Eólica y energías renovables: Aerogeneradores de eje vertical y horizontal
La energía eólica es la energía que se puede lograr del movimiento que produce el viento al interaccionar con las palas de un aerogenerador. Esta energía, que sigue en proceso de desarrollo, nace como...
View ArticleEnergías renovables: Eólica genera más de la mitad de la electricidad en...
Este es el caso de las 9.30 horas de este sábado, cuando de los 26.569 MW consumidos, un 54,7% (14.900 MW) provenían de eólica.Las fuertes rachas de viento que están azotando la Península Ibérica,...
View ArticleFotovoltaica y energías renovables: China apoyará a la energía solar
China prometió este sábado mayor apoyo a su industria de energía solar fotovoltaica, en un esfuerzo para reanimar a un sector que lucha con un exceso de capacidad y bajas de precios.El Consejo de...
View ArticleMasdar's Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Achievements
In March, Masdar inaugurated the 100 megawatt Shams 1, the world's largest concentrated solar thermal power plant. Powering 20,000 homes in the UAE, Shams 1 is the region's largest renewable energy...
View ArticleGamesa to Build Wind Farm in Costa Rica
The contract with Globeleq Mesoamerica Energywill allow the Spanish company to set up 25 of its G87 2MW wind turbines at the project location in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica.Gamesa will likely...
View ArticleU.S. sales of electric vehicles in 2013 jumped 84 percent over 2012 to more...
U.S. sales of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in 2013 jumped 84 percent over 2012 to more than 96,000 — as price cuts and new models helped spur additional sales.In 2013, automakers sold...
View ArticleEnergías renovables: Cerca de 200 municipios se movilizan en contra del trato...
Esta iniciativa parte de la Asociación Empresarial Eólica (AEE), que representa los intereses de más del 90% del sector eólico en España, con el apoyo de las siguientes asociaciones eólicas...
View ArticleIndia delays national solar energy auction bid deadline again
The deadline has been pushed back by almost a month to 20 January, Solar Energy Corp. of India said on its website. India delayed the deadline for companies to submit bids in its next national solar...
View ArticleSenegal’s largest wind power project moves closer
Senegal’s first wind farm has taken a major step forward with the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-owned utility Senelec.The wind energy project, at Taïba Ndiaye on the wind-rich...
View ArticleCanadian Solar connects Tumushuke 30 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant...
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced the successful completion and grid connection of a 30 MW ground mounted solar power project in Tumushuke City,...
View ArticleConcentrated Solar Power (CSP) opportunities opening up across Southern Africa
Concentrating solar power (CSP) analysts have highlighted that Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe share common energy factors with South Africa. South Africa is consolidating its Integrated Resource Plan...
View ArticleWind Energy Companies Are Trying to Stop Killing Birds and Bats
Hundreds of thousands of birds and bats are killed by wind turbines in the US each year, including some protected species such as the golden eagle and the Indiana bat. That’s only a small fraction of...
View ArticleRWE Cuts Proposed Capacity Of Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm
RWE Innogy has revised plans for the proposed Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project, which is being developed off the Lincolnshire Coast in the North Sea. Work on the site design has resulted in RWE...
View ArticleEnbridge to Invest $0.2 Billion in Texas Wind Power Project
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) for construction of the 110-megawatt (MW) Keechi Wind...
View ArticleWind power generated largest part of Spain’s electricity in 2013
Wind energy generated 21.1% of Spain’s energy in 2013, while coal-fired power plants declined by 4.7%. Spain generated the largest chunk of its energy from wind power in 2013 – the first country to hit...
View ArticleGerman wind energy generation increases 2.8% in 2013
German wind power generation increased 2.8% to 47.14TWh in 2013, compared with 45.86TWh in 2012.On 24th December 2013 German wind power output reached its second highest ever at 0.54TWh after the...
View ArticleNew US test facility to improve wind turbines
National Wind Technology Center is using a new $16 million dynamometer to test how wind turbines perform.The 5-megawatt dynamometer test facility is the newest addition at the center, which is part of...
View ArticleNissan LEAF, el coche eléctrico más vendido en España
En el mundo ya se venden algo más de 20.000 vehículos eléctricos al mes. Siguen avanzando los coches eléctricos. Cierto que no lo hacen tanto como algunos pensaban, pero es un comienzo, y para hacer...
View ArticleWind power: Vestas upgrades free cash flow expectations for 2013 to approx...
By the end of 2013, Vestas had already announced 4,761MW of orders, more than 2012’s 3,738MW, and with the prospect of more to come from unannounced deals. Mr Runevad said in November that customers...
View ArticleEnergías renovables: Otros 100 megavatios de eólica en República Dominicana
La zona Sur de la República Dominicana aportará al sistema eléctrico nacional 185 megavatios (MW) de energía eólica, al adicionarse dos proyectos eólicos de 50 MW cada uno que se ejecutarán este año,...
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