India inches towards wind energy to overcome power shortages.
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Indowind Energy receives approval for 18 MW wind farm at Chitradurga, Karnataka
This is the last milestone requited for submission to UNFCCC for consideration for the issuance of carbon emission certificates. The wind power project is estimated to generate about 32,000 CERs per year.
Continue readingMEGAJOULE installs met mast MJ 200
Since its six years of acting as a renewable energy consultant MEGAJOULE has performed wind power studies for close to 10 GW of clean wind energy.
Continue readingWind power in Israel: More wind turbines in Golan
Green Wind Energy has obtained a permit from the Ministry of Interior, the Public Utilities Authority, and Israel Electric Corporation for its plans to build a 14-megawatt wind farm in the Golan Heights.
Continue readingWind Energy: Price, Cost, and Performance Trends
Specifically, the capacity-weighted average 2009 sales price, based on wind farm projects in the sample built in 2009, was roughly $61/MWh.
Continue readingFAA Gives Cape Wind Power Final OK; Opponents? Petitions Rejected by Agency
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upheld and finalized its May 17th ?Determination of No Hazard? of Cape Wind energy by its Denial of Petitions for Discretionary Review that were filed by project opponents.
Continue readingCogentrix Energy Finalizes Contract for Solar Power Project in Colorado
The 30,000 kilowatt solar generating project will be the largest facility of its type in the world and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2012.
Continue readingNew Consortium to Drive Hybrid Concentrating Solar Power
Four major industry players have joined forces to form the Hybrid Energy Consortium (?HEC?), focused on the design of next generation utility-scale commercial integrated solar combined cycle (?ISCC?) power plants.
Continue readingSiemens to strengthen wind power business in North America
Siemens is to supply wind turbines with a combined capacity of 227 megawatts (MW) for a wind farm located in Oklahoma.
Continue readingWorld?s first molten salt concentrating solar power plant inaugurated
Molten salt receivers are a promising technology for solar thermal power plants. These collector tubes can reach temperatures of up to 550° Celsius.
Continue readingSiemens and Samsung enter into a major wind power agreement for Canada
Siemens Energy and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed an agreement for the supply of wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 600 megawatts (MW).
Continue readingIt is time to wake up and recognise the dangers of global warming
Even without absolute scientific certainty, there comes a time when reasonable people can agree if something looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is . . . well . . . a duck.
Continue readingLeo Motors Completes Mountain Driving Test
More than 70 percent of the land of Korea is mountainous, making hill driving capability more crucial for electric vehicles in the country.
Continue readingFinavera Renewables Signs Participation Agreement for British Columbia Wind Power Projects
Finavera Renewables announces it has signed a Participation Agreement with the McLeod Lake Indian Band for the Tumbler Ridge, Wildmare, Meikle, and Bullmoose Wind Energy Projects.
Continue readingThe Average Size of Wind Power Projects Resumed its Upward Trend
As the wind energy industry has grown, so too has the average size of installed wind farm projects. Projects installed in 2009 averaged nearly 91 MW, which is below the 120 MW average size of projects built in 2007.
Continue readingOG&E Completes Crossroads Wind Farm Development Purchase
The $451 million wind energy project will add 227.5 megawatts of renewable generating capacity to the OG&E fleet, with 95 wind turbines rated at 2.3 megawatts each, plus three 3-megawatt, direct-drive wind turbines.
Continue readingEnerSys Awarded $39 million in Contracts for Submarine Batteries
EnerSys announced that it has recently been awarded contracts valued at over $39 million for submarine batteries with five navies worldwide.
Continue readingNissan Signs Electric Vehicles Partnership With Kagoshima Prefecture
Nissan Signs Zero-Emission Partnership With Kagoshima Prefecture to Promote “Development of a CO2-Free Island” in Yakushima.
Continue readingFlywheel Project Escalates Grid Efficiency
Department of Energy and Beacon Power Finalize $43 Million Loan Guarantee for Innovative Energy Storage Project in New York State.
Continue readingRenewableUK welcomes decision to allow local authorities to sell electricity
RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association has welcomed the Government’s decision to overturn a ban on local authorities selling renewable electricity back to the Grid.
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