Plans to create a marine energy park in the south west of England took a major step forward this week, after a new “nursery” site in Falmouth Bay deployed its first wave energy device for testing.
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Ethiopia to get first photovoltaic solar energy assembly plant
Spire Corporation a global company providing solar power photovoltaic equipment and systems announced that it will provide a 20 megawatt (“MW”) Photovoltaic (“PV?) module turnkey assembly line.
Continue readingWorld’s largest solar thermal plant online in Saudi Arabia
The plant uses 35,230m2 of solar panels to feed solar energy into a district heating grid for 40,000 students at the Princess Noura Bint Abdulraman women?s university.
Continue readingChina Outsourcing Wind Power Production to Germany?
Last year, Germany installed 2,007 megawatts of wind energy capacity. New wind farm installations in Germany grew 30 percent in 2011. Now Chinese companies are building wind turbines factories in Germany.
Continue readingEGL Wind Farm Goes Online
The first 5 of 22 wind turbines have shortly begun feeding electricity. By 2020, the country wants to increase today’s installed wind power capacity of around 7,000 MW to nearly 13,000 MW.
Continue readingWind Energy Update: Mizuho Corporate Bank and Mott MacDonald to Participate in an Offshore Wind Power Webinar
The offshore wind farm projects are still heavily dependent on governmental funds and private investments and the question of where is the money going to come.
Continue readingUp to 1,000 offshore wind power jobs on the way
Tyneside-based OGN North Sea said it was to create up to 1,000 jobs thanks to a £640,000 grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change to build foundations for offshore wind turbines.
Continue readingWind Energy: Making Our World Safer Through Wind Power
Taking up solar energy and wind turbines together can provide a wholistically reliable source of energy on demand.
Continue readingSinovel to Supply Turkish Wind Farm
China’s Sinovel Wind Power Group will supply wind turbines to a US$1 billion Turkish wind energy developed by Agaoglu Group.
Continue readingGeothermal energy: UK in talks with Iceland over geothermal power link
The UK is to hold talks with Iceland about harnessing the geothermal energy of its volcanoes to import energy.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Kenya
Government bureaucracy in processing funds risks delaying the implementation of a geothermal energy project in Menenga.
Continue readingWind energy and birds
The wind power sector has grown rapidly in recent years, with over 3000 wind turbines now installed in 300 wind farm plants in the UK alone.
Continue readingSharp and Enel Green Power Begin Operation of Solar Power Plants at Five Sites in Italy
Thin-film solar cells, in addition to using less natural resources and requiring fewer steps in the production process, feature high long-term reliability and offer superior power generating efficiency in hot-climate.
Continue readingAll eyes on Copenhagen as Europe?s annual wind energy event is set to begin
Do you want to know more about what makes wind energy work and what the future holds for the sector? Then perhaps you should join the thousands of wind power enthusiasts who will be descending on Copenhagen.
Continue readingWind turbines: Investigation into V112-3.0 MW turbine fire continues
Vestas? investigation into the cause of the V112-3.0 MW turbine fire in Germany on March 30 continues.
Continue readingWind turbines: Investigation into V112-3.0 MW turbine fire continues
Vestas? investigation into the cause of the V112-3.0 MW turbine fire in Germany on March 30 continues.
Continue readingWind energy in Netherlands. Nordex awarded 72.5-MW wind farm
Wind power manufacturer Nordex has been awarded four related wind turbines contracts under which it will be revamping the ?Kreekraksluis? wind farm by autumn 2013.
Continue readingAORA?s Tulip Concentrated Solar Power Plant
It is a concentrating solar thermal power system that is capable of generating electricity by heating up the top of the tulip and using that heat to create electricity.
Continue readingWind power produces jobs in Florida
The report came from the American Wind Energy Association , an advocate of wind power. Iowa and Texas topped the list; each had 6,000 to 7,000 jobs related to wind power.
Continue readingWind farm firm to create 1,000 jobs
“It’s great to see OGN North Sea Ltd stepping up to the challenge to ensure offshore wind energy is produced in the most cost-effective way.”
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