Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has delivered battery energy storage systems integrating the company’s SCiB™, an innovative lithium-ion secondary battery to Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for a demonstration project to expand introduction of renewable energy sources on remote islands. The systems have been installed in substations on Tanegashima Island and Amamioshima Island, … Continue reading Toshiba’s Lithium-ion battery energy storage systems make Renewable Energy more practical
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Wind power is clean, efficient
From the Pacific Coast to the Texas panhandle to the Atlantic Ocean, wind power is on the rise in the United States, producing an increasing share of our electricity with minimal impact on the environment. Just a decade ago, wind energy was a trivial part of the nation’s electricity picture. Today, wind energy is the … Continue reading Wind power is clean, efficient
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Wind energy key to ‘€2.4bn EU water savings’
Wind power plays a major role in helping the EU save vast amounts of water used by power stations used to generate energy, a new report claims. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) calculated out of all the water used directly and indirectly in the EU, the highest amount (44%) is used in power production … Continue reading Wind energy key to ‘€2.4bn EU water savings’
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Hopefield Wind Farm begins commercial operation, South Africa
Hopefield Wind Farm in South Africa successfully achieved its Commercial Operation Date (COD). Mott MacDonald acted as owner’s engineer on behalf of the Cape Town-based owner and developer, Umoya Energy. The project was the first wind farm in the country to reach COD under the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme … Continue reading Hopefield Wind Farm begins commercial operation, South Africa
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Siemens D3 wind turbine implements sum of design and operational experiences
Siemens Energy has uprated its D3 onshore platform wind turbines. The new SWT-3.2-101, SWT-3.2-108 and SWT-3.2-113 machines feature improved performance from 3.0 to 3.2 megawatts (MW) and implement the sum of design and operational experiences. The uprated products will enter serial production by the end of 2014. They will be available with 101 and 108 … Continue reading Siemens D3 wind turbine implements sum of design and operational experiences
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Vestas showcases leadership as wind power pioneer
Vestas has launched the Wind Power Pioneers campaign aimed at demonstrating the company’s unique capabilities and value proposition in pioneering wind power in more than 35 countries around the world, since the wind industry was established in 1978. Pioneering new wind markets presents many unexpected challenges for developers of wind power. These include electrical grid … Continue reading Vestas showcases leadership as wind power pioneer
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Norway to become first nation where one in every 100 cars is electric
Popular electric vehicles in Norway include the Think and Buddy, which are both produced by Norwegian car makers, as well as Nissan’s Leaf and Tesla models. An electric vehicle currently fails to turn heads, especially in the nation’s capital of Oslo. Norway had a fledgling electric car industry of its own years ago. In order … Continue reading Norway to become first nation where one in every 100 cars is electric
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Alstom innovating to improve and expand its onshore wind turbines
Alstom signs a partnership with Freyssinet to enhance its ability to provide higher towers to serve less windy sites. The Group also achieves a key milestone in the certification of its ECO 122 wind turbine and commercialises a 3.0MW model of the machine. Following measurements taken over a 2-month period on an initial ECO122 unit … Continue reading Alstom innovating to improve and expand its onshore wind turbines
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Yemen obtains World Bank funding for wind farm
A credit of US$20 million for Yemen to finance a wind park project at Mocha on Yemen’sRed Sea coast has been approved by the World Bank’sBoard of Executive Directors. The project consists of the development and construction of a 60 megawatt wind power farm, which will increase the supply of cost-effective electricity from renewable sources … Continue reading Yemen obtains World Bank funding for wind farm
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AREVA and Schneider Electric Join Forces to Develop Offshore Wind Power in France
This includes in particular the wind farm of 100 5MW turbines in the bay of Saint Brieuc off the coast of Brittany and the current tenders for the offshore wind farms at Le Tréport off the coast of Haute-Normandie and the islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier in Pays de la Loire (France). Developed as part … Continue reading AREVA and Schneider Electric Join Forces to Develop Offshore Wind Power in France
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Cost reduction is one of the biggest challenges facing wind energy sector
