Gamesa will deliver 100 wind turbines to a wind power project on the Red Sea coast.
Continue readingWind energy in Poland: GDF SUEZ to build wind farm in Opolskie
The wind farm will include 17 Vestas V112-3MW wind turbines with a total wind power capacity of 51 MW.
Continue readingWind energy in Pakistan: FFC invests in 50 MW wind farm
Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd is poised to diversify its business with investment of $135 million to establish what it called Pakistan?s first 50-megawatt wind power project with 33 wind turbines.
Continue readingNADB, BECC boards approve 54 MW wind energy project in Mexico
The Board of Directors of the North American Development Bank (NADB) and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) approved certification and financing for the construction of a 54-megawatt (MW) wind farm.
Continue readingNBC4?s ?iReporter? lacks context on wind energy sound
A recent commentary on NBC4?s ?iReporter? discussed concerns about the sound of wind turbines at a wind farm in West Virginia. Wind power emits no pollution, creates no hazardous waste, and uses virtually no water.
Continue readingPavlak errs on wind power integration
In a recent op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, Alex Pavlak, a professional engineer, raised questions about the cost of wind energyand how it is integrated with the power system.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power (CSP) in Europe
The concentrated solar thermal reported in the NREAPs by 2020 is 72.09 PJ in EU27, which represents 0.7 % of the renewable energy mix.
Continue readingPower Electronics for Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
In 2016, almost 25 million cars manufactured will be electrified, the majority of them being micro-HEV, with a low level of electrification. However, some 5 million will be full HEV, plug-in HEV or electric car.
Continue readingChina BAK Receives a New Contract to Supply Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles
China BAK Battery received a new contract to supply high-power batteries used in electric cars, Ruilin M1, to Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (“Chery”).
Continue readingA123 Systems to supply battery energy storage
A123 Systems develops advanced lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems for electric vehicles, electric grid and commercial applications.
Continue readingWind energy in Africa
While wind power currently exist predominantly in Northern Africa mostly along the Mediterranean coast, wind farm projects are now also under discussion for other areas.
Continue readingEU photovoltaic solar energy installations to reach 84.4 GW by 2020
The report further states that the highest average growth will be from concentrating solar power (CSP), as well as marine energy and offshore wind energy technologies.
Continue readingFlowserve to supply pumps to concentrating solar thermal power project
Crescent Dunes is a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, with a molten salt power tower design.
Continue readingRTI Selected for Wind Energy Plant Design by Siemens
RTI’s messaging software can monitor and control wind farm arrays with up to 500 wind turbines. Siemens Energy deploys wind power solutions in a wide range of environments where network services vary.
Continue readingMarubeni plans wind farm near Fukushima
Since the disaster the vast bulk of nuclear plants have been shut down, forcing the country to seek alternatives, in particular renewable sources of energy like solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingWind power in Mexico: Chiapas first wind farm
The installation of wind turbines in Mexico is accelerating. Wind energy, confined in principle to Oaxaca, spread by other states.
Continue readingWind energy farm in Mexico gains financing
The NADB will provide a $51 million loan to developer Compania Eolica de Tamaulipas to help build the Ejido El Porvenir wind farm with 30 wind turbines.
Continue readingWind turbines pay back coal use in one month
Coal extracts far more resources from the earth than wind energy. Wind power pay back coal use in one month.
Continue readingMyths and Facts About Electric Vehicles
Exhaustive analysis by Media Matters on attacks by right wing media on electric cars.
Continue readingVolkswagen plans electric car production in China
Volkswagen plans the production of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries in China. It has named 25 cities including Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen to lead the migration to electric cars.
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