Apple has revealed new details about the operations of its huge data center in Maiden, North Carolina, including plans to build a 20-megawatt solar power facility to support its operations.
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Mainstream and Goldwind to build wind farm in Chile
Ireland’s Mainstream Renewable Power and Chinese wind power maker Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. have formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a wind energy plant.
Continue readingWind energy contributes 106 GWh to grid in Mexico in 2011
Wind power accounted for 106GWh of Mexico’s physical generation in 2011, with nearly two-thirds generated during the first and last three months of the year.
Continue readingACS enters the offshore wind energy with Ventizz
Joint offshore wind power Society ACS-Ventizz born with the name of Hochtief Offshore Development Solution and already has a wind turbines installation in progress.
Continue readingBMT Subsidiary to Design Wind Farm Support Vessels for European Wind Energy Market
?We intend to be the wind power market leader in providing Support Vessels into the offshore wind turbines industry”.
Continue readingChallenges and Complexities of the Lithium Ion Batteries Sector
Technologies and Market Forecasts for Electric Vehicles & the Grid. Lithium ion batteries for electric cars and the grid are often spoken of in the same breath.
Continue readingWind energy in Italy: Vestas signs 56 MW wind power order
Vestas has received an order for a total capacity of 56 MW consisting of 28 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines for the ?Castellaneta? wind farm, which will be located in the Apulia region, Italy.
Continue readingSolar energy in India
India is yet to utilise its solar potential; at present, solar power (photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal power) contributes a mere 0.4 per cent of the total power generation.
Continue readingWWEA reveals 700,000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide
The World Wind Energy Association will be hosting the 3rd World Summit for Small Wind Power (WSSW2012) next month.
Continue readingWind power in Lesotho: wind farm in Letseng-La-Teria
Wind energy will generate an additional 6,000 megawatts (MW), that’s around 3% of SA’s annual energy requirement (roughly 210 billion kWh). China Ming Yang Wind Power will construct the wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in India: Greenko to add 165 MW wind energy in Maharashtra
Greenko Group is set to commission 165 MW wind farm in Maharashtra by May, taking its installed capacity of wind turbines generation from about 220 MW now to about 385 MW.
Continue readingBelgium solar energy grows against the current
After Germany, Belgium comes second in the world, when the installed photovoltaic solar power per capita is compared.
Continue readingBritain really can rule the marine energy
The government will be called on to increase its support for wave and tidal power warning the UK is at risk of repeating mistakes which allowed the country to lose its early lead in the developing wind power.
Continue readingSolar power for electric vehicles
The Westport-based firm Elektron Solar has proposed building a photovoltaic solar energy for electric cars in the Baldwin Parking Lot in downtown Westport.
Continue readingWind energy in Chile: Goldwind to build a wind farm
Goldwind will supply 47 units of GW87/1.5 MW wind turbines. The Ckani wind power plant has a total potential capacity of 240 MW
Continue readingThe State of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power in the United States
This free webinar is the first half of a Concentrated Solar Power State of the Union event, with the second session to be delivered by Frank (Tex) Wilkins, Consultant and Former CSP Team Leader at the US DoE.
Continue readingGamesa wins first Canadian wind power order
Gamesa will supply 5 G97 2MW wind turbines to the Gesner wind farm located on the Lake Erie shore between Chatham-Kent and London.
Continue readingWind energy in Chile: Mainstream and Goldwind build a wind farm
The wind turbines of Goldwind is for a 70 MW wind power park in Chile.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: Ormazabal contract for Iberdrola wind farm
It is medium voltage equipment for 144 wind turbines and 35 primary distribution equipment for substations for wind power farms.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles: SPIE Shares its Experience as a Charging Station Installer
First edition of “Assises Nationales des Infrastructures de Charge”, electric car charging infrastructure exhibition, Nice – 16 and 17 February 2012.
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