Wind Turbines Kill Around 300,000 Birds Annually, House Cats Around...
Wind turbines kill between 214,000 and 368,000 birds annually — a small fraction compared with the estimated 6.8 million fatalities from collisions with cell and radio towers and the 1.4 billion to 3.7...
View ArticleAccording to Financial Times: US solar power and wind energy start to...
Large wind farms and solar plants are now cost-competitive with gas-fired power in many parts of the US even without subsidy, according to Lazard, raising the prospect of a fundamental shift in the...
View ArticleCroatia to build new wind farm
A new wind farm, financed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), will be built near the Croatian southern coast city of Dubrovnik, Croatian News Agency reported on Wednesday. The 34.2-megawatt...
View ArticleWorldwide Wind Energy Market recovered: Wind Power Capacity over 336 Gigawatt
The worldwide wind energy capacity reached 336,327 MW by the end of June 2014, out of which 17,613 MW were added in the first six months of 2014.This increase is a substantially higher than in the...
View ArticleKONGSBERG to collaborate with Ricardo on Wind Farm Bearing monitoring...
Ricardo and Kongsberg have signed a framework agreement that will see Ricardo support the development of the Kongsberg Wind Farm Management System (WFMS) as well as related condition monitoring systems...
View ArticleTop Wind Power Markets 2014: China, Germany, Brazil, India, and USA
The worldwide wind energy capacity reached 336,327 MW by the end of June 2014, out of which 17,613 MW were added in the fi rst six months of 2014. This increase is a substantially higher than in the...
View ArticleFlowserve Completes Engineering of Key Pumping Systems for Concentrated...
Flowserve has completed engineering and is now heavily engaged in manufacturing key pumping systems for the Ouarzazate and Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects. Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:...
View ArticleDTE Energy's Echo Wind Farm begins commercial operation
DTE Energy’s Echo Wind Farm has reached commercial operation and company officials celebrated its dedication today in the shadow of one of 70 wind turbines in the park.The Echo Wind Farm in Huron...
View ArticleTop 20 photovoltaic (PV) portfolios in Europe: Who owns what?
Europe has been leading the path for solar worldwide and is the most mature regional market, with a current installed capacity of over 80 GW (EPIA, Global Market Outlook 2014-2018). Large...
View ArticleNicaragua invertirá 4.000 millones de dólares en energías renovables
Nicaragua incorporará 300 megavatios de energía eólica, 100 de geotérmica y 100 de energía solar fotovoltaica durante los próximos 15 años. El país centroamericano consume un promedio de 550 megavatios...
View ArticleEólica,energía solar fotovoltaica y otras energías renovables compiten con el...
En Estados Unidos, los precios la eólica,energía solar fotovoltaica y otras energías renovables han caído a tal grado que se comparan con los de los hidrocarburos. Grandes parques eólicos y centrales...
View ArticlePhotovoltaic Solar energy demand to be driven by India, China, Japan
The total solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from the five leading Asia Pacific (APAC) markets—China, Japan, India, Australia and Thailand—is forecast to reach 17.2 GW during 2H’14, almost 60% of global...
View ArticleMajor Asian Markets Set To Lead Solar Power Photovoltaic Growth
With legacy European markets continuing to decline, global solar PV demand is now being driven by Asian markets. Three of the Major Asia-Pacific countries are set to see annual demand double in 2014....
View ArticleLevelized Cost of Energy Analysis
Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) has released its Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis – Version 8.0, an in-depth study comparing the cost of generating energy from conventional and alternative technologies....
View ArticleOne quarter of Austrian electricity could come from wind power by 2030
Wind turbines in Austria currently produce 6.5 percent of the country's domestic electricity consumption, said a new study released Thursday, predicting that the figure could climb to 24 percent by the...
View ArticleSiemens Presents Onshore Wind Turbines at WindEnergy Trade Fair in Hamburg
Innovations include high-efficiency wind turbines for onshore sites with low wind speeds and a state-of-the-art approach to servicing wind power installations on land and at sea. Under the banner...
View ArticleJamaica Signs Agreements for 78 Megawatts of Wind Energy and Solar Power...
The two wind farms and solar facility will cost $196 million, the island nation’s power utility said in a statement yesterday. Blue Mountain Renewables LLC’s project will be capable of generating 34...
View ArticleNordex presents 64.4-meter long N131/3000 rotor blade at WindEnergy Hamburg
Nordex SE will present the Delta Generation turbines N100/3300, N117/3000 and N131/3000 in its center stage at the international wind energy expo, WindEnergy Hamburg, held from September 23rd to 26th,...
View ArticlePalen Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project would produce clean power and...
Construction of the Palen Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project is expected to employ 600 to 1,200 people. The single tower would generate as much as 250 megawatts, enough electricity to serve about...
View ArticleNicaragua Plans 770 Megawatts in Renewable Energy Projects: Wind Power,...
The plan includes 300 megawatts of wind energy, 100 megawatts of geothermal, 100 megawatts of solar and 270 megawatts from two hydroelectric projects.Nicaragua plans $4 billion of public and...
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