Nauru will access US$4million from the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund to install a solar energy generation system and sea water desalination plant.
Continue readingWind power opponents are hypochondriacs
Fears that wind turbines make people sick are ”not scientifically valid”, and the arguments mounted by anti-wind farm campaigners are unconvincing
Continue readingDelmarva Power to Receive 38 Megawatts of Pa. Wind Power
Delmarva Power will receive 38 megawatts of wind energy from Chestnut Flats wind farm in south-central Pennsylvania with 19 wind turbines, manufactured by Gamesa
Continue readingEdison commissions wind energy project in Maryland
Edison Mission Group, a unit of Edison International, has announced commissioning of the Pinnacle Wind Farm at NewPage located on Green Mountain, near the Maryland-West Virginia border, with 23 wind turbines.
Continue readingHonda Begins Deliveries of 2013 Fit Electric Vehicles
City of Torrance to test electric car as a part of Honda Electric Vehicle Cars Demonstration Program.
Continue readingToyota finds way to avoid using rare earth in electric cars
Toyota has developed a way to make hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of rare earth metals, in which China has a near-monopoly, Japan’s Kyodo News reported.
Continue readingLithium-Ion Batteries Production to Grow Nearly 400% Worldwide
This increase in manufacturing capacity is driven by an expected dramatic increase in global demand, especially with respect to batteries for plug-in electric cars and for stationary storage.
Continue readingLithium ion batteries for electric vehicles will be a $47 billion market in 2020
Range anxiety is diminishing and consumer acceptance is growing, but the major obstacle for potential purchasers of an electric car remains the high price.
Continue readingRioglass Solar mirrors take part in CSP Today South Africa 2012
The glass mirrors of Rioglass Solar are the best choice to increase solar energy production, allowing the operator of the concentrating solar thermal power plant to take advantage of the solar irradiation.
Continue readingWorld Future Energy Summit 2012
Masdar Power would use 2012 to build on its innovation breakthrough in 2011 ? a concentrated solar power generator that harnessed the properties liquid salt to provide power generation 24 hours a day.
Continue readingThe future of Indian Concentrating Solar Power
As we move into 2012 the progress made in phase I of India?s National Solar Mission has been a subject of widespread debate, leaving many experts questioning the future of concentrated solar thermal power in India.
Continue readingWind power on pace to meet 20% by 2030
States that rely more on wind energy have seen their electricity rates rise more slowly than states with little or no wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy in Turkey
Turkey aims to reach 20,000 MW of wind farm capacity. Wind turbines companies such as Vestas, Gamesa, GE and Nordex bid for Turkish wind power market.
Continue readingNatural Power selected for wind farm
Construction on the wind energy plant is expected to commence in February 2012 and will comprise of 10 REpower 2.05 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingDOE launches new online instruments to help small wind power
The aim is to facilitate the installation of wind turbines, helping to lower barriers connected with zoning and economic ones.
Continue readingThe stability of the atmosphere benefits wind energy
The amount of wind power produced by the wind turbines of a wind farm depends not only on wind speed, but also on the stability of atmospheric conditions.
Continue readingEnel Green Power?s new geothermal energy technologies
EGP?s geothermal energy leadership also includes technological innovation, specially low-temperature binary cycles and geothermal combined with solar power.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Will Grow at a CAGR of 12.7% to 2020
The global geothermal energy installed capacity was 11,086 MW in 2010 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.7% to reach 36,538 MW in 2020.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic Solar Power Recycling Market Expected to Generate 1,098,282 Tonnes of Waste by 2035
Solar Module Recycling – A Necessary Step to Maximize Environmental Benefits of Solar Energy PV Industry.
Continue reading300 MW solar energy plant in Ghana
Halla Energy and Environment, a Korean firm specialized in renewable energy, plans to invest in the country?s energy sector through building a 300 Megawatts solar power plant.
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