Next week Copenhagen will be buzzing with wind energy professionals keen to find out the latest market and technology developments at the EWEA annual conference and exhibition.
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Bangalore firm develops portable solar power generator
Leading solar energy firm HHV Solar Technologies Ltd has developed a portable solar photovoltaic power generator with 600 watt capacity for emergency use in remote locations and disaster management.
Continue readingWind energy to help meet green target in India
Sources said India is now estimated to have the potential to generate more than 1 lakh MW from wind power, up from the earlier estimate of 49,000 MW
Continue readingBrightSource has signed 13 PPAs to deliver 2.4 gigawatts of concentrated solar energy
BrightSource is in the massive-scale concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) business, a technology which addresses a common refrain about the limitations of photovoltaic solar power.
Continue readingTechnip Awarded 500 MW Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Energy Project
The offshore wind farm will be built some 20 km off the coast of Saint-Brieuc Bay. The wind turbines project is expected to generate some 2,000 jobs.
Continue readingMissouri wind farm terminated
In 2005, TradeWind began developing the Shuteye Creek Wind Power Project in anticipation of an emerging Missouri wind energy market.
Continue reading70 MW Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plant in Japan
The “mega-solar power plant” is being built to help solve Japan’s power supply issues caused by the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Continue readingGovernor applauds wind farm development in South Central Kansas
Upon completion, it will be the largest wind power project in Kansas. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Commerce Sec. Pat George joins representatives from BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power.
Continue readingWind energy in Australia: Tasmania to have new wind farm
Vestas has received an order to supply 56 wind turbines V90-3.0 MW for the Musselroe Wind Power project to be constructed in Tasmania, Australia.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles: $4 Million For Wireless Electric Car Charging
The Energy Department announced up to $4 million to develop wireless chargers for electric cars.
Continue readingT. Boone Pickens’ firm to partner on 377 MW wind farm
Texas has more than 10,330 MW of installed wind energy capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Mesa agreed to buy 667 1.5-MW GE wind turbines.
Continue readingFirst Solar Powers One of India’s Largest Solar Power Plants
The photovoltaic solar energy plant, which is comprised of 500,000 of First Solar’s CdTe-based thin-film modules, will provide clean energy to Mumbai.
Continue readingChina BAK Announces Additional Contract to Supply Lithium Ion Batteries to Chery Automobile
Under the contract, China BAK will deliver 1,000 lithium-ion high-power battery units in 2012 to power Chery’s Ruilin M1 electric vehicles.
Continue reading130-MW California Solar Power Farm Closes Financing
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) is the technology provider and the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the solar energy project, using its advanced thin film photovoltaic modules.
Continue reading650 MW solar power projects to be inaugurated in Gujarat
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said 15 solar energy projects with a capacity to produce 650MW power will be dedicated to the nation at Charanka solar park in north Gujarat on April 19.
Continue readingVattenfall cleared to build 299 MW wind farm in Wales
The UK’s onshore wind energy sector received a major boost, after energy minister Charles Hendry granted approval to Vattenfall’s planned Pen Y Cymoedd wind power development in South Wales.
Continue readingDTE to build 110 MW wind farm in Michigan
DTE Energy has announced today plans to build a 110 MW wind energy plant in Huron County, Mich. The wind power plant will be sited on nearly 16,000 acres and use up to 70 wind turbines.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy: AREVA technology chosen to develop the Saint-Brieuc wind farm
As part of the call for tenders for offshore wind power in France, the French government has just awarded to the consortium led by Iberdrola and EOLE-RES. AREVA will build 100 wind turbines of 5 MW for this wind farm.
Continue readingSierra Club, BP Wind Energy agree: Extend the PTC
A House bill seeking to extend the PTC for wind power has 90 cosponsors, including 20 Republicans, and has received the endorsement of a broad coalition of more than 370 members.
Continue readingSmart Grid IT Systems
Some of the biggest changes in smart grid IT are being driven by new application requirements such as electric vehicles.
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