Once complete, this will ensure smooth concrete lining for the next 100 years of the efficient flow – at a rate of 500 cubic meters per second – and uninterrupted water of the Niagara River in the 10.2 km tunnel that leads to the Sir Adam Beck hydro stations.

So, when the Niagara Tunnel (one of the largest renewable energy projects of its kind) will be completed in 2013, it will generate enough renewable electricity to power 160,000 homes.

The project currently employs over 400 people and has already reported in the area of ​​economic benefits which amount to about $1 billion.

Strengthening the infrastructure of Ontario Hydro is an important part of the McGuinty government’s plan aiming to build a modern electricity grid, producing clean, reliable energy needed to power the Ontario infrastructure (homes, schools, hospitals, etc..)

“The Niagara Tunnel Project is an example of how the Province is transforming its power grid and investing in clean energy economy. We build a clean, modern, reliable and affordable system and we will supply for generations,” said Chris Bentley, Canadian Minister of Energy.

“The Niagara Tunnel is an investment in our future because it will bring to Ontario’s clean, renewable energy for more than one hundred years. What is equally impressive is the fact that men and women have worked safely under extremely difficult and challenging conditions. That’s a testimony to the quality and skill of Ontario’s workforce,” said Tom Mitchell, president of Ontario Power Generation.

IMPSA won approval of a long-term financing of the Corporation Andina de Fomento (CAF) and the Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (BICE) in favor of its subsidiary Wind Koluel Kayke SA for construction of a wind power generation located in the Province of Santa Cruz. The project called Koluel Kayke II, have a capacity of 25 MW and will have 12 wind turbine technology developed by IMPSA in the country.

The investment will amount to $US 81 million, of which $US 52 million will be provided by the CAF and the BICE together in a 10-year loan. IMPSA in turn provide capital for $US 29 million to complete the project financing.

The financing will be structured under a scheme of “Project Finance” pure, which combine investor capital funds and financial institutions. The repayment will come from cash flows from the sale of energy under contract ENARSA a 15-year term. The project has a strong insurance scheme, technological safeguards and additional guarantees on assets Kayke II Kolulel usual in such operations.

IMPSA has already completed the engineering, soil studies and planning has begun the work and the purchase of inputs and components to make the park begin to generate in 14 months.

This event contributes to the consolidation of the objectives of the Renewable Generation Program (Genre), driven by the Ministry of Planning through the Ministry of Energy and its executor ENARSA. The Program established the framework for clean energy development in Argentina. In this way, it contributes with the aim of Law 26,190, which is to ensure that 8% of national energy from renewable sources by 2016.

For the construction of their projects in Argentina, in the case of wind farms and, in particular, the wind turbines (windmills), IMPSA design uses its technology fully developed in Argentina Mendoza. Manufactured at the plant and through a network of SME companies Argentine Wind Cluster members, which is currently in action.

IMPSA, through its unit IMPSA Energy has become the biggest investor in wind power projects in Latin America now has 322 MW in operation in Brazil and has 600 MW in the same country with the purchase and sale of energy signed and under construction and financing, and another 65 MW in Uruguay in the final stages of financing.
Moreover, the company is facing an impending financial close for Malaspina Park I 50 MW in the province of Chubut and is moving in the financial structuring for parks Koluel Kayke I (Santa Cruz) and Malaspina II (Chubut) .

In addition IMPSA installed for the Province of La Rioja Arauco wind farm already in operation and has a capacity of 25 MW and is building for the same additional 25 MW plus 10 MW of wind power for the Province of Santiago del Estero and 180 MW to the Brazilian company of San Francisco Hydroelectric Company (Chesf) in Brazil.

A study released by the Energy Platform Studies Center for Labor and Agrarian Development (CEDLA) reveals that 97 percent of Bolivia’s territory is suitable for solar energy use, thanks to high solar radiation levels in large part of Bolivia.

“It can be concluded that the use of solar energy level throughout the country is possible, except for some areas that constitute less than 3 percent of national territory,” says the study “The role and impact energies socioeconomic renewable rural Bolivia. ”

Research carried out by Miguel Fernández Sources identified that the only space “impracticable” for the use of solar energy is the cloud-forming regions located in the eastern belts of the Cordillera de Los Andes, at the low rate of solar radiation.

The high values ​​of solar radiation in Bolivia, according to a study published in 2011, are due to the geographical position that has the land, which is located in the tropical South, between parallels 11 ° and 22 °. Therefore, the radiation rate between winter and summer season does not represent differences that exceed 25 percent.

The document notes that in the country, the average values ​​of solar radiation vary for the highland areas, valleys and plains. The areas of the plateau region showed the highest rate of radiation, which decreases towards the plain areas.

“In Bolivia, the highland regions and the valleys are a high rate of solar radiation between 5 and 6 kWh/m2d (kilowatt-hours per square meter per day), depending on the time of year. In the plains area average radiation rate is between 4.5 and 5 kWh/m2d. This energy is sufficient to provide daily 220 Wh / day of electricity through a 50 Wp PV panel, “the technical explanation.

This project is located north of Mainland, the main island of Orkney, in the strategic area of ​​Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters, part of the Estate of the British Crown (The Crown Estate).

