Wind: Vestas and GE side by side

Wind: Vestas and GE ...

A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance revealed that the U.S. General Electric became the first wind turbine manufacturer in the world in 2012, tied with Vestas European title holder...

Concentrating solar radiation with HCPVT

Concentrating solar ...

Scientists announced a collaborative project to develop a cost-effective photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2000 times before converting into useful energy...

Recyclable solar cells designed from wood

Recyclable solar cel...

The solar cell works like a plant leaf, catching the sunlight before converting them into energy. So like, it can now be partially designed from wood. Researchers at the Georgia Institute...

Extracting hydrogen from plants, soon a reality!

Extracting hydrogen ...

A team of researchers discovered a way to extract large amounts of hydrogen from plants, a breakthrough that has the potential to provide a renewable source of energy for a relatively...

Sham 1: The largest concentrating solar power plant

Sham 1: The largest ...

With a capacity of 100 megawatts, the largest concentrating solar thermal power plant in the world began its activity said Sunday (03.24) representatives of Masdar and its partners...

Suntech filed for bankruptcy

Suntech filed for ba...

Chinese manufacturer Suntech, the world leader in photovoltaic solar panels, filed for bankruptcy on 03.20. The information has not been confirmed officially yet. However, it was learned...

Opening of the largest R&D wind testing centers in the world

Opening of the large...

Siemens Energy announced the opening in Denmark 2 major trials in R&D centers in the field of wind energy technologies, which together constitute the largest complex of its kind...

Spain: wind, the first source of electricity for a quarter!

Spain: wind, the fir...

In January 2013, the Iberian Peninsula has experienced a decline in electricity consumption of around 4.3% (adjusted for climatic variations) compared to the same period the previous...



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Alstom delivers the offshore substation for Borkum wind farm

Alstom delivers the offshore substation for Borkum wind farm
Alstom Grid recently announced the installation of Trianel offshore platform post for Borkum wind farm in the North Sea to the German company Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum. Trianel working on the wind farm Borkum in association with 33 towns...Read More

EDF EN acquires a 161 MW project in Texas

EDF EN acquires a 161 MW project in Texas
EDF Renewable Energy, EDF Energies Nouvelles U.S. subsidiary, announced it acquired all the shares of a wind project in Texas of 161 MW, until co-owned and developed in partnership with Cielo Wind Power. Equipped with 87 General Electric turbines...Read More

Offshore Wind Energy: DolWin3 the project awarded to Alstom

Offshore Wind Energy: DolWin3 the project awarded to Alstom
Alstom has been awarded by the transmission system operator TenneT power, offshore wind project DolWin3 which will connect wind farms in the North Sea continental network, which represents an investment of more than one billion euros. “With...Read More

Wind energy will reduce our energy bill by 2025

Wind energy will reduce our energy bill by 2025
For the first time in France, a macro-economic study conducted in January 2013 by the Office of E-CUBE Strategy Consultants on “The value and costs of wind power on the power system in France“ was published exclusively by France...Read More

Wind turbines with seismic masts in Japan

Wind turbines with seismic masts in Japan
Alstom announced signing of a contract for the supply of 10 wind turbines – type ECO 74 – with the company Eurus Energy Holdings to wind farm Kawazu Japan. Equipped with masts of 70 meters and a display unit capacity of 1.67 MW,...Read More

Areva M5000 turbine selected for Wikinger offshore wind farm

Areva M5000 turbine selected for Wikinger offshore wind farm
Areva M5000 wind turbine was selected by Iberdrola, the first producer of renewable energy, for the Wikinger project, which will be developed in the Baltic Sea, 35 km off the German coast. According to the agreement, Areva will deliver its M5000...Read More