Applicants say investments will create tens of thousands of jobs, save energy and empower consumers to cut their electric bills.
Continue readingEDP Renováveis reports a 19% increase in its net profit in the first nine months of 2009
The company increased its wind power capacity by 1,423 MW, a 34% increase compared to September 2008.
Continue readingMasdar and Seychelles Government Assess Wind Power Project Mahe Island
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted future energy initiative wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, and the Seychelles Government announced they will be carrying out a wind resource assessment study.
Continue readingAbengoa Solar signs contract with PG&E to supply solar power in California
The project will generate 250 megawatts (MW) of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and is to be located in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, between Barstow and Kramer Junction.
Continue readingVestas receives order for 102 MW in Mexico
Vestas has received an order for 51 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine for the Oaxaca I project to be located in the municipality of Santo Domingo de Ingenio, Juchitan de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Continue readingSiemens to pursue wind power tech for growth
Experience from more than 7,793 installed wind turbines. The German company started construction on a 581 million yuan wind power equipment factory in Shanghai in May.
Continue readingAbengoa Solar firma un contrato con PG&E para suministrar 250 MW de termosolar en California
La planta, que generará 250 megavatios de potencia, estará localizada a 150 kilómetros al noreste de los Ángeles, y creará en la zona 1.200 nuevos empleos durante su construcción y 80 permanentes.
Continue readingWind Power in Ireland By Martin McCarthy
By December 2008, a total of 77 wind farms were connected, bringing the total installed capacity for wind to 1,002 MW or 13.7% of total installed capacity.
Continue readingFisker adquiere una antigua fábrica de GM para producir su vehículo eléctrico
El fabricante de vehículos eléctricos Fisker anunció que comprará la antigua fábrica de General Motors (GM) en el estado de Delaware para producir vehículos eléctricos enchufables de autonomía extendida.
Continue readingEIG Awarded Supply Contract from Tata Motors
Energy Innovation Group was awarded a supply contract for the Indica Vista EV project, a development of the TATA Indica Vista.
Continue readingAlstom instalará un parque eólico de 26MW en Gales
Alstom Wind ha firmado con la sociedad galesa Pennant Walters un contrato para la construcción de un nuevo parque eólico, el primero de Alstom de estas características en Gales.
Continue readingLa eólica en Nicaragua: por fin autorizan el parque eólico Amayo
Tras un largo y oscuro proceso, el Ministerio de Energía y Minas aprobó la licencia de generación con vigencia de 30 años, que permitirá la ejecución de la segunda fase del parque eólico Amayo.
Continue readingElectric-Carmaker Fisker Automotive to Purchase Assembly Plant in Delaware
Fisker Automotive will be paying MLC $18 million for the 3.2-million-sq.-ft. plant, which was commissioned in 1947 and until this summer was building Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky and Opel GT models.
Continue readingObama to pledge $3.4B for ‘smart’ grid
The US Government has plans to announce 100 smart grid “investment” grants in 49 states in this first round of funding. Dollars will begin flowing within 60 days for projects implemented over the next 12-36 months.
Continue readingValence Technology & Tennant Company Sign Supply Agreement for Lithium Phosphate Energy Storage Solutions
Valence Technology will provide lithium phosphate batteries for installation in Tennant?s newest compact floor scrubber.
Continue readingWorld’s first wind resource assessment buoy validation underway
AXYS Technologies Inc. announced today the deployment of the world?s first offshore wind resource assessment buoy – the WindSentinel? – off of Race Rocks Island, in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada.
Continue readingVestas maintains forecasts
Vestas generated third-quarter 2009 revenue of EUR 1,814m. Vestas shipped wind power systems with an aggregate capacity of 1,635 MW, an increase of 11 per cent.
Continue readingLa eólica Vestas aumenta su beneficio neto un 35%
La eólica Vestas, fabricante de aerogeneradores y primer consorcio eólico mundial, tuvo un beneficio neto de 264 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses del año, un 35% más que en el mismo período de 2008.
Continue readingGovernments’ Support is Boosting the Geothermal Energy Market in Europe
Until recently, the geothermal energy market grew tepidly, in spurts, in just a handful of countries. Insufficient government support and high initial investment costs topped by an overall lack of interest.
Continue readingRWE launches Polish wind farm
Suwalki Wind Farm, an RWE investment, has gone on-stream. 18 largest turbines in Poland started generating wind power. Wind turbines will provide electricity to at least 40 thousand households.
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