SSE Renewables and Alstom will work together to equip the site of energy converters wave AWS-III, after obtaining the necessary permits. The development of this technology is provided by the Scottish company AWS Ocean Energy, in which Alstom has acquired a 40% stake in June 2011.

Costa Head site is located 5 km north of Mainland, and has a depth of about 60-75m. SSE Renewables and Alstom plan to perform detailed analysis of the site and an environmental impact study. The aim is to develop the site, starting with an initial phase of approximately 10 MW, before moving to full capacity.

Founded in 2004, AWS Ocean Energy is dedicated to the development and delivery of its wave energy generator AWS-III, a floating device with a rated power is 2.5 MW. A prototype of the AWS-III wide 1/9e was tested in Loch Ness in 2010. The large-scale testing of the component will begin in 2012 with the support of WATERS (Wave and Tidal Energy: Research, Development and Demonstration Support), a fund managed by Scottish Enterprise. The deployment of large-scale prototype is planned for 2014 at the European Marine Energy (EMEC).

Globally, the wave energy is a potential source of electricity estimated at 200-300 gigawatts (GW). It can be used near the populated areas of Europe and North America, making it a new source of renewable energy attractive. AWS-III technology is based on converters composed of interconnected cells flexible membrane, transforming the force of waves of energy pneumatic compression of the air. The turbo-alternators then convert this pneumatic energy into electricity.

A type converter is a set of 12 cells, with a width of about 16 m and a depth of 8 m, arranged around a circular structure with an outer diameter of up to 60 m. This device has a capacity of 2.5 MW, the profiled steel structure weighing less than 1300 tons. The AWS-III system will be anchored at depths of 65-150 m, using extensions of standard docking.

These converters will be grouped together or “hard”, with a total capacity of up to several hundred megawatts. Each AWS-III will be connected to a substation via a central offshore power line. “The choice of the AWS-III for this exciting and innovative project is a major recognition of the quality of our technology and our teams. We strongly believe that the AWS-III will become the choice for power generation on a large scale offshore from the wave energy. We look forward to working in partnership with Alstom and SSE Project Costa Head, “said Simon Grey, Managing Director of AWS Ocean Energy.

SSE Renewables, which specializes in the development of projects of wave and tidal power in Scotland, was given in 2010 by the Crown Estate exclusive rights to develop the site of Costa Head. He is currently developing, with partners, the half of the 1.6 GW of capacity recovery sites of wave and tidal power granted by the Estate of the British Crown as part of a program trade concessions dedicated to marine energy projects.

According to The National Load Dispatch Center (CNDC), renewable energy production in Nicaragua was 51.4% due to wind turbines for wind farms. Emilio Rappaccioli, Minister of Energy and Mines, said recently that one of the things that is helping the clean energy production rates to remain high is the productivity of wind energy, which is benefiting from the impact of the winds of time that register constant speeds.

Rappaccioli, who participated in the International Renewable Energy Fair, which was held in the city of Granada, noted that the official records of CNDC indicating a wind energy production capacity (63 megawatts), which has been combined with hydropower, geothermal and biomass, for a better balance of generation in the country’s energy matrix.

“According to CNDC, renewable energy production was 51.4% recently, and the thermal production of only 48.6%. This was due to wind production reached full capacity for almost 24 hours, encouraging energy supply. Also noteworthy is the production of biomass with the sugar, increased ability to San Jacinto Tizate with 36 megawatts already working in sustainable operationally reliable, “said the official.

Data recorded by the CNDC reflected that renewable plant production reached 229.9 megawatts of thermal power and recorded 270.1 megawatts, with demand in the afternoon of 500 megawatts in total.

The Energy Cabinet met this week to discuss the positives of the situation, which favors the electricity sector.

Rappacccioli said that in some way there is stability in the electricity sector, as production from renewable resources allows a favorable cost of generation, but did not specify that at the moment is to apply a rate reduction to energy, which suffered a increase of 9% this year, combined with the financial outlay of over U.S. $ 26 million as a subsidy to not affect business users with the measure.

Rappaccioli said that at present can not be said that this type of energy is maintained throughout the year, since the supply of wind and biomass plants low in the coming months.

“The wind decreases at some point, the sugar productivity down in June and July. The average renewable generation we have calculated for 2012 is at least 40 to 41% as Central American hydroelectric plants and will enter a maintenance phase this year,” said Carlos Fonseca .

Blue Wind Power will inject extra 40 megawatts

However, the Minister Rappaccioli said the first phase of expansion of San Jacinto Tizate obtained at least 40 to 42 megawatts, producing almost a thousand megawatt hours a day, covering 9% of total generation in the country.

He stressed that they expect by May this year, including the wind farm operations of Blue Power Energy, with 40 megawatts and 36 megawatts, geothermal, the second phase of expansion of San Jacinto Tizate, which will be of great weight in the national energy mix and contribute to more stable energy prices.

The plan “Dubai 2030 Integrated Energy” provides cause a 5% share of solar energy in its program and at the same time reduce CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030, while importing energy nuclear neighbors. The final allocation would be as follows: 5% solar, 12% nuclear, 12% coal and 71% gas.

