France officially joined the offshore wind power. The first 600 wind turbines are to be installed in five wind farm areas.
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Southwest Solar Technologies to Offer Research Facilities at its Phoenix, Research Park
The company is engaged in providing concentrated solar energy (CPS) systems.
Continue readingLarry Flowers to lead distributed and community wind power initiative
An impressive 87% of Americans in the Harris poll support the deployment of more wind energy. Larry Flowers has played a central role in making wind turbines America’s energy choice.
Continue readingIsofoton brings solar power to Rwanda
Spanish solar panel manufacturer, Isofoton, has revealed plans to install solar energy units at 300 schools in Rwanda, Africa.
Continue readingREpower Systems bags 300 MW wind power contract
The wind turbines delivered by the wind energy company will be used in a wind farm project at Quebec in Canada with a total capacity of 300 MW.
Continue readingMasdar and Mitsubishi launches Electric Vehicles Pilot
The Masdar pilot will involve electric cars and test the feasibility of EV technology as a point-to-point transportation solution for Masdar City.
Continue readingElectric vehicles Equipped for Winter Driving
When the first electric cars Chevrolet Volts purchased by retail customers rolled off the delivery trucks in New Jersey recently, they were met with the season?s first major blast of winter weather.
Continue readingAustralia – Potential for concentrated solar energy to power wheatbelt
A study by researchers from The University of Western Australia has confirmed the potential for Concentrating Solar Power to generate electricity for communities and mining interests across the Wheatbelt.
Continue readingWind energy growing in Texas
Wind power continued as a growing force, accounting for 7.8 percent of generation. As evidenced by the striking maze of towering wind turbines, Texas has 9,528 megawatts of installed wind farm generation.
Continue readingKen Salazar signs off on new SolarReserve solar thermal plant
SolarReserve clears major hurdle for its Crescent Dunes Concentrating Solar Power project in Nevada.
Continue readingU.S. cannot afford to be parochial about wind energy
I believe in clean energyand American manufacturing, and I find wind turbines to be a majestic symbol of intelligent use of precious resources. Some people do not agree.
Continue readingAWEA Statement on Successful Extension of the 1603 Tax Credit
This is a great holiday present for the 85,000 American workers in the wind energy industry, tens of thousands of whom will now be able to get back to work in a sector that has been a bright spot in the recession so far.
Continue readingENER1 Shareholders Appoint Four New Directors to Board
ENER1, Inc. is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: HEV) energy technology company that develops compact, lithium-ion-powered battery solutions for the electric vehicles, utility grid storage and consumer markets.
Continue readingThe Department Of Energy Releases Strategy On Critical Materials
Availability of materials for clean energy technology development poses a challenge as well as an opportunity for the U.S.
Continue readingGolf Cart Wins the Battle of the Electrical Vehicle Market
As concern grows for the environment, new solutions for personal transportation such as small electric vehicles have courted consumers during the last decades with only mixed results.
Continue readingWestar Energy plans to add 369 MW of wind energy to portfolio
Westar Energy, Inc., an electric utility, has announced that it plans to add 369 MW of wind power to its renewable energy resource portfolio.
Continue readingSiemens – Oman urged to tap renewable energy
If Oman decides to install a wind farm to tap wind power, Siemens would be equally interested to play its role.
Continue readingEuropean offshore wind energy will create a demand for 15 to 20 installation ships
Aside from the traditional uses of OSV in the maritime and oil & gas industries, interest in OSV is rising exponentially in the growing offshore wind power industry.
Continue readingFoster Wheeler Awarded Contract to Supply Solar Steam Generator System in UAE
The equipment will be integrated into a solar thermal power plant using concentrated parabolic trough technology and will have an installed power output capacity of 100 MWe (gross megawatt electric).
Continue readingRWE Innogy commissions another wind farm in France
The four wind turbines, made by Vestas, each output two megawatts, stand a maximum of 125 metres high, and feature rotors 90 metres in diameter.
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