Earlier the oblast administration has signed similar agreements on construction of several wind energy and solar power plants with the French company Beten Ingenierie, Spanish Cividesign and Sedesa and Greek Eneco.

In recent months there have been many media articles claiming that wind power is more expensive and less reliable than other power sources, and that it receives heavy government subsidies.

First Solar announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar power module efficiency, achieving 14.4 percent total area efficiency.

The clean tech industry could face potential hurdles in the coming years, as a limited supply of the rare earth metals used to build wind turbines, electric vehicles, solar cells and energy-efficient lighting could raise costs.

Iberdrola has completed the installation of the 102MW La Venta wind power plant in Mexico. The wind energy facility is located in Oaxaca, and consists of 121 wind turbines supplied by Gamesa.

The 20 2.5MW wind turbines are for the Zeytineli wind power farm, which will be built in Alaçati-Çesme in the province of Izmir in the first quarter of 2013.

Masdar Power would use 2012 to build on its innovation breakthrough in 2011 ? a concentrated solar power generator that harnessed the properties liquid salt to provide power generation 24 hours a day.

I wanted to send a quick correction regarding a statement you made about wind power and solar power accounting for “only one percent of what produces our source of electrical power” during your interview on CNN.

Torresol Energy will present the critical lessons learned from Gemasolar solar thermal plant to the Indian concentrated solar energy community.

Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind energy industry, announces the appointment of David Blunt CVO as Director responsible for Public Policy in the UK and with EU Institutions.

Solar power is now commercially viable, ready to help meet the region’s fast-growing demand for electricity. In the past, solar power had been seen as unable to compete with cheap and abundant oil and gas resources.

Seven military bases in California and two in Nevada could produce a hefty 7 GW of power from renewable solar energy and wind power, according to an extensive study the military commissioned from ICF International

Longyuan plans to install the wind turbines at its wind energy farm which it plans to build in Ningxia, China. The wind turbines are expected to be installed in June 2012.

Investments worth 500 million dollar have also been committed for wind energy projects and several of these wind turbines projects are in advance stages of implementation.

The El Arrayan wind power project is expected to begin construction in early 2012. Siemens will provide its 2.3 MW wind turbines.