WindPower Innovations, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: WPNV) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Energetic Drives, LLC and XH Industries, Inc. as wholly owned subsidiaries of WindPower Innovations, Inc.
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China?s Solar Industry Maintains Positive Growth Momentum
The technology group, The Linde Group, and its subsidiary, Linde LienHwa (LLH), jointly announce today several long-term gas supply contracts with leading Chinese solar manufacturers.
Continue readingWorld leading marine energy development goes ahead
Development round promises to deliver 1.2GW of wave and tidal energy, sufficient to power close to 800,000 home. The Crown Estate lease awards ‘exceed expectations’.
Continue readingUS Concentrating Solar Power market
CSP Today catches up with Bloomberg New Energy Finance?s solar associate, Nathanial Bullard, to discuss issues currently affecting the US CSP sector.
Continue readingWorld?s First Wave and Tidal Energy Leasing Round to Power
The Crown Estate has announced the names of the successful bidders for the world?s first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for ten sites in Scotland?s Pentland Firth and Orkney waters.
Continue readingGovernors endorse renewable electricity standard By Chris Madison (AWEA)
The bipartisan Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition today urged Congress to enact a renewable electricity standard (RES) so that the United States can take full advantage of the nation’s considerable wind power resource.
Continue readingKenya: The government has approved 300 megawatts wind power plant at Bubisa in Marsabit
The government has approved plans by Gitson Energy Ltd to build 300 megawatts wind farm at Bubisa in Marsabit.
Continue readingWorld Photovoltaic Installed capacity increased from 9,162 MW in 2007 to 21,070 MW in 2009
The global solar PV market witnessed tremendous growth in 2008 and 2009 with 11,908 MW (megawatts) of installed capacity coming online in these two years as compared to only 2,392 MW installed in 2007.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power (CSP): 1.2 GW under construction and another 13.9 GW announced
Concentrating solar power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area.
Continue readingCost of on-land wind power
The costs range from 7-10 c?/kWh at sites with low average wind speeds, to approximately 5-6.5 c?/kWh at windy coastal sites, with an average of approximately 7c?/kWh at a wind site with average wind speeds.
Continue readingDevelopment and investment costs of offshore wind power
Offshore wind only accounts for a small amount of the total installed wind power capacity in the world ? approximately 1%. The development of offshore wind has mainly been in Northern European counties.
Continue readingMorocco: The impetus to go green
Morocco currently imports 97% of its energy. With wind, sun and space to spare, Morocco is better endowed than most countries in terms of renewable energy potential. The impetus to go green has also never been stronger.
Continue readingMiddle East and North Africa to become one of the world’s largest producers of renewable energy
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the potential to become one of the world?s largest producers of renewable energy.
Continue readingNordex interested in Pakistan’s wind energy
Nordex has shown interest in investing in energy sector in Pakistan to help overcome shortage of emergency in the country. A delegation of the company visited Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB).
Continue readingUK: 2,000 MW of offshore energy by 2020
It was announced by the Energy Minister, David Kidney, who presented the new report of environmental assessment for offshore energy plants that included, for the first time, marine technologies.
Continue readingEuropean grant for wave energy project in Spain
The European Commission awarded a 4.5 million euro grant for the construction of the wave energy plant in Spain, based on the American PowerBuoy OPT technology.
Continue readingWorld Wind Energy Report 2009 By WWEA
Worldwide wind power capacity reached 159,213 MW, out of which 38,312 MW were added in 2009. Wind power showed a growth rate of 31,7 %, the highest rate since 2001.
Continue readingInvestments In The Alternative Energy Industry Surged By 59% In 2009
Investments in the renewable energy market saw a 59% increase in deal value, reporting $678.1 billion in 2009, compared to $425.5 billion in 2008.
Continue readingCelebrating 10 Women in Wind Power and Solar Energy By Jeremy Gross (Green Economy Post)
Women?s History Month is here! Let?s take a look at some of the women who are shaping solar and wind energy as renewables plays an expanding role in all our lives.
Continue readingBangladesh will build 100-200 megawatt wind power plants on the seashore
Md Fazlur Rahman said that to determine whether wind energy could be effective in Bangladesh, integrated wind mapping of the 740 km coastal belt in the South was necessary.
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