Obama: Let’s Go Big on Solar Energy to Fight Climate Change
The nation needs to ramp up its use of solar energy on a much bigger scale to bring down emissions of the greenhouse gases that worsen global warming, President Barack Obama is expected to say in a...
View ArticleMarubeni to launch mega-solar power project in Iwaki City, Fukushima
Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) has commenced construction of a mega-solar power project in Iwaki City, Fukushima. The project is being jointly developed with Mibugawa Power Company, a wholly-owned...
View ArticleFrance wants Areva to buy Alstom wind energy unit if GE wins bid
France wants state-controlled nuclear group Areva to take over Alstom's offshore wind turbine unit if General Electric's bid for Alstom succeeds, a French paper reported on Friday.Areva and Alstom both...
View ArticleCosta Rica desarrolla la eólica, geotérmica y otras energías renovables
En Costa Rica, la hídrica es la principal fuente de energía; representa el 67% de la producción. Otro 15% (1.517 GWh) proviene de la geotermia, un 12% (1.196 GWh) de la térmica, el 5% (478 GWh) de la...
View ArticleRenewables (wind energy and solar power) contribute 27 pct of German...
Renewable energy contributed 27 percent of total electricity consumption in the first quarter of 2014, hitting record as the Europe's largest economy is on its ambitious path of energy transformation,...
View ArticleMars potencia las energías renovables: eólica y energía solar
Mars potencia las energías renovables y se alía con Sumitomo para construir un parque eólico en Estados Unidos.Mars ha anunciado la firma de un acuerdo de colaboración con el grupo industrial Sumitomo...
View ArticleTexas wind energy blows green for Mars
By partnering with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas and BNB on a new 118-turbine wind farm, it marks the biggest long-term commitment to renewable energy use of any food manufacturing business in the...
View ArticleRenewable energy employs 6.5m worldwide
Renewable energy is providing more and more jobs across the globe, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) has concluded. The Abu Dhabi-based organisation has calculated that the...
View ArticleKuwait eyes 2,000 MW of renewable energy by 2030
Al Abdaliya CSP solar park is the Kuwait's first solar power project; and an assessment of the 50MW CSP and 10MW PV solar power mix which forms part of the key components of Kuwait's strategy. As local...
View ArticleEDC readies financing for Ilocos wind farm in Philippines
ENERGY Development Corp. (EDC) targets to close debt financing for its planned 150-megawatt (MW) wind power project in Ilocos Norte this year, officials of the Lopez-led company said last week.“We’ve...
View ArticleEnel Green Power North America Reaches 75% Ownership of Buffalo Dunes Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America, Inc. signed an agreement to purchase, from a GE Capital subsidiary, an additional 26% of the company operating the 250 MW Buffalo Dunes wind farm, located in Kansas, for...
View ArticleEólica y energías renovables: Enel Green Power adquiere 26% adicional de...
Enel Green Power, a través de su filial Enel Green Power North America, ha firmado un acuerdo para la compra de un 26% adicional de acciones de `clase A` de Buffalo Dunes Wind Project, empresa...
View ArticleEDF Energy completes 150MW Turkish wind power
The renewable arm of power supplier EDF Energy has competed a 150MW wind power project in Turkey.The Geycek wind farm, located in central Anatolia, is expected to help contribute to achieving the...
View ArticleEnergías renovables (eólica y energía solar) sustituirán a la nuclear en...
“El año pasado la aportación de la energía eólica a la red general fue la más alta de los últimos diez años. Con ello el sector confirmó su fuerte y estable crecimiento”, explicó Sebastian Pfaffel,...
View ArticleEólica y energías renovables: Bolivia amplía parque eólico con...
Se ha estimado la instalación de 14 aerogeneradores, cada uno de 1,5 MW o 9 aerogeneradores de más de 2 MW, que aportarán 20 ó 21 MW adicionales de potencia al SIN. El potencial eólico en Bolivia...
View ArticleWind energy in Pacific Islands
Wind power has become the least expensive and fastest growing source of renewable energy in the world. In the Pacific Islands States, however, the scale at which wind energy technology has been adopted...
View ArticleDemandan aclarar metas de energías renovables en México
Representantes del sector argumentan que cambiar el concepto de “energías renovables” por el de “energías limpias” en la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica no garantiza que la electricidad generada con...
View ArticleGambia Inks U.S.15 Million Solar Power Project
Officials from the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of The Gambia and some representatives of the Turkish private sector on Monday, May 5 signed a USD 15 Million Solar Energy project agreement.This...
View ArticleCanWEA calls for closer study of plentiful BC wind energy resource
In responding to the release of the Joint Review Panel report, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) today commended the Panel's exhaustive study of the environmental impacts of the proposed...
View ArticleEólica y energías renovables: Parque eólico de Bosch en San Luis Potosí
Con una inversión de 150 millones de dólares, Bosch abrirá un parque eólico en San Luis Potosí.Bosch firmó un convenio con Enel Green Power para abrir un parque eólico en San Luis Potosí, el cual...
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