The concentrated solar power plant is located at the southwest edge of the Alhorines Valley, in Villena (Alicante).
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U.S. still the global geothermal energy leader, but now outpaced by international growth
Geothermal energy growth can be attributed to a number of factors, including economic growth, the electrification of low-income and rural communities, new technology and favorable national policies.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power in June in Vegas
The solar energy industry has seen a backlash of negative stories but professionals in the Concentrated Solar Power industry are set to fight back and reignite the torch for CSP plants in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Continue readingRMT Commences Construction at Kawailoa Wind Farm
RMT, a contractor specializing of wind power and solar energy facilities, has commenced construction at First Wind’s 69-MW Kawailoa Wind energy project on Oahu’s North Shore with 30 Siemens 2.3-MW wind turbines
Continue readingNanotechnology for solar energy conversion systems
EU researchers extensively characterised the self-organisation of nanotubes and developed novel compositions particularly appropriate to solar power.
Continue readingGlobal Thin Film Photovoltaics CIS/CIGS Market Poised for Massive Growth Through 2017
Photovoltaic (PV) modules have gradually turned into a commodity market, as numerous PV products based on various PV technologies have become commercially available.
Continue readingChina’s solar energy industry protest against US anti-dumping ruling
“Many photovoltaic solar power projects in the US have already been suspended due to increased costs as a result of the investigation,” Gao said.
Continue readingWind Power?s Georgia plant generates gearboxes and jobs for wind turbines
Home to wind energy supply chain, Peachtree State hosting WINDPOWER 2012.
Continue readingTata Power’s South African JV announced as ‘preferred bidder’ for two wind energy projects of 234 MW
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).
Continue readingObama 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.
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