Monthly Archives: March 2015

Electric Vehicle, Evwind

About 43% of all electric vehicles were bought in 2014

The Leaf is the best-selling electric car in automotive history. The Netherlands has the second-biggest market share of electric cars, after Norway.     Electric cars made up less than half of a percent of the 85 million new vehicles sold in the world last year, but German energy researchers say that tiny wedge of sales … Continue reading About 43% of all electric vehicles were bought in 2014 →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

US wind power: Enel Green Power Begins Construction On New Wind Farm

Enel Green Power (“EGP”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (“EGP-NA”), has started construction on a new wind farm in Oklahoma, USA.   The Little Elk wind power project, located in Kiowa and Washita Counties, Oklahoma, adjacent to EGP-NA’s existing 150 MW Rocky Ridge wind farm, will have a total installed capacity … Continue reading US wind power: Enel Green Power Begins Construction On New Wind Farm →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in Uruguay: Construction begins on US$117.5 million Kiyú wind farm with Vestas wind turbines

Construction has begun on the US$117.5 million Kiyú wind farm, located in the San José district of Uruguay. Mott MacDonald is monitoring construction of the wind power plant, which is being developed by Spanish company Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, on behalf of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. The 49MW Kiyú wind farm will comprise … Continue reading Wind energy in Uruguay: Construction begins on US$117.5 million Kiyú wind farm with Vestas wind turbines →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas emerges as a key player in the development of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology in China

Delingha Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant will have a very positive economic impact in the area.    Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and CGN Delingha Solar Energy Corporation have recently signed an (Owner’s Engineer) OE contract, after China CSP developer launched a competitive tender process. Delingha project is a 50 MW solar thermal parabolic trough power … Continue reading Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas emerges as a key player in the development of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology in China →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Vietnam’s first solar power plant

Arman Holding is working in Vietnam EVN on a solar power plant worth US$140 million. A source from Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam said the Russian firm, the main investor of the project, is surveying for a location with its partners – Singapore’s finance company Royale Star Holdings and Vietnam’s Natural Energy Investment & … Continue reading Vietnam’s first solar power plant →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Nordex targets profitable double-digit growth in 2015

On the basis of its audited consolidated financial statements which have now been released, Nordex (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) confirms the preliminary figures for 2014 reported in February. According to these figures, the Group increased its sales by some 21 percent to EUR 1,734.5 million in 2014 (2013: EUR 1,429.3 million), with earnings before interest and taxes … Continue reading Nordex targets profitable double-digit growth in 2015 →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

EWEA CEO Thomas Becker steps down

European Wind Energy Association Chief Executive Officer Thomas Becker is stepping down as the head of the association for personal reasons after two years of service. European Wind Energy Association Chief Executive Officer Thomas Becker is stepping down as the head of the association for personal reasons after two years of service. Following his appointment … Continue reading EWEA CEO Thomas Becker steps down →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Acciona Windpower signs a new contract in Brazil and passes 1,000 MW of its AW3000 wind turbines

ACCIONA Windpower, the ACCIONA Group subsidiary dedicated to the design, manufacture and sale of wind turbines, has reached agreement with Atlantic Energias Renováveis and the British private equity firm Actis to supply 195 megawatts (MW) –sixty-five 3 MW turbines– for a wind power complex located in the State of Piauí (northest Brazil). The wind farm, … Continue reading Acciona Windpower signs a new contract in Brazil and passes 1,000 MW of its AW3000 wind turbines →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Nordic wind farm players agree merger

Norway’s Havgul Clean Energy and Sweden’s Triventus Wind Power are merging to form Havgul Nordic.   The new entity will be the first pan-Nordic wind farm developer and have 15 projects totalling 1554 MW under development in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The companies said Havgul Nordic will “provide a single platform for investors to access … Continue reading Nordic wind farm players agree merger →

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Evwind, Other renewables

ABB & Pact To Bring Photovoltaic To Rural Myanmar

ABB will partner with Pact Myanmar to bring electricity in the form of solar power to approximately 3,500 individuals from villages in rural areas of Mandalay, Central Myanmar. With an estimated population of 51 million, Myanmar is a newly emerging country that has a per capita GDP of only around US$1,105, one of the lowest … Continue reading ABB & Pact To Bring Photovoltaic To Rural Myanmar →

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Evwind, Other renewables, Wind Energy

Enel Green Power Helping Mexico Reach Green Targets

Mexico wants to increase the share of green energy in total installed capacity to 33 percent, and wind power is expected to increase its capacity from around 2.5GW to 9.5GW in the country, where EGP has an installed capacity of 399MW and where it will allocate a large portion of the investments set out in … Continue reading Enel Green Power Helping Mexico Reach Green Targets →

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Evwind, Other renewables, Wind Energy

Costa Rica employed renewable energy

Costa Rica powered its cities for 75 days straight by only applying one hundred% renewable power thanks to heavy downpours. The Central American country accomplished a major milestone in mainstream clean power usage by powering its cities using hydropower for 3 months, according to the Costa Rican Electrical energy Institute (ICE). “The Country’s zero-emission milestone … Continue reading Costa Rica employed renewable energy →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Offshore wind energy project planned for Hawaii

Offshore wind energy developers have recently taken a look at possible locations in the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaiian Islands to create what would become the United States’ first floating offshore wind farm, a Hawaii renewable energy industry executive confirmed to PBN.   Thus far, there are no offshore wind farms up and running in … Continue reading Offshore wind energy project planned for Hawaii →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Morocco to establish solar energy programs with Masdar

The government aims to install 2 GW of solar energy by 2020, which will represent 14 percent of the country’s total installed capacity.   UAE-based clean energy firm Masdar and Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) have signed a partnership to design, supply and install 17,670 solar home systems across 940 … Continue reading Morocco to establish solar energy programs with Masdar →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

China to help Ghana construct 1 bln USD solar power plant

The Chinese Hanergy Group is investing one billion U.S. dollars to construct a 400-megawatt (MW) solar power plant to help boost Ghana’s energy needs, Zhou Youbin, Charge d’Affaires at the Chinese Embassy, said here Thursday.   Zhou, who was speaking at a day’s natural resource conference, said: “China, as a traditional friend and an important … Continue reading China to help Ghana construct 1 bln USD solar power plant →

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Evwind, Other renewables, Wind Energy

Costa Rica powered with 100% renewable energy

The Cental American country has achieved a major clean energy milestone, meeting 100 percent of its power demand with renewable energy for 75 straight days. “The year 2015 has been one of electricity totally friendly to the environment for Costa Rica,” the state-owned power supplier Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) said in a press release. … Continue reading Costa Rica powered with 100% renewable energy →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in Sweden: Allianz Capital Partners orders 37 Vestas wind turbines for a wind power plants

Vestas announces this 122 MW project which will be located in Sweden’s Ljusdal and Bollnäs municipalities, and will be the country’s first wind power plant to use the V117-3.3 MW turbine. This order brings Vestas’ announced order intake in the first quarter of 2015 above 1 GW.   Allianz Capital Partners is the Allianz Group’s … Continue reading Wind energy in Sweden: Allianz Capital Partners orders 37 Vestas wind turbines for a wind power plants →

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Wind power Nordex: Contracts for a further 26 wind turbines

In the first few weeks of the year, Nordex SE has been registering further growth in demand for the Generation Delta N131/3000 light-wind turbine. Customers from Finland and Germany have placed firm orders for a total of 26 units comprising in total 78 MW capacity of the latest Nordex product.   Thus, Finnish asset management … Continue reading Wind power Nordex: Contracts for a further 26 wind turbines →

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