Tata Power has been selected as the “Preferred Bidder” for the 139 MW Amakhala Wind Farm project and the 95 MW Tsitsikamma Wind powerproject by the Department of Energy, South Africa (DoE).
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Obama calls for extending wind energy tax breaks
President Obama ? here to stump for an extension for wind power tax breaks ? hammered Thursday on congressional Republicans as stumbling blocks to economic progress.
Continue readingenXco Acquires Pinelands Biomass Project
“For more than two decades, we have been a leader in wind-energy focusing on large-scale wind projects. Today enXco’s portfolio includes solar power and biomass technologies.”
Continue readingWind energy in Vietnam: first sea wind turbines built in Bac Lieu
Two sea wind turbines have been installed in the sea off southern Bac Lieu Province, as part of the first sea wind power project. Under the wind farm project, 62 wind turbines will be installed.
Continue readingSolar Impulse to attempt flight to Africa
The trip will coincide with the start of work in Morocco?s Ouarzazate region to construct the largest concentrated solar power plant ever built.
Continue readingSolar power in Cyprus
Easy Power presented their plans for the construction of a photovoltaic (PV) plant and a concentrating solar thermal power plant, which could more than quadruple Cyprus? installed solar energy capacity.
Continue readingWhat’s at stake in week when President Obama addresses wind energy workers
Bipartisan support keeps mounting to extend the critical Production Tax Credit that allows U.S. wind power to install 35% of all new U.S. electric generating capacity
Continue readingWind farm: PTC extension passes milestone with 100 cosponsors in U.S. House
Two Cabinet secretaries met with 14 wind turbines industry leaders at the White House recently to discuss how to get the PTC extended before Congress takes its summer recess.
Continue readingAt last, a resource map for small wind turbines
Big news for the growth of distributed wind power: the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Wind Energy Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently published wind resource maps for the U.S..
Continue readingSubsidies for wind power
?EU Plans to Phase Out Solar Power, Wind-Energy Subsidies? was the headline last weekend in Business Week ? echoing a similar story in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Continue readingVestas wind energy plant in Kent given approval
A plan to build wind turbines in Kent, with the creation of about 1,600 jobs, has been given approval.
Continue readingWind energy New Zealand: Generators shift focus from water to wind power
Meridian chief executive Mark Binns said the company would now look to other wind turbines projects including a potential wind farm in Victoria, Australia.
Continue readingRolls-Royce water jets to power wind farm support vessels
The 19 metre long catamarans will be used to transfer people and cargo to the growing number of offshore wind power farms around the coast of Europe.
Continue readingGamesa Wind Power Hires Martin as CEO as Calvet Steps Down
Spain’s largest maker of wind-power equipment named Ignacio Martin chief executive officer, replacing Jorge Calvet.
Continue readingElecnor acquires the 30% holding in the wind power company Enerfín Enervento Exterior
With this acquisition, Elecnor is strengthening its interest in the Brazilian wind energy market, where it currently has more than 428 MW in operation.
Continue readingSouth Africa awards additional large-scale solar energy project
SolarReserve, Intikon and Kensani are cooperating further to develop additional photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power projects in South Africa.
Continue readingSoitec Announces Project Financing for Solar Photovoltaic Power Project in South Africa
Soitec Announces Project Financing for Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic Power Project in Western Cape, South Africa – Deal Analysis from GlobalData.
Continue readingTop Concentrating Solar Power companies to meet in Madrid
In just two weeks, Madrid will host the only techno-economic event focused in Concentrated Solar Power; the 2nd CSP Optimisation Summit, 5-6 June, with more than 150 solar thermal experts set to attend.
Continue readingGeothermal energy reaches 11,224 MW
The global geothermal energy market has grown to approximately 11,224 megawatts of installed capacity as of May 2012, with the United States remaining the world leader with approximately 3,187 MW.
Continue readingIsrael’s Arava solar power to build eight photovoltaic solar energy plants
Company secures $204 million in funding, largest financial closing in the country’s solar power industry.
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