The 27 metre catamarans will be used by UK-based Turbine Transfers to support wind turbine installation and maintenance activities in European waters. Austal will build them at its shipyard in the Philippines over a period of approximately nine months, commencing in March 2013. Commenting on the new contract Austal’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Bellamy, said: … Continue reading Austal secures order for more wind farm support vessels
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Boost for Wirral’s offshore wind energy industry
The news came as permission for a new 19-turbine wind farm with the potential to generate enough power to supply the equivalent of 25,000 Cheshire homes was given consent by the department of energy and climate change. The 57-megawatt wind farm developed by Peel Energy near Frodsham will generate enough power to supply the annual … Continue reading Boost for Wirral’s offshore wind energy industry
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Chinese govt mulls policies to support solar power industry
China is working on policies, including subsidies and easier access to the grid, to help its ailing solar power producers expand in the domestic market, the China Daily reported on Saturday, citing industry officials and government sources. The Chinese government will support the connection of photovoltaic solar power producers to the national grid with favorable … Continue reading Chinese govt mulls policies to support solar power industry
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Tamil Nadu Government releases solar energy policy
The important objectives of the policy are energy security, establishing 3,000 MW of solar power generation capacity and creating domestic production facilities for solar energy equipment. The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a solar energy policy for the State to encourage the development of the renewable energy. According to an official press release, Chief Minister … Continue reading Tamil Nadu Government releases solar energy policy
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Stanford researchers use solar power to study elephants in Africa
The seasonal solar-powered research camp gives scientists a rare opportunity to quietly observe, videotape and photograph wild elephants at Mushara waterhole, an isolated oasis in Etosha National Park in Namibia. A team of elephant researchers from Stanford University has transformed a remote corner of southern Africa into a high-tech field camp run entirely on sunlight. … Continue reading Stanford researchers use solar power to study elephants in Africa
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FCC inaugurates its first solar thermal power plant, in Palma del Río, Córdoba
The concentrating solar power plant will produce 100,000 MWh of electricity per year, meeting the needs of 26,000 people. It has taken FCC just over two years to complete the construction of its first solar thermal power plant in Spain. The Guzmán plant, in Palma del Río (Córdoba), was inaugurated this morning by Antonio Ávila, … Continue reading FCC inaugurates its first solar thermal power plant, in Palma del Río, Córdoba
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US newspapers lobby Congress to support wind energy
Extending or ending the US’s Production Tax Credit is a topic high in the minds of wind industry professionals with interests in the US, but how is it reported in US media? Interestingly, an increasing number of US newspapers support an extended PTC. . Here, we round-up some of the latest articles… In San Angelo,Texas … Continue reading US newspapers lobby Congress to support wind energy
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Saudi Arabia reveals plans to be powered by renewable energy
Saudi Arabia says it wants to use fossil fuels to produce other goods rather than use it for power generation. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil producer, has plans to become 100% powered by renewable and low-carbon forms of energy, according to an influential member of the royal family. But the process is likely to … Continue reading Saudi Arabia reveals plans to be powered by renewable energy
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Nebraska wind energy would boost economy
Nebraska could add thousands of new jobs, lower its electric bills and improve the health of its citizens if it built more wind energy projects by 2030, a coalition of local energy leaders said Thursday. Nebraska has arrived late on the wind energy scene compared with Iowa. But not too late, according to a new … Continue reading Nebraska wind energy would boost economy
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Sunways solar cells for the largest transparent photovoltaic roof in the USA
Sunways AG has received its largest individual order for building-integrated photovoltaics to date: the Konstanz-based photovoltaics specialist is supplying semitransparent design solar cells for the new US head office of pharmaceutical company Novartis. The new construction in East Hanover, New Jersey, will see the installation of the largest transparent photovoltaic roof in the USA. Renowned … Continue reading Sunways solar cells for the largest transparent photovoltaic roof in the USA
