By the time a geothermal energy project at Missouri University of Science and Technology is completed in 2014, the campus?s annual energy use will be cut in half and its carbon footprint reduced by 25,000 metric tons.
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Wind energy can be cheaper than photovoltaics solar energy
Generating wind power is more than twice as cheap as solar power photovoltaic (PV) energy production, a study of alternative energy in six developing countries has found.
Continue readingPotential of Wind Power in Georgia Awaiting Use
Georgia has a potential of 5 billion KWh of wind energy, which is almost half of the energy used annually by the Georgian population, experts say.
Continue readingWind energy in Florida: first wind farm
Supporters say the wind power project could provide jobs along with clean energy. The wind energy installation has more than one hundred wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy in Italy: Vestas signs wind farm service agreement for 268 MW
Vestas has signed with ERG Renew S.p.A. 15-year service contracts for ten wind power plants in Italy for a total capacity of 268 MW, including 126 units of V90-3.0 MW and V90-2.0 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in Pakistan: 1,000MW wind farm projects
The Sindh government has assured the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) to allocate land for wind energy projects to generate 1,000 megawatts (MW) electricity.
Continue readingLargest photovoltaic solar energy plant built in Vietnam
Intel Products Vietnam heralded a grand opening of the largest solar power station in Vietnam at the Saigon High-Tech Park on April 23.
Continue readingCSP and PV Solar Make Each Other More Valuable
Storage materials used with concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies currently flow at temperatures as high as 565 degrees centigrade.
Continue readingWind energy: High-tech component manufacturer calls for PTC extension
Killing the PTC is the same as Congress increasing taxes on renewable energy. A raise in taxes on renewable energy would tarnish an industry that has provided Americans with jobs and ensured stability.
Continue readingenXco inks wind farm agreement with Cartier Wind Energy
Consisting of 73 GE 1.5-MW SLE wind turbines, the wind power project was commissioned in November 2006 and generates clean energy for about 21,000 homes.
Continue readingStudy claims tourists ‘not put off’ by wind power in Scotland
Tourists visiting Scotland do not see wind farm as a problem, new research has suggested.
Continue readingU.S. DoE Funds Creation of ‘Plug-and-Play’ Home Solar Energy Systems
The cost of solar photovoltaic solar power modules is coming down, so soft costs and other non-module hardware costs, such as electronics and mounting hardware.
Continue readingWind power blowing away nuclear power
Wind energy supplies 3 percent of global electricity and will soon supply more electricity than nuclear power. In 2011, some 50 billion euros were invested in wind turbines, leading to say it’s cheap and creates jobs.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy: floating wind turbines developed by Acciona
A number of Spanish and Norwegian companies, among others, are part of the European HiPRWind project for research into offshore wind power.
Continue readingWind energy in Mexico: Suzlon enters the wind power sector
Suzlon, fifth world supplier of wind turbines, plans include wind farm projects in Mexico in the states of Baja California, Oaxaca and northeastern region.
Continue readingZotos International leads way with wargest wind power project in U.S.
Zotos’ 3.3 MW on-site, wind energy project, which powers its 670,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Geneva, is a first in the beauty industry. The wind farm is comprised of two 1,650 kW wind turbines.
Continue readingUruguay & Brazil Agree To Jointly Develop & Expand Wind Energy
Uruguay and Brazil agreed to jointly set up a 100 MW wind farm in Uruguay. Uruguay has an ambitious plan for wind power to provide 18% to 20% of the country’s energy supply by 2020.
Continue readingSuzlon gets wind energy orders from Europe for 276 MW of wind turbines
Wind power major Suzlon Group said it received orders for supplying 276 MW wind farm capacity wind turbines across Europe in the past two months.
Continue readingSwitzerland to Invest in wind energy in Iran
Switzerland is scheduled to participate in wind power generation wind farm projects in Iran’s Northwestern province of East Azarbaijan.
Continue readingUS photovoltaic solar energy market will explode within five years
When solar power reaches the ‘holy grail’ of grid parity the solar energy market in the US will boost, and a sleeping giant will awake, experts predict.
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