The government support and charging infrastructure have helped the electric car Nissan LEAF become the second best-selling Nissan in Norway and the ninth best-selling passenger car overall in February.
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Abengoa – Renewable Energies, Employment and Development
Concentrated solar power in Spain: The energy model currently in existence in Spain cannot be sustained over a long period of time.
Continue readingSolarReserve’s 200 MW concentrating solar thermal power project achieves permitting milestone
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of concentrated solar power projects, announced it has received its final Permit for its two 100 megawatt solar energy facilities.
Continue readingMaricopa Solar Energy assets to be auctioned on April 17
As a pilot project of Stirling Energy Systems in 2010, The Maricopa Concentrating Solar Thermal Farm utilized concentrated solar power (CSP) systems.
Continue readingSaguache County Approves SolarReserve’s Concentrating Solar Energy Project in Colorado
Company achieves permitting milestone for its proposed 200 MW Saguache County concentrated solar thermal power project.
Continue readingHeritage Global Partners to conduct public auction of Concentrating Solar Thermal Farm
The Maricopa Solar Thermal Farm utilized concentrated solar power (CSP) systems which use mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy onto a small area.
Continue readingREpower signs contract for 332 MW German offshore wind farm
REpower Systems SE has signed a contract with PNE WIND AG to deliver 54 offshore wind turbines.
Continue readingNew European-African wind power engineering initiative launched
Renewable energy scientists from Africa and Europe have agreed to set up an initiative to promote collaboration and joint research on wind energy.
Continue readingAKO has been awarded in a tender of the Consol-Orellana Concentrated Solar Power Plant
AKO has been awarded the supply and installation of its AKO, TRACE® turnkey solution for the Consol-Orellana Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant, which is planned to be started in March 2012.
Continue readingA new dimension for photovoltaic solar energy
Innovative 3-D designs from an MIT team can more than double the solar power generated from a given area.
Continue readingAllianz buys two more Nordex wind power plants in France
Nordex scores a hit with wind energy projects developed in-house. Allianz now owns more than 100 MW of Nordex wind turbines.
Continue readingIQE selected as partner in $2m Australian Solar Energy Institute programme
The aim of the programme is to develop, fabricate, and test novel next-generation multiple-junction solar cells used in the evolving utility scale Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) solar power station industry.
Continue readingOrder for T3 Electric Vehicles From France
T3 Motion designs, markets and manufactures the T3 Series, an electric car with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingGlobal wind farm market to grow 50 GW in 2012
Global wind turbines are set to grow by 23% in 2012 as wind energy developers bring on new capacity ahead of the expected expiry of support schemes, according to analysts MAKE?s Global Wind Power Market Outlook.
Continue readingLM Wind Power?s 73.5 meter blades flying on the largest offshore wind turbines
LM Wind Power is the world?s leading component supplier to the wind energy industry with operations from 13 manufacturing facilities worldwide, and more than 140,000 blades produced since 1978.
Continue readingWill EU countries reach their 2020 renewable energy targets?
In just under one month, Copenhagen will be home to Europe?s biggest wind energy conference and exhibition ? EWEA 2012.
Continue readingSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics introduces maintenance-free bearing for the solar energy market
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has launched a maintenance-free bearing for use in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
Continue readingColorado county gets big boost from wind power
Today about 500 wind turbines are erected, with a total of 850 permitted. At least seven wind energy industry companies are operating in the county.
Continue readingAREVA mobilized for offshore wind energy in Normandy
“As the wind power leader in France, we wish to develop this far-reaching wind farm project in the sea of Normandy with our partners and contribute to the emergence of a French wind turbines industry.”
Continue readingWind energy in Ethiopia: Wind Farm Near Completion
The Adama wind power project being developed at a cost of 117 million US dollars in Ethiopia is nearing completion. The wind farm will have a potential capacity of 51 MW with a total of 34 wind turbines.
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