Liverpool City Region could become the west coast?s major hub in development of the UK?s offshore wind energy industry, according to a new report published by The Mersey Partnership (TMP).
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Vietnam to develop wind energy
Vietnam has a total potential wind power of one million MW and it is expected to develop 12,000 MW of wind farm by 2020, equivalent to 3 per cent of the country’s total output, according to Country Manager of GE.
Continue readingWhich Concentrating Solar Power Technologies will Prevail?
More large solar projects have been approved by the federal government on public lands in the West. One result will be a contemporaneous test of how each concentrating solar power (CSP) technology performs.
Continue readingFoster Wheeler Awarded Contract to Supply Solar Steam Generator System in UAE
The equipment will be integrated into a solar thermal power plant using concentrated parabolic trough technology and will have an installed power output capacity of 100 MWe (gross megawatt electric).
Continue readingNissan’s “Life with EV” wins “Good Design Gold Award 2010”
Renault-Nissan automotive alliance said Monday they plan to produce and sell 500,000 electric vehicles a year around the globe by the end of 2013.
Continue readingEvolution Solar Signs Partnering Agreement with Solar-Nomics
Evolution Solar Corp. (pinksheets:EVSO) announced that the company signed partnering agreement with Denver-based solar energy services company Solar-Nomics.
Continue readingChina: construction would begin on 20,000 MW wind energy plant in Jiuquan
The first 5,000 MW wind farm would be installed by the end of next year. When completed, in 2020, it will be the world?s largest wind power station by capacity, all technologies considered.
Continue readingSolar Power Rising at Dow Jones Facility in New Jersey
The installation is part of a project to construct a solar-power system that at 4.1 megawatts will be one of the largest installations for solar power at a single commercial site in the U.S.
Continue readingFuture wind turbines go offshore ? deep and floating
DeepWind combines several research fields, in particular wind energy, the offshore environment and materials technology.
Continue readingWillett Kempton – The world?s wind resource for electric power is larger than the total energy need of humanity
Wind energy output could be stabilized if wind turbines were located in a meteorologically designed configuration and electrically connected.
Continue readingInvenergy to build 24 MW wind energy plant in Montana
Invenergy has applied for a permit to build a $50 million, 24-megawatt wind farm southeast of Great Falls.
Continue readingIndia has a lifetime opportunity to build the Concentrating Solar Power industry like China did in the wind energy
India has the potential to become a global manufacturing hub for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) manufacturing.
Continue readingGL Garrad Hassan chosen for SMart Wind’s ‘Hornsea’ wind energy project
The ‘Hornsea’ project is scheduled to deliver 4,000 MW of offshore wind power capacity by 2020.
Continue readingWisconsin Wind Power Project Seeks Purchase Power Agreement
Ridge Wind Energy LLC, a wind power development company located in Verona, Wisconsin is in advanced planning stages of developing a wind farm in southwestern Wisconsin.
Continue readingWestern Isles fear over wind power connection
In 2008, a bid for a 181 wind turbines wind farm on Barvas Moor in the north of Lewis was turned down by the Scottish government.
Continue reading3.8 GWp of new solar photovoltaic installations in Germany in 2009
It is anticipated that these amendments will have their long-term effects on industry developments and annual installations will limit to around 5 GWp by 2014.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa awards prizes to two patents
Gamesa awards prizes to two patents for improving electricity output/recouping energy losses and blade inserts, which allowed it to develop a segmented blade for its G10X-4,5 MW wind turbine.
Continue readingChina Pursues Wind Energy
China will aggressively pursue clean energy policies for the foreseeable future, driven mostly by the desire to reduce its dependence on overseas energy supplies, according to U.S. experts.
Continue readingEDP Renewables signs new PPA for 99 MW wind energy plant in the US
EDP Renovaveis SA, the renewable- energy unit of Portuguese utility EDP-Energias de Portugal SA, said it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for a 99- megawatt wind farm in the U.S. market.
Continue readingSDG&E signs solar power purchase agreement with CSolar
San Diego Gas & Electric, or SDG&E, has signed a 25-year power-purchase agreement with a subsidiary of CSolar Development, LLC to procure up to 130MW of renewable energy.
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