The expansion plans for Enel Green Power are enormous. A factory power plant that will be situated in Catania, Italy, will contribute to the production of around 160MW of electricity per year. Yet, this is expected to expand to 480 MW. However, Enel Green Power is joining forces with Sharp in creating a solar plant [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
A total sum of $1.37 billion of federal loan has been guaranteed by the United States Department of Energy for BrightSource Energy Inc. This will finance the world’s largest solar thermal plant at Ivanpah, California. The announcement of the construction was approved after a second plan was submitted. The first plan was to construct a [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 7, 2010
In the street of San Francisco, Ron Kenedi sees great prospect. The vice president of Sharp Solar says that demand keeps on expanding and Japanese are also taking renewable energy seriously. Kenedi says that the remarkable thing is that demand is exponentially increasing worldwide and not only locally. Going back some years, solar [...]
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Solar capacity is being expanded by First Solar and Enbridge Inc as per a recent agreement. The expansion of Sarnia Solar Project in Canada from 20 MW to a potential capacity of 80 MW will cost around CDN $300 million. The Sarnia Solar Farm achieved its full operation capacity of 20 MW in early December [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 31, 2010
Now Duke Energy is announcing expansion plans for solar energy. It is going to grow in the field of renewable energy by merging with actual solar facilities that are being developed at San Antonio, Texas. Duke Energy is one of the largest energy companies having four million customers. It produces around 35 GW of energy in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Solar Panel Plus and Solectria Renewables, LLC enters a partnership for photovoltaic products focusing on commercial, residential and utility industries. Solar Panel plus (SPP) is an innovative designer of solar water heater, photovoltaic solar panels, solar air conditioning as well as solar heating systems. Solectria Renewables, LLC Solectria Renewables has been in operation for more than [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
In the Climate challenge launched November 13 2008, the “Kyoto cooker” was declared the winner. The $5 Kyoto cooker took the $75, 000 winning prize that Financial Times, HP and Forum for the Future had awarded for as first prize of the competition. The solution developed by Jon Bohmer is outstandingly simple but it represents [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Phoenix Solar AG is a leader in photovoltaic systems and as per 17th of December 2009 it formed a subsidiary. Phoenix Solar L.L.C was established in capital city of Sultanate, Muscat of Oman. The ownership of Phoenix Solar L.L.C is distributed as follows: 1. Main Owner – Phoenix Solar AG having 70 percent 2. Local Partner Silver Circle [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The Immense Dimensions Of Power Facility Equipment Can Be Astounding. Most power plant installations are huge building that house very big bits of equipment and the absolute proportions of some of these apparatuses are enough to bowl you over. With that in mind, let us take a look at how these power plants produce electrical current. How [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 28, 2009
The steady rise in demand for energy represents one of the hitting headline-challenges of modern society. Academic institutions around the world are in the field and striving for solutions. Most of the resources used have already woven into daily prerequisites and changes in our advanced civilization will require collaborative brain-efforts. According to Sally M. Benson, GCEP [...]
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