Rainbow Power Company has signed a contract to provide consultancy, training services and solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment to a project to provide PV-powered mini-grids to 49 villages in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Villages will receive a three-phase solar/battery/inverter system that will supply electricity for lighting, television, phone charging and a community cool room. The … Continue reading Rainbow Power Company to provide solar PV systems to Papua New Guinea
Continue readingCategory Archives: Other renewables
ARPA-E Announces $30 Million for Research Projects to Develop Breakthrough Technologies to Advance Solar Energy
ARPA-E was launched in 2009 to seek out transformational, breakthrough technologies that show fundamental technical promise but are too early for private-sector investment. The Department of Energy today announced that up to $30 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available for a new program that will engage our country
Continue reading
Spain renewable energy projects face bankruptcy after subsidy cuts
The renewable energy sector in Spain, which has grown exponentially since 2005, has accumulated a debt of more than 40,000 million euros to banks. The renewable energy sector in Spain, which has grown exponentially since 2005, has accumulated a debt of more than 40,000 million euros to banks, half in photovoltaic solar energy projects and … Continue reading Spain renewable energy projects face bankruptcy after subsidy cuts
Continue reading
China eyes fivefold jump in solar power capacity
China is aiming for a fivefold increase in solar power generating capacity by 2015 to shore up domestic solar panel makers that are struggling with overcapacity. The country aims to install about 10 gigawatts of solar capacity annually from 2013-2015, bringing the total to more than 35 GW by the end of 2015, according to … Continue reading China eyes fivefold jump in solar power capacity
Continue reading
China, South Africa lead rebound in Q2 2013 renewable energy investments investments
Global investment in renewable energy was USD 53.1 billion in the second quarter of 2013, up 22% from the first quarter thanks to an upturn in the financing of wind energy and solar power projects and a 170% surge in equity funding for specialist companies on public markets, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF, New York, … Continue reading China, South Africa lead rebound in Q2 2013 renewable energy investments investments
Continue reading
Photovoltaic Technology and Cost Outlook
The global PV industry’s recent past has seen wafer, cell, and module suppliers at the mercy of an inhospitable supply-demand imbalance throughout the global market. With supply consistently 200% of demand annually, c-Si module prices have fallen approximately 70% in two years. One positive externality of this cutthroat pricing is that manufacturing costs have fallen … Continue reading Photovoltaic Technology and Cost Outlook
Continue reading
BrightSource withdraws Rio Mesa Concentrating Solar Power project
BrightSource Energy has finally and definitively withdrawn its concentrated solar power (CSP) Rio Mesa project in a brief note sent to the California Energy Commission (CEC). The 500 MW CSP project, which would have consisted of two concentrated solar power plants each with a capacity of 250MW, was to be located near Blythe in Riverside County, … Continue reading BrightSource withdraws Rio Mesa Concentrating Solar Power project
Continue reading
Apple to build solar energy plant to power data center
Apple will pay for construction of an 18-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy plant in northern Nevada to provide power for a data center the technology plans east of Reno. The Fort Churchill Solar Array, to be built in Yerington, was included in a filing Monday by NV Energy Inc. with the Public Utilities Commission. Apple announced … Continue reading Apple to build solar energy plant to power data center
Continue reading
EGP
Wind energy, solar thermodynamic, hydroelectric: Enel Green Power integrates renewable resources in contexts that are urban or man-made, producing a reduced visual and environmental impact. Innovation is an essential factor for a company’s successful performance: this is why EGP, which in 2012 established an area and a team specifically devoted to innovation, targets research and … Continue reading EGP
Continue reading
The wind energy produced 19,3% of of electricity in June in Spain
The peninsular electricity demand in the month of June, after taking into account the effects of timing and temperatures fell by 1.8% over the same month last year. Gross demand has been from 19,239 GWh, 7.3% lower than in June 2012. In June, the generation from renewable energy sources in Spain has accounted for 45.2% … Continue reading The wind energy produced 19,3% of of electricity in June in Spain
Continue reading
Concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage
On July the 3rd 2013 Archimede Solar Energy (ASE) and Chiyoda Corporation ground break the most advanced concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage. On July the 3rd 2013 Archimede Solar Energy (ASE) and Chiyoda Corporation ground break the most advanced concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP plant represents the first … Continue reading Concentrated solar power installation with thermal energy storage
Continue reading
Indonesia: Mobilizing Investment in Geothermal Energy
Developing countries will need about $531 billion of additional investments in clean energy technologies every year in order to limit global temperature rise to 2
Continue reading
Renewables energies to surpass gas by 2016 in the global power mix
BP Statistical Review: renewable energy used in power generation grew by 15.2%
The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 – the 62nd annual report – is launched today, revealing that 2012 had the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded, and new evidence of the flexibility of the world’s energy system in meeting rapid global change. The US recorded the world’s highest growth in … Continue reading BP Statistical Review: renewable energy used in power generation grew by 15.2%
Continue reading
Vestas applauds President Obama
In a speech given Tuesday at Georgetown University, President Obama calls for the nation to double its use of renewable energy. President Obama’s plan would cut carbon emissions that cause climate change and endangers public health. His goal is to double the amount of renewable energy permits approved on public lands which would power more than … Continue reading Vestas applauds President Obama
Continue reading
Calico solar power project has been canceled
The developer of a huge proposed solar power project that was once slated to cover 12.5 square miles of still-intact desert habitat has walked away from the idea, according to documents released by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The Calico Solar Project was proposed for land north of Interstate 40 between the hamlets of Ludlow … Continue reading Calico solar power project has been canceled
Continue reading
Eletrobras to assess the feasibility of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in Southern Brazil
“We have been researching and developing solar technology for a decade and now we want to analyze the technical feasibility of concentrating solar power (CSP) generation,” said engineering director Eletrosul, Ronaldo dos Santos Custódio. Electrosul launched a tender for the construction of four stations in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso … Continue reading Eletrobras to assess the feasibility of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in Southern Brazil
Continue reading
Enel Green Power Launches Marine Power
The marine power device R115, which will convert into electricity energy produced from waves, was launched in Pisa this week, another example of EGP focusing on innovation and cutting-edge technology. On Wednesday Pisa Marina saluted the launch of the R115, an innovative marine power device which converts wave energy into electricity. This new development means … Continue reading Enel Green Power Launches Marine Power
Continue reading
WWEA welcomes introduction of GET FiT in Uganda
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) felicitates the Government of Uganda on the launch of the Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariff (GET FiT) Programme in cooperation with its international partners. The WWEA has been at the forefronts for urging governments to devise such policies. The GET FiT Uganda programme will set a commendable precedent for … Continue reading WWEA welcomes introduction of GET FiT in Uganda
Continue reading
Abengoa-Shikun & Binui JV awarded the Ashalim CSP plant 2 in Israel
Abengoa and Shikun & Binui are selected to build a 110MW concentrating solar power plant. The parabolic trough plant will be the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Israel. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), the company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, and Shikun & Binui, an Israeli based … Continue reading Abengoa-Shikun & Binui JV awarded the Ashalim CSP plant 2 in Israel
Continue reading
