The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Mitt Romney today will make his first campaign stop in Iowa since breaking with the state’s entire Congressional delegation and coming out in opposition to renewing the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. The state’s largest newspaper criticized Romney’s extreme position earlier this week, … Continue reading Romney Brings Anti-wind Energy Message to Iowa as States Largest Newspaper says PTC should be Extended
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Simbol Materials Receives 2012 Geothermal Energy Association Special Recognition Award
The Geothermal Energy Association recognizes leaders in geothermal development at National Geothermal Summit. Simbol Materials received a Special Recognition award from the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) for making significant contributions to the geothermal industry. Simbol Materials is commercializing transformative technology to extract lithium, manganese, zinc and other critical materials from the brines of geothermal power … Continue reading Simbol Materials Receives 2012 Geothermal Energy Association Special Recognition Award
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Wind turbines: Sinovel denies facing litigation in Brazil
Sinovel Wind Group Co, China’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines, again denied Thursday media reports that the company was being pursued through courts by its Brazilian client Desenvix over allegations that Sinovel stole software codes from a US company, AMSC. After repeated attempts seeking comments for nearly a week, Sinovel continued to claim that it … Continue reading Wind turbines: Sinovel denies facing litigation in Brazil
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Sri Lanka adds wind power to grid
Sri Lanka has added 30 megawatts of wind power to its national grid in a bid to reduce power shortage in nearly 60 cities, including Colombo. The country’s hydro power generation fell below 10 percent due to a severe drought, Xinhua quoted D. Ramanayake, the spokesman for the energy ministry, as saying. “For the first … Continue reading Sri Lanka adds wind power to grid
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U.S. wind energy reaches 50 gigawatts – AWEA
Contributing to the 50-gigawatt threshold were the newly grid connected wind power projects in the states of Nevada, Oklahoma, Idaho, California, Hawaii and Iowa. As the production tax credit for wind power sails through the United States Congress, the American Wind Energy Association announced that wind power in the United States has reached 50 gigawatts … Continue reading U.S. wind energy reaches 50 gigawatts – AWEA
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REC awarded funding from Clean Energy Research Program (CERP) for innovative solar cell research
The largest European supplier of solar modules, Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), is one of five solar energy research teams selected to receive grants totaling USD 8.53 million under the Clean Energy Research Program (CERP). “REC is proud to receive this grant from the CERP for one of our new cell technology projects. This new technology … Continue reading REC awarded funding from Clean Energy Research Program (CERP) for innovative solar cell research
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SOLON Accelerates Shipping Innovative SOLquickTM Rooftop Solution to Solar Installers
SOLON, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants and photovoltaic (PV) products in the U.S., today announced it has accelerated shipping its award-winning SOLquickTM commercial rooftop system to the U.S. market. SOLquick’s innovative design integrates a frameless solar module and rack into one unit for a fast, easy and tool-free installation. SOLquick’s … Continue reading SOLON Accelerates Shipping Innovative SOLquickTM Rooftop Solution to Solar Installers
Continue readingTokelau gets $7m for solar power stations
The government is giving tiny Tokelau $7 million to help it install three solar power systems. Foreign Minister Murray McCully says they’re going to provide nearly 100 per cent of the power for Tokelau’s population of just over 1400. “Many of our Pacific neighbours are reliant on expensive imported diesel for electricity generation and this … Continue reading Tokelau gets $7m for solar power stations
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Solar Thermal Power Market to 2020 – Asia-pacific Continues to See Increased Investments While Effective Fits in the Middle East and Africa Create Lucrative Solar Power Destinations
ReportReserve announces the inclusion of a new report published by GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, “Solar Thermal Power Market to 2020 – Asia-Pacific Continues to See Increased Investments While Effective FITs in the Middle East and Africa Create Lucrative Solar Power Destinations”. The report gives an in depth … Continue reading Solar Thermal Power Market to 2020 – Asia-pacific Continues to See Increased Investments While Effective Fits in the Middle East and Africa Create Lucrative Solar Power Destinations
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Solar Energy Africa: Focus on Concentrated Solar Power
