The Taza wind power plant will be equipped with 50 Alstom wind turbines of 3.0 MW each.
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Wind Energy Update: Offshore Wind Farm Risk Marked ?Priority? by Developers
Scheduled for Thursday the 3rd of May at 13:00GMT, the wind energy update webinar has a strong focus on risk and project finance.
Continue readingVestas signs wind power agreement for 268 MW in Italy
The wind energy plants covered in these wind farm contracts represent half of ERG Renew s wind turbines installed capacity.
Continue readingGlobeleq Acquires Nicaraguan Wind Energy Project
Globeleq announced the acquisition of the 44 MW Eolo wind power project in Nicaragua with Gamesa’s wind turbines. The wind farm is the third in Nicaragua.
Continue readingOver 24 Million Miles of EV Operation
?The EV Project is paving the way for the future of plug-in electric vehicles in America?, stated Don Karner, Chief Innovation Officer of ECOtality.
Continue readingCooltra Commits to Sustainable Transport with Fleet of Electric vehicles
One of the pioneers in electric vehicles in Spain, Cooltra has recently presented its fleet of 30 cutting-edge electric scooters in Barcelona and Valencia.
Continue reading?Plug-and-Play? Solar Energy Systems for Homeowners
Plug-and-play solar power systems will make the process of buying, installing, and connecting solar energy systems faster, easier, and less expensive.
Continue readingCanada Rare Earths
Graphite has many important new applications including its use in lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, fuel cells and solar power.
Continue readingVestas wind energy: Final root cause for V112 wind turbine fire in Germany
The already-planned upgrades are not related to the root cause; we are taking the opportunity to do as much work as we can on the turbines to minimize any future inconvenience to our customers.
Continue reading290 MW Agua Caliente Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plant
NRG Energy, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Celebrate 100 MW Milestone for 290 MW Agua Caliente Photovoltaic Solar Power Project.
Continue reading97 Percent of Americans Overestimate Cost of Home Solar Energy
The falling cost of photovoltaic solar power is falling on deaf ears in the residential sector.
Continue reading37,000 jobs at risk if wind energy tax credits expire
Supporters of a bipartisan effort to protect the American wind farm industry say that U.S. 37,000 jobs will be at risk this year if Congress fails to extend the PTC that have been vital to wind power development.
Continue readingSiemens to provide service to first hybrid concentrated solar power plant in Algeria
The concentrating solar thermal power order was placed by Abengoa for its 150 megawatt (MW) solar hybrid plant operating at the Hassi R’Mel natural gas field in northern Algeria.
Continue readingABB to build solar energy photovoltaic plant in Nevada
ABB has secured a contract from SunEdison to build a 24.8 MW photovoltaic solar power plant at the Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Continue readingWEPOWER Ecolutions Sells and Ships Falcon Wind Turbines to Puerto Rico
The WEPOWER Ecolutions Falcon 5.5kW Vertical Axis Wind Turbines will be installed on the roof top of the recently built South Bed Tower at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Continue readingThe Bozzuto Group Commits Headquarters to 100 Percent Wind Power
The Bozzuto Group announced that it has committed to matching 100 percent of the electricity used at its corporate headquarters with renewable energy from U.S. wind farm projects.
Continue readingWind energy in Ukraine: EBRD to Provide 13.3 Million Euros for Wind Farm
Eco-Optima Ltd., a closely held Ukrainian company, will use the funds to build and operate a wind power plant with a capacity of 12.5 megawatts.
Continue readingGE PulsePOINT Technology Helps Wind Energy Operators Reduce Costs
GE announced a new technology that can help give wind farm operators a competitive edge by identifying problems with wind turbines before they can cause downtime or major failures.
Continue readingGlobal Atlas for Solar Energy and Wind Power launched
The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) presented the first Global Atlas for Solar Power and Wind Energy.
Continue readingEPA, NREL develop tools to site solar power, wind farm projects on contaminated lands
NREL have developed and launched new tools designed to test underutilized sites and contaminated land for solar energy and wind energy potential.
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