Gunkul has reportedly been seeking investors for their wind power project in which they would maintain a 25 to 30 percent stake.
Continue readingIEA assisting in Africa wind power mapping project
The campaign represented a partnership and a vehicle that could adequately and effectively communicate the importance of wind energy.
Continue readingVestas 112-3.0 MW wind energy order in Sweden for 96 MW
Vestas receives 96 MW wind power order of 32 x V112-3.0 MW wind turbines in Sweden from Stena Renewable AB for the Lemnhult wind farm.
Continue readingWind Energy: GE and Göteborg Energi install wind turbines in Göteburg harbour
GE and Göteborg Energi have started installing the first 4.1-113 offshore wind turbine in the Gothenburg harbour, the companies announced at the European Wind Energy Association?s EWEA Offshore 2011 in Amsterdam.
Continue readingClimate Change Summit in Durban: a lot of noise and no nuts
Durban, Success or failure? The only real thing is renewable energy (wind energy, photovoltaic solar power and solar thermal) and the electric car. The Bla-bla-bla takes 20 years to emit CO2 from summit to summit.
Continue readingSounds for electric vehicles
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries are becoming more popular, but some safety concerns have been raised because they are almost silent.
Continue readingWind Energy in Kenya: Lake Turkana wind farm
A wind farm. A financing deal for Kenya?s largest wind power will be concluded in the first quarter of next year, setting East Africa?s largest economy on the path to becoming the region?s leader in renewable energy.
Continue readingVestas wins 168 MW wind turbines order in Australia
Vestas has received the wind power order to supply 56 of its V90-3.0 MW wind turbines to Hydro Tasmania for their Musselroe Wind Farm project in Tasmania, Australia.
Continue readingSiemens announced the start of sale for the new gearless SWT-6,0 wind turbines
Siemens announced the start of sale for the new gearless SWT-6,0 wind energy turbine at the EWEA offshore conference 2011 in Amsterdam.
Continue readingRenovalia Energy and First Reserve create new wind energy JV
First Reserve Corporation and Renovalia Energy, a leading international renewables company, have established a joint venture, Renovalia Reserve, to own and operate wind farm projects in Europe and North America.
Continue readingWind energy in Pakistan – AEDB receives 17 offers for 3,000 MW wind power projects
The officials said that world’s leading wind turbines manufacturers like GE, Nordex, Siemens, Vestas, Goldwind, SUNEC are now offering very short delivery periods with complete turnkey EPC contracts.
Continue readingWind Energy in Ethiopia: new wind power plant
Wind turbines in Ashegoda wind farm, northern Ethiopia. As part of Ethiopia’s ambitious green growth strategy, diesel power stations will be replaced by hydro, solar power, geothermal energy and wind energy.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar energy near grid parity
New Queen?s University study: Solar power much cheaper to produce than most analysts realize; PV systems near grid parity,
Continue readingWind Energy in South Africa: Suzlon preferred supplier of wind turbines
South African DoE approves 135 MW of wind power of Suzlon Cookhouse wind farm in the Eastern Cape.
Continue reading314 electric vehicles sold this year in Spain
The electric car with lithium batteries does not emit CO2 or damage the environment if the electricity comes from renewable sources like wind power, photovoltaic solar power and concentrating solar thermal.
Continue readingJapan extends tax breaks on low-polluting electric vehicles
Japan is extending tax breaks for electric cars with lithium ion batteries by another three years to help support the nation’s mainstay auto industry.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Peru could provide 3,000 MW
Renewables are starting to take off in Peru. Wind energy, photovoltaic solar power and geothermal energy firm steps are taken.
Continue readingRural Africa Gains New Photovoltaic Solar Power Gear
Econet Solar is launching a new solar energy with the goal of providing stable, off-grid electricity in rural areas of the globe, namely Africa. 70 percent of Africans that don?t have a source of electricity.
Continue readingUS DOE Bayer Composite Technologies That Help Wind Turbines Generate More Wind Power
This combination of cost and performance gives blade designers new options to capture wind energy more reliably and efficiently in a wind farm.
Continue readingAbengoa Awarded Two CSP projects by South Africa’s DOE
Abengoa is currently building 1,010 MW of Concentrating Solar Power plants all over the world.
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