What would a world powered by solar energy alone look like?
The Sun powers our solar system, so could it power all our Earthly needs, too? And if it someday could, where would all those solar panels go? According to a graduate thesis by Technical University of...
View ArticleStates can benefit economically by using wind power to meet new EPA carbon rule
The first-ever federal regulation on carbon pollution from existing electric power plants can be an economic boon to wind-rich states if they meet them by developing more wind energy, the industry’s...
View ArticleThe European project CSP2 tests the new Concentrated Solar Power fluid
The global system will be analyzed and scale-up will be proposed toward industrial Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) facilities (10-50 MWe). The CSP2 project puts forward an alternative heat transfer...
View ArticleWater Resources Fact Sheet
Water scarcity may be the most underrated resource issue the world is facing today. Seventy percent of world fresh water use is for irrigation.Each day we drink nearly 4 liters of water, but it takes...
View ArticleAcquisition of a 14 MW wind power project in France
Boralex Inc. ("Boralex" or the "Corporation"), through its subsidiary Boralex Europe S.A., has acquired Calmont 14 MW wind power project in the Midi-Pyrénées region in France. "With the Calmont wind...
View ArticleA 50MW wind farm in Kazakhstan has applied for a €54m ($72.2m) loan from the...
The development, one of the country's first big wind power projects, is part of a 300MW wind farm in the northern region of Yereymentau. A 50MW wind farm in Kazakhstan has applied for a €54m ($72.2m)...
View ArticleUniversidad de Chile investiga eólica marina
Los sistemas eólicos de alta mar se encuentran en plena expansión, como demuestra el proyecto ’London Array,” un parque eólico marino del Reino Unido inaugurado en 2013 que puede generar más de 600...
View ArticleRenewable energy in Egipt
Egypt generated 12.9-billion kilowatt per hour from hydroelectricity, mostly from Aswan High Dam and the Aswan Reservoir Dams, but analysts believe much of the area's hydropower potential has been...
View ArticleNicaragua wind energy can curb tons of emissions each year
Mr Ban Ki-moon said the country has a vast potential to generate power from sun, wind and water. Wind power itself contributes almost 30 per cent of all energy in Nicaragua.The UN chief said he was...
View ArticleAllianz Capital Partners orders 16 V126-3.3 MW wind turbines for first wind...
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 16 V126-3.3 MW wind turbines for a wind power project in Sweden. The order was placed by Allianz Capital Partners, the Allianz Group's in-house...
View ArticleEnergías renovables en julio cubren el 37,6% de la demanda: eólica el 16,8%,...
Energías renovables entre enero y julio de 2014 generaron el 48,4% de la demanda eléctrica en España: eólica el 22,2%, termosolar el 2,3% y energía solar fotovoltaica el 3,3%.Generación de enero a...
View ArticleRenewable Energies in July covering 37.6% of the demand in Spain: 16.8% wind...
Renewable energybetween January andJuly 2014generated48.4%of the electricity demandinSpain:22.2%wind power,2.3% concentrating solar thermal power and photovoltaic solar energy3.3%....
View ArticleIndia's wind energy potential 102 GW at 80 M hub height
An assessment by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has estimated that the total wind power potential of India was over one lakh MW (100,000 MW), the Lok Sabha was told today. In his written...
View ArticleUK record: nearly 15% of electricity from renewables, more than half from...
Offshorewindpower generationintheU.K. increasedby52% lastyear, andonshorewind energy generationwasup40% intheregion, accordingtoanewreportfromtheDepartmentofEnergyandClimateChange (DECC). Furthermore,...
View ArticleTesla y Panasonic construirán una gran fábrica de baterías para vehículos...
Elon Musk ha dado un paso de gigante para convertir a su empresa, Tesla Motors, en un actor global el mercado del automóvil. La empresa de vehículos eléctricos encabezada por el fundador de PayPal ha...
View ArticleLa venta de vehículos éctricos se duplica en Europa
Las ventas de coches eléctricos se han doblado año tras año en Europa desde 2010, según un informe de la mayor ONG europea especializada en transporte sostenible, Transport & Environment (T&E),...
View ArticlePanasonic, Tesla to build big US battery plant for electric vehicles
Tesla Motors Inc. is teaming up with Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. to build a battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. expected to create 6,500 jobs. The companies announced the deal...
View ArticleElectric vehicles (EV) sales doubled across the EU in 2013
The growth of the EU electric vehicle (EV) market continued in 2013 as sales doubled, driven by the introduction of top-selling new models.According to a new report from the campaign group Transport...
View ArticleEnergías renovables producirán el 66% de la electricidad en Perú
En los próximos 10 años, la participación de las energías renovables en Perú representará el 66 por ciento dentro del sector energético, principalmente de hidráulica, eólica, energía solar y...
View ArticleAreva terminated its concentrated solar power (CSP) activity
Areva terminated its concentrated solar power activity, which generated about 100 million euros ($134 million) in revenue per year.Areva terminated its concentrated solar power activity, which...
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