Days after losing a contract with Southern California Edison, Tessera Solar announced Tuesday that it has sold its Calico Concentrating Solar Power Project east of Newberry Springs to a San Diego developer.
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MidAmerica announces new Iowa wind energy plants
MidAmerican Energy Co. and Siemens have reached a deal for the construction of 258 wind turbines in western and central Iowa, the companies announced Tuesday.
Continue readingSmith Electric Vehicles US Acquires UK Parent
Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation has sold two all-electric Smith Newton trucks to the United States Marine Corps.
Continue readingK Road Power Acquires 850 MW Calico Solar Concentrated Thermal Power Project
K Road Power Holdings, LLC ( ?K Road?) announced its wholly owned subsidiary K Road Sun, LLC has acquired the Calico concentrated solar energy project from Tessera Solar North America, Inc.
Continue readingTessera sells Calico solar thermal project to K Road Power
Tessera Solar has sold its Calico concentrated solar energy project in California to K Road Power, an independent power developer focused on utility-scale solar projects.
Continue readingGodawari Power plans to set-up 50 MW Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Project
Godawari Power and Ispat Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has decided to set-up the 50 MW concentrated solar energy project.
Continue readingFive Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years
Batteries will breathe air – If successful, the result will be a lightweight, powerful and rechargeable battery capable of powering everything from electric vehicles to consumer devices.
Continue readingScottish wind energy plant approved
Conservationists including ornithologist Roy Dennis and biologist Dr David Bellamy had opposed the wind power project which will be at a site in the Monadhliath hills.
Continue readingMorocco preselects four for concentrated solar energy plant
Morocco has preselected four out of 19 consortia that presented bids to develop the first phase of a 500 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power project in the south of the country.
Continue readingAREVA Sets Ambitious Global Goals for Concentrating Solar Power Business
AREVA Solar (Mountain View, California) had a number of employees at its booth eager to discuss the company’s recent venture into non-nuclear, carbon-free electric generation options: concentrated solar energy.
Continue readingTanzania Seals U.S.$123 Million Wind Energy Project Deal
The Tanzanian National Development Corporation (NDC) and Power Pool East Africa have entered into a contract to generate electricity from wind power in the Singida region.
Continue readingGraphene-Based Supercapacitors offer high energy density
When paired with fuel cells or batteries in electric vehicles, supercapacitors enable high power acceleration and energy recovery during braking.
Continue readingXtreme Power and Xcel Energy Partner With SolarTAC on Utility-Scale Solar-to-Battery
The project aims to display the real-world results of integrating storage systems with photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal power installations, to more efficiently incorporate energy from renewable sources.
Continue readingWind power Vestas gets 21 MW wind turbines order from Germany
New wind energy customer chooses V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in Germany.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas China to deliver 49 MW
Vestas has received a wind power order for 49.3 MW for a wind farm in China consisting of both V52-850 kW and V60-850 kW wind turbines.
Continue readingNew Wind Farm Added to CPS Energy’s Renewable Energy Portfolio
The 20,000 acre wind power plant is home to 100 General Electric wind turbines, each capable of generating 1.5 MW for a total of 150 MW.
Continue readingenXco and Xcel Energy Announce Operation of Nobles Wind Power Project
enXco – an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS: EEN) and Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) announced the new Nobles Wind Energy Project in southwestern Minnesota is fully operational and supplying electricity.
Continue readingChina sets rare earth export quotas
The USTR was responding to China’s move to cut its first round of 2011 export quotas for rare earth minerals, used in smart phones, wind energy, electric vehicles, by more than 10 percent from year-earlier levels.
Continue reading2011 Will Be a Test of Electric Vehicles’ Commercial Viability
Electric car with lithium ion batteries introductions will get into high gear in 2011, accompanied by the widespread arrival of charging station networks.
Continue readingEaton Hybrid Systems Achieve 160 Million Kilometers of Service
Eaton Hybrid Systems Achieve 160 Million Kilometers of Service, Save 15 Million Liters of Fuel Delivers First Hybrid Power Systems for Buses in India.
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