China eyes 35 GW solar power by 2015
China aims to more than quadruple solar power generating capacity to 35 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 in an apparent bid to ease a massive glut in the domestic solar panel industry. The target has been...
View ArticleRECARGO, proyecto para la gestión de recarga de vehículos eléctricos con...
Las empresas E.ON, URBASER y CIRCUTOR han firmado el arranque del proyecto RECARGO (Renewables + Electric CARs + Grid Optimization), un demostrador de gestión de servicios energéticos B2B y recarga de...
View ArticleAustralia’s new CEFC finances two wind farms
The Australian Government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) started operations on 1 July and has announced financing for two major wind farms. In a statement, the CEFC said it is investing $50...
View ArticleClinton Foundation, NRG and solar manufacturers partner to power hospital in...
NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced the completion of the first project of a new partnership with the William J. Clinton Foundation to continue bringing the benefits of solar power to Haiti. An...
View ArticleNordex supplying 45.6 MW to Michigan wind farm
Nordex USA, Inc. will be supplying 19 wind turbines to Exelon Wind, LLC for the next phase of the Beebe Community Wind Project in Gratiot County, Michigan. The first phase, which was completed in...
View ArticleEnel Green Power’s green vision for the future of Italy
The Enel Group’s role in renewable energy goes back decades and will continue in coming years, with geothermal energy, wind energy, solar power and hydro power all a key part of Enel Green Power’s...
View ArticleWorldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs
Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs: Volume 20showcases the planet’s growing demand for food and energy, its shrinking resources, and the implications of these trends.In 2012, global oil consumption...
View ArticleEólica en México: proyecto eólico en Yucatán con 36 aerogeneradores
La firma eólica del Golfo 1 reingresó a la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat) su proyecto de parque eólico para el municipio de Dzilam de Bravo, Yucatán. Se trata de un nuevo...
View ArticleEólica en México: proyecto eólico de Volkswagen
Volkswagen de México da el primer paso para construir su central eólica de aerogeneradores para producir el 60 por ciento de la energía que día con día requiere.Al conocerse la decisión de inmediato...
View ArticleAustralia’s largest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant was...
Australia’s largest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant was officially opened, with the Victorian energy minister joining executives from the plant’s developer, Solar Systems, to cut the...
View ArticleLas asociaciones de energía solar rechazan la reforma energética en España
El sector de las energías renovables en España, que creció exponencialmente desde el año 2005, acumula una deuda de más de 40.000 millones de euros con los bancos, la mitad en proyectos de energía...
View ArticleUkraine adds 18.32 MW of new wind energy in first half of 2013
Ukraine added 18.32 MW of new wind power capacity during the first six months of 2013. At the end of June the total wind capacity reached 315.76 MW, out of which 290.76 MW were connected to the...
View ArticleSpain renewable energy projects face bankruptcy after subsidy cuts
Therenewableenergy sectorinSpain, whichhas grown exponentiallysince 2005, has accumulateda debt of morethan 40,000millioneurosto banks, half inphotovoltaic solarenergy projectsand the other halfequally...
View ArticleUS 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...
View ArticleNRG Solar acquires 26 MW PV project on the island of Guam
NRG Solar LLC (Carlsbad, California, U.S.) has bought a 25.6 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project on the island of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean from an affiliate of Quantum Utility Generation LLC...
View ArticleGeronimo Energy inks agreements with Xcel for 400 MW wind energy
Minnesota-based wind energy and solar power developer Geronimo Energy signed two 200 megawatt-long-term wind energy purchase agreements with Xcel Energy.Under the agreement, 200 MW of wind energy will...
View ArticleSiemens receives a 81 MW wind energy order from Philippines
Siemens Energy has received its first wind power order for the Caparispisan project in Pagudpud, Illocos Norte, Philippines. The customers are Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation, AC Energy Holdings,...
View ArticleWind energy in Tunisia
The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) has commissioned an electricity generating wind farm at El Alia (Bizerte), after a trial period that had begun on February 20, 2012.The wind farm has a...
View ArticleOnly 100 MW of wind energy installed in Africa in 2012
Across the world 44,000 MW of new wind capacity was installed during 2012, taking total global capacity to over 280,000 MW. China alone installed some 13,000 MW of wind capacity in 2012, according to...
View ArticleGhana to be Home to Africa's Largest Solar Power Plant
The UK-based renewable energy company, Blue Energy, has announced plans to begin a photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Ghana. It will be the largest plant on the continent. The plant, which will be...
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