The growth of North America is led by the U.S.; where both photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal (CST/CSP) solar power technologies are getting investments.
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China to promote roof-top solar power under new plan
China is targeting 3GW of roof-top solar energy capacity by 2015 and 25GW by 2020, according to a Chinese press report.
Continue readingSolar energy to produce lion’s share of world’s energy in just 50 years
In an interview with Bloomberg News, Cedric Philibert,said, ?Photovoltaic and concentrated solar power together can become the major source of electricity.”
Continue readingGlobal Wind Power Market Shows Long Term Growth
IHS expects the amount of installed wind energy capacity to jump 16 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year.
Continue readingU.S. Solar Energy Industry Was Net Global Exporter by $1.9B in 2010
Examines all mainstream solar power technologies types individually and aggregated ? photovoltaics, concentrating solar power (CSP), and solar heating and cooling (SHC).
Continue readingReservations close for first wave of electric vehicles Nissan LEAF in Canada
Nissan LEAF? is the world’s first mass-marketed all-electric car made for the real-world driving needs of consumers and was recently named the 2011 World Car of the Year.
Continue readingBelgium Cooperative Pushes Wind Power Forward
A number of cleantech institutions are now calling Belgium home, including the European Wind Energy Association, European Renewable Energy Council, and the European Forum of Renewable Energy Sources.
Continue readingAnholt offshore wind farm
MT Højgaard has awarded Jumbo Offshore the transport and installation contract for all of the 111 Transition Pieces (TP’s) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark).
Continue readingPolitical Will Prevents the Dawning of the Long-Predicted Solar Age
Well, it was a man named Augustin Bernard Mouchot, speaking in Paris after he had successfully demonstrated an early industrial application of solar thermal energy – as long ago as 1880.
Continue readingWind energy project breaks ground in Nevada
Pattern Energy Group LP began construction on the 150 MW Spring Valley Wind Power Project in Nevada with 66 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines, one of the state’s first wind farm projects.
Continue readingBritish Columbia wind farm seeks environmental certificate
Finavera Wind Energy is a wind farm development company focused on developing, constructing, and operating wind power plants in North America and Ireland.
Continue readingRepower new wind power plant in Italy
Repower has announced that construction has begun on a new wind farm in Lucera in the Apulian province of Foggia, Italy. The wind energy installation, developed by Repower, will be generating electricity by 2012.
Continue readingIberdrola submits plans for 400 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm
Iberdrola has submitted a revised environmental statement to the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency as it seeks planning consent for the 400MW Wikinger wind power farm in the Baltic Sea.
Continue readingFoster Wheeler Awarded Two Concentrated Solar Thermal Contracts in Spain
Foster Wheeler has received full notices to proceed on both concentrated solar energy contracts.
Continue readingNatural Power and Inova Energy to promote wind energy in Brazil
The pair would offer international wind farm management experience coupled with wind turbines expertise specific to the Brazilian wind power market.
Continue readingBMT addresses Taiwanese offshore wind farm
Taiwan government is aggressively promoting wind energy, with a particular focus on offshore wind power development.
Continue readingDTE Energy Wind Farm Gets Approval From Michigan Public Service Commission
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) is more than halfway to its renewable energy coal with a contact to purchase 120 megawatts from a wind farm in Tuscola, Bay and Saginaw counties.
Continue readingPattern Energy finances Nevada wind energy project
Pattern Energy Group completed the financing of Spring Valley Wind Farm, a wind power project in the state of Nevadawhich that will use 66 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingReVolt Technology is developing a Zinc-Air battery technology
ReVolt?s technology performance attributes provide the highest-energy density (up to 3 times that of Lithium Ion), low-cost, safe and green.
Continue readingSiemens Upgrades West Chicago Plant to Produce Photovoltaic Solar Energy Inverters
Siemens photovoltaic (PV) inverters play a significant role in the generation of solar power. The technology that Siemens is providing takes DC power as input generated from PV-Modules and converts it into AC power.
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