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Solar - 05/16/2012
Yingli Green Energy Brings Solar Power to Brazil's Iconic Football Stadium, Maracana
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced its partnership with Light ESCO, EDF Consultoria ("EDF"), and the State of Rio de Janeiro to bring solar power to Brazil's highest-profile football stadium, Estadio do Maracana. As the majority owner and project developer, Light ESCO is joining forces with EDF on the...[+] more
Wind power - 05/16/2012
Acciona inaugurates its first wind park in Poland and starts work on the second
This weekend Acciona Energy inaugurated its first wind farm in Poland, Golice, with 38 MW. The event, attended by Acciona Energy President Carmen Becerril, coincides with the start of construction work on the second wind park in the country at Gostyn, with 33 MW. The Company is strengthening its presence in Poland, where it has several projects under development. Golice, situated in the...[+] more
Wind power - 05/16/2012
GE-Tamoin Consortium Signs Milestone Wind Turbine Service Agreement with Iberdrola
A consortium including GE and Spanish energy services company Tamoin Energías Renovables has signed a wind turbine maintenance agreement with Iberdrola of Madrid, one of the world's largest wind energy companies. The contract includes 310 GE wind turbines installed in Spain - the largest fleet of GE wind turbines in Europe to be covered under a single maintenance contract. The...[+] more
Solar - 05/11/2012
Hawaii: Conergy equips numerous public schools with multi-megawatt solar power plants
Solar sets the pace in Hawaii: after installing the rooftop installation for the green film and photo giant Fujifilm last year, Conergy has now announced a new project in the surfer's paradise. By 2014, the system supplier will have equipped many additional schools with solar power plants with a total capacity of more than 4 MW. The first project is on the rooftop of the public Aiea High...[+] more
Energy efficiency - 05/11/2012
Ferrovial and City of Santander to establish a Research Center for Intelligent Cities
Ferrovial and the City of Santander have reached an agreement to create a Research Center for Intelligent Cities. The Center's researchers may also work on projects implemented under the cooperation agreement between Ferrovial and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It will develop innovative projects, from seed to fruition, focused on various facets of city management:...[+] more
Solar - 05/10/2012
Martifer Solar and Hanwha Solarenergy Corporation signed contracts for the development of 17.6 MW solar PV plants in Lisbon
Martifer Solar announces the acquisition by Hanwha SolarEnergy of 17.6MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) project, located in Lisbon area, Portugal. This project is being developed based on the mutual cooperation between Hanwha SolarEnergy, Hanwha SolarOne and Martifer Solar. "This partnership can be a good model showing that Hanwha is strengthening strategic partnerships with EPC providers and...[+] more
Event - 05/09/2012
Wind Power in Mexico: Investment Opportunities
InfoPower announces its next business breakfast meeting on "Wind Power in Mexico: Investment Opportunities", that will be held on May 30 at the hotel NH Príncipe de Vergara in Madrid. Two important Mexican experts from this sectors will attend to this event, Francisco Granados, General Director of Electricity and Renewable Energy on behalf of the Energy Regulatory Committee (CRE) and...[+] more
Wind power - 05/08/2012
Wind power exceeds for the first time 5,000 GWh of electric generation this month
Wind power has broken in April its monthly generation record by producing for the first time in history more than 5,000 GWh in a month. In total, the amount was 5,362 GWh, according to provisional data Red Eléctrica de España (REE), which is more than what all the 17 million Spanish households consumed in April. In addition, wind power has covered 25.7% of the demand and this...[+] more
Solar - 05/08/2012
Gehrlicher Solar signs a cooperation to promote photovoltaic solar power in Chile
The signing of this document relates to an important cooperation agreement between Federico Santa María Technical University (USM) through its Energy Innovation Centre (CIE) and Gehrlicher Solar company, which is very interested in cooperating in Chile to implement energy technology, and specially photovoltaic solar energy, throughout the production of local goods and services and in...[+] more
Market - 05/08/2012
The Chairman of Red Eléctrica meets with the Bolivian Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy
The Chairman of Red Eléctrica, José Folgado, met in La Paz yesterday with the Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Juan José Sosa, for a first meeting of institutional nature that transpired in a cordial manner. This meeting is the start of negotiations to fix adequate compensation following the nationalization of TDE (Transportadora de Electricidad), a subsidiary of Red...[+] more
