Certain sites are not suitable to Concentrating Solar Power technology which requires more available water, while they are still open to photovoltaic panels which don?t require as much water.
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E.ON?s Humber Gateway Wind Farm Gets Approval
The wind energy plant, to be located 8km off the Holderness Coast in the East Riding of Yorkshire, will have the wind power capacity to provide up to 150,000 homes from up to 77 wind turbines.
Continue readingQ&A with Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc; Innovative Wind Power Tech
Investorideas.com, a leader in cleantech stock research issues the following Q&A with Clean Wind Energy Tower, discussing the company’s Downdraft Towers , the technology behind them and the future of the wind turbines.
Continue readingGE announces completion of Idaho wind energy plant
GE has announced that the construction of Idaho wind farm was completed, resulting in the installation of 122 of GE’s 1.5MW wind turbines. The wind power plants are now operational.
Continue readingOwnEnergy Names Robert Crowell Head of Development
Independent Power Exec to Oversee Pioneering Effort in Community Wind Energy Projects Across the U.S. OwnEnergy, Inc. is a Community Wind farm developer of mid-sized, utility scale wind turbines.
Continue readingSuntech lands Sempra Solar Power Plant in Arizona
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) produces industry-leading solar energy products for residential, commercial, industrial, and utility applications.
Continue readingWorries – EGYPT
I therefore entreat you to use your influence and/or authority to put an end to the violence in Egypt and to secure the rights and dignity of the Egyptian people once and for all.
Continue readingValence Technology Announces Third Quarter and Year-to-Date Financial Results
Valence enables and powers some of the world’s most innovative and environmentally friendly applications, ranging from commercial electric vehicles to industrial and marine equipment.
Continue readingMarket for Concentrating Solar Power Is Growing
Lux research revealed that despite competitive photovoltaic prices and lingering environmental and financing concerns, concentrated solar energy (CSP) technologies are poised for gigawatt-scale adoption in 2011.
Continue readingLandlocked Serbia prepares for its first wind farm
The country?s first wind turbines with 6 MW of installed wind energy capacity are due to come online this year. The country?s total estimated wind power capacity to be connected to the system is 1,300 MW.
Continue readingTenesol builds 7 MWp Photovoltaic system on 188 farm buildings ? benefits owners and region
Tenesol, the global solar power provider owned by energy giants TOTAL and EDF, has completed a ?34 million rooftop PV system spread across 188 agricultural buildings belonging to 109 individual farmers.
Continue readingSecond Wind’s Technology Gains Ground in South Africa’s Expanding Wind Power Market
Company partners WISE to bring advanced wind resource assessment to South African wind energy industry. The country has a relatively modest 10MW of installed wind farm capacity today.
Continue readingRenault Fires 2 Men Accused of Selling Secrets About Electric Vehicles
The two men ? Michel Balthazard, formerly a member of the Renault management committee and a top official of the company?s electric car program, and his subordinate Bertrand Rochette ? both received termination notices.
Continue readingSolar power use in cell towers can reduce CO2
If all these cellphone towers use solar energy then it could save a great amount of fossil fuels as well as reduce carbon emissions.
Continue readingMore wind energy in Jamaica
Wigton Wind Farm in south Manchester is now up and running with an additional 14 MW of wind power after spending close to US$50 million to install nine Vestas V80 wind turbines.
Continue readingSkyFuel launches new R&D concentrated solar energy program
SkyFuel, Inc., a solar thermal concentrating power technology and service provider, has launched a new R&D program on a parabolic trough concentrating solar collector.
Continue readingHere Enterprises Selects Talon Wind Turbines From A&C Green Energy for Texas Wind Farm
Here Enterprises, Inc. (HRTE.PK) is a developer of wind power. Here Enterprises acquired its first wind energy development project, Cycle Ranch, in September, 2010.
Continue readingInvenergy and NYSERDA Enter Into Wind Energy Credit Purchase Agreement
The High Sheldon Wind Farm, Invenergy’s first operating wind energy center in New York, is a 112.5 MW wind power project consisting of 75 GE 1.5sle wind turbines.
Continue readingSiemens to Supply Steam Turbine-Generators for Concentrating Solar Power Thermal
Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & controls (I&C) system and two steam turbine-generators for the Ivanpah concentrated solar energy thermal plant in California.
Continue readingFirst Sahara Forest deal kicks off ambitious green desert project in Jordan
The main pillars on which the project rests are salt water greenhouses, concentrating solar power, and cultivation of traditional crops along with energy crops such as algae.
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