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Solea Renewables Selects JinkoSolar Panels for Off-Grid Utility Scale PV System in South Africa

JinkoSolar, a provider of solar power products, and EPC partner Solea Renewables will team up to deliver a off-grid utility scale photovoltaic system to a chrome mine in Limpopo province, South Africa. This is the first ever kind of a system in the country.

1 Sep 2012

Eco Wave Power in Negotiations for Constructing Commercial-Scale Wave Energy Generators

Eco Wave Power, an international ocean wave energy company, has announced that the company is progressing towards a commercial scale wave energy power plant.

31 Aug 2012

Gehrlicher Solar Completes Perleberg Solar Park in Record Time

Gehrlicher Solar, a global photovoltaics company, has announced that it has completed the 35 MWp Solarpark Perleberg. The power generated will help save around 32,000 t of CO2 annually.

31 Aug 2012

Florida League of Cities Environmental Stewardship Award Honors Town of Cutler Bay

Ygrene Energy Fund Florida, a developer and administrator of energy upgrade programs, has commended the Town of Cutler Bay on being honored with the Florida League of Cities Environmental Stewardship Award.

30 Aug 2012

Rothenburg IV 15.2 MWp Solar Park to Come Up at Former Military Airport

Global photovoltaics company, Gehrlicher Solar, has commenced construction of the solar park Rothenburg IV. The solar power system is expected to generate a total nominal power of 15.2 MW and is located in Rothenburg, Saxony. The installation is being done for KGAL, a provider of innovative financing solutions.

27 Aug 2012

The First All-Energy Canada Exhibition and Conference

Reed Exhibitions, the world's leading event organiser, has now announced the first All-Energy Canada, which is being held on October 2nd and 3rd 2013 at Exhibition Place, Toronto.

24 Aug 2012

Global Networking Conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture

The renewable energy business is progressing across the globe and the wind industry is steadily developing in terms of wind turbine size and the energy marketplace. With increasing costs of maintenance, manufactures are facing challenges to ensure reliability in wind turbine blades.

23 Aug 2012

Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Subsidies Will Reduce Demand on Oil, Natural Gas and Coal

The Worldwatch Institute has reported that the subsidies for fossil fuel and renewable energy are increasing. The value of fossil fuel subsidies in 2012 is estimated to be between $775 billion and $1 trillion, while the value of renewable energy subsidies were $66 billion in 2010. The total subsidies for renewable energy are higher per kWh though they are lower in terms of value.

22 Aug 2012

Economically Viable Way to Store Solar Energy in Existing Residential Power Networks

Virginia Tech electrical engineers, Reza Arghandeh and Robert Broadwater have developed an economically viable method of storing solar energy in current residential power networks.

21 Aug 2012

USAF Plans 14.5 MW Photovoltaic Solar Array at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

The U.S. Air Force has planned a 14.5 MW photovoltaic solar array for the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. It is to be built on 170 ac of land and is expected to produce 35% of the AF base’s power requirements.

20 Aug 2012