About 100 electric car charging points will be set up in strategic places around Malta by next year in a bid to encourage motorists to invest in such electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
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ACS sells Spain wind energy and concentrated solar power portfolio
ACS Group has sold a chunk of its wind power business to a private equity firm for $850 million.
Continue readingVestas to supply 112 wind turbines for US wind farm
Danish wind energy Vestas has received a wind power order for wind turbines with a combined capacity of 202MW from E.ON Climate & Renewables North America.
Continue readingBrightSource Adding Molten-Salt Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Storage
Storage technology may be essential if concentrated solar thermal energy is to compete with photovoltaic solar power, which have been coming down in price
Continue readingEOSOL Energies Nouvelles? new ground-mounted solar power plant
EOSOL Energies Nouvelles has specialization in solar energy, wind energy, biomass and solar thermal energy.
Continue readingChina’s wind power XEMC ‘to make Europe debut with Ireland wind turbines deal’
The two wind energy companies have also signed a letter of intent to co-develop Gaelectric’s remaining wind farm projects in Ireland and the US.
Continue readingEnel Green Power plans USD 572.5m projects in Chile
Enel Green Power will invest 400 million euros in renewable energy in Chile, in wind power, solar energy photovoltaic, geothermal energy and small hydro.
Continue readingDOE finalizes loan for Maine Wind Energy Project
The loan guarantee will support the Record Hill wind farm, which consists of a 50.6 MW wind power plant, an eight-mile transmission line and associated interconnection equipment.
Continue readingWind energy project receives $102mn loan guarantee
The US DoE finalized a $102 million loan guarantee to Record Hill Wind LLC for a 50.6 MW wind farm in Maine. Wind Power Project Expected to Fund Approximately 200 Jobs and Provide Improvements to Wind Turbines.
Continue readingSiemens to produce wind turbines for western Kansas wind farm
“Duke Energy has entered into a wind energy supply agreement with Siemens for their Siemens 2.3-108 wind turbines,” said Greg Efthimiou, of Duke Energy Corporate Communications.
Continue readingSolar Power for the Marine Corps
Concentrated solar power photovoltaics, or CPV, is one of the newer forms of solar energy technology.
Continue readingResult of DTU?s tender for rental of test stands for wind turbines
From May to July 2011, the Technical University of Denmark carried out a tender for the wind turbine test stands at the test centre at Østerild and the test station at Høvsøre.
Continue readingChina to Double Solar Energy Capacity This Year
China will double its solar power capacity and is likely to reach 2 gigawatts (gW) by the end of the year.
Continue readingGemasolar’s solar thermal plant exceeds expectations
The concentrating solar power plant is owned by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between the engineering and technology group SENER, and Masdar.
Continue readingAndalusia has ten concentrated solar thermal power plants
Andalusia is the Spanish Autonomous Community with more concentrated solar energy plants, with ten Concentrating Solar Power facilities, according to the Spanish Association of Solar Thermal Industry (Protermosolar).
Continue readingWind energy in Honduras: the first wind farm in September
The wind power plant will have 51 wind turbines with 120 MW of Gamesa in the first phase and construction and engineering is done for Iberdrola for Wind Energy Mesoamerica.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power: California approves 570 MW hybrid natural gas-solar thermal plant
The California Energy Commission approved the construction of a proposed 570-megawatt concentrated solar energy hybrid plant in Los Angeles County.
Continue readingSix GOP presidential hopefuls join leading Iowa Republicans in endorsing wind energy
Gingrich called wind power a piece of his American energy program, and said he favors a 10-year extension of the PTC, to avoid the ?up-and-down effect? on renewable energy development when the policy changes.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas receives 202 MW wind turbines order in USA
Vestas has received a 202 MW wind power order from E.ON Climate & Renewables North America for 112 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in USA.
Continue reading$102 Million to Record Hill Wind Farm, LLC for Maine Wind Energy Project
Wind Power Project Expected to Fund Approximately 200 Jobs and Provide Improvements to Wind Turbines.
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