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Bosch to invest 520 million euros in a solar project in Malaysia
A worldwide known service provider, Bosch Group, aims to extend its photovoltaic business by building a major manufacturing site near Penang, in the Batu Kawan region of Malaysia. The total amount of the investment is 520 million euros, while the project construction is planned to be started this year and completed by the end of 2014.
read more... 29/06/2011
Boost in sales of residential wind turbines in USA
Despite the difficult situation in the economy’s path, more and more people are buying small wind turbines, with around 10,000 units sold nationally in 2009 compared to 2,100 units sold in 2001, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
read more... 28/06/2011
Google to invest another 102 million dollars in Alta Wind
Google is investing its second investment of 102 million dollars in the California’s 1.55 GW Alta WindEnergyCenter. The project consists of a five-phase of Alta Wind project in the Tehachapi Mountains, which is one of the largest wind farms in the world.
read more... 27/06/2011
View on geothermal feed-in tariffs in Europe
Many countries around the world shifted to geothermal energy following nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors. Most of the activity focused on the development of renewable projects is taking place in Europe, while pioneer in geothermal industry is Italy with over 800 MW in operation installed worldwide, even if the country is not concentrated on strengthening its geothermal industry, even it has a good policy for it.
read more... 24/06/2011
Biomass to contribute to achieving the Scottish renewable target
Biomass presents an important source used to generate renewable energy, mainly for Scotland that plans to achieve its 2020 target of producing 100% of its energy from renewable sources. Biomass is a valuable source that is not affected by different factors, such as weather, on which depend other types of renewable sources.
read more... 23/06/2011