Namibia does have the ability to generate electricity from varied sources, including oil and gas-fired plants, hydroelectric facilities and it is starting to venture into solar power and wind energy.
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AGL acquires rights to 1 GW wind power project in Australia
AGL has bought the rights to develop a wind farm in New South Wales with a potential wind energy capacity of 1GW and 600 wind turbines.
Continue readingDepartment of the Interior announces wind energy guidelines
The Department of the Interior has released guidelines designed to help wind farm developers avoid and minimize impacts of land-based wind power projects on wildlife and their habitats.
Continue readingGamesa investing in new UK wind power manufacturing facility
Gamesa is investing £125 million in a new offshore wind energy manufacturing plant in Edinburgh that will build blades for wind turbines.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power TITAN delivers solar trackers for Stirling engines to be commissioned in South Africa
TITAN has delivered 4 double axis solar trackers with parabolic dish concentrator for Stirling engines, for one of the first, commercial concentrating solar thermal projects to be commissioned in South Africa.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power in Spain: Renewable Energies, Employment and Development
Attributing the power tariff deficit to concentrating solar thermal energy is simply erroneous; attempting to avoid future deficit by putting a stop to this
activity, a grievous mistake.
Taloga Wind Farm in Oklahoma
Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), officially dedicated its Taloga wind project in Putnam, Okla. The Taloga wind power project is powered by 54 Mitsubishi wind turbines.
Continue readingFlorida’s First Wind Farm
The Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners has voted unanimously in support of the development of Wind Capital Group’s Sugarland Wind Energy Project, which is planned for Palm Beach County.
Continue readingChina world’s wind power leader
According to the Global Wind Energy Council, the United States, which previously led the world in installed wind power capacity, had only 6.8GW of wind farm capacity.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power in Morocco
Morocco has excluded a group led by Egypt-based Orascom Construction Industries from the bidding for the first phase of a major concentrating solar energy project.
Continue readingChile’s largest photovoltaic solar power plant underway
Juwi Holding AG (Wörrstadt, Germany) and Kaltemp (Santiago, Chile) announced plans to build a 1.2 MW solar energy photovoltaic (PV) plant in Chile, with completion scheduled for mid-2012.
Continue readingEBRD to finance Mongolia’s first wind power project
The EBRD is extending a loan for the development of Mongolia’s first wind energy project ? the Salkhit wind farm with GE’s wind turbines.
Continue readingIreland: 50% of electricity supplied by wind energy
EirGrid Director of Operations Fintan Slye announced that that the island of Ireland now has over 2GW of installed wind energy capacity on the system.
Continue readingMarine energy: Wave energy and tidal energy needs investment to create jobs
The UK currently has 7.665 megawatts (MW) of wave energy and tidal energy installed. The UK Government?s Renewable Energy Roadmap sets a target of 300MW by 2020.
Continue readingOne Stop Green Expands its Corporate Development Team
From Photovoltaic Solar Power, Solar Thermal, Geothermal Energy, Solar pool heating and Electric Car Charging Stations, Liz is a well-qualified professional in the field of renewable technology.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power BrightSource Energy targets $183 mln IPO
BrightSource Energy designs, develops and sells concentrating solar thermal power systems that deliver reliable and cost-competitive solar energy to utilities and industrial companies.
Continue readingObama defends solar energy against critics
We?re also enforcing our trade laws to make sure countries like China aren?t giving their solar power companies an unfair advantage over ours.
Continue readingREMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OBAMA ON SOLAR POWER MARCH 21, 2012
I also want to thank your Mayor — a big supporter of solar energy — and that’s Roger Tobler, for being here. Where’s Roger? Here he is right there.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy in France: wind turbines of Alstom
Offshore wind power testing will begin in autumn 2012, permitting testing of aspects of maintenance in wind farm.
Continue readingFirst photovoltaic solar energy plant in Uttar Pradesh
Amid growing emphasis on adopting alternative and environmental-friendly means to meet energy demands, the first solar power unit of Uttar Pradesh has started functioning on the outskirts of the city.
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