According to the emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, this solar park covering an area of 48 square kilometers is expected to cost around 2.6 billion euros. It will be directed by the Supreme Council of Energy (SCE) and operated by DEWA (Dubai Water and Electricity Authority).

The first solar power plant located in 30 km southeast of the city will have a capacity of 10 MW. The work is not expected before the end of 2013.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains a major oil exporters in the world, where production reached about 2.6 million barrels a day (bpd). However, according to figures from the U.S. administration of energy, the bulk of oil production is concentrated in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, while Dubai is content with only about 100,000 bpd, from 4 existing fields.

The Emirate of Dubai has nearly 2 million inhabitants remains as one of the largest consumers of electricity per capita in the world, mainly due to extreme temperatures, leading to extensive use of air conditioning from June to September, and forcing the country to import more gas.

“We recognize the preservation of our energy resources as one of the biggest challenges in our efforts for sustainable development. Dubai and show the great achievements is one of the most competitive countries in the world. This leading position is the culmination of the efforts of our leadership to create a stimulating business environment, characterized by an advanced infrastructure, and efficient and reliable services “said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice-President of the Supreme Council of Energy at the launching ceremony.

Scientists and agency experts predict an increase of one third of energy demand over the next 25 years, forcing nations to make investments to avoid shortages of basic resources and increase dangerous emissions that contribute to global warming.

“The time is running out, but you can still take action. If there is no investment and a global commitment to the environment binding, with the current infrastructure (factories, cars and gasoline-driven public transport), emissions of greenhouse gases that would be allowed through 2035 for the average global temperature does not rise above two degrees and avoid a global tragedy, will be exhausted in 2017,” they said.

For this a little bit cloudy future, and facing an energy crisis that is approaching inevitably, the United Nations (UN) declared 2012 as the year of green energy or sustainable.

It means that the wind, sun and heat that comes from the center of the earth to become the primary sources worldwide.

Today, only 19 percent of world energy is renewable. But according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it should meet 80 percent of global needs by 2050.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) said that the development of the renewable energy sector is inevitable, and it should play a role in sustainability.

The idea is that its use can multiply by 20. Here we meet two reasons: take advantage of those resources seem inexhaustible as the sun’s power, which may be exhausted within 5,000 years, and that humanity receives free, and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases today are produced by burning fossil fuels to heat homes, such as oil or coal.

In addition, optimal use of water, which, as in Colombia, is used to ignite the bulbs most major cities and through dams increasingly questioned because of its impact on ecosystems.

For Domingo Guinea, the National Research Council of Spain, the most urgent task to accomplish these objectives is that the energy and water are transformed into a public service and are increasingly a source of financial gain.

“At the moment it is no longer used only as a channel to generate profits, there will be a clear possibility of self-sufficiency in much of the planet.”

Guinea says sustainable energy used by our ancestors and the rather more common sense, no need to waste energy from fossil materials, such as electricity. “We’ve been rich and be rich and we continue to squander squandered everything we can.”

However, for the UN, things are going well. Today, China has overtaken the U.S. in renewable energy investments. American investors led the ranking until last year, when the Asian giant nearly doubled the amount spent on the construction of specialized facilities to produce clean energy versus $ 34,600 million to 18,600 million U.S., according to the NGO Pew Charitable Trusts.

This nation invests more in 148 percent renewable in 2005. Another country that stands out in its environmental awareness is Turkey, which invests 178 percent over five years ago. In Europe, meanwhile, more than 20,000 offshore wind farms under construction.

In Colombia there are efforts in wind energy in the Alta Guajira, where Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) launched the first wind farm, Jepirachi, with 15 wind turbines that provide 19.5 megawatts to the national grid. There is research to generate energy from biomass, and in this case, sugar cane bagasse in Santanderes, the Eastern Plains and the Atlantic coast. As with the waves, to produce 30 gigawatts by 3,000 kilometers of coastline.

Also detected the possibility of producing electricity with geothermal energy. This energy is pollution-free, but it costs two to three times more than normal and is limited to areas of tectonic activity. Geothermal Atlas of Colombia indicates that there are possibilities to have it from the Chiles volcano, Cerro Black and Azufral (Nariño) in Nevados National Park and the Geothermal Area Paipa-Iza (Boyaca).

Also in the Nevado del Ruiz. Studies by the University, this mountain is characterized by explosive eruptions periodically and have multiple layers of hardened lava (pyroclastic) and volcanic ash. The exploration phase will begin this year with the drilling of five wells with depths of 2 to 3 kilometers (each with an estimated cost of $ 5 million). If you check the existence of the resource, the production wells drilled and water reinjection at the end of 2013. The next step will be building a plant to generate electricity, which would be operated by Isagen, possibly from 2013.

These local efforts have led in recent years has increased investment in renewable ‘green’ all over the globe. Between 2004 and 2009, renewable energy capacity grew by 10 to 60 percent. And while in 2005 only 55 countries promoted in 2010 that number increased to 100.

