MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company to Acquire 550-Megawatt (AC) Topaz Solar Energy Farm from First Solar. California photovoltaic solar power plant will generate enough electricity for 160,000 homes.

On November 29th, 2011 Thai Solar Energy Company Ltd. (Bangkok, Thailand) celebrated the opening of a 5 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province.

Abengoa awarded two concentrating solar thermal power projects by South Africa’s Department of Energy, 100 MW parabolic trough solar energy plant and 50 MW solar power tower plant.

Company Continues Commitment to Building Strong Asset Base with Addition of Second Wind Farm with Direct-drive Wind Turbines.

The wind power consists of 76 Gamesa G52 850kW wind turbines. The wind energy project was developed in partnership with Italian company API Nova Energía.

The 559 MW wind energy portfolio will comprise Renovalia’s existing 259 MW of wind farms in Spain and Hungary, and more than 300 MW in the pipeline in Canada, Romania and Spain.

South African Department of Energy approves 135 MW Suzlon Cookhouse wind power project in the Eastern Cape. This wind energy project will utilize Suzlon?s 2.1 MW wind turbines.

Alex Newman has a column in New American magazine bashing wind power on a wide variety of grounds.

IKEA, the world?s leading home furnishings retailer, announced plans to install solar energy panels on ten additional United States locations.

Asian Development Bank said that it would provide USD 48 million (INR 250 crore) loan to Reliance Power for its solar energy project in Rajasthan.

The photovoltaic solar power installation will facilitate a more comfortable learning environment for students and teachers alike.

Before the wind farm bill was introduced during the 2011 regular Maryland legislative session, the federal government began accepting bids from private developers interested in building wind turbines off Maryland’s coast.

The wind farm will have 338 wind turbines from General Electric, which is also responsible for the maintenance of wind power plant during its first ten years.

With his new degree in hand, Macke?who can?t help but notice on a daily basis the wind power-related economic activity that bustles in the area?looks forward to a long career in wind power.

This wind power plant is one of the largest in Italy and consists of 76 wind turbines of Gamesa model G52.

China will install wind energy and solar power capacity equivalent to 180 nuclear power reactors in the next 10 years to meet its growing energy needs, the International Energy Agency said.

Since 2008 he has been working in his free time on the ?I love wind power? project, which trains Malians to build wind turbines from locally available materials.

The first solar energy photovoltaic plant in Mali was opened in the village of Kimparana. Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, but it has started a little solar revolution in the countryside.