The largest operational photovoltaic power-generating station on the planet was built by First Solar and is owned by Enbridge. It is located just outside of Sarnia, just southwest of Ontario and it is composed of about 1.3 million panels on a surface of 1150 acres.
read more... 05/10/2010
The solar energy market has proven to be in the last years one of the most prominent registering up to 30 percent of growth. Thereby, countries like China, give loans of billions of dollars to expand their businesses.
read more... 04/10/2010
Norway's state-owned company, Statkraft announced Thursday that it would invest $400 million in a hydropower plant in Peru with a capacity of 168-megawatt, and announced intentions of further investing in Chile, but it is targeting the Brazilian market as well.
read more... 01/10/2010
South Africa jointly with its partner, the Clinton Initiative, are seeking to attract investors, public or private, in order to invest up to 150 billion euros in a solar plant.
read more... 30/09/2010
A study shows immense potential in the 13 coastal states of the U.S. that could bring up to 127 gigawatts of electricity compared to 35,000 megawatts that it registered in 2009.
read more... 29/09/2010