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Senior housing complex on mission to power electric vehicles
Sand River Cohousing, formerly called Eldergrace, is a group of 28 houses on Cerrillos Road. Residents are age 55 and older. Many are on fixed incomes and rely on Social Security. A senior housing development in Santa Fe has an ambitious dream already under way to power shared electric vehicles off of a shared solar … Continue reading Senior housing complex on mission to power electric vehicles
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Enel Green Power in Latin America
Latin America is one of the most promising energy markets for Enel Green Power, and its presence in this region is undoubtedly a central focus point for the interests of institutional stakeholders. With a capacity exceeding 830 MW and more than 36 plants, Enel Green Power plays a central role in the whole of Latin … Continue reading Enel Green Power in Latin America
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Duke joint venture completes wind farm
Duke Energy Renewables and Sumitomo Corp. of America have completed construction of the Ironwood Windpower Project, the second of their joint venture’s two Kansas wind farms. Duke Energy Renewables and Sumitomo Corp. of America, part of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corp., announced today the completion of the second of the joint venture partners’ two Kansas wind farms … Continue reading Duke joint venture completes wind farm
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Certification for Siemens SWT 6.0-154 wind turbine prototype
GL Renewables Certification has awarded a prototype certification to Siemens Wind Power‘s SWT-6.0-154 6 MW offshore wind turbine. GL Renewables Certificationhas provided Siemens Wind Power prototype certification for its new 6-megawatt offshore wind turbine SWT-6.0-154. The prototype certification is a prerequisite for the testing of the turbine. Field testing of Siemens Wind Power’s new 154-meter … Continue reading Certification for Siemens SWT 6.0-154 wind turbine prototype
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Solar power is contagious
People are more likely to install a solar panel on their home if their neighbors have one, according to a Yale and New York University study in the journal Marketing Science. The researchers studied clusters of solar installations throughout California from January 2001 to December 2011 and found that residents of a particular zip code … Continue reading Solar power is contagious
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Endesa develops electric vehicles’ wireless fast charging
With a 2.3 million euro budget, this pioneering project in Europe will run for two-and-a-half years. Today, Endesa has launched the European Project ‘Unplugged’ in Barcelona through the project’s consortium. The initiative is aimed at developing wireless, or ‘inductive’, fast charge for electric vehicles as well as investigating how this innovative charging system can improve … Continue reading Endesa develops electric vehicles’ wireless fast charging
Continue readingSolar-Powered Electric Car Charger in Sofia
The solar car charger is free for citizens to use as it generates its own energy. “The photovoltaic equipment feeds from the light and not the heat and is even more efficient in winter time, when there is no need for cooling down,” engineer Rosen Malchev said. The new solar-powered electric car charger in Sofia, … Continue reading Solar-Powered Electric Car Charger in Sofia
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Americans Still Behind Clean Energy
Capitalism, as the famous economist Joseph Schumpeter noted, is all about “creative destruction”. Firms come and go. Some survive. Some do not. So it’s unfortunate for America when critics of clean energy seek to politicize what the most ardent believers in free markets believe is a natural, ongoing part of a healthy economy. While it’s … Continue reading Americans Still Behind Clean Energy
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Watt’s Next in Rechargeable Batteries?
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar thinks sodium might be the next big thing in rechargeable batteries. Now, the gold standard in the industry is the lithium ion battery, which can be recharged hundreds of times and works really well. Its only problem is that it is made with lithium, which is not cheap. It could get even more … Continue reading Watt’s Next in Rechargeable Batteries?
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Nuclear decommissioning costs amount to €66 billion in UK alone
The nuclear industry’s ‘Foratom’ blog recently criticised EWEA’s argument in a recent report that “massive subsidies to fossil fuels and nuclear energy…. remain the rule”. Foratom instead claimed that “it is renewable energies, especially wind and solar energy that are the most systematically subsidised forms of energy, not nuclear energy.” Foratom then set out some … Continue reading Nuclear decommissioning costs amount to €66 billion in UK alone
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