10-Year Contract Selected to Support Reliable Wind Power for 178 Wind Turbines across Eight Wind Farm Sites.
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Landlocked Serbia prepares for its first wind farm
The country?s first wind turbines with 6 MW of installed wind energy capacity are due to come online this year. The country?s total estimated wind power capacity to be connected to the system is 1,300 MW.
Continue readingUnited Solar Announces NREL Measurement Of World Record 12% Efficient Thin-Film Silicon Cell
Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) (Nasdaq:ENER), through its United Solar subsidiary, is a global leader in building-integrated and rooftop photovoltaics.
Continue readingEnercon wins wind energy order from Wind Works
Wind Works Power Corp has ordered two Enercon E82 2MW wind turbines for the Burg 1 Wind farm in eastern Germany. Wind power Burg I is the first phase of a 2-phase, 10 MW wind energy project.
Continue readingSiemens to build molten salt concentrated solar energy pilot plant in Portugal
German engineering company Siemens plans to build a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant using molten salt technology in Portugal.
Continue readingIberdrola Renewables secures 50% share of Hungary?s wind energy market with 3 wind farms
Hungary becomes one of the Company?s biggest wind power market shares worldwide. The 36 MW Scott wind farm is located in the outskirts of the town of Nagyigmad with wind turbines of Gamesa.
Continue readingConsumers Can Now Manage Their Electric Vehicles Charging and Home Energy Management from a Single Interface
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY) is a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies with a full range of products for charging electric vehicles.
Continue readingDaimler Celebrates The 125th Anniversary Of The Automobile
Exactly 125 years to the day after Carl Benz registered his ?vehicle with gas-engine drive? under patent number 37435 with the Berlin Patent Office in 1886, Daimler AG has celebrated the anniversary of the automobile.
Continue readingKyocera Installs Solar Power at More Than 1,200 Japanese Schools
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that it has proudly installed more than 1,200 solar energy photovoltaic systems at public schools in Japan.
Continue readingEGPI Firecreek Acquisition Candidate Arctic Solar Engineering Receives New Purchase Order
Arctic Solar Engineering, LLC integrates Solar Thermal Energy technology patented over 30 years ago by Daimler Aerospace in Germany.
Continue readingPattern Energy Establishes Advanced 24/7 Wind Energy Project Operations Control Center in Houston
New 24/7 Operations Center Can Remotely Control Pattern’s Growing Portfolio of Wind Power Projects across North America.
Continue readingLibya to Construct its First Ever Wind Energy Plant
Libya will soon join the other countries that generate and use renewable wind power. The country has commenced the construction of its first wind farm known as Alfateh Project in Dernah.
Continue readingDuring 2010, 9,883 MW of wind energy was installed across Europe
During 2010, 9,883 MW of wind power was installed across Europe, with European Union countries accounting for 9,259 MW of the total. This represents a decrease in the EU?s annual wind farm installations of 10%.
Continue readingSiemens Opts for Hull to Construct Wind Energy Plant
Siemens, a leading provider of wind power in the UK, declared it is setting up its offshore wind turbines production plant in Hull.
Continue reading14 wind farm plants planned in Central Bosnia Herzegovina
Four Central Bosnia municipalities, Travnik, Vitez, Jajce and Dobretici, are planning to implement a joint project of “Utilization of Wind Farm” which includes construction of 14 wind power plants
Continue readingGrowth in German wind energy 20% below forecast
A total of 21,607 wind turbines with an overall wind power capacity of 27,214 MW was in service in Germany at the end of 2010.
Continue readingCleanTech Innovations Enters Accord for Wind Power Supply with HuaNeng Group
CleanTech Innovations, a USA-based company providing clean wind energy solutions, declared that it has contracted two wind tower supply accords valued around US$11 million with HuaNeng Group.
Continue readingAltair Nanotechnologies to Install Energy Storage System for Wind Energy Project
Under the terms of the wind power contract, Altairnano will offer a 1MW ALTI-ESS energy storage system for the wind farm as part of a wind turbines integration test.
Continue readingRMT Awarded two Wind Energy Projects (130 MW)
Western Wind Energy has selected RMT, Inc. (RMT) to construct two wind power facilities. RMT has commenced construction on the 120-MW Windstar wind farm in Tehachapi, California, and the 10-MW Kingman wind farm.
Continue readingEWEA – 9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010
9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind energy capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
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