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DOE to invest $60 million to develop concentrating solar power
The US DOE wants researchers and scientists to “think outside the box” and come up “highly disruptive Concentrated Solar Thermal Power technologies that will meet 6¢/kWh cost targets by the end of the decade.
Continue readingMarket for Distributed Solar Energy Photovoltaic Systems to Top $150 Billion by 2015
Pike Research?s report, ?Distributed Solar Energy Generation?, analyzes the current status of, along with the future outlook for, the global market for distributed solar power photovoltaics.
Continue readingBP announces $750M wind turbines deal for wind farm plants
BP Wind Energy has reached a $750 million deal with General Electric Co. to supply and maintain 350 wind turbines for wind power farms in Pennsylvania and Kansas.
Continue readingHanas? 2.25-billion-yuan Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Project Sets to Go
The project represents the first ISCC trough solar demonstration project in Asia. Concentrated solar power is widely recognized as a clean, efficient, stable and reliable
Continue readingIs America Losing the Clean Energy Race?
Is Stearns right when he says the United States can?t compete with China on wind energy and solar power technologies?
Continue readingVirginia to build offshore wind energy facility
The Commonwealth of Virginia, Northampton County and several Dutch energy firms are collaborating to build Poseidon Atlantic, a wind power facility for the testing of large offshore and land-based wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in Pakistan
About 22 wind energy projects are in various development stages in Pakistan, an official from the country’s Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) says.
Continue readingVestas turns to IBM big data analytics for smarter wind energy
If power companies do not install wind turbines in the right locations, they may not produce enough electricity to justify wind power investments and keep electricity costs low.
Continue readingWind power in Ethiopia
Lack of reliable wind data covering the entire country has been one of the reasons for limited application of wind energy, the study claimed.
Continue readingREpower to supply turbines for first utility size wind farm in Alaska
This will also be the first wind energy project with REpower wind turbines in Alaska.
Continue readingIowa wind energy needs PTC
Wind power has been good to Iowa, attracting more than $5 billion in private investment, creating thousands of jobs, and giving farmers a new cash “crop” that provides income year in and year out.
Continue readingUS installs over 1,200 MW of wind energy in Q3
The U.S. wind power industry installed just over 1,200 MW of wind farm in the third quarter, and about 3,360 MW on the year so far, the wind turbines industry trade group said Tuesday.
Continue readingDoE to Invest $60 Million in Concentrating Solar Power
Chu announced a $60 million investment over 3 years for applied scientific research to advance cutting-edge Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) technologies.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power of Amonix
Four months after it began operation, the largest photovoltaic concentrating solar power plant in North America has now been officially commissioned.
Continue readingSolar power doubled in the US last year and are expected to double again
Photovoltaic solar energy is beginning to go mainstream. Utilities are erecting large concentrated solar thermal power plants near big cities.
Continue readingOnyx President Travels to Peru to Hunt for Solar Power Projects
The Company is currently concentrating on securing the most profitable solar power projects in the region. Onyx said it has secured two solar power projects in Honduras, one of which is 22 MW.
Continue readingUniversity of Minnesota to open wind power research site
The University of Minnesota is flipping the switch on a new wind research energy station this week at the university?s UMore Park property in Rosemount.
Continue readingWind Energy Goldwind Announces 2011 3Q Results
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Goldwind”) is the second largest manufacturer of wind turbines in China, and the 4th largest globally.
Continue readingCommission looks set to envisage a big shift to wind energy by 2050
It remains to be seen what the final documents will say when the Commission publishes later this year, but it is clear that renewables ? wind power in particular ? will play a vital role.
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