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Iberdrola Renewables secures 50% share of Hungary?s wind energy market with 3 wind farms
Hungary becomes one of the Company?s biggest wind power market shares worldwide. The 36 MW Scott wind farm is located in the outskirts of the town of Nagyigmad with wind turbines of Gamesa.
Continue readingSiemens to build molten salt concentrated solar energy pilot plant in Portugal
German engineering company Siemens plans to build a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant using molten salt technology in Portugal.
Continue readingTwo new wind energy plants planned for Slovakia
Green Answers is about to invest on a wind power plant neat the village of Zlatna na Ostrove in the south of Slovakia. In total the company wants to have up to 18 wind turbines in operation at the wind farm.
Continue readingWind power HRTE invests in Wind turbines technology
Here Enterprises Inc. (Pink Sheets: HRTE), the growing developer of wind farm recently released further information on its strategy to break into the lucrative wind energy market.
Continue readingWind power Vestas announced the closure of five factories and layoffs of 3,000 colleagues
To date 2,200 layoffs have occurred, and wind power Vestas plans to carry out the remaining scheduled 800 layoffs no later than June 2011. Production at the affected wind turbines factories has now stopped.
Continue readingTesla Motors Staying the Course With Model S
Tesla?s goal is to produce increasingly affordable electric cars with lithium ion batteries to mainstream buyers ? relentlessly driving down the cost of Electric Vehicles.
Continue readingIKEA Selects REC Solar Energy Solution for Locations in Germany and the US
The world’s leading home furnishings retailer IKEA selected REC Systems and REC solar modules for the installation of Photovoltaic Systems on two of their buildings in Germany.
Continue readingSecond Wind, WISE to Expand its Triton Sonic Wind Profiler Market in South Africa
Second Wind, a Boston-based company, declared that it has sold eight of its Triton Sonic wind profilers within six months of its moving into the South African wind energy market.
Continue readingSCHOTT Solar Announces Plans to Significantly Expand Global Capacity
Receivers from SCHOTT Solar are key components in large-scale power plants that generate electricity from concentrated solar energy on the basis of parabolic trough technology.
Continue readingEnvia Systems Delivers High Energy Density Battery Materials Available for Commercial Testing
New Technology Promises Higher Performance at Lower Cost for Next-Generation electric cars and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingWind Energy – Britain boosts Europe?s most efficient and developed processes for offshore wind turbines
Denmark was leading of offshore wind power policies, but recently the UK has over taken as a result of its ?rounds? system. This has proved very efficient at bringing a large number of wind farm projects online.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Energy Market Will Reach $73.5 Billion by 2015
New wind turbines capacity of 236.6 GW would be installed between 2010 and 2015, representing a CAGR of 17% in global wind power installed capacity for the same period.
Continue readingThe Future Of Lithium Ion Batteries
Including Consumer, Alternative Energy Vehicles (Hevs, Phevs, Electric vehicles), And Electric Power Storage Applications- Technologies, Markets, Competitors And Opportunities: 2010-2020 Analysis And Forecasts.
Continue readingFrance kick-starts its offshore wind energy aspirations
France officially joined the offshore wind power. The first 600 wind turbines are to be installed in five wind farm areas.
Continue readingEnviroMission Intent for China Concentrated Solar Energy Tower Development
The design does not require the use of water or other fluids as heat transfer mediums, unlike concentrating solar power (CSP) systems.
Continue readingRenewable energy soars in Europe ahead of summit
Indications suggest that several European countries are surging ahead with offshore wind energy, energy super grids and solar power stations.
Continue readingGamesa still no. 1 wind turbines provider in Spain
Total accumulated installed wind energy capacity in Spain by the end of 2010 was over 20.6 GW ? ahead of Spain’s 2005-2010 Renewable Energy Plan.
Continue readingAcciona starts work on its third wind farm in Oklahoma
The wind energy project, which will include 66 2.0-MW wind turbines, could generate power for about 46,000 homes. Acciona operates nearly 500 megawatts of wind power capacity throughout the U.S.
Continue readingDepartment of Energy Offers Support for Arizona Solar Power Project (290 MW)
The loan guarantee will support the construction of a 290-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy generating facility located in Yuma County, Arizona that will use thin film solar panels from First Solar, Inc.
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