Algeria is seeking to produce 6% of its electricity from renewables by 2015, of which 100 MW will be in the form of wind energy, 170 MW will come from concentrating solar power and 5.1MW from photovoltaics.
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Affinity Wind Closes JV Agreement with wind energy Suzlon
Forms Development Partnership for 150 MW Illinois Wind Power Project. Suzlon is a highly vertically integrated wind turbines manufacturer. Suzlon will be responsible for this first wind farm.
Continue readingM+W Group at the World Future Energy Summit 2011
Company?s experts will participate in a round table discussion on Monday 17 January from 02:00 to 02:45 p.m. (?Fresnel based Concentrating Solar Power: Experience of a grid connected direct steam generation plant).
Continue readingEGPI Firecreek to buy Arctic Solar Engineering
EGPI Firecreek, Inc. (EFIR.OB) Makes a Bold Move into Solar Thermal with the Acquisition of Arctic Solar Engineering.
Continue readingBoralex starts construction on solar energy project in France
Renewable energy company Boralex Inc. is entering the solar power business by beginning construction of a solar park in France.
Continue readingWind turbines from Walney Offshore wind farm are now generating power
The wind energy plant will supply a third of a million UK homes. Walney 1 and 2 wind power plants will have a capacity of 367.2 megawatts of CO2-free renewable energy.
Continue readingEast Midlands Airport to install wind turbines
East Midlands Airport has been given planning permission to install a total of four wind turbines. The four wind turbines should produce up to 225kw of electricity each, enough to power 503 houses a year.
Continue readingTesla Enthusiast Drives to Edinburgh Emission-Free, Dispels BBC EV Bias
Incensed after watching the weeklong BBC feature about a road trip in a BMW MiniE prototype, electric vehicles advocate David Peilow decided to give chase in a Tesla Roadster, and he reached his destination within a day.
Continue readingSurviving the Photovoltaic Crash of 2012
In the recently released report, the PHOTON Consulting team anticipates that the saturation of the German PV market will lead to the solar power sector’s first year of negative growth in recent history.
Continue readingChina Wind Systems Appoints KRC to Develop a SOX 404 Compliance Program
China Wind Systems, Inc. is a profitable, rapidly growing supplier of precision forged components primarily to the wind energy industry in China – the world’s leading wind-power market.
Continue readingAffinity Wind Closes Joint Venture Agreement with wind power Suzlon
Affinity Wind, LLC, a St. Louis based wind energy has formally closed its joint venture agreement with Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, based in Chicago.
Continue readingCanada’s Manitoba starts operation of largest wind farm
Pattern Energy has begun commercial operation of the first batch of wind turbines at its 138MW St. Joseph project, the largest wind energy plant in the Canadian province.
Continue readingClean energy road to future By Jonathan Lash
The Chinese government has been on an even faster pace of growth, expanding its production and technological advancement in wind energy and solar power, energy efficiency, transportation and other fields.
Continue readingElectric vehicles i-MiEV On Sale in 15 European Countries
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that sale of the European-spec i-MiEV new-generation electric car with lithium ion batteries is to commence in 15 European countries
Continue readingVenturi Automobiles Electric Car Maker To Locate In Ohio
The new Venturi North America operation will design, engineer and produce electric vehicles for specialty markets.
Continue readingECOtality?s Nationwide Blink Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Secure Connectivity
ECOtality, Inc. is a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies with a full range of products for charging electric vehicles.
Continue readingElectric vehicles Equipped for Winter Driving
When the first electric cars Chevrolet Volts purchased by retail customers rolled off the delivery trucks in New Jersey recently, they were met with the season?s first major blast of winter weather.
Continue readingChina Sun Group High-Tech Co. Announces Fiscal 2011 Q2 Results
China Sun Group High-Tech Co. (“China Sun Group”) produces anode materials used in lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingSkyFuel launches new R&D concentrated solar energy program
SkyFuel, Inc., a solar thermal concentrating power technology and service provider, has launched a new R&D program on a parabolic trough concentrating solar collector.
Continue readingLibya to build first wind power project
Libya is about to join the wind energy club with the construction of a 61.75 MW wind farm at Al-Fetaih, near Dernah on the north east coast.
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