SolFocus Inc., a maker of photovoltaic solar energy systems that concentrate solar power, will build a 450- megawatt concentrated solar power project in Mexico?s Baja California.
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Virginia OKs Offshore Wind Energy Turbine
Bob McDonnell’s goal to install America’s first offshore wind power turbine got a jolt of momentum this week from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Continue readingIndia?s wind power potential 30 times bigger than estimated
A new study is being greeted excitedly in India as it shows the potential for onshore wind energy in India is up to 30 times greater than previous government estimates.
Continue readingSiemens wins second order for concentrated solar power plant in India
Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for the Megha parabolic trough concentrating solar thermal power plant to be built in Andhra Pradesh, near Hyderabad, India.
Continue readingNew concentrating solar power plant rising from the desert
Transforming a desert location with rolling, high sand dunes into a site for the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plant meant digging and redistributing some 5 million cubic metres of sand.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar power will be the biggest beneficiary of Japan’s new clean energy policy
The development of wind energy and photovoltaic solar energy projects in Japan will generate highly attractive returns under the feed-in-tariffs recently proposed by the Japanese government.
Continue readingTunisia to build concentrated solar power plant
Tunisia to build 2,000 megawatts concentrating solar thermal power station. British investors have proposed the construction of a 2,000- megawatt solar energy station in Rjim Maaatoug.
Continue readingTaiwan launches solar power and wind energy promotion office
MOEA Deputy Minister Hwang Jung-chiou inaugurates Taiwan?s first solar energy and wind power promotion office. Plans are in the pipeline for establishing 1,000 wind turbines with combined wind farm capacity of 4,200 MW.
Continue readingHybrid and Pure Electric Cars 2012-2022
Electric vehicles market just became exciting. For 111 years, electric cars that rely only on a battery – “pure electric car” – have had a range of only 30-50 miles.
Continue readingAnnual Sales of Electric Bicycles Will Surpass 47 Million by 2018
With sales expected to reach over 30 million units in 2012, electric bicycles are the world?s best-selling electric vehicles.
Continue readingToyota, BMW start joint research on lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. has started joint research with Germany’s BMW AG on a new lithium-ion battery for electric cars.
Continue readingElectric bicycles with lithium ion batteries
Electric bicycles are the world’s best-selling electric vehicles with sales expected to reach over 30 million units in 2012.
Continue readingAltaeros Energies Achieves Breakthrough in High Altitude Wind Power
Altaeros Energies, a wind energy company formed out of MIT, announced today that it has demonstrated high altitude power production from an automated prototype of its airborne wind turbines.
Continue readingAbu Dhabi’s $600m concentrated solar power plant to be completed this year
Abu Dhabi Concentrating Solar Power plant Shams 1 will be completed by the end of this year and will be ready to provide Abu Dhabi with solar energy at commercial prices.
Continue readingEduardo Fernandez Camacho receives research prize for concentrating solar power work
Camacho received the award for his applied research on the increase in performance of concentrating solar-thermal power plants through predictive control.
Continue readingWind Turbines That Learn Like Humans
A bio-inspired approach to enhancing wind energy conversion. The human-memory-based method holds great promise for enhancing the efficiency of wind power conversion.
Continue readingMarine energy: Inventor of Pelamis wave energy converter receives recognition
The iconic red ‘sea-snake’ wave energy converter has gained international recognition since Dr Yemm founded Pelamis Wave Power in Edinburgh in 1998.
Continue readingGetting large amounts of wind power into the grid
European Wind Energy Association is extremely important for discussion and for discovering the most relevant and essential R&D issues.
Continue readingU.S. carbon emission limit to speed up end of coal age
The rule echoed Obama’s “all-of-the-above” energy policy, in which he proposed to double clean energy investments, including solar power and wind energy, and put an end to four-billion-dollar subsidies given to the oil industry.
Continue readingIbereolica plans 360 MW concentrated solar power plant in Atacama Desert
Ibereolica has announced that it has plans to build a 360 MW concentrating solar thermal power plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
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