These achievements build on the historic expansion of renewable energy under President Obama, with energy from sources like wind energy and solar power doubling since the President took office.
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BrightSource Energy acquires Palen Concentrated Solar Power project
BrightSource Energy Inc. has been confirmed as the winning bidder for the 484 MW Palen concentrating solar power (CSP) project.
Continue readingVorbeck Team Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award
Lithium-ion batteries are used to power electric vehicles, laptops, power tools and other electronic devices.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy port option at Sheerness to be ended
Vestas? strong commitment to the development of both the offshore and onshore wind power industries is not affected by this decision.
Continue readingWind energy in Australia and New Zealand
‘Among all renewable energy sources, solar photovoltaic (PV) had the highest revenue share in 2011, while wind power is considered the lowest cost form of large-scale renewable energy generation in the ANZ region
Continue readingPortugal inaugurates offshore wind farm
EDP expects to open the first offshore wind power farm with five wind turbines in 2014 before selling the concept to other parties.
Continue readingWind Energy to Power Windex®
The company expects the wind turbines will produce approximately 15 percent of the electrical energy used at Waxdale.
Continue readingConstruction on the world?s largest wind power HVDC offshore platform begins at Drydocks World ? Dubai
?This is one of the several pioneering projects that we have initiated especially to support the Wind Energy sector.” DolWin beta will be built for a large wind farm cluster in the German sector of the North Sea.
Continue readingSolar plane flies to Sahara sun in Ouarzazate, Morocco
The solar flight to Morocco coincides with construction launch of a World Bank-financed concentrated solar thermal project in Ouarzazate.
Continue readingSunPower dedicates 9.8-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy system
Campbell Soup, BNB Renewable Energy Holdings, Enfinity America Corporation, FirstEnergy Solutions and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) will today celebrate the completion of a 9.8-megawatt (MW) solar power system.
Continue readingTexas system operator tallies new wind power record
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) hit a record on June 19 for wind farm production, with a high of 8,368 MW generated from wind energy at 7:25 p.m.
Continue readingCanadian Solar and SkyPower Close Landmark Photovoltaic Solar Energy Transaction
Canadian Solar has acquired a majority interest in 16 solar power projects representing approximately 190-200MW DC from SkyPower.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power in Morocco
Solar Impulse landed close to the site of what will be Ouarzazate first solar thermal power plant. Of a capacity reaching 160 MW, this plant is based on concentrating solar power (CSP).
Continue readingWind power and photovoltaic solar energy pushes storage tech
One star technology was lithium-ion batteries, according to experts, which is slowly making the transition from a power source for electronic devices to the primary power storage technology for electric vehicles
Continue readingInternational honor for wind energy work in Nicaragua
For more than three years, Innovative Engineers have been using their technical education to power developing communities with wind power.
Continue readingWind power in Dominican Republic: wind farm adds 52MW with Gamesa’s wind turbines
National Energy Commission president Enrique Ramirez, who accompanied Sanjurjo, said Los Cocos is a new step in the country?s wind energy development, with 85MW entering the grid by yearend.
Continue readingIs it time to stop fossil fuel subsidies?
While these subsidies primarily benefit upper- and middle-class families, their removal may still have adverse effects on poorer households.
Continue readingNew tariff announced for wind energy and solar power in Japan
Japan has firmly shifted its future energy profile towards renewable energy technologies with a decision Monday to implement a feed-in-tariff for wind power, geothermal energy and solar energy.
Continue readingWind turbines: Strong 2012, tough 2013, long-term optimism
The consensus forecast at the recent WINDPOWER 2012 will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the wind farm industry’s battle to win an extension of the federal wind energy PTC.
Continue readingTexas system operator tallies new wind farm record: 8,368 MW
Wind power generation from the state’s wind turbines remained above 6,000 MW for the entire day.
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