In 2009, 343 MW of new wind energy capacity were added in Turkey, bringing the total up to 801 MW. This represents a year-on-year growth rate of 75%.
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To what extent should we encourage wind power in the overall energy mix? By Zoë Casey (EWEA)
This month?s online Comment Visions forum centres exclusively on wind power, asking: to what extent should we encourage the growth of wind energy in our future energy mix?
Continue readingAbengoa begins comercial operation of Concentrating Solar Power Solnova 1
Abengoa Solar begins commercial operation of Solnova 1, the company?s first 50-megawatt parabolic trough plant.
Continue readingCoulomb Technologies Announces Plant a Station Campaign
Coulomb Technologies a leader in electric vehicles (EV) charging station infrastructure announced ?Plant a Station? campaign.
Continue reading100% renewables in 2050 will create thousands of new jobs
The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) has set out a vision on how Europe can reach 100% renewable energy by 2050, creating thousands of new jobs in the process.
Continue readingNotes from the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference By Chris Madison
The underlying theme at the Good Jobs Green Jobs conference in Washington this week was, ?Wind works.? But workers once again risk being the victims of broken policy.
Continue readingThe solar photovoltaic reach a total capacity of over 22 GW
The global solar photovoltaic electricity (PV) market counted an additional increase in installed capacity of about 7.2 GW in 2009, reaching a total capacity of over 22 GW world-wide.
Continue readingMexico: EIB finances wind farm
The EIB has granted a EUR 78.5 million loan to the Iberdrola Group to finance a wind farm in the south-west of Mexico.
Continue readingBrazil Leads Latin America Wind Power to 46 GW by 2025
Led by Brazil, Latin America is expected to reach 46 GW total installed wind energy capacity by 2025 with a 12.6 percent compound annual growth rate of yearly installation.
Continue readingWade Guindy Joins ReVolt Technology
ReVolt Technology, a technology company, which has developed a rechargeable zinc-air battery, announced that Wade Guindy has accepted the appointment as COO and EVP of Technology of ReVolt Technology, LLC.
Continue readingEuropean wind power and cable industries are world leaders
On the demand side we must move towards a more intelligent pricing of electricity giving consumers better price signals so that non-essential electricity consumption can be moved to times of lower demand.
Continue readingArab League delegation visits Concentrating Solar Power in Spain
A high-level delegation from the League of Arab States visited Acciona’s solar thermal/CSP facility in Alvarado (Badajoz), the first of its kind in the Spanish region of Extremadura.
Continue readingEDP Renewables registers double-digit growth in Q1 2010
EDP Renewables (EDP Renováveis, Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, announced that gross profit increased 22% between January and March.
Continue readingWind power beats a new record in Spain
Wind energy was 40% of the daily electricity demand in Spain, as it remained over twelve hours above 12,000 megawatts, between 09:40 and 20.50 hours.
Continue readingUnlike oil spills, emissions-free offshore wind power doesn?t pollute By Chris Rose
Just days after the unfolding oil-related environmental disaster started in the Gulf of Mexico, a number of Democratic lawmakers began lobbying the US government to quickly get involved in approving an offshore wind farm
Continue readingDirect Drive: The Next Generation of Wind Turbines
The standard for wind turbines being built by the ever-innovating wind industry in utility-scale installations has changed from 1.5 megawatts to 2.5 megawatts in the last year.
Continue readingOrmonde Wind Farm in the Irish Sea has now formally been kicked off
The Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is situated 10 km off Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. On completion the wind farm will comprise 30 RePower 5 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingSweden plans tenfold wind power increase
Sweden has some of the best wind conditions in the world, the costs have decreased and the expansion has finally caught wind”, says Johan Ihrfelt, CEO of wind energy company O2.
Continue readingWind power in European Union
2009The EU continues to be world?s leader in total installed wind energy capacity, and one of the strongest regions for new wind farm development, with over 10 GW of new installed capacity in 2009.
Continue readingMerkel’s aim is to have 1 million electric vehicles by 2020
Merkel, who has set a goal of 1 million electric cars on German roads by 2020, is leading an attempt to accelerate German research and development into the industry.
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