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Electric vehicles offer benefits for New Zealand
Electric vehicles (EVs) are likely to play an important role in New Zealand?s future as consumers seek cleaner and cheaper options to petrol and diesel.
Continue readingMeridian builds wind farm in Australia
New Zealand electricity generator Meridian Energy Ltd has entered a joint venture with Australia’s AGL Energy Ltd (AGL) to build the $A800 million Macarthur Wind Farm in south-west Victoria.
Continue readingNo demonstrators, but lots of determination in Greensboro By Chris Madison (AWEA)
Wind energy, which creates jobs and energy without pollution, is hard to be against, especially at a time when many Americans are still hurting economically.
Continue readingVestas receives wind turbines order for 42 MW for France
Vestas has received a combined wind power order for a total of 21 units of the V90-2.0 MW turbine. The order includes supply, installation, a VestasOnline® Business SCADA solution as well as a ten-year service agreement.
Continue readingKoncar Elektroindustrija to build wind farm in Croatia
Koncar Elektroindustrija plans to build a 200 million kuna ($38 million/27.5 million euro) wind power plant in the Adriatic town of Split with a total capacity of 17.5 megawatts (MW).
Continue readingVestas receives order for 25 MW wind turbines in the Dominican Republic
Vestas has received a wind power order for 14 units of the V90-1.8 MW wind turbine for the wind farm Los Cocos project in the Dominican Republic.
Continue readingVestas successfully places a EUR 600m Eurobond
The transaction was received very well by the European investors and the book was more than thee times oversubscribed.
Continue readingManifiesto por el empleo en la e
Tras la publicación del RDL 6/2009 se han perdido más de 6.000 empleos directos y más de 10.000 indirectos.
Continue readingNissan presents Nissan technology square’ in Australia
Nissan technology square jointly organized by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motor Co. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. kicks off at Bondi Junction shopping mall in New South Wales.
Continue readingSolar Photovoltaic, Wind Energy, and Biofuel Markets Expand by 11.4 Percent to $139.1 Billion in 2009
Despite severe economic conditions, clean-energy markets were able to hold their momentum in 2009 as many regional and federal governments and private corporations focused on clean-energy investments.
Continue readingKATU-TV swallows fossil-fuel line on wind energy By Michael Goggin (AWEA)
Next time, KATU might want to do some more research before running with whatever a fossil-fuel funded front group tells them.
Continue reading29 Governors seek wind energy boost
A coalition representing governors of 29 states is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind power, such as a renewable electricity standard.
Continue readingWind energy industry working to meet wildlife challenges By Chris Madison (AWEA)
A huge challenge facing wind farm developers is how to co-exist with wildlife?and with the laws, regulations and permitting procedures that have been developed to protect it.
Continue readingStatoil promotes offshore wind power
?We are committed to offshore wind energy because we want to use our expertise and background to create value where we have a competitive edge,? said Margareth Øvrum during Statoil?s energy seminar in Bergen.
Continue readingFirst Solar Joins Desertec
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) on Tuesday announced that it had joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative as an Associated Partner to demonstrate the potential of photovoltaic (PV) solar technology.
Continue readingAGL to construct Macarthur Wind Farm in Australia
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) announced that it had entered into conditional arrangements for the construction of Macarthur Wind Farm in south-west Victoria.
Continue readingREpower appoints Andreas Nauen as new CEO
The Supervisory Board of REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) announced the appointment of Andreas Nauen as its new Chief Executive Officer. Andreas Nauen, currently CEO of Siemens Wind Power A/S, will join REpower.
Continue readingPattern Energy Acquires 283 MW Gulf Wind Power Project
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) announced it has acquired the 283 megawatt (MW) Gulf Wind energy project (Gulf Wind) from Babcock & Brown.
Continue readingWorld Solar Photovoltaic Market Grew to 6.43 Gigawatt in 2009
Solarbuzz Reports World Solar Photovoltaic Market installations reached a record high of 6.43 gigawatt (GW) in 2009, representing growth of 6% over the previous year.
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