Sempra Energy?ssubsidiary, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and a subsidiary of CSOLAR Development, LLC entered into a contract to build a 150 megawatts (MW) solar power plant.
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Top wind power companies show interest in wind energy in Africa
Three of the five top wind turbines companies in the world, Goldwind, Suzlon and Vestas will be the high profile participants at the upcoming African Utility Week
Continue readingChina State Grid, Spanish counterpart sign cooperation agreement
The State Grid now has access to more than 30 GW wind energy. These wind power generated 47.2 billion kWh electric power last year, a surge of 83.7 percent year on year, Liu added
Continue reading38 MW Polish wind energy project gets underway
Acciona Energy’s wind farm will add to the increasing amount of wind turbines being installed in Poland. In 2010 the wind power capacity in the country increased by 53% to an accumulated figure of 1107 MW.
Continue readingThe Viability of Potential Wind Power Projects
Offshore wind energy project developers and prospectors are challenged to affordably acquire accurate, on-site wind data to assess the viability of a proposed or potential wind farm project.
Continue readingVolt electric vehicles – owner doesn’t pay attention to the rising prices
Short is an early Volt purchaser whose idea of an electric car with extended range is that it is an electric car first and foremost.
Continue readingNew Ford-DTE Energy solar power generation system at Michigan Assembly Plant
Renewable energy generated by solar energy system will help power production of Ford’s new Focus and Focus Electric as well as next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Continue readingEolica Dobrogea sells four wind power projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables
Eolica Dobrogea has recently sold four wind energy projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables. The wind turbines projects will have a power of 80 MW. Iberdrola will later operate these wind farm plants.
Continue readingReviving the US Geothermal Energy
It has become essential to tackle the energy crisis through judicious utilization of abundant the renewable energy resources, such as biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy.
Continue readingMeasuring Wind Turbines Reliability – Results of the Reliawind Project
One of the reasons for this wind power project was to better understand reliability by measuring the failure rate and downtime of existing wind turbines at operational wind farm plants.
Continue readingWork has begun on the world?s biggest offshore wind farm
The three wind power developers of the London Array announced that the first of 177 foundations of wind turbines has now been installed at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm in the Thames Estuary.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Chevrolet Volt to go on sale for ?41,950
The award-winning electric car with extended-range capability, the Chevrolet Volt, will be offered for a price of ?41,950 (including VAT) in Germany.
Continue readingAcciona begins construction work on 38 MW wind farm in Poland
The wind power project, which will include 19 wind turbines each with a capacity of 2MW, is expected to begin commercial operations by the end of this year.
Continue readingEco Marine Power Proceeds with Development of Aquarius Solar Energy and Wind Power System for Ships
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) announced that it is proceeding with the development of the Aquarius Solar Power and Wind Energy Marine System (Patent Pending) for ships and ocean going vessels.
Continue readingChinese Bank Agrees to Wind Energy Deal in Tanzania
The president of the EXIM Bank Beijing, Mr Wang Fade, agreed to fund the construction of a 50 MW wind power generation plant in Singida Region.
Continue readingWind energy as Solution to Bangladesh Power Crisis
Urban Green Energy (UGE) is a global leader in small wind power and renewable energy systems.
Continue readingChina builds eight 10 GW wind energy bases
China is accelerating wind power construction and is currently building eight 10 GW wind farm bases in seven provinces, said Shi Pengfei, vice president of the Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA).
Continue readingNew Offshore Wind Farm Projects Boost German Wind Power Industry
R&D for the wind energy industry received a boost for 2011. Germany’s wind turbines industry supply chain is the most extensive worldwide.
Continue readingMaine Wind Energy Gets $102M Federal Loan
Under this guarantee, stimulus funds will back $102 million in funding for the Record Hill wind farm and 22 2.3 megawatt SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines, which includes a 50.6 megawatt-capacity wind power plant.
Continue readingCaleffi?s ThermoCon? Storage Tank can be used in solar thermal and geothermal energy
Caleffi?s ThermoCon? Storage Tank can be used in solar thermal and geothermal power applications.
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