The Templin thin film park has been developed on a former Russian military airfield, Gross Dölln and is equipped with more than 1.5 million thin film modules from First Solar and 114 solar inverters from SMA. BELECTRIC has successfully connected the largest and most state-of-the-art Thin-Film ground-mounted solar power plant in Europe to the energy … Continue reading Belectric inaugurates 128 MW solar power plant in Templin (Germany)
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US Photovoltaic capacity has reached 10 Gigawatts
The United States has now a 10 Gigawatts solar photovoltaic capacity. It is the fourth country to reach this threshold. According to the North America PV Market Quarterly report published by NPD Solarbuzz, the United States are now the fourth country to reach the 10 gigawatts solar power capacity after Germany, China and Italy. Since … Continue reading US Photovoltaic capacity has reached 10 Gigawatts
Continue readingNature Offers Key Lessons On Harvesting Solar Energy
It is like plugging those proteins into a solar power socket.” In an article in Nature Chemistry to be published Sept. 23, Scholes and colleagues from several other universities examine the latest research.
Continue readingLauren-Jyoti Receives EPC Contract Award For 50 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant
This concentrating solar energy project is a part of the Government-Sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission which has provided a timeline for developing a large number of solar thermal projects in India.
Continue readingSaint-Gobain Solar Energy Expert Explains Industry Growth
He urges to determine what needs should be addressed both in the short-term and long-term scope of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and solar power photovoltaic (PV) developments.
Continue readingTonga and New Zealand to construct solar energy photovoltaic plant
New Zealand?s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced that New Zealand will invest $7.9 million to fund the construction of a 1 Megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant in Tonga.
Continue readingGujarat focus to the largely untapped wind energy and solar power
Gujarat has now shifted its focus to the largely untapped non-conventional sources of energy such as wind power and solar energy for power generation.
Continue readingSopogy Wins APEC Business Innovation Award for Honolulu
Sopogy, the world?s leading developer of micro concentrated solar power (MicroCSP) technologies, is the APEC Business Innovation Showcase winner for the City and County of Honolulu.
Continue readingWhile wind energy is variable, it is not completely random and unpredictable
The quake and tsunami which devastated Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power complex (Japanese wind farm plants were largely unaffected, and quickly back in operation).
Continue readingGraphene’s Shining Light Could Lead to Super-Fast Internet
Many leading electronics companies consider graphene for the next generation of devices. This work certainly boosts graphene’s chances even further.
Continue readingGeneral Electric Developing Direct-drive Wind Turbines with Capacity of 15 MW
GE Global Research plans to spend $3 million from the US Energy Department to design a direct-drive wind turbine that will generate as much as 15 MW. GE offers 1.5-megawatt and 2.5-megawatt wind turbines.
Continue readingEtrion Completes 10 MW Solar Energy Project in Italy
Etrion Corporation (?Etrion? or the ?Company?) (TSX: ETX) (OMX: ETX), an independent solar power producer, announces the completion of the Helios ITA-3 solar photovoltaic project in Puglia, Italy.
Continue readingGlobal Solar Power Cells and Modules Market to Reach $89.8 Billion by 2017
Business opportunities in the solar photovoltaic cells market is especially guided by solar energy’s wide range of benefits such as the ability to provide accessibility to remote areas.
Continue readingDOE guarantee for $852MM loan for 250 MW Genesis Concentrated Solar Project
The DoE has finalized a partial guarantee for an $852 million loan to support the Genesis Solar Energy Project. The Genesis Solar Project is a 250 megawatt (MW) parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP)
Continue readingChina has set a target of creating 3 GW of concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) by 2020
The Chinese government plans to expand its concentrated solar energy capacity to 3 GW by 2020. China has recently emerged as the world’s dominant player of solar power.
Continue readingGreece plans major solar energy exports to Germany
Greece plans to develop some 20,000 hectares of solar power parks in a bid to export renewable energy to Germany.
Continue readingBryce whiffs on wind power and Texas heat wave
ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), has been very clear that wind energy was the crucial factor keeping the lights and AC on for hundreds of thousands of Texans during last week’s power shortages.
Continue readingThe Winter of Nuclear Power
Germany makes it the age of renewables and will be ending its use of nuclear power in 10 years. By 2022, the last German nuclear power plant will be closed down.
Continue readingEnel Green Power places wind energy plant into service in Spain
The wind power produced by the wind farm will avoid the annual atmospheric emission of 31,600 metric tons of CO2.
Continue readingDrought sears South Central states; wind power saving water
Wind energy’s ability to provide energy without using water is a critical quality that policy makers would do well to keep in mind.
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