Rising above the height of the Beatles’ famous rooftop concert, keyboardist Cian Ciarán of Super Furry Animals decided to play a concert and record his most recent album on the top of a wind turbine. Move over, stuntman Bono! Cian Ciarán’s dramatics shift to a steeper prowess with a high-flying incline that combines … [continued]
Duke Energy Renewables has ordered 400 MW of wind-energy projects from Vestas Wind Systems to be built in Texas, which sees Vestas owners of the largest global wind-energy order in the past three years. The two projects — Los Vientos III and Los Vientos IV — will consist of 200 Vestas V110-2.0 … [continued]
Being on a whirlwind work trip around Ukraine for about one week, I got way behind on my normal news routine and cleantech buffets. Apologies. To catch up, I’m posting 3 (yes, 3!) cleantech buffets this morning. Here’s the first one, on solar & wind energy news and commentary. Solar … [continued]
Vestas has received what it is describing as a “form and unconditional order” for 80 MW of wind energy projects in the US, in agreement with EDF Renewable Energy. The deal also includes a master supply agreement for a potential of up to 750 MW. EDF Renewable Energy is keeping … [continued]
Google has been leading the way on clean energy for years. Still, it isn’t resting on its laurels. The Internet giant (“King of the Internet,” as many of us in the industry call it) has just announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement to buy all of the … [continued]
CleanTechnica was recently granted an exclusive interview with InventivEnergy CEO & Founder, John R. Keller, on what the company is up to. InventivEnergy is a full service energy consulting firm specializing in power project development and construction project management, O&M and asset management, markets, valuation and risk management, as well … [continued]
A new 39 MW wind farm park — built on the site of an old oil shale ash depository — just opened in Narva, Estonia. The 17-wind-turbine-strong wind farm — owned and operated by Eesti Energia — cost €59 million, according to Äripäev.ee/LETA. The new wind farm was built right … [continued]
The US Army Corps of Engineers has just announced that it has awarded contracts to 17 private companies to build wind turbines on Department of Defense facilities around the country. It’s the third in a series of four groups of renewable energy contracts for DoD that will eventually total $7 … [continued]
Community renewable energy has significant political and economic benefits, but is often hindered by five major barriers. Read on for a summary of the five barriers, watch them in a 17-minute presentation, or check out the vividly illustrated slideshow. Barrier one is tradition. Utilities are simply used to operating a … [continued]
Greentech Media recently piggy-backed on our article regarding Germany’s new monthly solar generation record (5.1 GWh in the month of July). In that article, Herman K. Trabish pulled up some great charts from the Fraunhofer Institute’s Bruno Burger. I think I always find Dr. Burger’s charts interesting and useful. I’ve shared many of them … [continued]
