Acciona completes the first wind park built by a Spanish company in South Korea. The 61.5 MW Yeong Yang facility represents an investment of 100 million euros.
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Solar Power International Sells Out Exhibit Floor as 900+ Companies Reserve 203,900 Sq. Ft., More Than Doubling Show Size from 2008
Solar Power International 2009, the largest business-to-business solar trade event in North America, will welcome 900+ companies from every part of the solar value chain.
Continue readingChina’s largest solar power plant project, boasting 200 MW, began construction in the Golmud Desert of Qinghai
The project, invested by China Longyuan Power Group, a subsidiary of China Guodian Corp., is planning to invest 4 billion yuan (US$585 million), 400 million yuan of which will be expensed in the first phase.
Continue readingChina to set solar feed-in tariff by year-end
Policy expected to boost PV equipment sales by least 200 MW annually. The tariff, which would guarantee solar farm operators above market rates, is expected to fall between US$0.16 and US$0.22 per kilowatt hour.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy Corp executes major wind turbine reservation agreement with Gamesa
Western Wind Energy Corp (“Western Wind”) announce a major wind turbine reservation order with Gamesa for the procurement of up to 120 MW of wind turbine generators.
Continue readingVerdes y ecologistas denuncian la manipuladora y cínica oposición al parque eólico marino de Chipiona
Los Verdes respalda el proyecto y Ecologistas pide esperar a los estudios de impacto. Ecologistas en Acción criticó la “demonización que determinados grupos “están haciendo sobre el proyecto eólico Las Cruces del Mar”.
Continue readingImtech increasingly active on the Spanish energy market
A total of 50 MW of solar energy will be generated on the 260-hectare site. Similar work is also being carried out at Acciona Energy?s solar power plant in Risca, Alvarado (Badajoz).
Continue readingDOE Study Shows Soaring Demand for Wind Spurs Significant Expansion in U.S. Manufacturing
United States is the world leader in annual wind energy capacity growth, as well as cumulative wind energy capacity.
Continue readingACS aumenta un 22,6% las ganancias de su división de energías renovables
ACS ingresó 90,1 millones de euros con su negocio de generación de energías renovables en el primer semestre del año, lo que supone un incremento del 22,6% en relación con el mismo periodo del ejercicio precedente.
Continue readingWind power industry in Vietnam: First wind powered turbine factory
The Phong Dien Fuhrlaender Vietnam Joint Stock Company will build a wind powered turbine factory at a cost of US$25 million in Tuy Phong district in the southern province of Binh Thuan.
Continue readingGuardian Announces EcoGuard Solar Boost-LP Laminated Parabolic Mirrors
Global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries continues to expand its line of solar glass products with EcoGuard® Solar Boost-LP, laminated parabolic mirrors for concentrated solar power (CSP).
Continue readingLa Junta de Castilla y León emprenderá una dura batalla legal en defensa de la energía eólica
Ordena recurrir ante el Supremo la anulación de una de las licencias de los partes y la suspensión cauteral de otras tres dictadas por el TSJ en León.
Continue readingHyundai Heavy Industries Orders Wind Turbine Electrical Systems from AMSC
American Superconductor, a global energy technologies company, announced that it has received an initial order for 17 sets of full wind turbine electrical systems from Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Continue readingDon?t go nuclear by Dr Christoph Stiller (Germany)
There is not, and will not be, a nuclear Renaissance. Here is a simple calculation: there are currently 440 reactors operative worldwide. Currently, 42 new reactors are under construction, and 79 are in planning.
Continue readingRenewable Energy Cheaper Than Nuclear Power
According to a study by Dr. Mark Cooper, the cost of electricity by new nuclear reactors would be (USD) 12-20 cents per kWh, whereas increased energy efficiency and renewable energy would cost around 6 cents per kWh.
Continue readingBYD comienza la producción de baterías de litio para sus coches eléctricos
El fabricante chino de vehículos eléctricos BYD ha instalado una fábrica de baterías de iones de litio para sus coches eléctricos en la ciudad de Huizhou, en la provincia de Guangdong.
Continue readingNuclear energy jeopardises green energy revolution
The EU has set itself the goal that by the year 2020, 20% of Europe?s
final energy consumption in the areas of electricity, heating, and mobility
should come from renewable sources.
Honda lanzará un coche eléctrico en Estados Unidos
El segundo constructor automovilístico japonés, Honda Motor, venderá coches eléctricos en Estados Unidos a principios de la próxima década para responder a la creciente demanda de vehículos eléctricos.
Continue readingMillones de ciudadanos han dicho sí a la eólica marina
Ecologistas en Acción rechaza la ?demonización? del parque eólico marino Las Cruces del Mar. La organización Oceana lo apoya. Greenpeace siempre defendió la eólica marina. En contra los especuladores.
Continue readingNoruega impulsa la energía eólica marina
Mientras en Cádiz los enemigos del medio ambiente ponen zancadillas a los parques eólicos marinos, los países más avanzados impulsan la eólica marina.
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