Germany’s Offshore Wind Farm Alpha Ventus Fed 267.8 GWH Into Grid In 2012
Germany’s first offshore windfarm pilot project, “Alpha Ventus,” has produced some impressive results for 2012. Alpha Ventus exceeded expectations for its annual … [continued]
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20 Solar, Wind, EV, & Other Tech/Energy Stories Not To Miss
Here are some more cleantech and climate policy stories we wouldn’t want you all to miss: Clean Energy First Solar … [continued]
China Atop Renewable Energy Ranks As Shale Gas Changes The Game
Stop me if you’ve heard this before – renewable energy technologies face global challenges from fossil fuels and a lack of public subsidies, but new financing mechanisms and government mandates may be key to their continued growth.
What’s different now, according to Ernst & Young’s (E&Y) latest “Renewable energy country attractiveness indices,” is how shale gas development and crashing public financing are changing the way renewable energy is funded across the globe…
Renewable Energy in Germany Going to Get a Boost from Wind Energy Superhighway
I was in Germany a little more than a week ago and can tell you from what I saw that Germany (or, at least, Northeast Germany) is a wind turbine paradise. Wind turbines are everywhere it seems (between cities that is).
Germany is the clear wind power leader in Europe with 27,214 MW of installed wind power capacity. (Spain is second with 20,676 MW installed.)
But, even in Germany, wind power could benefit from a better transmission network. Of course, German leaders recognize that and are doing something about it — they are planning to build a wind energy superhighway.
