Spanish construction company Copisa will build its third wind farm project in Romania, after landing a EUR 8 million deal for a wind energy park at Chirnogeni, in Constanta county. The Spanish firm will work for five months and install 32 wind turbines of 2.5 MW each, as well as a 25-kilometer access road. This … Continue reading Copisa signs EUR 8 mln contract to build new wind farm in Romania’s Dobrogea
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Yingli Green Energy announces its first photovoltaic order in Jordan
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar,” today announced that the Company has supplied 65 kilowatts of PV modules for Kawkabuna for Energy Solutions … Continue reading Yingli Green Energy announces its first photovoltaic order in Jordan
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GE to Provide Stena Renewable AB with 10, 1.6-Megawatt Wind Turbines for Project Fredriksdal in Sweden
Fredriksdal Energi AB, a fully owned subsidiary of Stena Renewable AB, has selected 10 GE (NYSE: GE) 1.6-100 wind turbinesfor its new project in Sweden. The turbines will produce 16 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 11,000 Swedish homes. GE will transport, install and commission the turbines for the wind farm during 2013 in Fredriksdal, … Continue reading GE to Provide Stena Renewable AB with 10, 1.6-Megawatt Wind Turbines for Project Fredriksdal in Sweden
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GE wind turbines to power romanian wind farm
Energia Verde Ventuno has selected seven 2.5-103 GE (NYSE: GE) wind turbines to power its Cerna Wind Park in Romania’s Tulcea region. The project will generate enough clean energy to power approximately 7,000 Romanian households when it enters service later this year. GE announced the 17.5-megawatt (MW) deal, which includes equipment supply and service contracts … Continue reading GE wind turbines to power romanian wind farm
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NRG completes 66 MW alpine solar photovoltaic facility
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced the start of commercial operations for the Alpine Solar Generating Station, a 66 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic facility, currently the largest fully operational solar plant in California. The station’s electricity will be sold to Pacific Gas & Electric under a 20-year power purchase … Continue reading NRG completes 66 MW alpine solar photovoltaic facility
Continue readingFirst Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in Ecuador
Ecuador´s first photovoltaic plant is already in operation with 4,160 solar panels, informed officials of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy. Under the name of Paragachi and located in the province of Imbabura, the work covers about 3.5 hectars, one of the zones with highest solar radiation in the country. The minister of that … Continue reading First Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in Ecuador
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Nordex: New platform-generation setting the standard in annual wind power yields
Nordex SE is unveiling the fourth generation of its proven multi-megawatt platform at the European wind power conference EWEA, which is taking place on 4-7 February 2013 in Vienna. With its larger rotors, increased nominal output and optimised technical systems, Generation Delta is setting new standards in terms of economic efficiency, reliability, serviceability and safety. … Continue reading Nordex: New platform-generation setting the standard in annual wind power yields
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Native American group puts values into practice with wind power
Putting its respect-for-earth values into practice, TWN Wind Power, a Tsleil-Waututh Nation company, recently completed two distributed wind installations at White Earth Nation, located in northwest Minnesota. The two sites, Ojibwa Building Supplies in Waubun and White Earth Community Service Center in Naytahwaush, are now both benefiting from wind energy. The White Earth Nation … Continue reading Native American group puts values into practice with wind power
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Wind energy will be cheapest electricity generating technology by 2020
Wind power will be at the centre of Europe’s power needs, meeting 50% of electricity demand by 2050, Robert Clover from MAKE Consulting said today. Moreover, “after 2020 wind is the cheapest technology, it is scaleable and it has minimal water requirements,” he added. Speaking at EWEA’s 2013 Annual Event in Vienna, Clover said onshore … Continue reading Wind energy will be cheapest electricity generating technology by 2020
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Fossil fuel subsidies are “public enemy number one”
Fossil fuel subsidies – which amounted to half a trillion US Dollars worldwide in 2011 – are effectively an incentive to pollute and as such are “public enemy number one to sustainable energy development,” Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency said at EWEA’s 2013 Annual Event in Vienna on Monday. Christian Kjaer, … Continue reading Fossil fuel subsidies are “public enemy number one”
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Irish Energy Minister calls for clarity on fuel subsidies
The European Commission needs to provide data to compare subsidies for renewables with the “far less transparent” subsidies for coal, oil, gas and nuclear, Irish Energy Minister and current EU President Pat Rabbitte says in the latest Wind Directions magazine. Minister Rabbitte, who is one of the keynote speakers at the opening session of EWEA … Continue reading Irish Energy Minister calls for clarity on fuel subsidies
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Gamesa showcases its new 2.5 MW and 5.5 MW wind turbines at the EWEA
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, is exhibiting for the 10th consecutive year at the European Wind Energy Association’s (EWEA) trade fair, one of the industry’s premier events, in Vienna from 4-7 February. At this year’s fair, the company is showcasing the development and evolution of its portfolio of products, all designed to … Continue reading Gamesa showcases its new 2.5 MW and 5.5 MW wind turbines at the EWEA
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Manuel Blanco to lead the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative
The new head of Australia’s solar thermal research effort says the cost of generating electricity can be halved by 2020, placing it on course to match the renewable energy contribution from PV technologies. The new head of Australia’s solar thermal research effort says the cost of generating electricity can be halved by 2020, placing it … Continue reading Manuel Blanco to lead the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative
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Wind farms break energy record in Spain
Past three months saw wind energy plants produce more electricity than any other source for first time, Spanish Wind Energy Association says. Over the last three months wind farms produced more electricity than any other power source in Spain for the first time ever, an industry group has said. The country delivered over six terawatt hours … Continue reading Wind farms break energy record in Spain
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South Australian EPA says no issue with inaudible wind farm noise
The Clean Energy Council has welcomed a report released by the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) that it says has finally put to rest a common myth about wind farms – that they create dangerous levels of infrasound, or sound too low for humans to hear, that can be harmful to people who live … Continue reading South Australian EPA says no issue with inaudible wind farm noise
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U.S. Supports Goal of 1M Electric Vehicles by 2015
The U.S. Department of Energy eased off President Barack Obama’s stated goal of putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, and laid out what experts called a more realistic strategy of promoting advanced-drive vehicles and lowering their cost over the next nine years. Since Obama announced the goal in his 2011 State … Continue reading U.S. Supports Goal of 1M Electric Vehicles by 2015
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Saudi Arabia: Producing electricity with solar power
Saudi Arabia has reached an important milestone in the development of its solar power industry (planned investment: $109 billion) with the completion this week of a 3.5 megawatt photovoltaic plant in Riyadh. Located on the grounds of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in the capital city, this is the Kingdom’s biggest … Continue reading Saudi Arabia: Producing electricity with solar power
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Japan aims to triple wind energy
The government aims to triple the nation’s supply capacity of electricity generated through wind power to 7.5 million kilowatts by developing transmission grids in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, it has been learned. Under a decadelong project the government will launch in fiscal 2013, which starts in April, the public and private sectors will spend … Continue reading Japan aims to triple wind energy
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Wind energy in Bangladesh
Wind power has been defined as the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy which can then be used through wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, wind pumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships. In the US, the multi-bladed wind turbine atop a lattice tower … Continue reading Wind energy in Bangladesh
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2013: An important year for Concentrating Solar Power in the United States
Between now and early 2014 the total generation capacity of concentrated solar power in the United States will increase by more than 120%. Currently, 571.16MW of Concentrated Solar Power capacity has been commissioned in the United States, but with five large-scale projects scheduled for completion in 2013-14 this capacity is set to increase by 120%, a … Continue reading 2013: An important year for Concentrating Solar Power in the United States
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