A Chinese official announced his country’s enthusiasm for launching joint venture projects with Iran in area of solar energy, wind power, gas and hydroelectric power plant construction.
Continue readingMasdar: The challenges we face making solar energy viable
On Tuesday, King Juan Carlos will travel to Sevilla to open, along with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new concentrated solar power plant ‘Gemasolar’ in the town of Fuentes de Andalucía.
Continue readingWind power offers lesson in renewable energy
According to the California Energy Commission website, there are more than 13,000 utility-scale wind turbines in California.
Continue readingInnovative solar energy cooling project
UC Merced professor Roland Winston (left) and a team of student researchers designed and developed a system of non-tracking solar thermal collectors.
Continue readingStirling Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Files for Bankruptcy
Stirling Energy Systems, which makes a concentrated solar energy technology called SunCatcher, couldn’t compete.
Continue readingImports from China fuel boom in solar energy
A combination of low cost solar power imports and government subsidies has led to increased demand for photovoltaic (PV) panels in the UK.
Continue readingGrid issues haunt wind energy producers in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu, with an installed wind farm capacity of 6,300 MW, or about 40 per cent of the country’s wind turbines capacity, has a preeminent position in the wind power industry.
Continue readingParis launches Autolib, an electric car sharing service
The backers hope the scheme Autolib will be a major boost for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingFirst solar energy photovoltaic plant opens in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) established the solar power plant in collaboration with Japanese Showa Shell.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Philippines
The Maibarara Geothermal Inc. 20 megawatt Maibarara geothermal energy project?s output will be channeled to Luzon?s electrical power grid.
Continue readingRare earths fall as companies develop alternatives for wind energy and electric vehicles
Rare earth prices are set to extend their decline from records this year as buyers including Toyota and General Electric scale back using the materials in their electric cars and wind turbines.
Continue readingEnergy Secretary Steven Chu defends loans for solar power and wind energy
Chu defended on a loan guarantee program that has provided billions of dollars for concentrating solar power, photovoltaic, wind power, geothermal energy and other renewable energy projects.
Continue readingWind energy in Malta – Gozo wind farm
The testing is aimed at exploring the potential for the development of wind power in Gozo.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Energy Project Awarded $1.2M from DoE
The wind turbines project?s goal is to develop a computational Cyber Wind Facility (CWF) that will provide wind power researchers the capability to collect data that cannot be gathered from a field wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy in Nicaragua – Blue Power & Energy purchases wind turbines
Vestas has received a wind power order for a total of 39.6 MW consisting of 22 wind turbines V90-1.8 MW from Blue Power & Energy S.A (BPE) for the wind farm La Fé – San Martin in Nicaragua.
Continue readingWind energy in Guatemala – Getting ready to develop their wind power resources
Most of the potential wind farm sites are in Villa de Canales, Sololá, San Marcos and Jutiapa amoung others.
Continue readingSolar power for electric vehicles
Electric cars with lithium batteries do not emit CO2 if the electricity comes from renewable energy sources like wind turbines, solar energy photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal power.
Continue readingCupertino Electric Completes PG&E Solar Power Projects Totaling 35 Megawatts
Cupertino Electric announced the completion of two ground-mount solar energy photovoltaic (PV) stations totaling 35 Megawatts (MW) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Continue readingEthiopia has plans for two more large dams in the Nile basin
After the construction of the large-scale Benishangul plant (5250 MW on the Blue Nile) started, now two new facilities are being developed in partnership with Norway, for an additional capacity of 2,100 MW.
Continue readingWind power plants could create new habitats for marine life
Marine researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting offshore wind farm plants in Kent could have a positive impact on species living beneath the waves.
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