With plenty of solar radiation, Saudi Arabia is also taking a deep plunge into the solar energy sector. Over the next two decades or so, it plans to install roughly 1 GW (1,000 MW) of solar power per year.
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Save the Planet & Cut Costs with Solar Energy
Solar power prices are dropping and solar panel prices are also falling. Solar Power Tamworth sells solar thermal panels and photovoltaic solar energy.
Continue readingVestas Signs Deal To Meet Ontario’s Local-Content Requirements for Wind Farm
Automodular reports that it has signed a definitive agreement with Vestas Nacelles A/S to sub-assemble certain wind turbines for use in Ontario wind energy projects under the province of Ontario?s feed-in- tariff (FIT).
Continue readingOman should look at solar power and wind energy
Oman’s oil reserves may last only for another 40 years and the country should start looking at alternative energy sources, like wind power and solar energy (concentrating solar thermal and photovoltaic).
Continue readingGE, Siemens Win India Concentrated Solar Power Orders
The Indian government awarded licenses for 470 MW of concentrating solar thermal capacity to Lanco, Reliance Power, Aurum, Godawari Power & Ispat, KVK Energy & Infrastructure, Megha and Ispat.
Continue readingMorocco seeks bids for 850 MW wind farm plan
Morocco’s state-run power utility, ONE, on Friday invited companies to submit expressions of interest in five wind power projects. ONE said will take bids until March 2 from wind turbines firms.
Continue readingIndonesia: Another 135 MW of Geothermal Energy
State power company PT PLN will open three geothermal energy plants with a total production capacity of 135 megawatts (MW) this year.
Renewable energy also includes wind energy and solar power.
Buffett’s MidAmerican Utility Buys Three Iowa Wind Energy Projects
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. acquired three wind farm projects in Iowa that will have a combined wind power capacity of 404.8 megawatts at completion and 176 wind turbines.
Continue readingRare earth shortages may damage clean tech (wind energy, electric vehicles) growth
Dwindling supplies of five rare earth minerals could derail production of clean energy technologies such as wind power, electric cars and energy-efficient lighting, the US Department of Energy has warned.
Continue readingGlobal wind power market rose to 41 gigawatts in 2011, led by China
The global wind farm market rose 6 per cent to 41 GW last year, led by China, the Global Wind Energy Council said. China installed 18 GW of wind turbines in 2011, followed by the US with 6.8 GW and India?s 3 GW.
Continue readingWind Energy Powers Ahead: 238,351 MW in 2011
The Global Wind Energy Council statistics show that the wind turbines industry installed just over 41,000 MW of wind power in 2011, bringing the total installed wind farm capacity globally to 238,000 MW.
Continue readingAir battery to let electric vehicles outlast gas guzzlers
One of the biggest drawbacks with owning an electric car is range anxiety. Standard electric cars use lithium ion batteries, which are bulky and rarely provide 160 kilometres (100 miles) of driving.
Continue readingGDF Suez at 1000 MW mark for wind energy
The commissioning of a 12-megawatt wind farm with 6 wind turbines in France means energy company GDF Suez passed the 1,000 MW for installed domestic wind power.
Continue readingNew wind farm in Michigan
A wind farm in the eastern thumb area of Michigan started commercial operations, providing some 90 megawatts of wind energy. The wind power project will use 50 Vestas wind turbines.
Continue readingThe wind energy industry has grown in Kansas in recent years
In October, BP revealed plans to build the state’s largest wind farm, an $800 million, 419-megawatt operation that will stretch across four counties.
Wind turbines are made of the same composite materials as aircraft.
Bulgaria to Launch Solar Power Electric Car Charging Stations
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia plans to use photovoltaic solar energy to charge electric vehicles.
Continue readingMahindra to launch electric vehicles by Nov
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd expects to sell Mahindra Reva electric cars in India by November. Mahindra acquired electric car maker Reva in 2010.
Continue readingWind energy in Azerbaijan: Absheron wind farm sanctioned
KfW and the State Agency for Alternative & Renewable Energy (SAARE) under the Ministry of Industry & Energy have made a brief list of claimants for advisory services on the project of construction of wind power plant.
Continue readingABB wins order to increase wind energy in Texas
ABB has won an order worth over US$ 50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), to provide electrical equipment that will improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power.
Continue readingFuhrländer to Sell $524M of Wind Turbines in Brazil
Fuhrländer, a German wind power maker, expects to sign about 900 million reais ($524 million) worth of sales wind energy contracts in Brazil this month.
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