Eneco says it will build a 900MW to 1.2GW-sized wind energy plat in a 76 square mile area in the northern part of the 279 square mile zone that it was awarded by the Crown Estate last year.
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45 percent of the electricity in Portugal?s grid will come from renewable sources
Under the leadership of Ana Maria Fernandes, one of the world?s leading wind energy companies is heading for further success.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power Tower In Seville, Spain: The Future Of Electricity
Seville, Spain hosts the first commercial operation of concentrated solar energy tower technology in the world. According to the report, it features over 1,000 freestanding heliostat mirrors that follow the arc of the sun.
Continue readingSatcon Selected for 19.5 Megawatt Solar Photovoltaic Project in Germany
The Tauberlandpark project is one of Germany?s largest Utility-Scale solar power installations.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Geographic Forecasts
Pike Research forecasts an annual plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market in the United States of about 359,000 electric vehicles by 2017.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa and Chinese partners will joint develop new 600 MW of wind power project
This wind farm will use wind turbines produced by Gamesa?s Jilin factory.
Continue readingCooling Fins Help Keep Chevrolet Volt Battery at Ideal Temperature
Engineers of the four-seat Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles refer to its 435-pound battery pack as the fifth passenger.
Continue readingThe Middle East and Africa region has excellent potential for the development of wind energy and solar power
According to the International Energy Agency, concentrated solar energy (CSP) plants in the region could cater to 100 times the combined electricity consumption of MENA and Europe.
Continue readingSalt and CSP
Siemens is to build a test concentrated solar energy plant that will operate with molten salt as the heat-transfer medium.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas receives 44 MW order in England
Wind power Vestas has received an order from E.ON UK for delivery of 22 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines for a wind farm.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa seeks to reserve four spots for its wind turbines at IREC?s ZÈFIR Test Station offshore wind farm
Gamesa aims to install two anchored and two floating wind turbines at the experimental offshore wind power laboratory off the coast of Tarragona, Spain.
Continue readingGTSO Signs JV for New Rare Earth Exports out of Mongolia
Rare Earths are essential to the production of clean energy technologies such as permanent magnets, hybrid and electric vehicles, lithium ion batteries, solar power, wind energy and energy-efficient lighting.
Continue readingNordex 2010 wind energy order intake up on previous year
Three large wind power orders received from Turkey and Poland at year’s end: three wind farm plants in Poland and Turkey, where customers ordered a total of 44 N100/2500 wind turbines.
Continue readingDOE Pursues Initiative to Lower Solar Power Costs
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced additional details of the Department of Energy’s “SunShot” initiative to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75 percent.
Continue readingGreengate Power Receives Approval for 20-Year PPA Totaling 450 MW of Wind Energy
The PPAs relate to the purchase and sale of renewable energy credits (“RECs”) generated by Greengate’s 150 MW Halkirk I Wind Farm Project and 300 MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Power Project, in Alberta, Canada.
Continue readingIdaho wind energy complex completed
The acreage hosts Idaho’s largest portfolio of wind power plant, the partners in the wind farm said. Construction was completed in just five months, resulting in the installation of 122 wind turbines.
Continue readingARPA-E Investments Generate $100 Million In Private Capital
The six projects, which received between $750,000 and $8 million each, focus on improving solar power and wind energy technologies and advanced battery storage.
Continue readingAltair Nanotechnologies to Install Energy Storage System for Wind Energy Project
Under the terms of the wind power contract, Altairnano will offer a 1MW ALTI-ESS energy storage system for the wind farm as part of a wind turbines integration test.
Continue readingEnvia Systems Delivers High Energy Density Battery Materials Available for Commercial Testing
New Technology Promises Higher Performance at Lower Cost for Next-Generation electric cars and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingWind Energy – Britain boosts Europe?s most efficient and developed processes for offshore wind turbines
Denmark was leading of offshore wind power policies, but recently the UK has over taken as a result of its ?rounds? system. This has proved very efficient at bringing a large number of wind farm projects online.
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