2011 offshore wind power market: 235 new offshore wind turbines, in nine wind farm plants, worth some ?2.4 billion, were fully grid connected, totalling 866 MW, 17 MW less than 2010.
Continue readingConsortium acquires project for 250 MW Crimean wind farm
A consortium has acquired a wind energy project for the construction of the 250 megawatt Zakhidno-Krymska wind power plant.
Continue readingUK wind energy reaches record 6 GW milestone
The UK now boasts 6GW of wind farm capacity, enough to provide power to over 3.3 million homes, according to the latest update from trade association RenewableUK.
Continue readingChina sees wind energy rise 48.16% last year
China installed 15.85 GW of wind turbines capacity in 2011. China saw its wind power generation in 2011 hit 73.2 TWh. Wind farm generation in China’s general power output was up 0.38% in 2011.
Continue readingSooner rather than later on wind energy tax credit
Wind power is an important piece of the nation’s energy policy as we look to decrease our reliance upon foreign oil and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Continue readingWind energy: Denver Post endorses PTC extension ‘sooner rather than later’
The Denver Post called for speedy action on extending the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power, warning that “thousands of jobs could be lost in Colorado and other states” if lawmakers don’t act soon.
Continue readingTapping into a lucrative South African concentrated solar power market
On 7th to 8th February over 150 Concentrating Solar Thermal Power professionals from Europe, USA and South Africa will be meeting at the 1st Concentrated Solar Thermal Summit South Africa.
Continue readingUAE, Spain venture agree on $5 billion concentrated solar power spending
A joint venture between Spain?s Sener and Abu Dhabi?s Masdar, Torresol Energy, announced that it would invest some $5 billion in construction of concentrating solar thermal power plants in Spain, USA and Middle East.
Continue reading80 kilograms of graphite per electric car
Electric vehicles and hybrid automobile lithium ion batteries consume approximately 80 kilograms of graphite per electric car.
Continue readingUK: Wind power passes six-gigawatt threshold
The wind energy industry has made a great stride forward, says RenewableUK, the trade association representing the renewable energy industrie.
Continue readingFirst Wind Receives Approval to Expand Oakfield Wind Power Project
First Wind has four operation wind farm projects in Maine with the capacity to generate 185 MW of clean wind energy. The 42 MW Mars Hill Wind turbines project in the town of Mars Hill was the first in Maine.
Continue readingNorth America’s largest wind farm set for Wyoming
The US Interior Department?s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently named the proposed Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy facility as a renewable energy priority project for 2012.
Continue reading2,629 electric vehicles have been sold in France in 2011
The 2,629 electrics cars are a very small piece of the pie. Worse, the most optimistic estimate is that fewer than 500 electric vehicles have been bought by individuals.
Continue readingHybrid And Pure Electric Cars 2012-2022
Electric vehicles just became exciting. For 111 years, electric cars that rely only on a battery have had a range of only 30-50 miles and the humble golf electric car has been the only type selling in hundreds.
Continue readingCambodia solar energy project launched
Whereas Laos had hydropower and Vietnam had wind energy potential, Schroeter said, ?Cambodia has none of these resources available. Solar power has huge potential in Cambodia, especially for remote areas.?
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power Shams 1 65% complete
Abu Dhabi?s first concentrated solar power plant, Shams 1, which is being constructed in Madinat Zayed in the western region is almost 65 per cent complete.
Continue readingU.S. marine energy have potential to power 1,420 TWh
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released two nationwide resource assessments showing that wave energy and tidal energy off the West and East coasts could generate up to one-third of the nation?s electricity usage.
Continue readingLithium ion batteries of electric vehicles to be tested for energy storage
ABB, 4R Energy, Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) and Sumitomo Corp. of America have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF, an all-electric car.
Continue readingSmart Cities
The availability of charging facilities for electric vehicles is becoming a differentiator for cities wishing to attract an affluent and dynamic demographic as well as innovative companies.
Continue readingGE to Bring Solar energy to Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Solar Power Project
23-Megawatt Contract is Largest Solar Equipment Supply Power Project Agreement in the Midwest. Located Adjacent to Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Wind Energy Project.
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