Why is offshore wind power expensive compared to onshore wind turbines? We all are aware that at this moment the costs are higher compared to onshore wind farm.
Continue readingMorocco’s Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Project Wins World Bank Loan Approval
This loan will help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project, one of the first large-scale solar thermal plants of this kind in North Africa to exploit the region’s vast solar energy resources.
Continue readingNew 369-member coalition launches calling on Congress to save USA wind power jobs
Manufacturers, farm and business leaders join forces to endorse key wind energy tax incentive.
Continue readingLeading global brands have pledged to procure 25 percent of wind energy
The companies pioneering the use of the world’s first wind power consumer label were unveiled today at an event hosted by WindMade? and the UN Global Compact in New York.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power: Abengoa sales grow 42% in 2011
Abengoa commissions 200 MW of concentrated solar thermal power in Spain, Algeria.
Continue readingEU, U.S. and Japan agreed rules to speed up introduction of electric cars
EU, U.S. and Japan agreed rules to speed up introduction of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingAreva Selling 300 Megawatts of Concentrated Solar Thermal Power in 2011
Areva SA (CEI), which entered the concentrated solar energy market last year by acquiring Ausra Inc., expects to have contracts to sell as much as 300 MW of concentrating solar thermal systems by the end of the year.
Continue readingWorld Bank backs Morocco concentrating solar power megaproject
Ouarzazate is only the first part of Morocco’s ambitious plan of developing 2000 megawatts in solar energy capacity by 2020. The first stage is a concentrated solar thermal power design, using parabolic trough mirrors.
Continue readingMongolian Wind Farm to Use GE Turbines
The $100 million wind energy project will be located 70 kilometers southeast of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia?s capital city, and is set to open in 2012.
Continue readingBarrick inaugurates Punta Colorada Wind Farm in Chile
This large-scale $50 million wind energy project, located in the town of La Higuera in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, consists of 10 wind turbines that generate 20 megawatts of wind power.
Continue readingNordex USA Wins Two New Wind Energy Orders for Iowa
RPM Access, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, is an independent developer, owner and operator of wind farm projects with its main focus on the development of high quality wind power farms in the Midwest.
Continue readingGamesa Sells Chestnut Flats Wind Farm to EDF
Pennsylvania currently has 17 operating wind power plants with a production capacity of 818 megawatts, with another 100 megawatts under construction.
Continue readingPowering Your Electric Car With Solar Energy
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more and more popular because they can be conveniently refueled with plug-in charging stations that recharge their batteries with electricity, especially when powered by solar power.
Continue readingGVSU Installs Electric Car Charging Stations
Installation of these stations is in recognition of the growing number of electric vehicles on the road and highlights the university’s ongoing commitment to sustainable endeavors
Continue readingNew solar tree helps support electric car growth
The solar energy canopy will produce up to 30000 kilowatt hours per year, which is enough to charge six electric vehicles a day.
Continue readingGE Opens New Wind Energy and Solar Power Logistics Center in Mississippi
The facility is part of GE?s strategy to further improve customer response times throughout North America as more wind power and solar energy projects are developed and existing power facilities require maintenance.
Continue readingSame-size lithium ion battery, 10 times the storage
Lithium ion batteries have become the preferred battery chemistry for consumer electronics and plug-in electric vehicles because lithium is the lightest metal and produces ample power for electric car applications.
Continue readingGamesa Sells Chestnut Flats Wind Farm to enXco
Gamesa, a world leader in the design of wind turbines, announced that enXco has executed a purchase agreement to acquire the Chestnut Flats Wind Power Farm in Pennsylvania.
Continue readingenXco Acquires 38 MW Chestnut Flats Wind Farm From Gamesa
Tristan Grimbert, President & CEO of enXco, stated, We are very pleased to bring Chestnut Flats Wind farm into our growing wind power portfolio.
Continue readingGeneral Electric to build Mongolia’s first wind farm project
General Electric has signed an agreement with Newcom LLC., one of the leading investment companies in Mongolia, to supply advanced technology wind turbines to power the country’s first wind farm.
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