BrightSource Energy, which is working on a concentrated solar energy plant in California, the Ivanpah concentrating solar power, wants to build a pair of net 250MW solar thermal plants.
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Irish Wind Energy for Kansas
NTR, an Irish developer, has agreed to buy 228 wind turbines from General Electric for wind farm sites in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Continue readingMore Wind Power in Romania
A joint venture between GE (NYSE: GE) and German wind farm developer Prowind GmbH, will play a major role in the expansion of Romania?s wind energy sector.
Continue readingToyota, Tesla to build electric vehicles RAV4 in Ontario, Canada
Toyota and Tesla Motors have announced that their electric car with lithium ion batteries RAV4 SUV will be built at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) facility in Woodstock, Ontario (Canada) beginning in 2012.
Continue readingEnergy storage for wind power and electric car
Energy storage devices like lithium ion batteries is a critical component of such modern technologies as electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingNorth Sea Offshore Wind Energy Has Positive Net Impact On Fauna
A North-Sea wind farm has hardly any negative effects on fauna. At most, a few bird species will avoid such a wind turbines.
Continue readingDuke Energy to build 200 MW wind farm in Texas
Duke Energy Renewables will build, own and operate the 200-megawatt (MW) Los Vientos I Wind power Project in Willacy County.
Continue readingFirst solar power in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka?s first photovoltaic solar energy plant established at Gonnoruwa in Hambantota will add 500 kW to the national grid.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Power in France
The new tender regime will facilitate the commission of wind turbines off the French coast, representing a total wind farm capacity of 6,000 MW.
Continue readingGE to Invest up to $40 Million in Concentrating Solar Thermal Power eSolar
GE Energy, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is investing $40 million in eSolar as part of an investment and licensing agreement with the concentrating solar thermal provider.
Continue readingAWEA and OSHA advance wind power industry, form Alliance to protect workers
AWEA and OSHA marked the launch of the Alliance, which culminates more than a year-and-a-half of collaborative development, with a signing ceremony.
Continue readingToyota RAV4 Electric Vehicles to be Built at Toyota Ontario Plant
Tesla and Toyota announced last year that the pair would team up to build an electric car with lithium ion batteries of the RAV4 SUV.
Continue readingSony will introduce a storage battery for commercial users
The 2.4kwh lithium ion battery can power a personal computer for roughly 20 hours. It plugs into conventional electrical outlets and reaches a 95% charge in as little as two hours.
Continue readingGDF Suez secures PPAs for wind energy in Canada
Following its commitment to wind power generation in Canada, International Power Canada is preparing for construction on Cape Scott Wind Farm, a 99 MW wind turbines facility.
Continue readingQuinn Signs Legislation to Advance Wind Power in Illinois
The new laws create a council to study offshore wind farm projects in Lake Michigan and clear the way for more wind turbines projects throughout Illinois.
Continue readingVestas establishes its first wind energy assembly facility in Brazil
The wind power assembly facility is expected to start operations in Q4 2011 to satisfy the needs of the wind farm project pipeline in Brazil.
Continue readingBrightSource Files To Build Second Concentrated Solar Power Plant In California
The 500-megawatt Hidden Hills Concentrating Solar Thermal be built in two 250 MW phases on 5.12 square miles of privately owned Mojave Desert land in California.
Continue readingFinancial Closure of Solar Energy Projects in India
The solar power project developers were required to achieve financial closure in six months from the date of signing PPA.
Continue readingVestas receives wind farm order for 47 MW in India
The wind energy order for the 46.8 MW wind power is placed by Powerica which has wind farms that currently employ Vestas V82-1.65 MW wind turbines in Tamilnadu and Gujarat.
Continue readingWind energy in Israel is a perfect match for the peak-power problem
There is actually more wind power hitting Israel than solar power because wind is concentrated solar energy, it can be captured vertically much better than sun.
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