New Zealand has an excellent wind resource, which is largely untapped. A study completed for the Electricity Commission of New Zealand indicated that the country?s economic wind resource is over 50,000 GWh per year.
Continue readingSkyPower gets environmental approval for Nova Scotia wind project
SkyPower Corp. and Scotian Windfields said Nova Scotia Environment has granted environmental approval for 25.5 MW of wind turbine capacity for the Digby wind power project in Digby, Nova Scotia.
Continue readingXunlight Delivers First Shipment of Flexible Solar Modules From 25MW Production Line
Xunlight has delivered its first shipment of flexible and lightweight, triple-junction amorphous silicon solar modules manufactured on its newly installed 25 Megawatt (MW) wide-web roll-to-roll PECVD production line.
Continue readingLa eólica en Uruguay – La UTE licitará la instalación de 150 MW eólicos
El gobierno de Uruguay firmará hoy en el Consejo de Ministros un decreto que permitirá a UTE licitar la instalación de 150 MW de energía eólica. Se estima una inversión privada de 300 millones de dólares.
Continue readingEuropean Wind Potential 20 Times Greater than Demand in 2020
The wind potential for Europe could be 20 times greater than energy demand in 2020, according to the report from the European Environmental Agency, “Europe’s Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy Potential”.
Continue readingLa eólica en Cantabria – Sota: el recurso del Ayuntamiento de Liérganes al plan eólico forma parte de la batalla interna del PP
El consejero de Industria y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Juan José Sota, ha dicho que el recurso del Ayuntamiento de Liérganes al proyecto eólico forma parte de la campaña del PP y de su batalla interna.
Continue readingGamesa suministrará aerogeneradores a Wind Energy por 148 millones
Gamesa se ha adjudicado un contrato para suministrar aerogeneradores a la compañía canadiense Western Wind Energy por 160 millones de dólares canadienses (unos 148 millones de dólares).
Continue readingLa eólica en Venezuela – La empresa argentina IMPSA instalará un parque eólico y una fábrica de aerogeneradores en Venezuela
Impsa espera firmar el convenio definitivo antes de terminar el año 2009. La planta y la fábrica de aerogeneradores serán instalados en el estado Falcón.
Continue readingLa eólica en EE UU – Estados Unidos se consolida como la mayor potencia
Estados Unidos ya tiene 29.000 MW eólicos. Pero la energía eólica también sufre las consecuencias de la crisis: en el segundo trimestre sólo se instalaron 1.210 MW frente a 2.790 MW en el primer trimestre de 2009.
Continue readingCumulative Photovoltaic installed capacity in Europe surpassed 9 GW in 2008
Global Photovoltaic Market Forecast to 2013 – a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com.
Continue readingFirst power from the first Round 2 offshore wind farm ? DONG Energy?s Gunfleet Sands project
DONG Energy?s offshore wind farm Gunfleet Sands in the Thames Estuary off the East coast of England supplied the first CO2-free power to the national grid.
Continue readingWind farm to be built in South Korea
Acciona completes the first wind park built by a Spanish company in South Korea. The 61.5 MW Yeong Yang facility represents an investment of 100 million euros.
Continue readingSolar Power International Sells Out Exhibit Floor as 900+ Companies Reserve 203,900 Sq. Ft., More Than Doubling Show Size from 2008
Solar Power International 2009, the largest business-to-business solar trade event in North America, will welcome 900+ companies from every part of the solar value chain.
Continue readingChina’s largest solar power plant project, boasting 200 MW, began construction in the Golmud Desert of Qinghai
The project, invested by China Longyuan Power Group, a subsidiary of China Guodian Corp., is planning to invest 4 billion yuan (US$585 million), 400 million yuan of which will be expensed in the first phase.
Continue readingChina to set solar feed-in tariff by year-end
Policy expected to boost PV equipment sales by least 200 MW annually. The tariff, which would guarantee solar farm operators above market rates, is expected to fall between US$0.16 and US$0.22 per kilowatt hour.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy Corp executes major wind turbine reservation agreement with Gamesa
Western Wind Energy Corp (“Western Wind”) announce a major wind turbine reservation order with Gamesa for the procurement of up to 120 MW of wind turbine generators.
Continue readingVerdes y ecologistas denuncian la manipuladora y cínica oposición al parque eólico marino de Chipiona
Los Verdes respalda el proyecto y Ecologistas pide esperar a los estudios de impacto. Ecologistas en Acción criticó la “demonización que determinados grupos “están haciendo sobre el proyecto eólico Las Cruces del Mar”.
Continue readingImtech increasingly active on the Spanish energy market
A total of 50 MW of solar energy will be generated on the 260-hectare site. Similar work is also being carried out at Acciona Energy?s solar power plant in Risca, Alvarado (Badajoz).
Continue readingDOE Study Shows Soaring Demand for Wind Spurs Significant Expansion in U.S. Manufacturing
United States is the world leader in annual wind energy capacity growth, as well as cumulative wind energy capacity.
Continue readingACS aumenta un 22,6% las ganancias de su división de energías renovables
ACS ingresó 90,1 millones de euros con su negocio de generación de energías renovables en el primer semestre del año, lo que supone un incremento del 22,6% en relación con el mismo periodo del ejercicio precedente.
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