Infinia, the developer of a concentrated solar energy product, has raised $4 million in venture capital, according to a new filing by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ireland has made major steps in its wind farm plants outfit over the recent months. EirGrid chief executive Dermot Byrne today said that over 30% of Ireland?s energy needs could be satisfied by wind power by 2020.

First Wind is an independent wind energy company exclusively focused on the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of utility-scale wind farm projects in the United States.

In the UK renewable energies have frequently been blamed in the media for pushing up the cost of energy paid by the average UK household.

Wind energy in Britain already employs more than 10,000 people full time, and RenewablesUK expects that to rise to 90,000 over the next 10 years.

Offshore wind farm plants in Germany, Sweden and UK under construction

Concentrating solar power technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that collect the solar energy and convert it to heat.

Experts in the concentrated solar power sector, Protermosolar, will be showcasing their solar energy solutions at CSP Today South Africa on 7th and 8th of February in Johannesburg.

Unlike solar power oltaic (PV) panels that convert solar radiation into electricity, these “solar thermal collectors” use the sun’s energy to heat water, space, or both.

The Italian Maccaferri Group has ordered ten Nordex N100/2500 wind turbines via its energy subsidiary Seci Energia for a wind farm.

Of this shall be gained 2,000 MW from wind energy, 2,800 MW of photovoltaic and 7,200 MW from concentrated solar power.

Strategic partnerships with Abengoa, Spain to develop Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects in India.

China is looking at abandoning the use of public auctions to set the price for offshore wind power projects, said an official from the National Energy Administration.

The Turkana wind power company hopes to produce electricity at the cost of about 7.52 cents per kilowatt hour, making it the cheapest power source in Kenya.

The CEC has begun a review of a proposed 750 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Riverside County, California, consisting of three 250 MW solar energy plants using solar power tower designs.

State-owned power major NTPC is going to set up its biggest solar power plant of 50 megawatts next year at an estimated cost of around Rs 700 crore in the electricity-starved state of Madhya Pradesh.

Iberdrola at the forefront of wind energy in Spain, with an installed capacity of over 5,500 megawatts. The wind turbines used will be by Gamesa, making it Iberdrola’s foremost supplier in this region.

An $850 million concentrating solar energy tower project slated for northeastern Riverside County has received federal approval for a 10-mile transmission line that would traverse public land.

The technology complements ABB’s recent acquisition of a stake in Novatec Solar, a leading provider of Linear Fresnel concentrated solar thermal power technology.