According to the IEA, between now and 2035 would require a global investment of 38 billion dollars in infrastructure to meet growing energy demand, of which 90 percent come from countries like China and India. But everything will depend on the balance in the grants management change and these are reduced to fossil fuels (400,000 million dollars a year). Greenpeace accounts make clear the way: “With just redirect all subsidies for fossil fuels to renewable energy programs, the 2,000 million poor people have access to energy, not 2030, but in this decade.”

The explanation given by the local newspaper is: “While a first blade broke away from the wind and crashed into a nearby field in the course of the night, a large part of a second the right blade collapsed mast Thursday in the late morning. ”

It appears that wind gusts over 110 km / h were recorded by the meteorological services for several hours.

The turbine in question is located in the parking Widehem located between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Etaples (Pas-de-Calais) with a capacity of 4.5 MW intallée. Commissioned between 2000 and 2001, each of the six wind turbines of type “Jeumont J48/750″ develops an output of 750 kW and a diameter of 48 meters. The height of the platform is 46 meters.

The group Poweo is the developer, while the operator remains Sorgenia France.

Statistically, the number, such accidents happen inevitably. But it could be even more serious as this video shows in Denmark (Nordthank Park), where we see a wind turbine (Vestas model?) Literally explode (manufacturing problem, wear?).

The French company Vergnet examined the subject in tropical areas and has developed a concept that secures the turbine to the ground in case of cyclone!

In a statement, Sonkyo Energy explains that in this station, which is self-sufficient with renewable energy, the key aspects of climate change and biodiversity studies are investigated.

Sonkyo notes that facility has been working on wind energy devices on all continents. In countries like the U.S., Taiwan or China, has already installed over 350 wind turbines in places such as farms, parks, communication towers or universities.

The WINDSPOT is a specialized wind turbine of small wind power, with power system performance, and features that make it particularly suitable for such more isolated facilities.

In this case, the order is directed to the South Pole, where the International Polar Foundation in 2008 built a research station called Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the first “Zero Emissions” station built on this continent.

In this regard, Sonkyo indicates that an order has been required to adapt WINDSPOT characteristics, ready to withstand high wind gusts, to circumstances such as extreme cold of the austral winter.

Therefore, at the headquarters of Sonkyo Energy in the industrial area of Raos, the research and design WINDSPOT team worked on a special coating to the blades of the turbines, which has added Teflon to make the ice slide and the snow does not settle in them.

Also the hydraulic system using oil was replaced by other special aviation system supporting the -65 degrees Celsius. Moreover, all the machine has been treated with a special varnish antifreeze.

According to Sonkyo, WINDSPOT wind turbines have been chosen for its resistance to high winds and being able, thanks to its patented variable pitch, to continue production in condition of strong winds, quite common in this area of the globe.

The cumulative production of renewable energy in 2011 was 10.2% lower than the same period in 2010 and has cut its weight by 2.3 points in the ‘mix’ generation, from 35% last year to 32.7 % now.

These data, which are included in the daily monitoring of Spain’s Red Electrica (REE) of the electrical system are not yet final, 2011, coincided with a sharp increase in the production of coal-fired plants, which provide a 95 % more.

The burning of this fuel for electricity generation is fueled by a royal decree or gifts of technical restrictions that gives preference to domestic coal, whose use has increased by 84%. Still, imported coal production rises by 119%.

Among the renewable technologies, wind is nearing the end of the year down 4.5% after it cut production by 8.5% so far this month, while the hydraulic generates 24% less than electricity and has grown from providing a 16% to 11.5%.

In any case, the wind has not significantly reduced their weight in the ‘mix’. If in 2010 accounted for 16% of electricity, now accounts for 15.8%. This slight variation reflects the fact that electricity demand drops by 1%, while in 2010 increased 2.9%. On the other hand, solar photovoltaic now produces 25% more weight and already has close to 3% in the ‘mix’, while the CSP, in the takeoff, nearly triple its contribution.

The main change in conventional technologies applicable to coal, which has gone from having a weight of 8% of the parent generation to 15.4% today.

Nuclear power produces a 7% less, but just a point cut in its contribution to the overall electrical system, from 22% to 21%, while gas combined cycle reduce its production by 241% and go from 23% despite to 18.8%.

The federal government yesterday approved funding for the construction of a photovoltaic solar power plant in California and Oregon wind farm will generate 379 megawatts together renewable energy, enough to power 112,500 homes and help to create over 600 jobs.

These would be the renewable energy projects number 26 and 27 respectively supported by the Department of the Interior over the past two years.

“As we continue to actively and swiftly moving into the future of renewable energy these projects strengthen local economies by creating good jobs and sustainable energy,” said Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior.

In California, Solar Energy Project Sentinel is a solar power plant of 275 megawatts that will connect through the Imperial Valley Substation in San Diego Gas & Electric. This plant will create 367 jobs, generating more than $ 30 million in taxes during the life of the project, while providing enough electricity to supply about 82,500 homes.

The Oregon project, North Steens Transmission Line, is a line of 44 miles that will generate power for about 30,000 homes, 4.5 million in local tax revenue over the life of the project. Both projects were subject to extensive environmental review to mitigate any potential advance environmental impact, authorities said.

