A wind farm had been concluded in Inhambane province in 2009, with the capacity to supply over 1,200 consumers, and the country was now receiving visits from investors interested in the potential of wind energy.
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CEC Recommends Approval for 500 MW Palen Concentrating Solar Power Project
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Palen concentrated solar energy project in Riverside County.
Continue readingEleven Spanish companies join forces to develop 15 MW offshore wind turbines
Eleven companies and 22 research centres specialising in offshore wind farm technologies have joined forces on the Azimut. Offshore Wind Energy 2020 project.
Continue readingSkyFuel’s Parabolic Trough Garners Prize for Technology Innovation
The SkyTrough is a utility scale parabolic trough solar concentrator and harnesses the sun’s energy to make steam for electricity generation.
Continue readingLargest Concentrating Solar Power Facility in the World to Create Over 7,500 Jobs
Blythe is fully permitted for up to four 250 megawatt (MW) plants that together will deliver 1,000 MW of renewable generating capacity to the grid.
Continue readingSalazar Launches Initiative to Speed Offshore Wind Energy Development off the Atlantic Coast
The regulatory change, along with our efforts to identify priority Wind Energy Areas offshore, will result in a more efficient and coordinated permitting process for offshore wind turbines.
Continue readingSalazar vows to speed offshore wind power
Efforts to rationalize the multi-step permitting process for offshore wind farm projects are essential for Eastern states to be able to take advantage of this excellent resource.
Continue readingThe Future for Wind Energy in Africa
Leaders in the industry from both South Africa and Egypt will be speaking at IQPC’s Wind Power Development and Implementation conference, taking place in Cairo, Egypt from 12-15 December 2010.
Continue readingVestas receives 33 MW wind energy order in India
Vestas receives wind power order for 20 V82-1.65 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Continue readingEdison Mission Energy Closes $75 Million Financing For Wind Energy Project
Electricity at the site is generated by 40 wind turbines manufactured by Clipper Windpower, and sold under a long-term contract to Arizona Public Service.
Continue readingBahrain plans wind energy plant
Bahrain is to set up a wind power plant to produce electricity soon, said the Oil and Gas Affairs Minister and National Oil and Gas Authority chairman Dr Abdulhussein Mirza.
Continue readingNordex – Wind energy order for 45 MW wind farm in Turkey
The latest wind power order obtained by the Turkish subsidiary of Nordex SE is for the supply of 18 wind turbines for the ?Susurluk? wind farm.
Continue readingUkraine – Concorde Group to start building Kazantip wind power plant
Kyiv-based Concorde Group Ltd. plans to start building Kazantip wind farm (Crimea) with the generating capacity of 100 MW in March-April 2010, deputy director Andriy Konechenkov has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Continue readingThe Solar Industry: Benefiting From Rising Demand
Global solar energy capacity has now passed the 30 GW mark. This is enough to supply 10 million households with clean electricity.
Continue readingWind energy in Spain – Vestas preferred supplier for Galician wind power projects
Vestas wind turbines is the preferred technology partner for wind farm projects to be installed in Galicia.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a new 26 MW wind farm in Scotland
EDF Energies Nouvelles announces the commissioning of the Burnfoot Hill wind energy plant in Scotland, with an installed capacity of 26MW.
Continue readingPNE WIND completes 12 MW Oldendorf wind farm
Wind energy developer PNE WIND AG has completed the 12 MW Oldendorf wind farm in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Continue readingIceland plans to harness wind energy
Iceland is a country rich in clean energy such as geothermal energy and hydropower. Now the country is to harness wind power.
Continue readingInfineon and Goldwind Sign a License Agreement to Serve the Wind Energy Market
Goldwind gains the license to produce Infineon IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) stacks used in converters of MW (Megawatt)-grade wind turbines.
Continue readingEnergia Completes Donegal wind farm in Ireland
The green electricity generated by these wind power plants will be supplied to businesses across Ireland by Energia which has 17%, rising to 25% by 2012, of the all-island renewable electricity connected supply.
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