French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet will build Algeria’s first wind farm, after beating rival MAN Ferrostaal of Germany to win the tender.
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Photovoltaic: France revised feed-in tariffs
The new rates, presently the highest in the world, will be valid for the next two years. A mechanism for gradual incentives reduction is planned starting from 2012.
Continue readingWind power in Tasmania: Conserving Wildlife Habitats in the Land of the Roaring Forties
The 140 MW Woolnorth wind farm comprises 62 wind turbines, both 1.75 MW and 3 MW capacity machines manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems.
Continue readingEDF? solar photovoltaic quadrupled in 2009
EDF Energies Nouvelles? solar photovoltaic activities continued to expand during 2009. Capacity in service nearly quadrupled from 20.8 MWp at 31 December 2008 to 80.9 MWp at 31 December 2009.
Continue readingWind Energy Company Announces Plans to Manufacture Wind Turbines in Clovis
Clovis Industrial Development Corporation President Lee Malloy and Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield announced plans to establish a wind turbine manufacturing facility and a five megawatt wind farm in the Clovis area.
Continue readingHighly competitive micro photovoltaic cells
These new microcells, developed by SNL researchers with presently available electronic technologies, promise a significant cost reduction, suitable efficiency and, above all, an extremely versatile use.
Continue readingTrina Solar Commences Module Supply to Australia’s Largest Distributor, RFI
Trina Solar Limited (TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”) announced it has made initial shipments to RF Industries Pty Ltd (“RFI”), Australia’s leading renewable energy distributor.
Continue readingRPS Lead the Way in Wind Farm Consent
An onshore wind farm proposal for which RPS has provided all of the environmental and planning support has gained planning consent.
Continue readingEnel Green Power acquired a majority stake in two wind power projects in Calabria
Two new wind energy projects on high output sites for the Enel Group?s dedicated to develop renewables, thanks to an agreement signed
with Micropower. The wind farms have a total installed capacity of 64 MW.
Eolia invertirá 400 millones hasta 2012 en Cataluña
Eolia Tarraco, filial catalana de Eolia Renovables, invertirá 400 millones de euros entre 2010 y 2012 para poner en marcha siete parques eólicos en Cataluña que sumarán 298,4 megavatios (MW) de potencia.
Continue readingEvery farm in the UK will have a wind turbine in five years’ time
“Every farm in the UK will have a wind turbine in five years’ time” – that’s the surprising claim made by wind expert Mark Newton as Farming Futures launches a free guide to wind energy for farmers and land managers.
Continue readingHyundai Heavy wins Pakistan wind power contract
South Korean industrial giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced plans to build a 50MW wind farm in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh.
Continue readingAtlantic Wind and Solar Inc. Comments on Ontario’s Renewable Energy Deal With South Korean Consortium
Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AWSL) offers the following comments in reaction to the Ontario Government’s latest move to promote Wind and Solar energy in Canada’s most populous province.
Continue readingNova Scotia Power awards 20 MW of community-based wind energy
Nova Scotia Power has awarded contracts for 18.95 MW of electricity to be supplied from small, community-based renewable energy projects throughout Nova Scotia.
Continue readingDOE/NREL/MASSCEC Develop New Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility
A cooperative research and development agreement was formed between NREL and MASSCEC to produce the largest wind turbine blade testing facility. WTTC will provide a critical component in the nation?s wind power program.
Continue readingFederal Investment Tax Credit Will Spur Expansion of ReflecTech Mirror Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected ReflecTech, Inc. to receive a $750,000 Manufacturing Tax Credit (MTC), authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Continue readingComeback of marine and hydrokinetic energy in the USA
The US Department of Energy will strengthen the commitment to develop and implement marine and hydrokinetic energy, a resource with great potential though presently scarcely deployed.
Continue readingTHEOLIA completes financing of 30 MW wind power project in Italy
Maestrale Green Energy, THEOLIA?s Italian subsidiary, announces the closing for the financing of a 30 megawatt (MW) wind energy project under construction in the province of Enna in Sicily.
Continue readingGamesa, Eólica Navarra y MTorres presentan proyectos para 18 parques eólicos
Tres promotoras de energía eólica, Gamesa, Eólica Navarra y MTorres, han presentado en Navarra proyectos para estudiar la implantación de hasta 18 nuevos parques eólicos, según el Diario de Navarra.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables pone en marcha cinco parques eólicos en Francia
Iberdrola Renovables ha finalizado la construcción de cinco nuevos parques eólicos en Francia con una potencia conjunta de 46 megavatios (MW).
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