Renewable

Latin America starts to migrate to renewable energy

March 22, 2010

Last week we blogged about the growth of wind energy worldwide. And it seems like renewable energy is starting to become an important of Latin American economy, according to an IPS report. Technorati Tags: Electricity, Energy, Fossil fuel, Latin America, Photovoltaics, Renewable, Renewable energy, Wind power, Wind turbine Related Posts:Norway to start testing world’s largest [...]

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Report says wind power capacity grew in 2009

March 19, 2010

The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) said in a report released earlier this month that worldwide wind power capacity reached 159’213MW in the period. 38’312 MW were added in 2009. Technorati Tags: Electricity generation, Energy, Italy, Renewable, United States, Wind, Wind power, World Wind Energy Association Related Posts:Happy World Environment DaySwitching to renewable energyIdeas to [...]

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Norway to start testing world’s largest wind turbine

March 6, 2010

Big wind energy news from Norway, and I mean it literally. Renewable Energy News reports that the Scandinavian energy powerhouse is developing the world’s largest wind turbine, a 533 feet tall giant for offshore operation (thanks to a floating design), although it will be tested on land first. Technorati Tags: Øygarden, Energy, Norway, Renewable, Renewable [...]

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Electricians: go green or go obsolete

February 19, 2010

Image via Wikipedia “In the next ten to twenty years, ‘electrical contractor’ will no longer be a suitable job title for electricians. They will transition into “energy contractors” to support the fast-growing green construction market”, says Houston Neal in a must-read article for Software Advice. Technorati Tags: American Solar Energy Society, Energy, Green building, Photovoltaics, [...]

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Solar energy’s latest find: glitter-sized PV cells

January 4, 2010

Talk about sparkling ideas … Technorati Tags: Crystalline silicon, Electricity generation, Energy, photovoltaic, Renewable, Sandia National Laboratories, Solar, Solar power Related Posts:Non-profit takes solar-powered mobile technology to developing worldGermans predict solar energy market expansionSolar power: the future, the present and the pastMIT offers course on solar powerReport says wind power capacity grew in 2009

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