The versatility of the solar trackers allows the use of any solar panels, flat panel or concentrated panels, currently being deployed on commercial and utility scale projects.
Continue readingPlans to develop 200-MW CSP plant in Southern African country
Spain’s National Renewable Energy Centre (Cener) is leading a project to examine the technical and economic feasibility of constructing a 200-MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the African country of Botswana.
Continue readingHimalayas: future solar energy base?
Himalayas may be one of the most potential regions to provide solar power in future, according to a new research by Japanese scientists quoted by media reports Thursday.
Continue readingElectric vehicles and wind energy
IBM today announced it has joined a collaborative consortium to help develop an energy grid that uses at least 50 percent of renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar power and biogas.
Continue readingDorobantu wind energy plant begins operations in Romania
The wind power plant is equipped with 15 Vestas V90-3 MW wind turbines. Construction of the wind farm began in the second half of last year and was completed in July this year.
Continue readingGovernor O’Malley Speech at American Wind Energy Association
Why is wind power a priority in Maryland? Why should we care? In a word, the answer is jobs.
Continue readingMinnesota Power plan to construct a 105 MW wind farm
Sixteen of the first project?s 31 wind turbines are operating, and Minnesota Power expects the remaining 85 wind turbines to be running by the end of next year.
Continue readingHarmonized Electric Cars Fast Charging Solution
Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen agreed to support a harmonized single-port fast charging approach for use on electric vehicles in Europe and the United States.
Continue readingGM to Sell Electric Vehicles in U.S. in 2013
The location where the conversion to electric power will take place was not announced, but the nanophosphate lithium-ion battery pack for the Smart EV will be supplied by Massachusetts-based A123 Systems.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles for Military, Police & Security to reach over $1 billion each
The market for electric vehicles for use by the military, police and other security services is growing significantly.
Continue readingSANYO Displays Energy Solutions at Solar Power International 2011
SANYO is also displaying its advanced energy storage system, each with 312 18650 lithium-ion cylindrical cells, the same cell used in laptop computers and electric vehicles.
Continue readingMoser Baer commissions 30-MW solar power plant in Gujarat
The solar photovoltaic plant which has been set up using 2,36,000 Thin Film modules at Gunthawad village of in Banaskantha, will be formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Narendra Modi on October 14.
Continue readingAcciona adds 56 MW Karnataka wind farm to Indian wind energy portfolio
Power from the wind farm will be sold to the state-owned distribution utility MESCOM. Acciona signed a long-term financing agreement for Tuppadahalli in December 2010 with Infrastructure Development Finance Company.
Continue readingDeepwater Wind first in US to use Siemens 6 MW direct-drive new wind turbines
Deepwater Wind has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy to use five of Siemens’ new 6-megawatt wind turbines at its planned 30-megawatt wind farm.
Continue readingDominican Republic completes 33 MW wind farm
The twin wind power plants of Los Cocos and Quilvio Cabrera in Pedernales province are situated in the southern part. EGE-Haina said a second phase of the wind energy project could add an additional 52 MW in 2012.
Continue readingNorth Dakota approves Minnesota Power wind farm
The state Public Service Commission approved construction of a $157 million Minnesota Power wind power project in Oliver and Morton counties.
Continue readingDemonstration in Australia for concentrated solar energy
More than 300 people of all ages gathered in Adelaide on September 24 calling for world leading concentrating solar thermal power technology to replace Port Augusta?s aging coal fired power stations.
Continue readingAEG Power exhibiting innovative concentrating solar thermal Power solutions
Experts in the power sector, AEG Power Solutions, will be showcasing their concentrated solar energy solutions at CSP Today Sevilla’s focused exhibition in November
Continue readingFlabeg collector reduces concentrated solar thermal power by 25%
Flabeg produces mirrors for all Concentrating Solar Power technologies: parabolic trough, dishes, tower Fresnel, linear Fresnel and concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) applications.
Continue readingGovernor, Interior Secretary show commitment to offshore wind power movement
O?Malley, Salazar underscore need for policy that allows wind energy industry to create jobs. Deepwater Wind to deploy 6-MW Siemens wind turbines for Block Island wind farm project.
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