Foster Wheeler has been awarded contracts to supply solar steam generator systems to two separate concentrated solar energy projects in Spain.
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Sri Lanka to build larger wind power plants
Sri Lanka’s renewable energy agency is setting up wind energy parks to allow investors to build larger wind turbines plants on a negotiated tariff moving beyond the current pre set tariff for 10 MW wind farm plants.
Continue readingUrban electric mobility from smart electric vehicles
Recuperated energy is converted into electrical energy and stored in the ebike’s lithium-ion battery. A battery charge can last for about 62 miles on the lowest setting due to a 400Wh lithium ion battery.
Continue readingWind energy could power electric cars
Wind power could be the perfect match to electric vehicles in Alberta, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Calgary?s School of Public Policy.
Continue readingEOSOL Energies Nouvelles? new ground-mounted solar power plant
EOSOL Energies Nouvelles has specialization in solar energy, wind energy, biomass and solar thermal energy.
Continue readingEnel Green Power will invest 400 million euros in renewable energy in Chile
Enel Green Power will invest 400 million euros in renewable energy in Chile, in wind energy, solar power photovoltaic, geothermal energy and small hydro.
Continue readingSolar Power Markets Reach $338.2 Billion By 2017
Solar energy has achieved recognized grid parity in some areas and is approaching recognized grid parity in other areas. Large fortunes are to be made in concentrated solar power CSP.
Continue readingNew wind power capacity has by far exceeded new nuclear power capacity
The world installed almost 50% more new wind energy capacity in 2010 alone (38.3 GW) than it installed new nuclear capacity in the last decade (26.1 GW).
Continue readingBlackstone plans two big German offshore wind power plants with Siemens’ wind turbines
The US investment fund Blackstone plans to invest several billion euros in German wind farm plants, as the biggest economy in Europe will need the energy when it abandons nuclear power by 2022.
Continue readingNRG Energy Acquires 290-Megawatt Agua Caliente Solar Energy Project
NRG Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NRG, has more than 2,000 MW of solar power photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal projects under development or in construction across the southwestern United States.
Continue readingWind energy helps meet new Texas record for electricity demand
Texas set a new record for electricity demand, and as it had a day before, wind power helped keep the lights on and the air conditioning running. Texas wind turbines contributed 2,000 MW during that hour.
Continue readingPattern to Deliver 870 MW of Wind Energy to the Ontario Power Authority
Currently operating 520 MW of wind power in North America, Pattern is scheduled to start construction on new wind farm projects totaling more than 1,000 MW over the next 12 months.
Continue readingOrmonde Offshore Wind Energy Plant off Barrow completed
Work on a 30 wind turbines wind farm off the coast of Cumbria has been completed. Swedish-based energy firm Vattenfall began construction of the Ormonde Wind Farm, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Barrow.
Continue readingVietnam really wants to develop wind energy, but it has not done necessary things
Vietnam really wants to develop wind power, but it has not done necessary things to encourage the development of the industry. Low purchase prices, wind farm plants unable to develop.
Continue readingElectric vehicles and wind energy
An average electric car with lithium ion batteries consumes 0.2 kWh per kilometre. Wind energy produced in Europe in 2010 could power 90.8 million electric cars.
Continue readingAddressing Intermittency from Wind Energy and Concentrated Solar Power
The intermittency of other sources such as wind power and solar photovoltaic can be addressed by interconnecting power plants which are widely geographically distributed.
Continue readingWind energy in North Carolina
Atlantic Wind plans to erect up to 150 wind turbines on a wind farm in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. About 15 miles away, Invenergy plans to erect more than 100 wind turbines on a wind farm.
Continue readingRight Wing Media Use Wildlife Deaths To Attack Wind Power
In recent weeks, the right-wing media have used reports of wildlife deaths — particularly those of bats and birds — in order to attack wind energy.
Continue readingWind Energy Vestas Embraces Solar Energy
Vestas has installed more than 43,000 wind turbines in 66 countries on six continents, generating more than 90 million megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy per year.
Continue readingClimate change threatens global peace and security says UN chief
EWEA?s data shows that by 2020, wind energy alone will avoid 31% of the EU?s 20% emissions reduction target, and if the EU moves to a more ambitious 30% target, wind turbines will meet 20% of it.
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