Wind power and the rest of the global renewable energy sector received good news earlier this week in two related reports that showed investments in the green technologies reached ?205 billion last year.
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Microsoft and Sprint join growing list of major companies calling to extend wind energy tax credit
Microsoft and Sprint delivered a letter to Congressional leadership asking for an extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power ? scheduled to expire in December 2012.
Continue readingCongressman Dave Loebsack is named a USA Wind Energy Jobs Champion
Acciona Windpower is the third stop in a month-long tour of wind farm facilities in his district.
Continue readingQSTec seeks talent to power solar energy industry
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) yesterday urged polysilicon and solar industry experts to join the organisation and help build a brand new industry of solar energy in Qatar, the solar hub for the MENA.
Continue readingSoitec Completes Largest Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in Italy
“Completing this solar power plant marks a major milestone for Soitec in Italy while also demonstrating all of CPV’s advantages in this part of the world,” said Gaetan Borgers.
Continue readingTVP Solar Wins Intersolar AWARD for Best Solar Thermal Technology in 2012
TVP Solar SA is a Swiss company which designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative high-vacuum flat solar thermal panels based on patented technology.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power plant deal set for Acwa group
A consortium led by Saudi International Company for Water and Power (Acwa) is close to wining a contract worth at least $500 million to build a 160-megawatt concentrated solar power plant south of Morocco.
Continue readingDoE announces new concentrated solar power technology investments to American Industry, Universities
The Energy Department announced new investments for 21 total projects to further advance cutting-edge concentrating solar power technologies (CSP).
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Power to the Forefront of Sustainable, Smart Mobility in Central and Eastern Europe
Electric cars will be at the heart of Frost & Sullivan’s upcoming annual industry event ‘Urban Mobility 3.0: OEMs New Mobility Offerings and New Business Models Linking Web 2.0’.
Continue readingAsian consortium buys Saab, will build electric cars
?Electric vehicles powered by clean electricity are the future, and the electric car of the future will be produced in Trollhattan,? Sweden.
Continue readingA123 systems unveils Nanophosphate EXT technology for Electric Vehicles
New battery could make electric cars cheaper. The electric car lithium ion batteries manufacturer claims that the new technology will reduce the cost of electric cars.
Continue readingJV developed to own and operate wind power projects
First Wind Holdings LLC and Emera Inc. on June 15 announced the closing of their transaction to jointly own and operate wind energy projects in the Northeast U.S. through a new company called Northeast Wind Partners.
Continue readingEnbridge and RES Canada Celebrate Completion of the 99-MW Greenwich Wind farm
Peak capacity: about 99 MW Wind Turbines: 43 Siemens SWT-2.3 101 MW wind turbines Annual yield: about 300,000 MWh (corresponding to the annual consumption of around 34,000 households) CO2 saving: about 107,000 tonnes.
Continue readingNew Lithium-Ion Batteries from Metabo Run Longer, Last Longer
As with all lithium-ion batteries, the Ultra-M 4.0 Ah does not have a memory effect. It can be charged at the user?s convenience without having to wait for the battery to totally discharge.
Continue readingThe Future Of Solar Power Depends On International Collaboration
Solar industry competition is at a record high as global solar energy capacity more than quadrupled from 9.5 gigawatts in 2007 to 40 gigawatts in 2010.
Continue readingSaft Provides Smart Battery Storage for Sch¨¹co¡¯s Intelligent Solar Energy Solution
Saft, the designer and manufacturer of high©technology batteries for industry, is providing Lithium-ion batteries smart storage solutions for Sch¨¹co’s innovative Energy Manager in-building photovoltaic solar power.
Continue readingKYOCERA Solar Power Generating Systems Help the Maldives Meet Renewable Energy Goals
675kW at 10 public facilities will be largest photovoltaic solar energy project in the country.
Continue reading1.1 gigawatts of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power are now under construction in USA
This quarter?s activity brings the total amount of solar photovoltaic across America to 4,427 MW. In addition, concentrated solar power (CSP) facilities are providing 516 MW of electric power to the U.S.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power stakeholders join forces to grow US energy market
Senior level executives of the Concentrated Solar Power Industry in the US are gearing up to meet on June 27-28 in Las Vegas.
Continue readingGulf states look to the concentrating solar power
Masdar is about to complete one of the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power plants in the desert south of Abu Dhabi. Shams 1 solar thermal is a JV with Spain’s Abengoa Solar and French Total.
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