Two recent studies commissioned by Vestas show there is a strong appetite for renewable energy across the globe. According to the Global Consumer Wind Energy Study put out by TNS Gallup, which gauges consumer tastes on energy, 85% of global respondents want more renewable energy in the market. The survey … [continued]
Looking to the US market to fuel industry growth over the next ten years, the $30 million investment in building a leading-edge PV plant is expected to add an initial 120 local green jobs, growing to as many as 330 as production scales from 50 to 300 MW. […]
Speaking to AFP on the sidelines of a conference in Marrakesh, Deputy Energy Minister Mohammed Zniber said that his country is “very confident” of finding the investment necessary to build massive solar plants in its southern desert regions.
“Our target is that in 2020, 42 percent of our power supply will come from renewable energy, including 14 percent from solar,” he said […]
Germany’s electric grid recently set a personal record with a downtime of only 15.31 minutes in 2011, that’s significantly lower than the already impressive 17.44 minutes of downtime that occurred during the time period from 2006 the 2010. This basically crushes the common myth that renewable energy hurts grid reliability — it actually seems to have the opposite effect. […]
A European Commission decision to impose anti-dumping duties would pose significant problems for China’s silicon PV manufacturers, which now find themselves reeling from debt loads, a precipitous decline in prices (largely of their own making), and slowing demand as a result of the ongoing EU debt crisis and slow economic growth. […]
Punta de Lima wind farm at Naguabo near El Yunqe National Forest in eastern coastal Puerto Rico is under construction and nearing the half-way completion mark. Five of the thirteen turbines are in place. An estimated 9,000 homes could be powered by the new wind farm, providing there are … [continued]
Wind and solar energy are being harnessed and integrated with electric vehicle chargers, heralding the coming end of the “Fossil Fuel Era” and the onset of a new age of sustainable, renewable power and fuel for transport. Two news items this past week– one regarding the Sanya Skypump and another regarding Envision Solar Trees– foreshadow what’s to come.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney once famously said that “you can’t drive a car with a windmill on it,” but he might want to take a trip to Spain before he fully commits to the position that wind-powered vehicles are beyond the realm of the possible. The city of Barcelona happens … [continued]
The acquisition would boost the operating and under-construction wind power farms in Sprott Power’s Canadian investment portfolio by more than 80%. […]
Investors purchased a record 3.9 GW of solar photovoltaic projects in 2011, worth an estimated $10.8 billion. This increased the gigawatt capacity purchased by 122 percent from 2010, according to new research published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a London-based consultancy firm. The report examined 221 deals made from … [continued]
