Located in the northern Aegean region in the Manisa and Balýkesir provinces, Soma I wind farm, which was commissioned in successive tranches, comprises 88 wind turbines supplied by Enercon.
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Nissan LEAF offline event at Oppama Plant
The launch of Nissan LEAF, the world?s first mass-market, affordable zero-emission electric car, is a true transportation breakthrough.
Continue readingForewind Consortium announces first construction development of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm
The development of the world?s biggest offshore wind energy project has now been launched. 9,000 to 13,000 megawatts of wind power are planned by 2020.
Continue readingChavez signs wind energy deal with Portugal
Chavez said Venezuela aims to develop wind farm projects at four sites in the country. Details of the green energy agreement were not immediately available.
Continue readingDesertec Puts Syria on Solar and Wind Power Map
North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions, including Syria, are considered as world-best places to be used as farms to produce electricity out of sunrays or wind energy in desert areas.
Continue readingDenmark?s Rødsand II offshore wind power plant begins operations
One of the world?s largest offshore wind energy plants has begun operations in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. E.ON opened the Rødsand II wind farm, with 90 Siemens offshore wind turbines with a ceremonial act.
Continue readingGamesa plans to base the Worldwide Centre of its Offshore Wind Energy business in UK
Gamesa, a world leader in wind turbines technology, intends to choose the United Kingdom as the worldwide centre of its offshore wind power business, and plans to invest up to 150 million euros there by 2014.
Continue readingGE confirms £100m wind power plant in UK
GE announced that it will move forward with its plan to invest £100m to develop offshore wind turbines manufacturing and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the UK.
Continue readingSiemens, Gamesa and GE confirms wind power plants in UK
Siemens confirms it will move ahead with new wind energy facility after government promises to retain port upgrade programme.
Continue readingInternational Battery Lithium Ion Cells Pass Rigorous UN Testing
The cells include the 60Ah and 160 Ah iron phosphate as well as the 90Ah and 200Ah nickel cobalt manganese cells.
Continue readingUnion Ironworkers Prepare for ‘Green’ Jobs With Specialized Wind Turbine Training
Organization provides training to empower erectors leading a new generation of energy-industry construction.
Continue readingNorthern Ireland’s DRD and DOE sign with Renault-Nissan Alliance to progress electric vehicles
“I see the use of electric vehicles as an important alternative to fossil fuel powered travel which will help to decarbonise transport”.
Continue readingBulgaria?s unambitious energy plan puts green investments at risk
The government has failed to take into account Bulgaria?s excellent wind power potential. EWEA expects the wind turbines industry to install 3,000 MW of wind farm in Bulgaria by 2020.
Continue readingEthiopia to generate 30 MW from wind energy
Construction of the remaining two phases of the wind turbines project is also well underway. Construction of the full wind farm will cost the country over 210 million Euros.
Continue readingA new technique will multiply photovoltaic energy
According to a Stanford University research team, thin-film solar cells whose efficiency exceeds by ten times current highest estimates can be developed by using nanostructured polymeric materials.
Continue readingChina is racing on the wings of wind power
According to an Industrial Association of renewable energy report, China manufactures 2 wind turbines per hour. The installed wind farm capacity is expected to grow from the present 25,800 MW to over 150,000 MW in 2020.
Continue readingElectric vehicles won?t be profitable at first
During the same event, Reithofer said BMW is planning to charge customers more for electric cars. ?Electric cars will be expensive vehicles in the beginning?.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power to light up by 2010 in China
About 50 companies have submitted 135 bids in an open tender for utility-scale solar power projects in China, the China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday.
Continue readingEvaluation of Lagerwey L 82 wind turbines
The Dutch independent engineering company for wind turbines, Lagerwey Wind, received the evaluation report of wind turbine L 82 with 2 MW from GL Renewables Certification.
Continue readingChina speeds up offshore wind energy
The engineering design and construction of what will be the world?s largest offshore wind farm at 1,000 MW is being undertaken by the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
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