Because development on private land is connected to the federal law Pathways to transmission lines and can not proceed without approval from the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Assessment had to consider the impact of any generation and transmission projects, including the component that they will be located on private land.

Located in Fengtun, near Mount Dajianfeng Mouding district of Yunnan-Guizhou plateau, the wind power plant has a height of between 2,000 and 2,500 meters above sea level, according to the wind turbine supplier Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology, which provided 33 wind turbines permanent magnet direct drive (no gearbox) of 1.5 megawatts.

The wind farm construction lasted 15 months and had an investment of 483 million yuan (76.7 million). The upland areas are highly valued because they offer promising prospects for energy companies and wind turbine manufacturers for its abundant resources.

“We have designed new models of wind turbines with larger wind blades and better insulation techniques and protection against lightning and radiation,” said Wu Gang, president of Goldwind. At the same time, many wind turbine manufacturers have expressed a strong interest in the market of products designed especially for the plateaus.

In November, CSR Zhuzhou manufacturer reported that it had connected the two wind turbines installed in wind farms in Yunnan to the grid, which was a hit for power generation in the highlands.

To date, CSR Zhuzhou has received orders for more than 400 units of this type of special turbines, a figure that puts the company in the first place in terms of market share of resources for plateaus.

In turn, Huaneng Power and Renewables Longyuan, who pioneered the exploration of wind resources in China, have chosen the southwestern province of Guizhou as a priority to carry out its development projects wind resources. Guizhou aims to reach an installed capacity of wind power generation from nine gigawatts of 2020.

Until late 2010, China recorded an installed capacity of wind power generation of 44.7 gigawatts, replacing the United States in the first wind power production, and plans to increase the number to 100 gigawatts by 2015.

Currently, about 90 percent of China’s wind power is below 1,000 meters above sea level. Experts have noted that the plateaus exploration is expensive because of high construction costs and uncertainty about whether the projects would generate profits.

“Google, KKR and (solar infrastructure operator) Recurrent Energy announced an investment in the field of photovoltaic solar energy in the city of Sacramento, California.

“This investment clearly demonstrates the ability of the solar energy sector to attract capital (groups) such as Google and KKR prestigious,” said Arno Harris, CEO of Recurrent Energy, who will manage the operation of these infrastructures.

According to Harris, the operation shows that the solar industry “is becoming a viable and essential part of our energy economy.”

Three solar plants will be completed in early 2012 and fourth in the passing of that year. The plants will generate 160,000 kilowatt / hour for the first year of operation, representing the average consumption of 13,000 homes in the United States.

“We had a busy year in Google. Since January, we have invested over $ 880 million in renewable energy projects. We believe that the world needs a wide range of solutions, from wind, transmission, solar energy photovoltaic and solar thermal, and hope that next year, new opportunities arise to further expand our portfolio of renewable energy investments, “said Google, through a communique issued in one of his blogs.

The venue this time is eastern Nepal after the failure in 1989 which involved the installation of wind turbines in the north, where six months were shattered by the strong currents of air down a ridge that is the roof of the world.

The aim of the new initiative is to produce 12 kilowatts per day by wind turbines and solar panels to provide electricity to the population of Dahubadi, in which the project has been a real revolution for its 400 inhabitants.

“Now we can watch TV when you want to charge mobile phones and that our children study at night,” told Efe Padam Bhadur Rana Magar, a resident of the village who explained that the new system has a host of other jobs.

To provide them with that until now was its main source of energy, kerosene, Dahubadi residents were forced to travel on foot, by car or donkeys and horses the 27 miles that separate the village from the nearest road.

When running out of kerosene, the issue was more complicated, the neighbors sometimes had to resort to burning the dried feces of cattle, and also human, for lighting, heating and cooking, a scenario that has been finished with the new system.

Dahubadi lives ginger cultivation, which is their main source of income and a plant that is dried before sale, up to the launch of the initiative drying wood burning was achieved but the process now made ​​solar panels.

The next innovation will be the access to drinking water, people get walking for fifteen minutes to reach the nearest spring but once started the project it is hoped soon to be pumped to the town.

Sponsor of the revolutionary system is the Asian Development Bank (ADB), based in Manila, as part of a program that also includes projects in other African countries such as Bangladesh, Mongolia, Philippines and Sri Lanka.

In Nepal, the hope is that, to be crowned with success, Dahubadi model used to apply the method in another 1,000 towns in the country, one of the poorest in the world where 48 percent of its population lacks electricity .

That prospect has prompted authorities in Kathmandu, who lack political line in the field of renewable energies, to plan the creation of a sector fund, announced Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Krishna Gyawali.

But sources said the finance company promoter Dahubadi experience before extending the project to other locations where calibration is required and how to install the hybrid system to avoid fiascoes like a little more than two decades.

An expert from the government’s Center for Alternative Energy Promotion, Surya Sapkota, Efe told that the danger is precisely the capacity to generate wind power has the Himalayas, whose enormity can become an obstacle.

The ambitious initiative may have been encouraged by a rapid increase in the installation of solar energy in recent months after the government unified the tariffs for solar energy projects in July and offered a higher price for the projects put into operation before year-end.

