Japan is poised to overtake Germany and Italy to become the world’s second-biggest market for solar power.
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200,000 Bangladesh homes with solar energy by 2013
Grameen Schneider Electric aims, by 2013, to equip nearly 200,000 households with home solar power systems.
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 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 readingThailand ? Making the most of the solar energy
The sector is set to benefit from an estimated US$700m in investment and its main beneficiary is solar power.
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 readingDefense pursuing plug-in electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies
The Air Force and other Department of Defense agencies are aggressively pursuing plug-in electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) infrastructure technologies
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.
Continue readingSky Power Solutions Corp (OTCBB: SPOW) Responds to US Heatwave Solutions Responds to US Heatwave
The entry level price point for a Sky Power Solutions Concentrated Solar Electric System is estimated to be $5,000 at release.
Continue readingNordex to deliver 32.5 MW in wind energy in Poland and France
Wind power Nordex has received two new wind turbines orders from Poland and France that will amount to 32.5 MW of additional wind farm capacity between the two countries.
Continue readingNTPC to set up wind energy project in Karnataka
State-run National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC) will set up a 100 MW wind power project in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. The wind farm to be set up Guledagudda of Bagalkot district will be NTPC’s second.
Continue readingRicoh uses wind power and solar energy to put its name in lights
Ricoh Europe, a specialist in office solutions, managed document services and production printing, today unveiled Europe’s first’eco-board’, a billboard powered 100 per cent by wind energy and solar power.
Continue readingSiemens Receives Order for Offshore Wind Energy Plant in China
Siemens AG (SIE) received a wind power order to supply 21 wind turbines with an output of 2.3 megawatt and a rotor diameter of 101 meters each for an offshore wind farm in Rudong County, in China?s Jiangsu province.
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