GE has announced that the construction of Idaho wind farm was completed, resulting in the installation of 122 of GE’s 1.5MW wind turbines. The wind power plants are now operational.
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Over 30 Angolan localities to get solar power systems
The Minister of Energy and Waters, Emanuela Vieira Lopes, announced on Monday in Luanda that about 36 localities of the country will benefit from photovoltaic solar energy systems, totalling 216 infrastructures.
Continue readingeSolar® Selects Flextronics as Partner
In the summer of 2009, eSolar unveiled the 5 MW Sierra SunTower plant, the only commercial concentrated solar energy tower facility operating in North America.
Continue readingArizona Corporation Commission Approves SolarReserve?s Crossroads Concentrating Solar Power Project
The concentrated solar energy project will utilize an advanced molten salt, power tower technology developed by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a division of United Technologies Corporation.
Continue readingSalazar, Chu Announce Major Offshore Wind Energy Initiatives
Strategic plan, $50 million in R&D funding, identified Wind Power Areas will speed offshore wind farm development.
Continue readingFinavera Renewables Changes Name to Finavera Wind Energy
Finavera Renewables is a wind farm development company focused on developing, constructing, and operating wind turbines in North America and Ireland.
Continue readingSolar power coming to Myanmar
This solar power plan is mainly for microwave communication towers, river water pumping stations and street lamps.
Continue readingBHEL, Spain’s Abengoa to develop concentrated solar power projects in India
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Spain’s Abengoa, the European leader in the solar energy segment, have joined hands to develop state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in India.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa launches a new website exclusively for its customers
Site features information and management tools encompassing key aspects of wind farm maintenance and operation (more than 12,000 MW worldwide).
Continue readingWind power – ?There?s no such thing as a typical day!?
Over 200,000 people make the European wind energy industry tick. Claus Pedersen, who works for Siemens, always has an eye on the weather as it will affect his day as assistant site manager of an offshore wind farm.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Signs Turbine Installer for Texas Wind Farm
Here Enterprises, Inc. (Pink Sheets: HRTE), a growing developer of clean wind energy, announced the selection of Collier Services, Inc. of Texas to build out the first phase of its Cycle Ranch wind power project.
Continue reading75% of Consumers Have a Favorable View of Solar Power and Wind Energy
According to a new survey from Pike Research, consumer support for renewable energy sources, such as solar energy and wind power, is extremely high.
Continue readingAsia Pacific wind energy, solar power markets to burn bright in 2011
The Asia Pacific renewable energy (RE) markets, especially wind power, solar energy and biomass power projects, are expected to continue their high-growth trajectory.
Continue reading91 per cent growth for UK wind energy employment
Offshore wind farm development, port refits and supply chain manufacturing set to further boost sector employment in the years ahead. Wind power employment withstands recession and slow GDP growth.
Continue readingWind farm nimbyism says no at a time when we need to say yes
The upshot of this development has been the spectacular employment growth in the wind energy sector. In the past three years, as the amount of wind power delivered to the grid doubled, so has the number of employees.
Continue readingSolar Millennium: The concentrated solar energy saw a promising start
International studies have also announced the continuous rise of Concentrating Solar Power. Swiss bank Sarasin forecasts installed output worth 32 gigawatts (GW) in 2020.
Continue readingAGI Teams with Raytheon and Remcom to Develop Wind Turbines/Radar Modeling Tool
System will help U.S. agencies determine if planned wind power plants might hinder radar accuracy.
Continue readingAnnounced 3,000 MW offshore wind energy tender en France
Sarkozy announced a wind power tender will be launched for the construction of five 3,000 MW offshore wind farm, worth about ? 10 billion. A subsequent tender will assign another 3,000 MW with 600 wind turbines.
Continue readingRenewable Energy in Africa
Within areas of Sahara desert Concentrating Solar Power technology can be deployed through the Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII).
Continue readingGreece has planned the largest solar power photovoltaic plant in the world
Prime Minister Papandreou announced a solar energy project for a 200 MW plant en the area of disused coal mines en Kozani. The goal is to put the plant into service by 2013 with an investment of 600 million euros.
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