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Wind Works Power Enters Permitting Process for 150 MW Wind Farm in North Dakota
Wind Works Power is pleased to announce they have submitted a letter of intent to enter the permitting process for Thunder Spirit, a 150 megawatt (MW) wind energy project located in North Dakota.
Continue readingElectric vehicles and smart charging can help integrate wind energy
A new PNNL report finds that the Northwest Power system would be able to balance 10 Gigawatts of additional wind power if 13% of the Northwest?s fleet, were electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingWind farm planned for Pennsylvania
Duke Energy Renewables will build a 69 MW wind energy plant in Pennsylvania and sell all of the generated electricity to Delaware Municipal Electric with 30 Siemens wind turbines.
Continue readingNRCO Announces Third Wind Power Project This Year
The wind farm’s current developer, Infinity Wind Power LLC, recently bought the development rights for the wind farm from Clipper Windpower.
Continue readingGermany to overtake UK as the leader in offshore wind energy by 2015
A new study predicts Germany will overtake the UK as the world’s leader in offshore wind power generation, potentially by 2015.
Continue reading3rd International Solar Energy Technology Conference
This includes Photovoltaics, Solar Films, Solar Cells, Solar Concentrating Systems, Solar Energy, Reflectors, Solar Energy Storage Systems, Inverters and Power Electronics, as well as Smart Grid.
Continue readingLoan for solar energy project in Gujarat
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend USD 100 million (about Rs 475 crore) loan for solar power initiatives in Gujarat.
Continue readingConcentrated solar thermal power receives federal loan
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the department finalized a $1.2 billion loan guarantee to Mojave Solar LLC for the development of the 250 MW Mojave Concentrating Solar Energy Project (MSP) in California.
Continue readingAlstom to supply steam turbine for concentrated solar thermal plant
This concentrating solar energy order confirms Alstom’s expertise in manufacturing steam turbine to be operated in solar thermal plants.
Continue readingRare earths miner Molycorp Invests in Wind Energy Technology
Boulder Wind Power’s innovative technology promises to dramatically accelerate the global deployment of high-efficiency, advanced wind turbines.
Continue readingU.S. – 41 New Offshore Wind Energy R&D Projects
The $43 million dollars in offshore wind turbines funding Secretary Chu announced is part of a coordinated federal strategy to put the nation’s wind power resources to work.
Continue readingNew Directions in Energy Production
They point out that the use of smaller spaces could increase power density and reduce operating costs; optofluidics offers flexibility when concentrating sunlight for solar collection and photovoltaic panels.
Continue readingSolar Energy Innovations
DOE to provide $5.8 million to support early-stage solar power technologies through Incubator program at NREL.
Continue readingClouds’ effects on solar power
The U.S. Department of Energy?s NREL has produced and made available a rich data set showing what happens, second-by-second, when clouds pass over a solar energy installation.
Continue readingBASF establishes multimaterial lightweight composites team
Endless fibers are already in use today in aircraft and wind energy applications, in plant construction, in prototype construction and in short-run automotive applications.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex expands wind power business in Eastern Europe
Market entry in Romania with wind farm projects totalling 20 megawatts.
Continue readingWind Energy REpower Presents New Variant of MM100 Wind Turbines
REpower Systems SE (WKN 617703) is to present a 50-hertz version of its new MM100 wind turbine at the Italian wind energy trade fair, Eolica Expo Mediterranean, from 14 to 16 September in Rome.
Continue readingTurkey’s wind energy reached 1,600 megawatts
Wind power plant inaugurated in Akhisar. There are 72 wind farm plants across Turkey. So far, 1.6 billion euro has been invested in these wind turbines.
Continue readingMexico?s First Integrated Solar Energy Company
The company will construct a concentrated solar power system manufacturing plant and use the panels produced by the plant for a utility-sized solar energy generation facility.
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