China had already doubled its goal of producing solar energy by 2015, 10 GW, after the crisis of the Japanese nuclear plant. The installed capacity of solar power in late 2010 was less than 1 GW in China, the world’s largest exporter of photovoltaic products and home to some of the best players in the industry, like Trina Solar, JA Solar, LDK Solar and Suntech Power .

Annual production of solar energy will reach 20,000 million kilowatt hours in 2015 and wind energy production will reach 190,000 million kWh, China National Radio said.

Projected capacity of 100 GW of wind power in 2015, will be built in 5 GW offshore wind farms. The total production target of wind power remained stable. The production of non-fossil energy, including wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and nuclear power, is 480 million tons of coal in 2015.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest and most solar radiation the planet. That’s where Subsole, a major national export fruit table, plans for future growth through the use of solar energy and energy efficiency.

With a loan of U.S. $ 32 million and technical assistance from the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Subsole plans to increase fruit production by 60 percent over the next four years, mainly by expanding the cultivation in the valley of Copiapo, 800 miles north of Santiago, surrounded by the Atacama desert.

In order to boost production on a competitive basis Subsole plans to build a solar power plant of 300 kWp (kilowatt peak) in the valley to supply their irrigation systems. The new PV, the first in the history of Chilean fruit production, will allow the company to supply water from underground aquifers at a low cost and sustainable way in a region where there is competition for the limited power available with a booming industry mining.

“The solar plant will allow us to reduce the carbon footprint and at the same time ensuring stable energy costs and greater energy efficiency,” said Miguel Allamand Subsole president, who founded the company 20 years ago. Subsole understand the powerful combination of quality and sustainability. Much of its operating costs are allocated to knowledge and technology transfer to farmers.

Thanks to the technical and financial support from the IDB, the company will energy audits in six areas under irrigation, three packaging plants and cold stores. In addition, conduct a feasibility study to implement solar technology in refrigeration, to improve methods of irrigation and water storage, packaging and building core deposits and efficient energy technology, such as frequency converters for hydraulic pumps and water systems and energy management.

The investment will allow Subsole remain at the forefront of table fruit production in Chile. The Santiago-based company is known for its inclusive business model, where the benefits of development of the company are shared with farmers. It was one of the first to implement a certification program for quality control throughout the value chain also pioneered the implementation of benefit programs for employees include: free meals, transportation and housing, actions have particularly benefited women from low income families.

“The investment of Subsole improve sustainability practices and have a great impact on the entire supply chain, will directly benefit 275 small and medium producers and generate over 10,000 jobs directly and indirectly. In total, some 82,000 people will benefit along the supply chain,”said Paola Bazan, project team leader of the Finance Department of the IDB Structured and Corporate. “The investment will ensure that sustainable and responsible corporate practices continue to support innovation, which is central to the strategy of the IDB’s private sector.”

This is the first time that France reached an instantaneous wind power as high. Figures provided by the Union of renewable energy comes from the RTE base, éCO2mix, and relate to the day of December 7, 2011.

So Wednesday, early morning (around 8:45), when power consumption is particularly high in this time of year, wind energy has produced 6% of our national power.

According to the Renewable Energy Association (REA), “the figure shows the undeniable contribution of wind energy in the energy mix, which replaces electricity production from thermal power plants, operating from imported fuel and CO2 emissions. ”

He added “the power of the installed wind farm stands in late November 6500 MW. The Grenelle has set the industry a target of 25,000 MW in 2020, confirming the major role of this form of energy in the energy independence of our country and the fight against climate change. “

These facilities will be funded with support from the European Investment Bank (EIB), in collaboration with the leasing company UniCredit Leasing Austria, will pay 200 million euros in the energy group BEWAG (Burgenländische Elektrizitätswirtschafts AG).

Burgenland is a pioneer in the field of energy production from renewable sources. Indeed, alternative energy sources to allow the region to cover two thirds of its electricity needs. If the Burgenland is a model in Europe today is also due to the great importance attaches to this area of ​​research and technology.

The project has a BEWAG innovative nature of the commissioning of a commercial wind turbine with a capacity of 7.5 MW (Enercon – E126), constituting an unprecedented.

The installation will be performed Potzneusiedl, in eastern Burgenland. The same type of equipment, but whose ability was so far only 6 MW, is already operating successfully for some time. The resources available will also be used to finance two large wind farms in Andau / Albrechtsfeld (41 wind turbines for an installed capacity of 123 MW) and Mönchhof / Halbturn (17 wind turbines for an installed capacity of 51 MW). Six wind turbines (13.8 MW) will also be installed Kittsee, and one (2.3 MW) Deutschkreutz.

“The Burgenland is an example to follow, both in terms of volume of electricity produced from renewable energy sources for the high technology used in this context, and BEWAG has much to do. The group is an ideal partner for the EIB, through its funding, providing targeted support to the development of this sector in Europe, “said on the occasion of signing the contract Wilhelm Molterer, Vice President of the European Bank of investment.

The second wind farm project is underway

By 2015, the company Austrian Wind Power will set up about 90 wind turbines with a capacity of 270 MW at maximum, especially on the set of Parndorf. Once all the completed projects, wind farms Austrian Wind Power will have an installed capacity of 520 MW (at the current capacity of 242 MW should be added with a capacity of 270 MW).

