Production rose from just 3 MW in 2001 to 1070 MW in 2007 and for 2008 the estimates vary between 2.3 and 2.9 GW. For 2009, capacity increases to 8.9 GW have been announced, whereas the figure stands at 12.3 GW for 2010.
Continue readingWind Power in Mexico By Marco A. Borja (IIE)
Total installed wind energy generation 84.6 MW in 2008. During 2008, three new wind power plants were under construction. All three are to be commissioned in 2009. The target: 2.2 GW by 2010 to 2012.
Continue readingMicro Bubble Technologies Unveils M-Fuel and CNT-Battery
MBT’s Carbon Nano Tube battery (CNT-Battery) demonstrated to have 8 times the energy reserve capacity of traditional lead-acid batteries, 2.5 times that of lithium-ion batteries and a recharge time of five to 10 minutes.
Continue readingEl vehículo eléctrico ayudará a reducir las emisiones de CO2
El coche eléctrico enchufable a la red se implantará de forma masiva antes de lo que imaginamos. El sistema eléctrico está preparado con la condición de que la recarga sea controlada a través de las TIC.
Continue readingGovernors’ Wind Energy Coalition
Governor Culver Welcomes Rhode Island to Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition. Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri to Become Vice Chairman.
Continue readingCanadian Hydro buys Ontario wind energy project
The company expects the site to ultimately generate some 4,400 megawatts of wind power, enough to power more than 2 million homes. The first 400 to 500 MW stage is planned to come online in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Continue readingWind Energy Outlook for North America
In 2008, United States wind power generation capacity passed the 25 gigawatt mark by adding over 8 gigawatts from the year before, which represented the largest individual gain of any country in the world.
Continue readingAsoleo instalará en Carmona una central termosolar
La construcción de una nueva planta termosolar por parte de la empresa Asoleo (participada al 51% por Sevillana Endesa) generará 200 puestos de trabajo y se localizará en la finca El Oidor en Carmona.
Continue readingGreek-Spanish Consortium Alpha Grissin and Preneal to develop wind farm in Bulgaria
Alpha Grissin Power and Spain?s Preneal have signed a 30-year concession agreement for the development of a 111 MW wind farm in Central Bulgaria. The total investment is expected to reach 155 million euros.
Continue readingJapan’s Fuji Heavy reaches goal of 50 orders for wind turbines
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (7270) has reached its initial goal of clinching orders for 50 of the 2,000kw wind turbines that it co-developed with Hitachi Ltd.
Continue readingClipper Awarded £4.4 Million DECC Grant for Development of Offshore Wind Turbine
Clipper Windpower Marine Limited was awarded £4.4million under the ETF Offshore Wind Demonstration Call previously announced by the Department for Energy.
Continue readingScottishPower Renewables Begins Work At Arecleoch Wind farm
Construction work has officially started at one of Scotland’s largest windfarms – the 120 MW 60 wind turbine project at Arecleoch near Barrhill, South Ayrshire.
Continue readingEl desarrollo eólico de Cantabria es fundamental para impulsar el nuevo modelo productivo y frenar el cambio climático
Los aerogeneradores sólo ocuparán el 2% del territorio cántabro. En el otro 98% no habrá ningún parque eólico, en una región que importa el 65% de la electricidad que consume. La eólica no emite CO2.
Continue readingCemex ampliará Eurus, un parque de energía eólica en Oaxaca con aerogeneradores de Acciona
La empresa Cemex hará un segundo parque eólico en la Ventosa, Tehuantepec, con 33 aerogeneradoros de Acciona y una inversión de 550 millones de dólares.
Continue readingHitachi mejora el rendimiento de las baterías de iones de litio
Hitachi ha anunciado que ha creado una nueva cuarta generación de su sistema de baterías que tiene 4.500 W/kg de densidad, 1,7 veces más que las actuales baterías de iones de litio de los vehículos eléctricos.
Continue readingLitium battery performance improved by Hitachi
Hitachi develops automotive lithium-ion battery having the world’s highest power density of 4,500W/kg, 1.7 times the output of the company’s mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingMurdoch press calls for climate catastrophe by Renfrey Clarke (Green Left Weekly)
Not in so many words, mind you ? frankness has rarely been the strong suit of News Corporation journalists and editors. The editorial in question argued in support of ?clean coal?.
Continue readingChina Wind Power: Yunnan province plans 2822 MW of wind energy
Since 2009, the prices of China’s wind turbine and blades, bearings and other key parts decreased substantially, which is a big challenge for these new entrants and existing wind power equipment companies.
Continue readingMitos sobre los costes de las fuentes energéticas por José Santamarta
Intentar una comparación rigurosa sobre los costes de las diferentes fuentes de energía, con una atención especial a la generación de electricidad, es una tarea difícil, cuando no imposible, pero no por ello menos necesaria.
Continue readingDo wind turbines kill birds?
Avian mortality and wind energy has received far more attention than the avian deaths associated with coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power, even though this study suggests that wind energy may be the least harmful.
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