The draft of the first wind farm planned in southern Algeria, Adrar, was awarded Monday to French consortium Cegelec.
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Texas leads the US for wind energy installations, with 9,410 MW
Much has already been written on the transformative power of wind power ? revitalising declining towns and harbours with new employment and industry.
Continue readingNew methods to examine the potential of concentrating solar power
New data and methods have been developed to examine the potential for thermal concentrated solar energy (CSP) plants to help meet energy and environmental goals.
Continue readingTunisia-Japan sign MOU in Concentrating Solar Power
Tunisia and Japan penned, on Saturday, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU ) for the construction of a 5 Megawatt concentrated solar energy plant connected to a 40 Megawatt-combined cycle power plant.
Continue readingRomania: Three major wind power projects by the end of 2010
At the end of this year, Romania will most likely have three major wind energy projects, operated by CEZ (the Czech Republic), Energias de Portugal and Enel (Italy), with a 464 MW capacity.
Continue readingEl Sewedy Electric Intends to Develop Wind Farm in Ghana
Egypt-based El Sewedy Electric, a manufacturer of wind farm equipment, is in talks with the Ghanaian government to develop a wind energy project in Ghana.
Continue readingWind Works Power Corp: Agreement Signed to Sell 20 MW Joint Venture Wind Energy Project in Germany
Wind Works invested 100,000 Euros in the project in May 2010, and will receive a total of 190,000 Euros over a 12 months period.
Continue readingWind energy in Lesotho: wind farm in the Mokhotlong district
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.
Continue readingEthiopia 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 readingChina – Top wind energy producer says capacity up 76% annually in past five years
China Longyuan Power Group, the country’s largest wind power producer, said its installed wind farm capacity had reached 5.51 MW as of November, after seeing an annual rise of 76.2 percent during the past five years.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas enters Cape Verde with an order for 26 MW
Vestas has received an order for 30 V52-850 kW wind turbines for Cape Verde.
Continue readingClashindarroch wind farm planning permission granted
Planning permission for a wind farm with 18 wind turbines in Clashindarroch Forest near Huntly has been granted by Aberdeenshire Council.
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 readingGryphon Resources Receives Permit Approvals to Begin Exploration Work Plan at Arizona Lithium Project
Gryphon Resources has received approvals from the Arizona State Land Department for all 11 permit applications for exploration activities at its lithium project in south-eastern Arizona.
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 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 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 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 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.
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