Cost reduction is the one of the biggest challenges facing the wind energy industry today, according to Dave Jones, head of renewable energy at Allianz Capital Partners. Speaking in a conference session on ´finding new growth opportunities´ at EWEA´s annual event in Barcelona, Jones said that reducing capital costs, particularly in offshore wind, must be … Continue reading Cost reduction is one of the biggest challenges facing wind energy sector
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Top wind turbine suppliers, renewables set to boom, Vestas adds jobs
Wednesday’s here with a new rundown of the world’s top turbine producers, how renewables are set to take off in a big way, and an ongoing hiring spree at a major Colorado manufacturer. MAKE Consulting is out with their list of the top 15 turbine suppliers of 2013. Vestas took first place, though some familiar … Continue reading Top wind turbine suppliers, renewables set to boom, Vestas adds jobs
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Ending of the Azimut project that will enable the development of a 15 MW offshore wind turbine in 2020
The Azimut Project has finalized successfully with important progress in technological advances, new materials, simulation tools and a web application. Eleven Spanish companies and 22 research centers, coordinated by Gamesa, have joined forces on the Azimut Project to enable the development of world’s largest capacity wind turbine by 2020. The Azimut project, which aims to … Continue reading Ending of the Azimut project that will enable the development of a 15 MW offshore wind turbine in 2020
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“Fossil fuel subsidies distort the market”
Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Maria van der Hoeven, talked to Sarah Azau at EWEA 2014 Annual Event in Barcelona about power markets, subsidies and the Crimea. Will the Crimean situation make a difference to our relationship with Russian gas? Or are we simply too dependent on it? We are quite dependent on … Continue reading “Fossil fuel subsidies distort the market”
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LightManufacturing patents a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) for solar plastic molding system
LightManufacturing LLC, a solar thermal technology company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the firm US Patent 8,662,877 covering the use of concentrated solar thermal energy for molding plastic. The proprietary technology allows low-cost manufacturing of large plastic objects like water tanks and boats without the use of fossil fuels. The … Continue reading LightManufacturing patents a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) for solar plastic molding system
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Tesla investor says selling 500,000 electric vehicles in 2020 is totally doable
Tesla Motors may make good on chief Elon Musk’s claim of selling a half-million electric cars a year by the end of the decade, Motley Fool says. Of course, the author of the Foolish report in question owns Tesla shares but, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s check out the logic. … Continue reading Tesla investor says selling 500,000 electric vehicles in 2020 is totally doable
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India, Sudan agree to enhance cooperation in renewable energy
India today offered assistance to Sudan for developing renewable energy recources in the African country and also extended support for resource assessment and training in wind and solar energy sectors through technical institutions. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), the Indian green energy financial institution, would provide knowledge and technical appraisal assistance in developing renewable … Continue reading India, Sudan agree to enhance cooperation in renewable energy
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Three years after Fukushima: 100% renewable energy is only a matter of political will
Three years after the Fukushima/Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Global100RE Ambassadors are highlighting the need to refrain from using hazardous nuclear and fossil energy sources and instead shift towards 100% renewable energy. Ambassadors of the Global 100% Renewable Energy Campaign Bill McKibben, David Suzuki, Hans-Josef Fell, Jeremy Leggett, and Ulrich Kelber call on policy makers around … Continue reading Three years after Fukushima: 100% renewable energy is only a matter of political will
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Top 15 wind energy suppliers of 2013
MAKE Consulting has released its list of the top 15 global wind turbine suppliers of 2013. According to the report, Vestas has maintained its No. 1 spot, GE has dropped from second to sixth place, and Chinese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have secured over half of the top positions. The top 15 turbine suppliers of … Continue reading Top 15 wind energy suppliers of 2013
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Nordex surpasses 10 GW global wind farm installation mark
With the completion of an N117/2400 turbine at the Irish 36 MW wind farm Monaicha, Nordex SE’s global installed nominal output has now passed the 10,000 MW threshold. All the just under 6,000 Nordex turbines which have been installed since 1985 are thus notionally supplying more than 6.5 million four-person homes with clean wind-produced electricity, … Continue reading Nordex surpasses 10 GW global wind farm installation mark
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