La planta, que generará 250 megavatios de potencia, estará localizada a 150 kilómetros al noreste de los Ángeles, y creará en la zona 1.200 nuevos empleos durante su construcción y 80 permanentes.
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Wind Power in Ireland By Martin McCarthy
By December 2008, a total of 77 wind farms were connected, bringing the total installed capacity for wind to 1,002 MW or 13.7% of total installed capacity.
Continue readingFisker adquiere una antigua fábrica de GM para producir su vehículo eléctrico
El fabricante de vehículos eléctricos Fisker anunció que comprará la antigua fábrica de General Motors (GM) en el estado de Delaware para producir vehículos eléctricos enchufables de autonomía extendida.
Continue readingEIG Awarded Supply Contract from Tata Motors
Energy Innovation Group was awarded a supply contract for the Indica Vista EV project, a development of the TATA Indica Vista.
Continue readingAlstom instalará un parque eólico de 26MW en Gales
Alstom Wind ha firmado con la sociedad galesa Pennant Walters un contrato para la construcción de un nuevo parque eólico, el primero de Alstom de estas características en Gales.
Continue readingLa eólica en Nicaragua: por fin autorizan el parque eólico Amayo
Tras un largo y oscuro proceso, el Ministerio de Energía y Minas aprobó la licencia de generación con vigencia de 30 años, que permitirá la ejecución de la segunda fase del parque eólico Amayo.
Continue readingElectric-Carmaker Fisker Automotive to Purchase Assembly Plant in Delaware
Fisker Automotive will be paying MLC $18 million for the 3.2-million-sq.-ft. plant, which was commissioned in 1947 and until this summer was building Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky and Opel GT models.
Continue readingObama to pledge $3.4B for ‘smart’ grid
The US Government has plans to announce 100 smart grid “investment” grants in 49 states in this first round of funding. Dollars will begin flowing within 60 days for projects implemented over the next 12-36 months.
Continue readingValence Technology & Tennant Company Sign Supply Agreement for Lithium Phosphate Energy Storage Solutions
Valence Technology will provide lithium phosphate batteries for installation in Tennant?s newest compact floor scrubber.
Continue readingWorld’s first wind resource assessment buoy validation underway
AXYS Technologies Inc. announced today the deployment of the world?s first offshore wind resource assessment buoy – the WindSentinel? – off of Race Rocks Island, in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada.
Continue readingVestas maintains forecasts
Vestas generated third-quarter 2009 revenue of EUR 1,814m. Vestas shipped wind power systems with an aggregate capacity of 1,635 MW, an increase of 11 per cent.
Continue readingLa eólica Vestas aumenta su beneficio neto un 35%
La eólica Vestas, fabricante de aerogeneradores y primer consorcio eólico mundial, tuvo un beneficio neto de 264 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses del año, un 35% más que en el mismo período de 2008.
Continue readingGovernments’ Support is Boosting the Geothermal Energy Market in Europe
Until recently, the geothermal energy market grew tepidly, in spurts, in just a handful of countries. Insufficient government support and high initial investment costs topped by an overall lack of interest.
Continue readingRWE launches Polish wind farm
Suwalki Wind Farm, an RWE investment, has gone on-stream. 18 largest turbines in Poland started generating wind power. Wind turbines will provide electricity to at least 40 thousand households.
Continue readingPG&E to Buy 500 Megawatts of Clean Solar Power From NextEra and Abengoa Solar
Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced that it has contracted with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Abengoa Solar for delivery of a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar power.
Continue readingPlug-In Vehicle Tracker: What?s Coming, When
Virtually every major auto manufacturer in the world, along with several smaller outfits, is developing a plug-in electric vehicle and Plug In America is tracking their progress.
Continue readingCost of Solar Photovoltaic Systems Falls
U.S. government scientists say the installed costs of solar power systems in the nation declined by more than 30 percent between 1998 and 2008.
Continue readingCountries ranked for climate change investments
Investors wanting to put money in climate-friendly businesses would be wise to look at Germany, Brazil or even China rather than at the United States, said a report by the Deutsche Bank.
Continue readingNextEra Energy Resources to Supply Solar Power to PG&E
NextEra Energy announced that it has entered into a contract to sell 250-megawatts of solar thermal power from the proposed Genesis Solar Energy
Project to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
Grupo Saft colabora con Schneider Electric para desarrollar un innovador sistema de energía solar autónomo en Madagascar
El Grupo Saft coopera con Schneider Electric para poner en marcha una solución innovadora de energía solar fotovoltaica en una zona rural de Madagascar.
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