Ramco Energy PLC is to sell off its oil and gas interests and focus solely on its offshore wind power operations. Ramco’s subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) has secured a net 456 MegaWatts of offshore wind farms.
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Showa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki (Japan)
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. said Monday its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki Prefecture at a cost of 100 billion yen.
Continue readingOerlikon Solar and Tianwei open 46 MW solar thin-film production in China
Oerlikon Solar and Tianwei have completed one of mainland China?s largest thin-film solar panel factories, which in the first phase could produce 500,000 thin-film solar modules totalling 46 MW per year.
Continue readingFirst Solar to Produce Twice as Much as Leading Crystalline Solar Module Suppliers in 2009
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, U.S.-based First Solar Inc. is set to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world?s largest producer of Photovoltaic (PV) cells in 2009, according to iSuppli Corp.
Continue readingEl impacto ambiental de la energía eólica por José Santamarta
Cuando se aborda el impacto ambiental de una fuente de energía ha de estudiarse el ciclo completo. Entre todas las fuentes energéticas, la eólica, junto con la solar directa, es la menos dañina.
Continue readingLa energía eólica despega en América Latina
Hasta el momento, los 769 MW de potencia instalada en la región representan menos del 0,5% mundial, pero en 2009 se instalarán 1.200 MW eólicos y un mínimo de 1.500 MW en 2010.
Continue readingWind Turbine Systems & Components Market in the US
Demand for wind turbine systems and components is expected to increase 6.8 percent per year to $10.1 billion in 2012.
Continue readingLooking out to sea by Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
Offshore wind energy technology is making the transition from a concept with massive potential to a fast-evolving industry with increasing investment and political support.
Continue readingREpower new Technical Center in Osterrönfeld (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) celebrates the topping-out ceremony for its new Technical Center in Osterrönfeld, Rendsburg-Eckernförde.
Continue readingMiguel Mirones (CEOE) apoya el plan eólico de Cantabria
Empresarios, sindicatos, universidades y ecologistas (Greenpeace, entre otras ONG) apoyan el Plan Eólico y la eólica. La CEOE ha desbaratado todas las críticas del PP regional.
Continue readingSouth Dakota Wind Farm Puts Smart Grid Technology to Work to Yield a Greater Harvest
Basin Electric Power Cooperative?s New Wind Farm Creates Jobs, Puts GE?s ecomagination Transformers and Wind Turbines to Work, Maximizing Cleaner Power Delivered by Every Rotation of the Turbine Blade.
Continue readingWind power in Czech Republic: 150 MW in 2009 and 1,200 MW by 2020
There is 150 MW wind power installed in in Czech Republic. The government foresees wind installations of 1,200 MW by 2020, claiming that this is the maximum the limited transmission network could cope with.
Continue readingEmpresarios, sindicatos, universidades y ecologistas (Greenpeace) apoyan el Plan Eólico de Cantabria
La CEOE ha desbaratado todas las críticas del PP regional y la campaña orquestada por oscuros intereses contra la eólica, la renovable con menos impacto ambiental entre todas las fuentes energía.
Continue readingToday, solar thermal power plants already provide over a million people with electricity
Solar thermal power plants: Over 500 experts expected at leading conference in Berlin. Desert power projects a central topic at SolarPACES 2009.
Continue readingEE UU avalará por 535 millones de dólares a la empresa fotovoltaica Solyndra
El vicepresidente de EE UU, Joseph Biden, anunció que el gobierno dará un aval por valor de 535 millones de dólares a la empresa Solyndra para la construcción de una fabrica de paneles solares fotovoltaicos.
Continue readingVestas, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, decided to build a factory in Colorado
The Windsor plant was originally slated to have 450 employees but will have 650 by next year, according to Vestas. Vestas is committed to about $1 billion in capital investment in four plants in Colorado.
Continue readingMethanex instalará el parque eólico de Cabo Negro
Tres aerogeneradores de 60 metros de altura cada uno entrarán en funcionamiento a mediados del próximo año con una capacidad de generación de 2,3 MW.
Continue readingSurface Area Required to Fuel the World With Solar and Wind Energy
Dividing the global yearly demand by 400 kW?h per square meter and we arrive at 496,805 square kilometers (191,817 square miles) as the area required to power the world with solar panels.
Continue readingNREL Response to the Calzada Report (Spain) by Eric Lantz and Suzanne Tegen (NRE)
The recent report from King Juan Carlos University deviates from the traditional research methodologies used to estimate jobs impacts. In addition, it lacks transparency and supporting statistics.
Continue readingUn informe del NREL rebate las falsedades del pseudo informe Calzada contra las energías renovables
Pero no sólo el NREL. Incluso su promotor en Estados Unidos pierde la publicidad en el programa televisivo que aupó los pseudo argumentos encargados por los ultraconservadores.
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