The start of work given in May for the two most powerful wind turbines in the world marked the launch of the second wind project group BEWAG. “With these facilities, we live today wind technology of tomorrow. As a leading producer of wind power in Austria, we show that we are also pioneers of the technology and we focus on the latest techniques. These facilities are the symbol. They release maximum energy efficiency for minimum area occupied, “said Michael Gerbavsits, spokesman of the board of BEWAG.

The two super-wind turbines are mounted and in working order. The first plant will be commissioned in December, and the second in January.

“This project is proof that wind power is currently the solution of the most rational alternative. The wind turbines can be installed very quickly and have a high level of efficiency. With these two installations, electricity supply in the capital of Burgenland, Eisenstadt, could be ensured, “said Reinhard Schweifer, head of the board of BEWAG.

The objective within the strategy of “2013″ is that the amount of electricity produced from renewable energy enough to encompass the power consumption of the federal state. Burgenland has the title of European champion in the field of renewable energy.

Cambridge Consultants, a subsidiary of Altran, created Aveille, the 3D radar eliminates a major obstacle to the expansion of wind power and associated energy production. Indeed, one of the major obstacles to the deployment of wind farms is the current inability of air traffic controllers to separate aircraft turbine blades from a rotating  turbine.

Aveille will therefore provide air traffic controllers and aerodrome radar data accurate, necessary to eliminate any potential confusion.

This technology eliminates the concerns inherent in security and defense of airspace, which inhibit growth in the sector of wind energy. In the UK, 66% of all wind farm projects, the equivalent 6.5 gigawatts of electricity is currently delayed.

The approach of Aveille in mitigating the effects of wind turbines is the result of a comprehensive work alongside the major players in the UK aviation and wind energy such as wind farm developers , airport operators, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The result is a technology that promises to meet both civil and military requirements, to be profitable for smaller wind farms and create jobs in green energy.

“The launch of the technical solution of Aveille is an important step in the development of clean energy worldwide. The disruptive innovation meets the ambitious objectives set by governments in renewable energy, “said Philippe Salle, President and CEO of Altran.

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of U.S. $60 million to help Trinidad and Tobago, a major oil producer, to begin a process of transition to a more efficient energy grid, sustainable and clean. This loan, the first in a programmatic series of three operations, strengthen the legal framework and to contribute to the consolidation of a more sustainable energy sector, with emphasis on renewable energy, greater efficiency, transparency and accountability.

Also, the financial transaction will support the development of new policies and standards to promote energy efficiency and measures that serve to increase the environmental sustainability of alternative fuels such as natural gas and compressed natural gas (CNG).

Finally, production and promote efficient and rational use of fossil fuels, as well as strengthening the institutional capacities that will encourage the use of sustainable energy. Also will support the implementation of various public education campaigns.

“The program will promote a sustainable energy framework that will guide the exploration, exploitation, utilization and monetization of energy resources, where energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, like solar water heaters, for example, alternative fuels, carbon reduction and innovation play a strategic role, “said the head of the IDB project team, Natasha Marzolf.

By supporting these measures, the program will contribute to the efforts of Trinidad and Tobago to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Under this program, the authorities develop a “Green Paper on Energy and Minerals Policy in Trinidad and Tobago”, which will shape the energy regulatory framework, which will then undergo a public consultation process that will get feedback .

The program includes a series of taxes and tax incentives to promote the import and installation of wind turbines and solar water heaters, as well as conversion kits for vehicles that can operate with GNC.También consider the creation of incentives for companies conducting energy audits and implement other energy efficiency measures.

Similarly, the program will support the efforts made ​​regarding the implementation of various campaigns of public education and awareness activities on energy. Also help develop a plan to establish a Center for Caribbean Renewable Energy, which will help to spread throughout the region the principles of cleaner energy.

The loan has a term of 20 years with a grace period of five years and variable interest rate based on LIBOR.

Later this month will launch the third wind farm in Croatia in Sibenik-Knin, Croatia and consolidating the leading country in wind power in the Balkans. The excavation and construction of the wind farm began last July at Brdo, near Sibenik Crno between Podi and cities Vrpolje and Danilo.

The completion of the works of the wind farm is planned for late autumn this year. The project involves an investment of 14.2 million euros. The wind farm developer is the company Tudic Elektrocentar.

The wind farm has seven wind turbines with a total capacity of 11 MW. The turbines of 1.5 MW wind turbine blades and the company produces Leitwind of Austria, with direct drive technology.

Ponikve wind farm, which is about 45 miles northwest of Dubrovnik, will become the third WPD wind farm in Croatia, following the Trtar-Krtolin and Orlice. WPD is developing the project with the help of a financing agreement of EUR 35 million with KfW IPEX and Renewable Energy Fund.

The German promoter scheduled to arrive to site wind turbines in the spring of 2012 and the connection of the park before the end of that year. The network connection permits have already been achieved.

