100% Renewable resources helped power Portugal for four days last week. According to a report from Portugal sent to CleanTechnica this week, hydro, wind, and solar power helped push the European country to run on 100% renewable electricity for 107 hours straight. The article said that, from May 7th at 6:45 am, to … [continued]
Enel Green Power has executed a large renewable energy asset sale in Portugal, as it looks to increase investment in developing markets. Enel Green Power sold renewable energy assets to First State Wind Energy Investment for €900 million ($1 billion). The renewable energy generator will net around €30 million from the sale, … [continued]
Following up on my “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per Capita” rankings and article, below are “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per GDP” rankings for total installed wind power at the end of 2012 as well as newly installed wind power during the year 2012. Top … [continued]
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently published its final update of 2012 global wind power installation numbers. As such, I am now able to update my “Top Wind Power Countries” lists. If you’ve been a CleanTechnica reader for awhile, you know that I’m all about looking at relative rankings … [continued]
Reposted from Lenz Blog: Portugal is the newest country to make the list of over 60% renewable electricity. According to this report by the network operator REN, it got 70% in quarter one of this year. The largest part (37%) comes from hydro, which had excellent weather conditions, leading to a 312% increase … [continued]
We’ve been following the Principle Power and Vestas offshore floating wind turbine and floating WindFloat foundation for awhile. The exciting news is that today it was finally announced the the floating turbine was inaugurated on Friday, June 16. “In addition to being the first offshore wind turbine in Portugal, this is … [continued]
