Siemens Wind Power has awarded a contract to supply 25,000 tonnes of profiled steel plates for its wind energy hub located in Scunthorpe, England to Tata Steel.
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IntertechPira?s Photovoltaics Summit and Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Events
IntertechPira is pleased to announce the agendas for the 7th Annual Photovoltaics Summit and 4th Annual Concentrating Solar Thermal Power, scheduled for April 17-19 at The Westin Hotel, in San Diego, Calif., US.
Continue readingUSA: Wind energy map
The siting of transmission lines needed to move wind power from high-resource areas to major load centers and the allocation of costs for new transmission capacity are also significant issues.
Continue readingIntertek?s wind power services reduce risk and increase global market access
Intertek currently holds several wind energy accreditations by IAS, A2LA, UKAS and is an OSHA NRTL for wind turbines.
Continue readingWhat?s in store for Concentrating Solar Power in 2012?
The flurry of activity seen in the last 6 months demonstrates that Concentrated Solar Thermal Power is a young but rapidly-evolving industry. In the second half of 2011 several solar energy plants were connected.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance Electric Vehicles at the Alps
Renault and Nissan electric cars available for test driving and powering appliances during World Economic Forum in Davos
Continue readingHiriko electric vehicles to be unveiled at EU
Its makers are in talks with a number of European cities to assemble the tiny electric vehicles that can run 120 kilometres (75 miles) without a recharge and whose speed is electronically set to respect city limits.
Continue readingMahindra Reva signs MoU for Electric Car Finance
Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd., a part of the US $14.4 billion Mahindra Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State Bank of India.
Continue readingNissan, ABB to evaluate lithium ion batteries re-use
Lithium ion batteries of electric vehicles to be tested for energy storage. Batteries are the most expensive component of an electric car, costing several thousand dollars depending on the size.
Continue reading5th World Future Energy Summit
The 5th World Future Energy summit, which was closed Thursday in Abu Dhabi, does not only show “usual” renewable energy solutions like wind energy and solar energy.
Continue readingWind power in New Zealand: Meridian Energy has withdrawn plans to build a $2 billion wind farm
The state-owned energy company had fought for six years to build the 176 wiind turbines project Hayes wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy in Thailand: wind farm gets go ahead
The 207 MW wind power plant is being developed by Wind Energy Holding Co. Ltd, in the hillside area of Korat Province in central Thailand, 150km north of Bangkok. It will comprise ninety 2.3 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingSuzlon to develop 3 GW of wind power in Andhra Pradesh, India
Suzlon Energy Ltd has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the development of 3 GW of wind farm capacity in the state between 2012 and 2016.
Continue reading866 MW of Offshore Wind Power added to European Grid in 2011
The European offshore wind turbines industry had a strong year in 2011, with nine new offshore wind farm plants added to the grid, the European Wind Energy Association announced.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles commissions the 102.5 MW Shiloh 3 Wind energy project
enXco, the US subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has signed an agreement with Cielo Wind Power, a developer and operator of wind turbines plants, to acquire the 161 MW Spinning Spur Wind farm in Texas.
Continue readingWorld’s Largest Wind Farm in Wyoming to Be Equipped with 1000 Wind Turbines
The 2500 GW to be generated are part of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy facility, a 2012 energetic priority for the US Interior Department.
Continue reading20 MW wind farm proposed in central Montana
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says a global wind energy company headquartered in China (Goldwind) plans to build a 20-megawatt wind farm in central Montana.
Continue readingWind farm developer refinances Kansas wind power project
Wind energy developer Wind Capital Group announced that it has closed on international financing for its $350-million, 201-megawatt capacity Post Rock Wind Turbines Project
Continue readingSolar Power USA: Which technology will win?
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), Photovoltaic Solar Energgy (PV), Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV), and O&M. Hundreds of industry insiders will decide the future of solar in the US during the event.
Continue readingTorresol Energy Launches Twin Concentrating Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
“We expect to start soon on other concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in different countries located in what is referred to as the sun-belt region.”
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