Lesotho will begin construction next year of an $87 million wind farm, the first in the mountainous African kingdom, which will add as much as 30 megawatts to the nation?s electricity grid.
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Ethiopia Could Use Wind Energy in Lieu of Gibe III to Save Lives
Ethiopia should abandon the Gilgel Gibe III, an Ethiopian hydroelectric dam being built on the Omo River, and explore wind power to harness needed energy.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Acquires Wind Energy Development Project
Here Enterprises is working to develop a wind farm on the Cycle Ranch site in conjunction with its operating commercial motocross speedway business.
Continue readingEuropean offshore wind energy will create a demand for 15 to 20 installation ships
Aside from the traditional uses of OSV in the maritime and oil & gas industries, interest in OSV is rising exponentially in the growing offshore wind power industry.
Continue readingNRG expands into New Mexico with 20 MW Solar Power Project
20 megawatts of clean photovoltaic solar power for El Paso Electric. The Roadrunner solar energy facility will be one of the first large-scale solar projects built in New Mexico.
Continue readingAgreement at climate change talks in Cancun is a step forward
Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council, noted the agreement rekindles hope for a global, binding climate agreement.
Continue readingRevenge of the Electric Car
Revenge of the Electric Car? is the new feature documentary film about electric cars by Chris Paine, director of the 2006 film, ?Who Killed the Electric Car??
Continue readingSpain has 870 electric vehicles with Movele Plan
Spain has managed to put 870 electric vehicles in circulation by Movele Project, a program designed to promote electric cars that included the sale of 2,000 electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries in 2009.
Continue readingLithium Ion Batteries May Reduce Electric Car Prices Considerably
The lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles are now being tested by several giant automakers such as Toyota, Daimler or Bayerische Motoren Werke.
Continue readingEndesa hosts the first European CHAdeMO meeting, the fast charging system for electric vehicles
The CHAdeMO association was born from excellent agents of the Japanese market a year ago to elaborate a standard of fast charge of electrical vehicles.
Continue readingWind power will open up the road for renewable energy in Senegal
Senegal aims at covering 15% of energy consumption from renewables by 2020. The construction of two wind turbines has began with an overall capacity of 175 MW, nearly 30% of the total capacity presently installed.
Continue readingNew offshore wind turbines strategy from partnership Megavind
Megavind?s vision is to maintain Denmark as a globally leading hub in wind power. The following partners represent the sector.
Continue readingDan Juhl – Wind energy pioneer takes long view
Dan Juhl has been developing wind power plants for three decades. He built Minnesota’s first wind energy project in 1986 on Buffalo Ridge.
Continue readingFrance’s Reunion island aims for zero CO2
France’s fifth largest wind power producer Aerowatt launched a 3.85 megawatt-wind farm on the small cyclone-prone French Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Continue readingCornwall 14 wind turbines shipped to Latvia
Fourteen wind turbines removed from a wind farm in Cornwall are to be used in eastern Europe, their owner says.
Continue readingNYSERDA Anounces New York State Solar Thermal Incentive Program
NYSERDA and the State of New York have just announced the PON 2149 “The First Solar Thermal Incentive Program in New York State”.
Continue readingWind energy accounted for 6.5% of Germany?s electricity consumption
The three leading manufacturers on the German market for wind turbines were Enercon, Vestas, and Repower Systems. About 90,000 people in Germany were employed in the wind power sector.
Continue readingIndia Plans to Open Bidding for Hybrid Concentrating Solar Power Plants Next Year
India plans to hold global bidding by mid 2011 for developers to set up concentrated solar energy plants that use a mix of solar and fossil fuels.
Continue readingChina – Recharging for electric vehicles
The Beijing municipal government plans to set up 100 rapid and 36,000 low-speed charging stations in the city in the next three years to encourage use of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingTrue cost of solar energy and other renewables By Tam Hunt
What does renewable energy cost? Isn’t it still more expensive than fossil fuel electricity? Way more? In a word: no.
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