The Miramar Air Station, a Marine Corps installation near San Diego, currently has 11 renewable energy projects in the works designed to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and reduce power consumption.
Continue readingNREL Gets Super-Sized Turbine at Wind Center
The clean wind energy industry must expand significantly in the next two decades to fulfill a strategy of generating 20 percent of the nation’s electricity.
Continue readingGermany has switched on its largest solar park, the world’s second biggest
Lieberose Solar Farm Marks a Milestone on the Way toward Utility-Scale Solar Power, Model for Conversion of Military Sites to Environmentally Sustainable Use.
Continue readingU.S. renewable energy has record month and year
U.S. electrical generation from renewable sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) reached an all-time high in May of 2009, comprising 13% of the total electrical generation for the month.
Continue readingFirst wind turbine erected at Armenia
The project is expected to be finished by the end of the year, at which time the 67 wind turbines will be functioning.
Continue readingBAE Systems Powering Hybrid Buses for Seattle
BAE Systems will provide propulsion systems for up to 500 hybrid electric buses recently ordered by King County Metro Transit. The company will supply its HybriDrive® propulsion system to DaimlerBuses North America.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Farms Could Power 37 Million Homes By 2020
Global offshore wind farm capacity will grow at a compound annual rate of 32 per cent in the coming decade, according to a new report by energy consulting firm ODS-Petrodata.
Continue readingEcologistas en Acción rechaza la ?demonización? del parque eólico marino Las Cruces del Mar
Ecologistas en Acción rechaza la ?demonización? del parque eólico marino Las Cruces del Mar. La organización Oceana lo apoya. Greenpeace siempre defendió la eólica marina. En contra los especuladores.
Continue readingNorway proposes plans for sea-based wind power
The Norwegian Government presents a new act on offshore renewable energy. The proposal includes a national strategy on offshore renewable energy. At the end of 2008, a total of 428 MW wind power was installed in Norway.
Continue readingEl parque eólico de Chipiona sólo perjudica a los destructores del medio ambiente
La organización Oceana apoya al parque eólico de Chipiona. Greenpeace siempre defendió la eólica marina, al igual que la Unión Europea. El impacto ambiental es ínfimo, y sus beneficios enormes: menos CO2, más empleo.
Continue readingAAER, Canada’s only original equipment manufacturer of wind turbines
Signed a Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) for the delivery and commissioning of 61 x 1.65 MW wind turbines to Mont Louis Wind L.P., represented by NPI Wind Power GP II Inc. and Northland Power Wind.
Continue readingLa organización ecologista Oceana apoya al parque eólico de Chipiona, como es lógico en cualquiera que defienda el medio ambiente
La organización internacional Oceana anunció su apoyo a la instalación de un parque eólico marino en la costa de Chipiona (Cádiz). Greenpeace siempre defendió la eólica marina.
Continue readingAndalucía cuenta con 106 parques eólicos y 2.294 megavatios instalados
Andalucía cuenta con un total de 106 parques eólicos que generan una potencia instalada de 2.294 MW, a los que se suman otras 16 instalaciones en construcción que supondrán 432 MW más.
Continue readingLa eólica en Chile – La Conama aprueba el parque eólico La Cachina
La Región de Coquimbo confirma su preeminencia nacional en la producción de energía eólica. La empresa Ener-Renova, controlada por los grupos españoles Collosa, Aciturri e Insamac, es la propietaria.
Continue readingEl PP regional sigue con su absurda campaña contra el plan eólico de Cantabria
El alcalde de Santander, Íñigo de la Serna, pretende que no se vea “un solo molino de viento” desde la capital cántabra. Quizás prefiera ver una central nuclear, una termoeléctrica de carbón o un Prestige.
Continue readingSiemens inaugurates new wind power training center in Bremen
Siemens has officially opened a new wind power training center in the city of Bremen. With immediate effect, the technology company now offers a broad-based qualification program.
Continue readingBYD builds EV battery production base in Huizhou
China’s battery and electric car maker BYD Co. said that it has built an electric vehicle battery production base in Huizhou, a city of southern China’s Guangdong province.
Continue readingSteady European market for wind turbines in 2009
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) estimates that 8,600 MW of new wind energy capacity will be installed in the EU-27 in 2009: an annual growth rate of 1% compared to 2008 installations.
Continue readingNissan with Showa Shell Seikyu working on solar-powered EV recharging
Nissan Motor Company is working on a project to study the development of a quick-charging system for electric vehicles (EV) using solar panels.
Continue readingKenya to build Africa’s biggest windfarm
A 300 megawatt windfarm, coined the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, is being developed in Kenya. A total of 365 wind turbines are slated for installation.
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