The wind farm project is funded by the Department of Energy and designed to gain valuable knowledge about the benefits and challenges associated with developing offshore wind energy.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power: Cost reduction potential
Incorporation of solar thermal storage and/or auxiliary firing has an impact on the value of Concentrated Solar Energy generation in electricity markets.
Continue reading2,149 electric vehicles have been sold in UK since 2006
Just 2,149 electric cars have been sold since 2006, despite a government scheme last year offering customers up to £5,000 towards the cost of an electric car. Just1,082 electric cars were sold in the UK last year.
Continue readingToday is really the time of electric vehicles
Everybody is talking about electric car. LEAF has already sold over 20,000 electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries so, I think today is really the time of electric cars, and they will continue to grow.
Continue readingWireless Inductive Charging for Electric Vehicles
One of the biggest problems with electric cars is charging them, so you can only imagine how hard it is to find a plug for your electric car.
Continue readingAtlas Maps U.S. Renewable Energy Resources
A new geospatial application allows users to easily and accurately map potential renewable energy resources in the United States: wind energy, geothermal energy, concentrating solar power and photovoltaic solar energy.
Continue readingSiemens to Supply Solar Energy Receivers for Concentrated Solar Power Project in India
A supply agreement has been signed for concentrating solar thermal power plants, and Shiram EPC, a wind energy company based in India, for Universal Vacuum Air Collector (UVAC) 2010 solar receivers.
Continue readingUTC expects to sell Clipper Windpower within 12 months
UTC businesses identified for sale include Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Clipper Windpower and the Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial businesses.
Continue readingWorld Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011
Wind farm developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts of wind energy.
Continue readingWorld wind energy market for small wind turbines reaches 440 MW
More supportive policies could boost the small wind power market.
Continue readingAcciona Windpower to supply wind turbines for US wind farm
Acciona Windpower has entered into a contract with NaturEner to supply wind turbines for NaturEner’s 189 MW Rim Rock wind energy park in Montana, US.
Continue readingChina continues offshore push with 300 MW wind farm
China will build a 300 MW wind power plant in the Bohai Sea, as the country moves ahead with ambitious plans to tap its offshore wind energy.
Continue readingMonsson Group starts investment in 150 MW wind power in Romania
Monsson Group, a Romanian private wind energy developer, has recently started construction work at the 150 MW Pantelimon wind farm located in Constanta.
Continue readingSuzlon to develop 3000 MW of wind energy in AP
Andra Pradesh is one of the fastest emerging wind power destinations in the country. The wind farm development will create potential investments of up to Rs 18,000 crore.
Continue readingCPUC Approves PPA for Pattern’s Ocotillo Wind Farm
Currently operating 520 MW of wind power in North America, Pattern has 250 MW of wind turbines projects in construction and expects to begin construction of more than 750 MW of wind energy over the next 12 months.
Continue readingBP and Sempra Announce Plans to Further Expand Wind Power
BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power announced plans to further expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas.
Continue reading$2bn German solar energy plant in Oman
They come hot on the heels of the United Arab Emirate of Dubai announcing a 20-year, $3.27-billion plan to build a 1-gigawatt (GW) mixed solar PV and concentrating solar power.
Continue readingMOD paves way for new wind farm friendly radars
The MOD has agreed a deal for wind energy companies to fund new wind turbines friendly radars, with the potential to unlock more than four gigawatts (GW) of wind power, enough to power over two million homes.
Continue readingChina develops 16,000 MW of offshore wind energy
China proposes the installation of 5 GW of wind farm plants by 2015, or 5 percent of its total capacity. Europe has 2946 MW of installed offshore wind power, 3,000 MW under construction and another 19,000 MW authorized.
Continue readingUK Wind Energy Roars To Record Output
Surge in wind power helped the U.K. cut its carbon emissions by over 750,000 tons. Wind turbines is accounting for an increasing proportion of energy supply. Two U.K. wind farm developers have already hit the 1 GW mark.
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