GE (NYSE: GE) and Taiwan Power Company have signed a five-year, full service agreement (FSA) covering 26 GE 1.5-megawatt class wind turbines operating throughout Taiwan.

On 23 November 2012, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE officially put its new test stand for solar thermal collectors into operation. With this test stand, the scientists aim to simulate mechanical loads under extreme climate conditions e. g. wind or snow loads, analyzing their effects on the…

Cologne/Calasparra, November 27, 2012. TÜV Rheinland accompanied the construction of the world’s largest solar thermal power plant, Puerto Errado 2 in Spain, as a neutral certifier. On behalf of several companies involved in the project, the testing service provider’s specialists examined all phases of construction of the power plant as…

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Ritter XL Solar implements Germany's largest solar thermal system for district heating in Hamburg Wilhelmsburg

The European Investment Bank, Europe’s long-term lending institution, has agreed to provide EUR 50m for the Khi Solar One Project. This is the first large concentrated solar power project in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the first private sector renewable energy projects in the country. The project will help South…

• Scotland’s Little Raith Wind Farm is Launch Project for Kennedy Renewables• GE Industry Expertise Supports Entrepreneurial Venture and Project Success• Nine 2.75-Megawatt Turbines Will Produce Clean Energy for ScotlandGLASGOW, SCOTLAND—October 30, 2012—Next month, Kennedy Renewables’ Little Raith Wind Farm will be fully operational in Fife, Scotland. Little Raith, powered…

(Wels, 25.10.2012) In autumn 2012, Fronius International GmbH opened the Active Energy Tower at its Wels site in Upper Austria. Its active energy design, use of photovoltaics (PV) and geothermal energy sources mean that the architectural showpiece is heated and cooled without generating any CO2 emissions whatsoever. The Solar Electronics…

The UAE and the GCC region will enormously benefit from large-scale solar thermal desalination plants as the thermal desalination (MSF/MED) and hybrid (integrated MSF/MED and RO) are still the most suitable technologies, according to Dr Hassan E. S. Fath, Professor of Practice – Water and Environmental Engineering, at Masdar Institute…