Siemens has received an equipment order to kit-out the Les Borges Blanques concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plant near Lérida, Spain.
Continue readingABB to build pilot solar power plants in South Africa
ABB also recently invested in Novatec Solar, a leading provider of Linear Fresnel Concentrated Solar Thermal Power technology, which uses flat mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy onto a receiver to produce steam.
Continue readingPowering wind energy with superconductivity
Advances in drive-train technologies and configurations will help the United States remain a global leader in wind power and reduce its future cost.
Continue readingWalmart to Generate Solar Energy at More Than 75 Percent of Its Stores in California
Walmart’s solar power initiative will total more than 130 stores by the end of 2013; Adds hundreds of jobs through partnership with California-based SolarCity.
Continue readingUtilities will need to ensure their distribution systems for electric cars
Utilities will need to ensure their distribution systems are ready for electric vehicles (EVs) because an overwhelming number of drivers envision they will charge their EVs at home.
Continue readingEndesa and Mitsubishi sign an agreement to promote the electric vehicles in Spain
Since that time it has tirelessly pursued research in this area, culminating in the manufacture and large-scale sale of the first electric car operated by high-density lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingGreen jobs are real and growing, Says DOE
Other countries like China are already moving aggressively to develop and deploy these technologies, but with continued investments in innovation, this is a race we can win.
Continue readingUS Bearings Market Report 2011
Gains will be supported in part by sales in wind energy markets. Demand for bearings in wind turbines has been witnessing significant growth over the recent years.
Continue readingUganda: Solar power is country’s energy solution
Solar energy solutions – I wrote an article entitled “Private Solar Generators can stem power shortage”, which appeared in the New Vision of September 10, 2008.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic – How to produce solar power with record efficiency
Both efficiencies were independently certified by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany.
Continue readingSiemens to deliver 22.5 MW concentrating solar thermal power plant in Spain
Siemens will design, supply, integrate and construct the concentrated solar energy plant, including the mirrors and solar receivers.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Thermal Power Forecast to Grow at Nearly 45% p/a to 2016
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies to grow rapidly — 44.9% CAGR to 2016. 2016 installed solar energy capacity: 8.6 GW (CSP) and 219 GW (solar photovoltaic).
Continue readingDong secures $328m finance for 400 MW Anholt offshore wind farm
Dong Energy has secured ?240m ($328m) from the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to part-finance Denmark’s 400MW Anholt offshore wind power plant.
Continue readingWind data specialist to offer Second Wind’s Triton sodar for wind energy resource assessment
Onsemble offers wind power developers, wind farm owners, and utilities a variety of services centered around improving the certainty of wind measurements.
Continue readingSulzon S88-powered wind farm in Minnesota secures long-term financing
Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the world’s fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer, announced that owners of the Grant County Wind Farm, powered by 10 Suzlon S88-2.1 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingUniversity of Wyoming Releases Second Edition of Wind Energy Guide
According to the American Wind Energy Association, Wyoming ranks 10th nationally for overall installed wind farm capacity and eighth for the highest potential for wind power resources.
Continue readingThe first Himalayan wind energy project
A notification has already been issued for producing 2.4 megawatt of wind power, where the state government has given its nod to set up a wind farm on a hill top, in Bachhelikhal, with three wind turbines.
Continue readingSuzlon Wind Farm in Minnesota Secures Financing
The 20 MW wind energy site in Grant County, Minn., at full capacity, generates enough electricity to power 7,000 homes.
Continue readingCanadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) – 27th Annual Conference and Exhibition
Who: The Canadian Wind Energy Association and up to 3,000 international wind power and renewable energy experts at CanWEA’s 27th Annual Conference and Exhibition.
Continue readingCompletion of the $535 Million Cedar Point Wind Farm
The 250 megawatt (MW) wind turbines project will generate enough clean electricity to meet the needs of about 80,000 homes and avoid almost 783,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
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