RWE Innogy is erecting offshore wind power plants in Europe with an installed capacity of 1,000 MW. By 2014, the company will have obtained permits for additional offshore wind turbines projects totalling 5,000 MW.
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LDK Solar Agrees to Acquire 70% of Solar Power for $33 Million
Founded in 2005, Solar Power, Inc. is a vertically integrated solar energy developer; the Company manages its value chain from material sourcing.
Continue readingSouthwest Windpower Unveils Most Efficient, Easy-to-Use Small Wind Turbines
Southwest Windpower, the world’s leading supplier of distributed wind turbines, unveiled its newest and most efficient small wind turbine?Skystream 600?which could put wind energy in thousands of homes and businesses.
Continue readingGoldwind wins wind power order of 76.5 MW in Ethiopia
The wind energy contract includes 34 wind turbines of its 1.5MW direct-drive permanent magnet. Adama wind farm is located in central Ethiopia, about 95km northeast from the capital, Addis Ababa.
Continue readingXZERES Launches Online Site Assessment Tool for Customers of the Buy Direct Program for Its Small Wind Energy Systems
XZERES Wind Corp designs, develops, manufactures and markets distributed generation, wind power systems for the small wind turbines market (2.5kW-100kW).
Continue readingMunro Distributing Company expands into solar energy
Munro and SunTrac Solar offer the industry’s highest efficiency solar energy panel for solar hot water.
Continue readingGeothermal Heat Pumps
The geothermal heat pump system moves heat from the ground, which has a fairly consistent temperature year-round, to a building (or from a building to the ground) through a series of flexible pipe “loops”.
Continue readingSolar Thermal Electricity National Associations Are Growing
In the EU 3 Concentrating Solar Power associations already exist: PROTERMOSOLAR in Spain (more than 100 Members), ANEST in Italy (around 20 members) and SER-STE Commission in France (around 30 members).
Continue readingSolar thermal electricity will cost 50% less to produce in 15 years
Concentrating Solar Power is now entering the commercial ramp-up phase and will soon be viable as a renewable energy source with a relevant positioning in the utilities portfolio.
Continue readingVestas finishes 2010 with record wind energy order intake in North America
Vestas finished 2010 with a record number of wind turbine sales in North America ? 15 total ? resulting in 1,883 megawatts and 871 wind turbines.
Continue readingShear Wind Announces Commercial Operation of Phase 1 of Glen Dhu Wind Farm
Glen Dhu Wind Energy achieved commercial operation of Phase 1 of its 62.1 MW Glen Dhu wind power project in Nova Scotia comprising nine wind turbines with a nameplate capacity of 20.7 MW.
Continue readingVedanta Group signs agreement with Suzlon for 150 MW wind energy projects in India
150 MW of capacity for wind farm plants in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Wind power projects will be completed in two phases with a mix of Suzlon?s S82?1.5 MW and S88?2.1 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingGermany?s Cumulative Photovoltaic Capacity to Grow at 24.4% by 2014
According to our recent research report ?German Photovoltaic Market Analysis?, Germany remained most active photovoltaic market in the world and showed remarkable resilience against economic slowdown.
Continue readingEU may exceed 2020 renewable energy target
The EU will exceed its 2020 target of generating 20% of its energy consumption from renewable sources, according to the latest analysis by the European Wind Energy Association.
Continue readingSwitzerland – 2010 a record year for wind power (42 MW)
The country?s leading wind energy association, Suisse-Eole, is reporting a 150 percent jump in wind energy production last year?the best year on record for the industry.
Continue readingAhura Solar Concentrating Systems signs PPA with PG&E
Ahura Solar Concentrating Systems has a revolutionary new solar concentrating system that produces power at grid parity cost of 5 cents per kilowatt hour.
Continue readingAREVA strengthens position in offshore wind market with ?400 million contract
Situated 45 km off the northern coast of the island of Borkum, the wind farm is the biggest wind energy project in the German North Sea.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Developing Texas Wind Farm
Here Enterprises is developing its firm wind energy generation project in Floresville, Texas. Texas leads the nation in wind power production with 9,727 MW of installed capacity.
Continue readingLincoln Renewable Energy Inks $14M Round
Lincoln Renewable Energy, which develops solar and wind energy projects in the U.S., has raised $14 million in a venture capital round led by Austin Ventures.
Continue readingXtreme Power Selected for Hawaii Wind Energy Storage
Xtreme Power has been selected as the storage provider for First Wind?s Kaheawa Wind Power II (KWP II) project. Located on the Island of Maui, the 21 MW wind farm will employ a 10 MW DPR from Xtreme Power.
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