Vattenfall will receive GBP150m of long-term funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its 300MW Thanet offshore wind farm in the UK.

The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide £150 million ($232.5 million) of long-term funding to Vattenfall for the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm.

Gamesa has revealed that enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, has executed a purchase agreement to acquire its Chestnut Flats Wind Farm in the US state of Pennsylvania.

The fund for the Andasol concentrated solar energy participation right with a volume of ? 47.9 million that was issued in November 2009 has been subscribed in full.

Offshore wind energy is a new development in the design of wind turbines, their installation and operation. This wind power market is going to start in the next years.

Concentrated solar thermal uses mirrors to focus sunlight on a fluid that heats up, creates steam and drives a turbine. It?s also known as ?concentrating solar power? (CSP).

The current wind energy system rendition uses a substantial amount of metal related items.

Currently operating 520 MW of wind energy in North America, Pattern has 250 MW of wind farm projects in construction and expects to begin construction of more than 750 MW over the next 12 months.

The 100 wind turbines Thanet Offshore wind farm off Thurness Point in Kent was completed in June and covers an area of almost 14 square miles (35 sq km).

Indonesia exploits solar energy, like concentrating solar thermal, photovoltaic solar energy and solar thermal.

Intersolar India provides the ideal platform for meeting the right people and for the rapid and qualitative deployment of both grid-connected and off-grid PV and concentrating solar thermal power technology across India.

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation is to construct six wind power and one geothermal energy this fiscal year.

Wind energy project Twin Ridges will have a total output of 140 MW. Second large-scale wind power project between REpower USA and EverPower.

Spain?s regional government of Extremadura gave initial approval to 65 wind -energy projects, bringing the total number of wind farms being developed in the area to 97, with a wind power capacity of 1,692 megawatts.

A new facility capable of testing wind turbine blades up to 90 m in length will be inaugurated at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) in Germany this June.

A Vietnamese company is building what would be the first wind energy farm in Vietnam?s Mekong Delta, with technical assistance and wind turbines of General Electric.

Element Power announced today it has established Element Power Solar (EPS). The initiative is in direct response to the global opportunities in photovoltaic solar power.