India will add about 9000 MW of wind energy generation capacity during XIth Five Year Plan ending March 31, 2012, lower than previously targeted 11,000 MW.
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REpower Unveils New Turbine Designed For UK Wind Power
REpower Systems AG will unveil a new wind turbine designed specifically for the UK market at the European Wind Energy Conference which takes place in Warsaw, Poland this week.
Continue readingNAEG Acquires Proprietary Wind Energy Technology
Native American Energy Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NAGP) (“NAEG” or the “Company”) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive License Agreement with Windaus Energy Inc. (“Windaus”).
Continue readingClipper Windpower: wind energy factory could create 3,000 jobs in UK
Work has begun on the creation of a £25m wind energy factory, which will make the world?s biggest wind turbine blades and could lead to the creation of 3,000 jobs.
Continue readingThe assembly of all parabolic trough collectors in Egypt has been completed
Egypt’s first modern solar thermal large-scale facility is almost complete. Solar Power plant will use both solar energy and natural gas in hybrid operation.
Continue readingDanish Wind Power Industry Maintains High Export Figures In 2009
With an aggregated export of 41.7 billion kr. (exceeding 5.6 billion euro) in 2009 the Danish wind energy industry maintained the high export figures from record breaking 2008 despite the financial crisis.
Continue readingUS Solar Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal
Solar power is one of the fastest-growing sources of renewable energy worldwide. The U.S. now has 432 MW of operational CSP plants in commercial production.
Continue readingArgentina’s IMPSA install a wind turbine factory in Vietnam and build 1,000 MW of wind power
IMPSA struck a deal to make a wind farm in Vietnam of 1,000 MW. Impsa announced the investment of 3,000 million dollars in the development of a wind turbine plant in Vietnam.
Continue readingEuropean offshore wind power grew 54% in 2009 By Sarah Azau
577 MW of new offshore wind energy capacity was added and connected to the grid in Europe last year. This is a 54% increase on the 373 MW added in 2008 and takes the total to 2,056 MW.
Continue readingRenewable energy projects for 2,612 MW in Ontario
The approved 187 projects, totalizing 2,500 MW, add up to 510 other small projects already approved last March under the new Feed-in Tariff programme.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power projects growth in 2009
Three new concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities came online in the United States in 2009, the third year in the past four such facilities were added following 15 years of inactivity.
Continue readingIndia’s National Aluminium Company to set up 50 MW wind energy project
National Aluminium Company Ltd has said it will set up a 50 MW wind farm in India as part of its green initiative, possibly in Gujarat, Rajasthan or Tamil Nadu, a top company official told PTI on Sunday.
Continue readingThe Who?s Who of Solar Silicon Production
Some of the twenty smaller polysilicon manufacturers operating today probably wonft be around by the end of 2011. That predication, and many more, can be found in a new report from Bernreuter Research.
Continue readingWind energy employment in Europe
Wind power companies in the European Union currently employ around 102,100 people. Over the past five years, the EU wind energy industry has created more than 60,000 new jobs.
Continue readingKansas may soon capitalize on wind power
Kansas’ ability to capitalize on its wind-energy potential, which was recently ranked second only to that of Texas, has been limited by a lack of power transmission lines.
Continue readingWindTamer Corporation Announces Sale of Wind Turbine to Marywood University
WindTamer Corporation (“Wind Tamer” or “The Company”) (OTCBB: WNDT) announced the sale of a model 96GT-3500 WindTamer wind turbine to Marywood University.
Continue readingSpanish Solar-Thermal Investment Forecast at ?12.5 Billion
Solar power companies are planning to invest a record 12.5 billion euros ($16.7 billion) in Spanish solar-thermal plants through 2013, seeking to benefit from government-set premium power rates for clean energies.
Continue readingAstrum Solar Continues Expansion in Mid-Atlantic Region
Astrum Solar announced that it has opened a new office outside of Philadelphia in response to the growing demand from area residents for more sustainable, cost-efficient energy solutions.
Continue readingIndia?s First 1MW Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Powered by Suniva
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, announced that its high-performance solar cells are powering India?s first 1MW rooftop solar plant.
Continue readingSolar energy in 2009
Total U.S. solar power from photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies climbed past 2,000 MW, enough to serve more than 350,000 homes. Total U.S. solar thermal capacity approached 24,000 MWth.
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