Building on the momentum of our SunShot Initiate, Secretary Chu announced nearly $4.5 billion in conditional loan guarantees to three California photovoltaic solar energy plants.
Continue readingMonthly Archives: July 2011
Boralex Starts Up its First Solar Power Plant
Boralex Inc. has inaugurated its first solar energy park, with an installed capacity of 4.5 MW, in the Midi-Pyrenees region in France.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex delivers 32.5 MW to Poland and France
First N100/2500 wind farm in Poland / wind power turnkey installation in France.
Continue readingKimberly-Clark will purchase wind energy
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced that it will purchase from Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) Green-e® Energy Certified power sourced from wind farm facilities in Texas.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa showcases its G11X-5.0 MW offshore wind turbines
The Gamesa G128-5.0 MW offshore wind turbines, for which the first prototypes are scheduled for completion in 4Q12, leverages the proven wind power technology validated by Gamesa in recent years in its G10X-4.5 MW.
Continue readingAvista Selects First Wind’s Palouse Wind Turbines Project for PPA
Palouse Wind, a wind farm permitted and being developed by First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, will provide Avista with approximately 40 average megawatts of renewable energy.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Energy Hotspots
Identification of the top five geographical wind power markets by total revenue and growth, including single-year market values and compound annual growth rates (CAGR), country statistics, and leading players.
Continue readingSoftbank Promotes Renewable Energy in Korea
Masayoshi Son, Softbank Corp. president, met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on June 20 to discuss the promotion of renewable energy such as solar energy and wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy project in Jordan
Eight shortlisted international firms are to submit bids in July for the planned Fujeij wind power project — a 90-megawatt (MW) wind farm slated for the southern region.
Continue readingSiemens and Statkraft sign wind energy order for 253 wind turbines
Siemens Energy has signed a wind power framework agreement for up to 253 wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 580 MW for onshore wind farm plants in Sweden.
Continue readingWind energy industry sets out its contribution to EU energy up to 2050
By 2030 EWEA expects 400 GW of wind power to be operating in the EU providing 28.5% of EU electricity depending on demand. 250 GW would be onshore wind farm and 150 GW offshore wind farm.
Continue readingEntech® Solar Successfully Completes Certification Testing of Its Latest Daylighting Product
Entech Solar, Inc. is a leading developer of innovative, patented solar technologies, including concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems for both ground and space power applications.
Continue readingCycle Ranch wind energy project in Floresville, Texas
US Concentrated Solar Power Industry Receives its Biggest Boost Yet by DoE.
Continue readingWater needs may limit shale gas, wind energy save water
An article in the British newspaper The Guardian, reprinted in SolveClimate News, discusses the WPI report in some detail, but oddly fails to mention that wind power requires virtually no water.
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