An engineer at the University of Missouri (USA), developed a new type of solar modules designed by the engineer’s team can capture more than 90 percent of available sunlight compared to the current solar panels on the market that can only collect only 20 percent of available light.
read more... 18/05/2011
Kazakhstan plans to suspend its activities on the main stage of the Kashagan project for three years, following the Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil attempts to persuade the country’s oil ministry to simplify the project design, which would cut their expenditures by $18 billion to $50 billion.
read more... 06/04/2011
A new V164-7.0 MW offshore wind turbine will be tested after a recently signed agreement between DONG Energy and Vestas. The new Vestas wind turbines are designed to be installed in severe climate regions for large scale wind farms, mainly in the Northern European waters.
read more... 04/04/2011
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) designed to deliver natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe via Greece, Albania, and Italy, has finished its route refinement study of the pipeline section between Thessaloniki (Greece) and the Greek-Albanian border.
read more... 30/03/2011
A “solar wind bridge” project was recently presented at the Solar Highway competition in Italy designed by three Italian architects.
read more... 08/02/2011