The Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP, has opened a new solar power assisted electric car charging facility at the Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) in Rainham, East London.
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Antelope Valley?s First Solar Energy Standard Community
KB Home?s Arroyo community is the first in the Antelope Valley to offer solar power systems as a standard feature on all new homes.
Continue readingNorthland Power Announces OPA for Wind Farm in the Grand Bend Area
The wind farm had been in a project queue, pending upgrade of the Bruce-to-Milton Ontario power transmission line.
Continue readingBP Wind Energy Announces PPA for Pennsylvania Wind Farm
The wind farm is expected to generate up to 144 MW of energy and is anticipated to utilize approximately 90 GE 1.6 MW wind turbines. BP Wind Energy will market the remaining capacity to other customers.
Continue readingCanWEA applauds Nova Scotia for setting wind farm pay rates
The Canadian Wind Energy Association says the feed-in tariffs set by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board will make the province a leader in small wind power developments.
Continue readingRising Temperatures Melting Away Global Food Security
It is now in their interest to try and save their mountain glaciers by shifting energy investment from coal-fired power plants into energy efficiency, wind energy, and solar thermal and geothermal energy.
Continue readingTwo-thirds of consumers would pay more for products made with wind energy
Two-thirds say they would be willing to pay more for products made with wind power. Overwhelmingly they either prefer or don?t mind seeing wind turbines in their daily life.
Continue readingVestas: Stealth wind turbines test in U.K. successful
Wind power manufacturer Vestas said that it has successfully tested a wind turbine using “stealth” technology rotor blades that reduced radar reflection by 99 percent compared with a normal wind turbine.
Continue readingHungary losing out on millions of euros in wind energy investments
The Hungarian wind power sector is now facing a possible standstill in 2011, with little new wind farm capacity expected.
Continue readingGamesa 5 MW offshore wind turbines
Gamesa showcased the progress made on its offshore wind energy strategy, specifically with respect to the G11X-5.0 MW wind turbines for offshore wind farm.
Continue readingSiemens to supply 50 MW concentrating solar power plant in Spain
The concentrated solar energy plant Termosolar Olivenza 1 is planned to go operational by the end of 2012.
Continue readingTitan Tracker heliostat for pilot Concentrating Solar Power in India
SunBorne Energy is developing a 1 MWth concentrated solar energy tower system. This R&D solar thermal project is funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, and SunBorne Energy.
Continue readingUS Utility Installs Carmanah Inverters in 600 Electric Vehicles
The Company?s Go Power! brand is one of North America?s most popular and recognized in solar power for both recreational and industrial use.
Continue readingPyron Solar’s Power-Producing Solar System Reaches 1,200 Suns at Cell Level
A one-megawatt installation of the Pyron Solar system would consist of approximately 50 arrays that can be placed on 3.1 acres ? by far the smallest footprint in the Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic Power industry.
Continue readingDuke Energy to Build Second Kansas Wind Energy Farm
For the second time in a month, Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) announced plans today to build a large-scale wind farm in Kansas.
Continue readingEWEA feels the power of offshore wind power
Belgium?s Thornton Bank wind farm once fully completed will have a total installed capacity of 325 MW which will provide enough electricity to power 600,000 households with renewable energy.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables acquired two wind power plants in Catalonia
The company acquired both wind farm plants from Gamesa. The deal further strengthens the company?s leadership in the development of wind energy and underlines its commitment to Catalonia.
Continue readingTop 10 Crystalline Module Efficiency (mono-crystalline)
As many would have expected, Sunpower sells the solar module with the highest efficiency of 19.6%. The technology of number two Sanyo is actually not based on mc-Si alone.
Continue readingFeasibility of Automotive Battery Recycling Industry
These will be on re-using electric vehicles batteries for electricity storage in the utilities sector and the recycling of tracked electric car Li-ion batteries.
Continue readingNational Renewables Cooperative Members Purchase MISO Wind Energy
Three generation and transmission cooperatives announced the purchase of 40 megawatts of wind power from the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, which is under development east of Paxton, IL.
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