Solar energy and wind turbines still costs more than hydro-energy to produce, Tilloyev said. “However, the urgency of this issue is very high,” he added.
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Renewables and energy efficiency markets: a way out of the economic crisis?
Europe needs to set clear and reliable signals towards sustainable growth.
Continue readingOPIC Approves $185 Million for Two Solar Power Projects in Peru
That solar energy project was named the ?2011 Latin American Renewables Deal of the Year? by Euromoney Institutional Investor.
Continue readingEl Paso Electric and SunEdison Inaugurate Las Cruces Centennial Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plant
SunEdison is a leader in delivering solar power. The company develops, finances, installs and operates distributed solar power plants using proven photovoltaic technologies.
Continue readingAcciona: benefits of its proposed Mortlake wind farm
Acciona has released a report from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to spruik the benefits of its proposed Mortlake wind power plant with 51 wind turbines in Australia.
Continue readingGamesa collaborates on distributed wind power project
Gamesa and its partner Harvest the Wind Network are jointly working on a community wind farm project to help HARBEC Plastics, a western New York manufacturer, offset retail energy rates and zero-out carbon emissions.
Continue readingNew Brattle Group Report Shows Solar Power as a Solution in Texas
Additional solar energy capacity lowers summer electricity costs and creates a more reliable grid for Texans.
Continue readingFossil fuel subsidies five times higher than wind power subsidies
This latest reporting on wind energy highlights the huge gaps between rhetoric and reality. : public subsidies for wind farm are dwarfed by those channeled to fossil fuels and nuclear.
Continue readingEU member nations call for increased renewable energy commitments to 2030
Spain showed the fifth-highest increase from 9.0% to 14%, which includes dramatic increases in solar photovoltaic (PV) solar energy and concentrated solar power (CSP).
Continue readingSunnovations Achieves Solar Hot Water ?Firsts?
Solar thermal technology innovator Sunnovations Inc. has been awarded the industry-standard OG300 certification by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation on 41 unique system configurations.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy: Vestas, EDP and WindPlus partners inaugurate the first offshore wind turbine
Vestas has pioneered the wind turbines industry and is continuously striving to find new ways of lowering the cost of energy in offshore wind farm.
Continue readingWind turbines: CEO, environmentalist call for PTC extension
The CEO of a major construction company and the director of Sierra Club Maine joined recently in an op-ed in the Bangor (Me.) Daily News calling for an extension of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: wind farm projects of Iberdrola and Neoenergía
It is currently one of the Group’s key wind turbines markets. The loans will go towards financing 10 wind power farms the two companies are developing in Brazil.
Continue readingDoE awards Soitec USD 25 million to support concentrating solar power photovoltaic manufacturing
Soitec?s products include substrates for microelectronics (most notably SOI : Silicon-on-Insulator) and concentrated solar power photovoltaic systems.
Continue readingElectric cars, bicycles, scooters and motorbikes on show at Te Papa
A state-of-the-art line-up of electric vehicles ? including a 200kmh sports car ? bicycles, scooters and motorcycles will be on show as part of Electric Vehicle Day at Te Papa tomorrow.
Continue readingGovernment of Canada Supports Activities of Wind Energy Technocentre
“By investing in wind power development, the Government of Canada is illustrating its firm commitment to supporting the economy and job creation in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region.”
Continue readingJamaica to supply rural homes with solar power, wind energy
16,000 homes in remote parts of the island which do not have electricity are to be supplied with solar energy or wind power electricity through the Rural Electrification Programme.
Continue readingMinister: Greece needs wind energy in time of austerity
He also rebutted the myth that renewables are expensive, saying it was a view he didn?t share, ?especially in regard to proven and tested technologies such as wind power and solar photovoltaic.
Continue readingNRG installs 52 kilowatt photovoltaic solar power at haiti children?s home
The photovoltaic solar array will use batteries to store solar power and provide Zanmi Beni with a stable supply of clean, reliable and fuel-free energy.
Continue readingMasdar to present solar energy atlas at Rio +20
The Global Atlas for Solar Power and Wind Energy is an initiative of the Department for Energy and Climate Change at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of Irena.
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