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Google gets into windpower

With DIREC 2010 in India and the  Cancun Summit, two major events concerning renewable energy are lined up and again everyone talks about the need to increase the share of clean energy in our total energy consumption. Whilst most experts see the greatest potential for photovoltaic power, up to date wind turbines still have the [...]

Wind power-the bigger the better

Last week Britain has taken the lead in terms of off-shore wind parks: Thursday the world’s biggest ocean wind park has gone on the net. The electricity produced will deliver enough for approximately 200.000 households. This means the race for world-leadership in wind energy has been taken onto a new level. In order to become [...]

A new era arising

Walter Kohn, Ph.D., a Nobel Laureate, expects direct wind and solar power to become the world’s main sources of energy over the next decades. The last decade has already seen an increase of factor 90 for solar and factor 10 for wind energy. This new Sol/Wind era is brought about by the need to satisfy [...]

Green World Expo

The place to spot the trends that will shape the future: world fairs. The next major event will be held in China, is themed “Better City, Better Life” – The Shanghai World Expo 2010 – and will run from May till October.

Egyptian Wind – Private Sector Begins to Blow

In February 2008, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Energy approved an ambitious plan to produce 20% of total electricity from renewable energies by 2020, including a 12% contribution from wind energy. This translates into more than 7,200 MW of grid-connected wind farms. The plan gives enough room for private investors to play a major role [...]

The first substantial renewable energy project in Cyprus

Cyprus has moved closer to reaching the European Union’s renewable energy target by 2020 (20% energy from renewable sources), and to reaching its specific target of supplying 13 %  from such sources.  The first windfarm in Cypress, near Paphos, owned by the local DK Wind Supply Ltd.,  is the largest of its kind in the [...]

 

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