Concentrated solar energy Solar Millennium AG is selling four concentrating solar power plants it has been developing in the US to fellow German developer Solarhydrid AG for an undisclosed amount.

Deepwater Wind has submitted plans to develop a utility-scale offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

At the moment the key players here are Iberdrola Renewables, the US unit of a Spanish utility, and Horizon Wind Energy, controlled by a Portuguese energy company. But others are interested, including BP Wind Energy.

GE to develop 500 MW of wind energy projects across India including the 65-megawatt Ratnagiri wind farm under construction in Maharashtra, which will use GE?s 1.6-megawatt wind turbines.

Welcome to Van Wert County, which is becoming the Wind Power Capital of Ohio. 210 wind turbines are dotting the rural landscape along U.S. 30 near the city of Van Wert, and at least 550 more are planned.

Giving boost to the hopes of making Andhra Pradesh a solar energy hub, the Centre has granted five automated solar radiation monitoring stations (SRMS) to the state.

Apex Wind Energy has formed a partnership with Maersk Line to support development, financing and construction of utility-scale offshore wind energy facilities in North America.

Greece?s Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou said he expects an agreement by the end of the year that will advance a 20 billion-euro ($27 billion) solar power project, part of an initiative to boost the economy.

Wind energy has grown by 24 percent in 2010, while Enel Green Power almost doubled its installed wind farm capacity.

Mexico?s first high level international wind energy event will take place on 14-15 February 2012 in Mexico City. Mexico WindPower 2012 is being organized by the Mexican Wind Energy Association, EJK and GWEC.

Tauhara 2 was a key geothermal energy project for Contact and for New Zealand.

While offshore wind turbines is well established in Europe, with some wind farm projects there in place for more than 20 years, there are not yet any in operation or under construction in North America.

NRG Energy officially unveiled its 20- megawatt solar energy photovoltaic plant on 210 acres in the middle of the desert in Santa Teresa.

It utilizes concentrating solar power (CSP) technology, which involves using numerous mirrors to concentrate sunlight onto a solar tower to produce steam.

Colorado State completed one of the largest solar plants at a U.S. university in January 2011 in collaboration with its renewable energy developer Sun Edison.

The next step has been made in the development of renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan. There were installed wind power with 0.9 MW, a photovoltaic solar energy plant with 1.8 MW and a bioenergy (1 MW).

A similar approach will be applied to its concentrated solar power (CSP) business, as Siemens believes CSP will play a big role in supporting government’s focus on job creation through the maximisation of local content.

At least 10 German firms are coming to the Philippines soon to explore investment opportunities involving renewable energy sources such as solar energy and wind power.