BP, a giant oil company, revealed its plans to invest 800 million dollars in the construction of a wind farm in Kansas (USA), Flat Ridge 2, as to strengthen its position as the major player in America’s rapidly growing renewable industry and boost the local economy by creating thus about 500 jobs.
read more... 13/10/2011
The Blackfriars Railway Bridge of London, which is spanning the River Thames, will soon see a massive reconstruction, with 4,400 individual solar panels to be installed, becoming thus the largest solar bridge in the world.
read more... 07/10/2011
U.S. Export-Import Bank approved the largest guarantee for the biggest American producer of thin-film solar modules, First Solar Inc., worth 455.7 million dollars for 18 years refund period. The loan will be used for the construction of two power projects in Canada.
read more... 04/10/2011
Acciona Energy ended the construction of three wind farms in Mexico with a total capacity of 306 MW, consolidating its position in the country as the biggest wind power assets company.
read more... 29/09/2011
The developers of a 100 MW biomass power plant (GREC), situated in northern Florida, collected a sum of 500 million dollars, necessary to complete the construction of the plant and make it operational by the end of 2013. The plant will be purveyed with clean wood waste such as tops and limbs from harvested trees, urban wood waste and residue from lumber mill operations.
read more... 28/09/2011