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) on its own is probably the most promising of large-scale renewable energy technologies in South Africa, says Kadri Nassiep, CEO of the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). Mr Nassiep is a headline speaker at the upcoming Solar Energy Africa as part of the Clean Power Africa conference and exhibition … Continue reading Solar Energy Africa: Focus on Concentrated Solar Power
Continue readingChina increases solar power targets to 21 GW by 2015
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) confirms it has raised the country’s 2015 target for installed solar energy capacity (photovoltaic and concentrating solar power) by 40% to 21GW. China, the world’s largest exporter of photovoltaic products and home to firms such as Suntech Power and LDK Solar, in August 2011 standardised tariffs for energy fed into … Continue reading China increases solar power targets to 21 GW by 2015
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Solar power day and night
At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), several pilot plants of solar cells, small wind power plants, lithium-ion batteries, and power electronics are under construction. Energy storage systems are one of the key technologies for the energy turnaround. With their help, the fluctuating supply of electricity based on photovoltaics and wind power can be stored until … Continue reading Solar power day and night
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Drone Hill Wind Farm will be completed in August
Drone Hill Wind Farm comprises 22 Nordex N60 wind turbines that are capable of generating a combined capacity of 28.6 MW of energy. Each turbine provides a capacity of 1.3 MW and has a blade length of 29 metres with a rotor diameter of 60 metres. The wind farm is being built by worldwide power … Continue reading Drone Hill Wind Farm will be completed in August
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Windreich enters a new era with Fuhrländer
The Ukraine offers good locations for wind turbines and promotes regenerative energies, because the country wants to become independent from fossil fuels. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz, Windreich AG, is the second largest shareholder of Fuhrländer AG with headquarters in Liebenscheid (Siegerland), and welcomes the change of ownership of Germany’s oldest wind turbine manufacturer and emphasis. … Continue reading Windreich enters a new era with Fuhrländer
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Mexico: New wind farm online & new order for wind turbines
Vestas has received a new order for the Los Altos wind farm, with a total of 50.4 MW including 28 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines, located in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. This will make Jalisco the fourth state in Mexico with operational wind power. The Los Altos wind farm will be the first big … Continue reading Mexico: New wind farm online & new order for wind turbines
Continue readingBrazil: Upcoming wind energy auctions in the free market scheme
Bioenergy, a Brazilian renewable energy generator, will hold the first auction for solar power and the third one for wind power on 7 August 2012 in the local free market. The company offers contracts with a 50% discount on transmission costs for wind and 80% discount for solar energy. A total of three products will … Continue reading Brazil: Upcoming wind energy auctions in the free market scheme
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Submarine Electricity Transmission
The market for high-voltage submarine cables is a small and highly specialized industry that will experience strong growth over the next several years. Demand for submarine cables is growing steadily as national governments and regional organizations pledge their efforts to expanding offshore renewable power generation, linking remote land masses, and interconnecting their national grids. These … Continue reading Submarine Electricity Transmission
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The world’s biggest marine energy projects
The UK saw the launch of the second marine energy park in July, which will help accelerate the commercialisation of marine power technologies and contribute to the nation’s renewable energy and emission reduction targets. Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park is expected to pool private and public organisations working in marine energy to … Continue reading The world’s biggest marine energy projects
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Application submitted for Beatrice offshore wind farm
The proposed wind farm would have 142 to 277 wind turbines, depending on turbine size. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish government to develop the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth. BOWL is a joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%), SSE’s renewable energy development … Continue reading Application submitted for Beatrice offshore wind farm
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Rising Temperature Raising Food Prices
Over the last two months, the price of corn has been climbing. On July 19th, it exceeded $8 per bushel for the first time, taking the world into a new food price terrain. With heat and drought still smothering the Corn Belt, we may well see more all-time highs in coming weeks as the extent … Continue reading Rising Temperature Raising Food Prices
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