Between 2007 and 2011, carbon emissions from coal use in the United States dropped 10 percent. During the same period, emissions from oil use dropped 11 percent.
Continue readingDesertec to construct first Concentrating Solar Thermal Power in Morocco
With the armed conflict in Libya coming to an end, the Arab Spring has reached an important milestone. Now the question arises of how to resolve the economical and social issues in the Arab world.
Continue readingIBM Rolls Out First Solar Energy Array Designed for Data Centers
The integrated solution can provide a compute power of 25 to 30 teraflops using an IBM Power Systems server on a 50kW solar power supply.
Continue readingVestas Wind Systems receives Wind Energy Advocacy Award for WindMade? at AWEA
The AWEA award annually honors wind power industry supporters, leaders, innovators and advocates for their outstanding efforts on behalf of wind energy.
Continue readingTallinn meeting focuses attention on wind energy around the Baltic Sea
Just before the conference started, wind power associations from Estonia, Sweden and Finland met to discuss further co-operation.
Continue readingPetrobras first wind farm comes on line
Each of the four wind power sites in the complex is fitted with 52 wind turbines of 2Megawatts each giving each of the four total output of 104 MW, enough to supply 350,000 people.
Continue reading?400b solar energy, wind power projects planned in MENA
Van Son described Desertec as a ?win-win? for both Europe and MENA, adding that the Arab spring had created both opportunities and ?questions? for the ambitious project.
Continue readingIKEA To Add Solar Energy on Three More Stores
?We are thrilled that the installation of solar panels at these three stores will continue our rollout of solar energy programs across the country,? said Mike Ward, IKEA US president.
Continue readingHNU ENERGY has installed a modern solar power PV system at the Maui Food Bank
HNU ENERGY have lead to pioneering innovations from the highest quality LED lighting products, to concentrated photovoltaic panels, to utility-scale storage systems based on Lithium battery chemistry.
Continue readingBechtel Receives Notice to Proceed for World-Class Solar Energy Facility
The company is currently building the Ivanpah project in the Mojave Desert which is the largest concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) facility every undertaken.
Continue readingT3 Motion Ships Clean-Technology Electric Vehicles to Chile
Six initial electric vehicles were purchased by Parque Arauco, one of Chile’s largest shopping mall companies with properties in Chile, Argentina, Columbia and Peru.
Continue readingSolar concentrator increases collection with less loss
Using concentrated sunlight reduces the cost of solar power by requiring fewer solar cells to generate a given amount of electricity.
Continue readingEnergy Storage for Commercial Buildings to Reach $5 Billion by 2016
Significant opportunity also exists for commercial buildings to utilize flow batteries and lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries for energy storage.
Continue readingAmeriLithium Announces Exploration on Full Monty & Clayton Deep Lithium Projects
The next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles are being designed to use high-capacity Lithium-ion batteries as environmentally-friendly fuel alternatives.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power project in Morocco
Dii’s reference concentrated solar power project in Morocco, and subsequent projects in Tunisia and Algeria, are the initial steps on the road to realising the Desertec vision.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Power Capacity To Reach 1,750 GW By 2030
Global wind farm capacity accounted for approximately 197 GW in 2010 and will rise to 1,750 GW by 2030, finds a new report from Transparency Market Research.
Continue readingXcel Energy: More wind energy, less cost
We’re changing Windsource® to make it easier and cheaper for our Colorado customers to choose wind power for up to 100 percent of the electricity they use.
Continue readingForecast for wind energy: Storm clouds ahead without stable tax policy
Extending the PTC will help wind power become increasingly cost-competitive and keep generating badly needed manufacturing jobs as well as income for farmers and for rural communities.
Continue readingWind energy prices drop as wind turbines designs improve
It appears to underline the degree to which the wind power industry is still emerging, in the sense that rapid progress in improving wind farm technology continues.
Continue readingTesting the wind turbines of the future
The European Wind Energy Association team also visited an experimental wind farm up in the high hills of Sierra de Alaiz testing large prototype turbines installed on a complex
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