In late 2010, wind in Croatia amounted to only 70 MW, according to the World Wind Energy Association (World Wind Energy Association). However, the Croatian Strategy of Energy has proposed 1,250 MW by 2020, reaching up to 20% renewable energy in the electricity mix of the country in that year. WPD states that, in addition to Croatia, now operates in twenty countries worldwide and has completed projects totaling about 2,100 MW. Also the developer has a portfolio of projects totaling 7 GW.

The scheme developed by scientists around the world staged power plants in orbit that capture the sun’s rays before them passing to the ground. This process is technically feasible within a decade or two, nothing that based on existing technologies in laboratories.

Specifically, the project would be to launch satellites into geostationary orbit in charge of capturing the sun’s energy and provided with adjustable articulated arm. The major advantage of the proposed system lies in the positioning of the various satellites in orbit over the equator that receive maximum sunshine and permanent (24/7).

Each satellite would transmit then the collected energy to a master device, which in turn convert the concentrated energy to electricity after transmitting to the Earth via laser or a microwave antenna. Finally, ground equipment would look to recover these flows and inject them into power systems.

“A pilot project to demonstrate the feasibility of this technology is quite possible thanks to low-cost launch vehicle currently under development,” said John Mankins, – former manager at NASA Concept – who led the study.

However, there are obstacles before reaching such an embodiment, the report quoted jumble: the problem of space debris, the lack of targeted studies and the final cost of development. The report therefore recommends that the actors both public and private sectors jointly funding feasibility studies.

To install a wind farm in Spain is necessary to adopt an environmental impact assessment and an analysis of the points is its influence on the birds of the environment, for which the procedure is to count the number of birds that fly over the area before its construction.

However, CSIC researcher at the University Pablo de Olavide, Martina Reel, has stressed that this method has a “wide margin of error” because there may be fluctuations in busy areas by birds, for example, if there is a change position of food sources. “This count does not reflect the real relationship between the abundance of birds and their mortality,” she added.

Therefore, the team proposes the use of other descriptive variables of abundance consider the distance and size of breeding colonies and roosts for the species to develop an index to establish areas where the installation of wind turbines is “highly dangerous”.

The research used data from location and size of breeding colonies and roosts vultures in the province of Cadiz, and the situation of the 34 wind turbines wind farms in operation in the area ceded by the Board of Andalusia.

Thus, during the study, which began in 1998 and completed in 2008, 342 vultures were found dead in collisions with wind turbines of these facilities. The results show, according to the CSIC, the indicator developed is able to explain faithfully vulture mortality in these parks.

“A smaller distance between the turbines and roosting colonies of the species, combined with a high number of birds that use them, increasing the probability of collision,” says Roll, who also notes that “the mortality of this species in wind farms is concentrated in a few turbines. In this particular study area, all crashes were concentrated in 11 percent of the turbines. ”

Thus, the CSIC has stated that this work demonstrates that, if you have detailed information on the distribution of vulture colonies and their size can be spatial planning of wind farms and minimize mortality of these birds, which would make “effective” tool.

The ceremony took place at the University “El-Hassan Science City” in the presence of Princess Sumaya of Jordan, who is closely following the technological advances of his country in the field of alternative energies.

The project was developed with several partners whose primary NetEnergy, a Jordanian company specialized in solar charging, but also Nissan, Matra, AllCell Technologies and the Jordanian Ministry of the Environment.

This station, open to all, can be used “for free” by the users of electric vehicles.

The station is equipped with a terminal DBT model SXB 7kW (220-32A) that can recharge a Nissan Leaf in less than 4 hours. Equipped with two catches, this station can be used simultaneously by two electric vehicles of all types (car, scooter, bicycle…). DBT believes that the solar station will produce up to 25,000 kilowatts per year, the panels are also able to supply other facilities on the campus of the University, all without carbon.

The project, which required several years of research, allows LVD to confirm his involvement in technology initiatives “sustainable” and its ability to partner with key partners to create tomorrow’s mobility. The solar charging solution “turnkey” and just add the provision of infrastructure for DBT electric vehicles.

The group headed by Ignacio Sanchez Galan added more than 5,000 megawatts of renewable energy in the United States and has established itself, behind Florida Power, as the second company in the wind industry in the country, where the Obama administration spends part of his incentives the economic “green”. So far this year, the company has installed 524 MW and a total 5157 MW.

The proposal from Democrats and Republicans on tax incentives, known as PTC (Production Tax Credits), has been welcomed by the entire wind energy sector. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has shown its support for the initiative, which also extends support for hydropower, biomass, geothermal and waste from the city.

The association believes that “the support of both parties confirmed that the employment generated by U.S. wind energy is vital to both economic welfare and security of supply for the country” and notes that this sector is one of the most productive in the country.

In the past six years, manufacturing wind turbines in the United States has increased by twelve, to more than 400 plants in 43 states, where 75,000 people work. The industry estimates that could generate 500,000 jobs in the country over the next twenty years.

The PTC consist of a tax incentive to developers to help attract private capital to operate renewable energy projects. After four years of implementation, this incentive has attracted private investment in the country for a value close to $17,000 million (12,400 million euros).

The incentives expire in 2012 unless, as the Democrats and Republicans want to do now, the Congress extends them. The measure also has the support of a coalition of 24 state governors in favor of wind power.