The wind farm will deploy REpower 2.05 MW MM92 wind turbines and Mitsubishi 2.4 MW MWT102 wind turbines
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AmeriLithium Announces Positive Results on Lithium Brine Project in Nevada
The next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles are being designed to use high-capacity Lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingGDF SUEZ continues to expand wind energy launching 100 MW of wind farm projects in Romania and Poland
GDF SUEZ is set to develop two new wind power plants, a 48 MW wind farm in Romania and 51 MW wind farm in Poland. These wind turbines projects are concrete illustrations of the Group’s strategy
Continue readingDupont, Suntech Partner To Supply Photovoltaic Materials
DuPont Co. is partnering with solar power maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. to help increase the supply of photovoltaic materials and technologies for the growing solar energy market.
Continue readingCroatia to invest in wind energy and solar power
Croatia plans to invest in wind power and solar energy plants as part of an investment push estimated at 8 billion kunas (1.055 billion Euros).
Continue readingFinland?s wind energy capacity to be increased by 50 per cent this year
First wind farm to be erected in Tervola in Lapland. Finland?s wind power capacity will be increased by about 50 per cent this year.
Continue readingSiemens receives its first wind turbines orders from Thailand
Wind Energy will develop three wind farm projects each with a 90- megawatt capacity in the Korat province north of Bangkok.
Continue readingGreek wind power production capacity rises by 23% 2011
Greece’s wind farm capacity in Greece rose more the 23 percent last year, the Hellenic Wind Energy Association annouced.
Continue readingTheolia: Strong increase in sales of electricity
THEOLIA is an independent producer of wind energy, active over the entire wind power value chain. The Group develops, builds and operates wind farm plants in four main countries: France, Germany, Italy and Morocco.
Continue readingNordex awarded contract for 30 MW wind farm in Spain
Further calldown on the framework wind power agreement with Eolia Renovables. The ?Barbers? wind energy project will be built in the Spanish province of Tarragona in Catalonia.
Continue readingParliament moves to boost carbon price
The European Parliament has today sent a strong signal that the price of carbon emissions must be raised by fixing the Emissions Trading System (ETS) ? one of the EU?s key laws on climate change.
Continue readingFukushima disaster prompted huge surge in global renewable energy deals
News out this week shows that global renewable energy deals surged last year by a massive 40%, triggered by the Japanese nuclear disaster and buoyed by an increase in billion dollar transactions.
Continue readingOffshore wind power: a sector in crisis?
The offshore wind energy industry is particularly vulnerable to the current squeeze. Banks are now having to pay more for the long-term loans the sector requires, so they are becoming more reluctant to offer them.
Continue readingSolar energy in the UAE
Energy experts recently declared 2012 as the ‘breakthrough’ year for solar power in the GCC, with countries like the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia leading the solar powered charge.
Continue readingSamsung Heavy signs MOU for U.K. wind energy plant
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding to build a wind turbines plant in Scotland.
Continue readingMacedonia to Build First Wind Farm
Macedonian power utility ELEM said on Tuesday it had signed a deal with a consortium of Greek builder Terna and German engineering firm Siemens to build the Balkan country’s first wind power plant.
Continue readingThe Electric Car
Hundreds of locals turned out for a special celebratory evening demonstration of other electric cars and to watch the soon-to-be cult classic film, Revenge of the Electric Car.
Continue readingEnvia Systems claims energy density record for lithium-ion batteries
The days of limited-range electric vehicles could soon be over, thanks to a new battery which almost triples the energy density of current electric car battery technology.
Continue readingSolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Concentrating Solar Power Project Takes Huge Step
Located in Toponah, Nevada, the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant will employ concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) technology.
Continue readingDONG Energy opens 367.2 MW Walney offshore wind farm
The world’s largest offshore wind power farm, comprising 102 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 MW, was inaugurated. Major step forward for wind energy industry.
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