Solar energy helps the US economic boom

Solar energy helps t...

A report by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) indicates that the photovoltaic installations in 2009 rose 40% in the U.S. and this year is expected to reach even double. At present...

Valencia will become the capital of world PV

Valencia will become...

On Monday September 6  in Valencia starts the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition and 5th (25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5). An event which will take place throughout...

Cuba advancing a project to convert ocean thermal energy

Cuba advancing a pro...

The Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a system based on taking advantage of temperature differences between sea surface and deep waters. In Matanzas Bay, north of the Caribbean...

Solar energy helps the US economic takeoff

Solar energy helps t...

According to a report by the American Solar Energy Society, photovoltaic installations grew 40% in 2009 and this year is expected to reach even double. It is considered the country...

The new Vestas Wind turbines arrive in Australia

The new Vestas Wind ...

Vestas, Danish manufacturer of wind turbines, received an order for the largest wind project in Australia – with the new V112 wind turbines now marketed in onshore and offshore...

California: a mega project of solar thermal

California: a mega p...

The Energy Commission of California has approved the project to construct and operate the Solar Millennium, a subsidiary of Solar Trust of America, the mega power project of 968 MW...

EV: THINK is entering the French market

EV: THINK is enterin...

THINK, the Scandinavian manufacturer of the electric car of the same name, said Thursday it entered the French market through a partnership created between its division and O2City Mobivia...

Around the world in 80 days with Zerotracer

Around the world in ...

Oerlikon Solar, the producer of production plants for the manufacture of thin film silicon solar modules, becomes the main sponsor of the Swiss team “Oerlikon Solar Racing Team”...



Posts Tagged «Wind Energy»

Iberdrola: Contract for 9 wind farms in Brazil

Iberdrola: Contract for 9 wind farms in Brazil
After a second call for proposals organized by National Agency of Electrical Energy (Aneel) to promote renewable energy in Brazil, the Spanish company Iberdrola has been awarded a contract for nine new wind parks, a total installed capacity...Read More

Danish engineers want to store the wind … in bags

Danish engineers want to store the wind … in bags
The experiment has been carried out by engineers at the Technical University of Denmark who, roughly, would inject compressed air in large bags buried under the dunes of Jutland. The bags were inflated by a compressor operated by wind power. With...Read More

China: 2nd world economy and 1st wind power market

China: 2nd world economy and 1st wind power market
With more than 1.33 billion people, China is the most populous country in the world has become the second largest economy, overtaking Japan in the second quarter 2010, gross domestic product (GDP) valued at 1336.9 billion dollars (1.0517 trillion...Read More

France will invest 10 billion euros in offshore wind farms

France will invest 10 billion euros in offshore wind farms
As expected, in September the French government will launch the first round of tenders for the construction of 3,000 megawatts (MW) capacity of wind power in a dozen sea areas identified as favorable. The first tender will involve the installation...Read More