The new initiative continues the growth of the Tuscan geothermal centre of Enel’s renewables company, one of the largest in the world, with 35 plants and a total capacity of 728 MW.
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Concentrated solar power
Electrical power is produced when the concentrated light is converted to heat which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected to an electrical power generator.
Continue readingPensionDanmark becoming equity partner in Nysted offshore wind farm
All conditions in relation to the transaction have now been fulfilled and it is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Continue readingWinwind’s new generation wind turbines delivery to Raahe
WinWinD is the wind power market leader of 3 megawatt wind turbines in Finland and Estonia, and one of the most remarkable supplier of large, over 2,5 MW wind turbines in the world.
Continue readingSMart Wind scoping report for Hornsea offshore wind farms
SMart Wind has submitted a Scoping Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) detailing the proposed approach to the development of the first offshore wind farm projects in the 4 GW Hornsea Zone, UK.
Continue readingquietrevolution has signed an exclusive agreement with RWE Innogy for the sale of its small wind turbines
The quietrevolution wind turbines can utilise winds from all directions unlike traditional HAWTs which need to track the oncoming wind.
Continue readingMass Megawatts Wind Power Goes Horizontal in Its Blade Design
Mass Megawatts Wind Power announces a new blade design for the patented Multi-Axis Turbosystem (MAT).
Continue readingPoul la Cour Prize to RES?s Ian Mays: wind power beyond frontiers
Since 1993, the Poul la Cour Prize has been awarded to individuals who have pioneered the development of wind power and have achieved exceptional results in the wind community.
Continue readingABB Invests in Renewable Energy
ABB Ltd. (ABB) made an investment of $13 million in Aquamarine Power, a Scotland based renewable energy company. Aquamarine engages in the conversion of wave energy into consumable electricity.
Continue readingPicoTurbine International Pilots Renewable Green Energy Education Program
PicoTurbine International LLC is a global leader in the manufacture and development of renewable green energy educational materials and curriculum.
Continue readingWind energy moving forward in Minnesota
Yusef Orest spent Tuesday morning watching crews prepare the way for 12 wind turbines to be erected on the open landscape south of Cosmos as part of the Adams Wind project.
Continue readingBridgepoint Secures Ontario-based Development Equity for Large Ontario Wind Power Plant
Bridgepoint Group is pleased to announce that it has reached financial close for development capital for a 200+ MW Ontario wind farm.
Continue readingDraka Offshore Awarded Baltic 2 Wind Farm Subsea Array Cable Contract
Draka Offshore announced today they have been awarded the array cabling contract for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting.
Continue readingEgypt one of African states leading the way in wind power
Egypt has impressive plans for the future, launching its first privately owned wind farm in 2013 to be situated in the Gulf of Suez, the nation also aims to produce a fifth of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020.
Continue readingGoldwind To Acquire Two Wind Energy Companies
Goldwind will inject 550 million yuan into a wholly-owned subsidiary, Jiangsu Goldwind Wind Equipment Manufacturing, for the research of 6 MW wind turbine direct drive permanent magnets.
Continue readingUkraine?s EnergoAtom to increase investment in wind energy
National nuclear generating company EnergoAtom is considering expanding its wind power generation program, EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky told journalists.
Continue readingChina – Foreign firms eye wind energy sector
Governments and companies from around the globe are keen to get a piece of the action in China’s booming wind power market, which is set to surpass the United States as the world’s largest by the end of the year.
Continue readingREpower: 295 MW wind power contract signed for Thornton Bank offshore wind farm
REpower to deliver 48 wind turbines of the 6M type for phases 2 and 3. Biggest wind energy project financing in the offshore wind industry. Installations planned for 2012 and 2013 respectively.
Continue readingSpain’s ACS To Sell 1,757 MW Of Renewable Assets
ACS, which has also made an all-share takeover bid for German peer Hochtief , said it would sell 1,056 MW of wind energy in Spain and 352 MW abroad as well as 349 MW of concentrated solar energy in Spain.
Continue readingEcotricity gets green light for UK’s first ‘sun park’
Wind energy provider Ecotricity has taken a major step towards extending its renewable energy portfolio by securing planning permission for its first solar farm at a site adjacent to one of its wind farms in Lincolnshire.
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