to deliver 36 wind turbines for use in a wind farm near Zeewolde, the Netherlands.
Continue readingGeneral Motors Identifies 16 Carbon-Reduction Projects
Crow Lake Wind Farm in Mitchell, S.D.: A 108-turbine wind farm, including seven community-owned wind turbines, that provides rural farmers and residents with locally generated power and financial returns.
Continue readingNation’s Top Four Public Universities for Solar Power
Colorado State hosts about 5,500 kilowatts of solar power on its campus, which is largely concentrated on a 30-acre solar energy plant on the Foothills Campus on the western edge of Fort Collins.
Continue readingSolyndra – In defense of solar power
In 2010, the U.S. solar industry had a positive trade flow of $1.9 billion and was even a net exporter to China. The promise of solar energy is here and getting stronger.
Continue readingFrom brown coal to concentrated solar thermal power
The owners of Australia?s most polluting coal-fired power station, the Playford plant in South Australia, are considering converting it to a concentrated solar energy facility.
Continue readingVestas receives 129 MW wind energy order in Sweden
Vestas receives 129 MW wind power order in Sweden and signs conditional order for another 69 MW, for delivery of 43 wind turbines V112-3.0 MW.
Continue readingBP to Build Largets Kansas Wind Farm
BP has announced it will add to its already substantial wind energy holdings in the USA with a blade signing ceremony for the 419 MW Flat Ridge 2 wind farm to be constructed near Wichita, Kansas.
Continue readingFirst 24-Hour Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Spain
Masdar is currently implementing major projects such as the 100MW Shams-One concentrated solar thermal power plant in the UAE, as well as international projects including the 1,000MW London Array offshore wind farm.
Continue readingArise begins 203 MW wind power in Jädraås
Arise Windpower is one of Sweden’s leading companies in onshore wind energy. Its business concept is to sell electricity generated at the company’s own wind turbines.
Continue readingFinavera Wind Energy Execute 105 Megawatt Grid Connection
Finavera Wind Energy announces a grid connection agreement has been signed with Eirgrid for the 105 megawatt Cloosh Valley Wind Farm in County Galway
Continue readingVestas? wind turbines V112-3.0 MW reaches important milestone
With a series of wind energy orders from wind farm customers around the world, the V112-3.0 MW wind turbine has already won more than 1 GW of firm and unconditional wind power orders.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles As A Battery: Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) Is Coming
NRG Energy, a New Jersey power company, announced that it wanted to commercialize V2G technology developed by Willett Kempton, a professor at the University of Delaware.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles, Solar Energy Photovoltaic and Wind Energy Markets to Benefit MOSFETs and IGBTs
The growing need for efficient power supply units in appliances will be a key driver for rectifiers. Solar Inverters used in solar PV generation will drive the demand for Power discretes.
Continue readingVestas to supply 129 MW to Sweden’s biggest wind energy project
Vestas has received an order to supply 129MW of capacity to Sweden’s biggest wind farm. The wind power order, from Swedish developer Arise Windpower, is for 43 of Vestas’ V112 3MW wind turbines.
Continue readingLetter writers take NY Times to task for anti-wind energy op-ed
While the wind farm will occupy 175 acres, more than 2,000 acres of prime animal habitat will also be conserved as mitigation for any wildlife effects.
Continue readingCanadian wind power is surging but industry needs political certainty
Canada, which now has wind turbines in all 10 provinces, will end 2011 with about 5,400 MW of total installed wind farm capacity.
Continue readingSolar Millennium sells off massive concentrated solar thermal power project pipeline
Solarhybrid will take over the 2.25 GW concentrated solar power pipeline and build them with solar energy photovoltaic, not the originally planned solar thermal tech.
Continue readingWind farm opens in Ohio
EDP?s Timber Road II Wind Farm is a 99-megawatt wind turbines facility outside Payne. This is the first commercial, large-scale wind energy project to open in Ohio.
Continue readingTECO leads wind power development in Taiwan
Teco is increasingly recognized by Chinese wind energy companies for cutting-edge generator technologies and innovative customer services.
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