Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Spain’s Abengoa, the European leader in the solar energy segment, have joined hands to develop state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in India.
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Europe?s leaders fail to provide vision for energy By Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
None of the conclusions from Friday?s meeting goes beyond what the Heads of State have already agreed over the past two years for the period up to 2020.
Continue readingA. O. Smith Launches High Efficiency Revolution Tour
The High Efficiency Revolution Tour will feature A. O. Smith’s innovative high efficiency products, including Cirrex® Solar Thermal Water Heating System.
Continue readingChevrolet Volt Available for Rent at Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Enterprise added the Volt to its fleet in early January and is working with all auto manufacturers to make electric vehicles (EV) available to consumers for rental at its neighborhood and airport locations.
Continue readingLux Research Report Predicts Growth of Concentrating Solar Power Technology in 2011
The report analyzes the practical usage of each concentrated solar energy technology in a suppositional 100 MW power plant and equates their cost of electricity production.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables secures 50 percent of the Hungarian wind farm market
Iberdrola Renovables SA, the renewable energy subsidiary of Iberdrola SA, has completed three wind power plants in Hungary, expanding its wind power capacity.
Continue readingWind Energy Vestas Announces the New Office in Bucharest
Vestas, the wind power company, declared that it has opened its new office in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy Chooses RMT to Install Wind Turbines
Western Wind Energy has chosen RMT to build two of its wind farm facilities in Arizona and California. Both the wind power projects will feature Gamesa 2.0 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy: towards an exceptional growth by 2015
Encouraged by the growing electricity demand, the wind power market could reach an installed capacity of over 707 GW by 2015, equivalent to nearly 3.5 times the wind turbines capacity installed at the end of 2010.
Continue readingWinds of Change Brought by Global Wind Power Ltd.
A subsidiary of one of India’s biggest business conglomerates Reliance ADA Group and featured in Business Review India, Global Wind Power Ltd caters to the vast, untapped potential of wind energy in India.
Continue readingDuke Energy and SunEdison Announce Completion of 17.2 MW Solar Power Plant
Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres of land, the project is comprised of more than 63,000 photovoltaic solar panels and is expected to generate an estimated 28 million kilowatt-hours annually.
Continue readingGlobal Building Space to Increase by 26% to 178 Billion Square Meters by 2020
Buildings represent one of the main frontiers in the global challenge to increase efficiency and reduce overall energy consumption. Buildings are responsible for 49% of global energy consumption.
Continue readingThree New Wind Energy Plants Start Operations in Spain
Enel Green Power?s three new wind farm plants have commenced operation in Spain. The three wind power facilities will produce nearly 260 million kWh.
Continue readingWorld on the Edge: Quick Facts By Lester R. Brown
We are facing issues of near-overwhelming complexity and unprecedented urgency. Can we think systemically and fashion policies accordingly? Can we change direction before we go over the edge?
Continue readingFrance to launch 10-billion-euro tender to boost offshore wind energy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited interested investors to participate in an international bid to develop French offshore wind power in the northern Seine-Maritime department.
Continue readingNACEL Energy Purchases Stake in Crownbutte Wind Power
Crownbutte currently has a pipeline of wind farm projects. NACEL Energy is one of the first publicly traded companies in America exclusively developing clean, renewable, utility scale wind energy.
Continue readingIreland Using Wind Energy to Recharge Electric Vehicles
The project is meant to demonstrate the smart-grid technologies needed to transfer and store wind energy in electric cars with lithium ion batteries. The EVs will be powered by a mix of wind power and electricity.
Continue readingPositive offshore wind power statistics prompts media interest
With 308 new offshore wind turbines installed in 2010 ? an increase of 51% in installed wind farm capacity on the previous year ? offshore wind energy experienced a new record growth in Europe.
Continue readingNext Alternative Lithium Ion Battery Technology to Have Major Impact on Electric Vehicles
Next Alternative currently has products that serve the full-size electric car markets, including its Lithium Ion batteries.
Continue readingUS to build wind energy plant in Pakistan
A 150 megawatt (MW) wind power project will be setup by an American power firm, AES, at Gharo, in Sindh province.
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