Three large wind power orders received from Turkey and Poland at year’s end: three wind farm plants in Poland and Turkey, where customers ordered a total of 44 N100/2500 wind turbines.
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Europe?s leaders fail to provide vision for energy By Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
None of the conclusions from Friday?s meeting goes beyond what the Heads of State have already agreed over the past two years for the period up to 2020.
Continue readingNissan joins Renault’s electric vehicles partnership with Castilla y León
Nissan has joined Renault’s partnership with the regional government to advance electric cars with lithium ion batteries through the promotion of electric vehicles and an electric car charging network.
Continue readingIndian state of Gujarat to install Asia’s first commercial scale tidal power plant
The Indian state of Gujarat has agreed to terms with marine energy developer Atlantis Resources Corp. for the construction of a 50 MW tidal power project.
Continue readingEndesa´s Smartcity proyect wins two prizes
Charging stations will be installed and a small fleet of electric vehicles will be dispatched to encourage the use of electric cars.
Continue readingBrookfield Renewable Power Acquires Controlling Stake in Aeolis Wind’s Thunder Mountain Wind Energy Project
The wind farn has obtained an environmental assessment certificate for up to approximately 320 MW of wind power generation.
Continue readingUltracapacitor Market to Top $900 Million by 2016
Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, and Other Emerging Applications:
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Lithium mining in Nevada
When President Barack Obama highlighted his investment priorities during the State of the Union speech last week, he made special mention of electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has taken a technological step forward from the traditional means of converting the power of the sun into energy.
Continue readingWells Fargo Finances Six Solar Power Projects
Solar energy projects totaling 6 MW begin operation at University of San Diego, Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District in Southern California
Continue readingAcciona Energy Chooses GE Stream Turbine Technology for its CSP Project in Spain
Acciona Energy?s concentrated solar power (CSP) project at Spain will deploy three 50 MW turbine units manufactured by GE Oil & Gas.
Continue readingREC announces construction of 24 MW Solar Power Plant in Italy
REC Systems, a business unit of REC, has developed and financed, and is now constructing together with ABB, a 24.2 MW solar energy plant located in the Lazio region of Italy using 100,000 REC modules.
Continue readingLux Research Report Predicts Growth of Concentrating Solar Power Technology in 2011
The report analyzes the practical usage of each concentrated solar energy technology in a suppositional 100 MW power plant and equates their cost of electricity production.
Continue readingADB to assist Pakistan’s first private wind energy plant
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be providing a loan to help fund the first privately owned and financed wind farm in Pakistan to help improve the country’s energy generation.
Continue readingSwedish Arise Windpower gets loan for Idhult wind farm
The Idhult wind energy project in Monsteras municipality comprises eight wind turbines with a combined capacity of 16 MW. The wind turbines have already been built and are currently undergoing tests.
Continue readingSDG&E to get one-quarter of its renewable energy from wind power
Enough juice from the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility will be delivered over the Sunrise Powerlink transmission lines. The wind farm will be built by San Francisco-based Pattern Energy.
Continue readingRestoring Food Security for All Takes Action on Many Fronts By Lester R. Brown
Today there are three sources of growing demand for food: population growth; rising affluence and the associated jump in meat, milk, and egg consumption; and the use of grain to produce fuel for cars.
Continue readingOPEL Solar Files Deemed Material Contracts on SEDAR
OPEL’s high performance photovoltaic concentrating panels generate up to 40% more kilowatt-hours than conventional flat plate silicon solar panels.
Continue readingSDG&E and Pattern Energy Sign Contract for 315 Megawatts From New Wind Energy Facility
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Pattern Energy announced a 20-year contract for 315 megawatts (MW) of wind power to be generated at Pattern’s Ocotillo Wind Fram near Ocotillo, California.
Continue readingFrance Goes Big for Offshore Wind Power
According to the European Wind Energy Association, France is currently ranked as Europe’s fourth largest wind turbines market, after Germany, Spain and Italy.
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