At Intersolar North America, AREVA Solar highlighted the recent announcements of two major international concentrated solar power (CSP) projects that will use their solar steam generators.
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Forecasting the Future Solar Energy Market
With the expansion of the utility-scale solar market, concentrating photovoltaic and concentrating solar power technologies have emerged as attractive solar solutions in the United States.
Continue readingGamesa starts production of wind turbines in Brazil
Gamesa’s industrial activity in this Brazilian town will create 100 direct jobs and will contribute to the development of the Brazilian wind power industry.
Continue readingSolar energy in Bahrain
The Germans had done a pilot study on the use of solar power, wind energy and hydrogen fuel cell technology at a specially set up Energy House at the Shaikha Sabeeka Park.
Continue readingBD Otomotive in talks to rescue electric car maker Think
?Our intentions are simple ? to bring Think out of bankruptcy and make it the affordable urban electric vehicles for Europe it was always designed to be,? BD Otomotive Chairman Osman Boyner said. Think sold just 1,043 electric cars of the City in 2010.
Continue readingIn a world facing climate change, wind power is the energy answer
David Suzuki, Canada?s best-known environmentalist, dismissed wind turbines critics on Tuesday and said the emissions-free generating technology should be embraced by a world dealing with climate change.
Continue readingTop 10 Crystalline Module Efficiency (mono-crystalline)
As many would have expected, Sunpower sells the solar module with the highest efficiency of 19.6%. The technology of number two Sanyo is actually not based on mc-Si alone.
Continue readingRising Temperatures Melting Away Global Food Security
It is now in their interest to try and save their mountain glaciers by shifting energy investment from coal-fired power plants into energy efficiency, wind energy, and solar thermal and geothermal energy.
Continue readingJV to Manufacture Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries For Electric Vehicles
The Dow Chemical Company and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube) announced an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in energy storage.
Continue readingGamesa, Iberdrola install first wind turbines for the Cerro de Hula wind energy project
Gamesa and Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción have installed the first wind turbines for the 102-megawatt Cerro De Hula wind power project situated in Honduras.
Continue readingNorwegian firm to set up 500 MW wind energy project in Pakistan
The company had already applied for a Letter of Intent (LOI) and after its issuance, it would complete a 250 MW wind farm within 18 months.
Continue readingPoyry receives contract to construct wind farm in Romania
The wind energy project comprises the overall construction of the wind farm with road-building, foundation, cabling and the erection of the wind turbines.
Continue readingRare earth elements can be recycled
Rare earths have unique physical and chemical properties making them essential for defense applications, wind energy, computers, cellphones, electric vehicles, batteries, appliances, and other products.
Continue readingVestas signs new wind power order for 60 MW in Brazil
Wind energy Vestas has signed a wind turbines order for a total capacity of 60 MW for wind farm projects in Brazil.
Continue readingSinovel to enter the Irish wind power market
Eddie O’Connor, Mainstream’s CEO says: “This is our second deal with a leading Chinese wind energy company in six months and for us it is just the beginning. We have the global portfolio of wind farm projects.”
Continue readingVestas receives 29 MW wind power order in Mexico
Wind energy Vestas has received an order 16 wind turbines of the V90-1.8 MW turbine for a wind farm in Chiapas.
Continue readingElectric vehicles Mahindra Reva NXR coming next year
The electric car will be carrying either a lead acid battery or a lithium ion battery to charge the car.
Continue readingConnecting the dots: Job losses to China … and … consistent energy policy
The global wind energy industry is expanding rapidly, having gone from 17,000 megawatts (MW) installed in 2000 to 197,000 MW in 2010–more than 10-fold growth in a single decade.
Continue readingWind power can provide half of Europe’s electricity supply by 2050
The new research to be published next month shows how wind energy can contribute very substantially to achieving the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by the middle of the century.
Continue readingWind power industry unveils radar-friendly wind turbines
Vestas showed that a V90 turbine of the company with stealth rotor achieved a targeted reduction in radar cross-section of approximately 99 percent, or 20 decibels, compared with standard wind turbines.
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