Category: News

December 5 2014

Enel Green Power Starts $190 Million Wind Farm in Chile

The Taltal facility comprises 33 turbines for a total capacity of 99 megawatts, Enel Green said in a statement on its website. It will produce enough power for about 170,000 homes.

December 5 2014

Solar Power Inc. Agrees to Buy 9.9-Megawatt New Jersey Project

The company is buying Beaver Run Solar Farm in Lafayette from Shotmeyer Solar LLC, which also agreed to lease land for the power plant, Roseville, California-based Solar Power said in a statement today. The deal is expected to close before year-end.

December 4 2014

SoftBank to Invest in Altaeros’ Airborne Wind Turbine Technology

Altaeros is working to commercialize technology to lift wind turbines into consistently high altitudes so they can produce more power than tower-mounted turbines, the companies said in a statement today.

December 4 2014

Rainfall in Africa May Rise With Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

Intense rainfall beginning about 14,700 years ago and ending 5,000 years ago in the Sahara and Sahel regions coincided with high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the study said. It’s the first time scientists have used climate models to pinpoint a major cause of what came to be called the African Humid Period, said Bette Otto-Bliesner, one of the study’s authors and a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

December 4 2014

Antarctic Ice Sheets Threatened by Warm Water Rising From Below

That would prompt the oceans to rise faster than expected, according to an article today in the journal Science.

December 4 2014

Forecast of Brazil Rains Will Halt Expensive Power Plants

If November’s weather continues, Brazilian rainfall may exceed the monthly average in December, alleviating a drought that has curtailed hydroelectric power supplies, said Hermes Chipp, general director of the electric grid operator ONS. Some of the highest-cost thermal plants may no longer be needed in March if wet weather lasts through the summer months, he said.

December 4 2014

Allianz Global Investors Buys Italian Solar Power Plant

The 8 megawatt project in Puglia was bought on behalf of the Allianz Renewable Energy Fund, Allianz said today in an e-mailed statement.

December 4 2014

Hanwha SolarOne Wins Order to Supply 20 Megawatts to Hong Solar

Panel shipments for the utility-scale solar farm in Baotou are expected to be completed this month, the Qidong, China-based unit said today in a statement. Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed.

December 4 2014

Japan Defends Use of Climate Finance for Coal Projects Abroad

The country was named by environmentalists this week as the recipient of the so-called “Fossil Award” for funding power stations using coal, which emits more carbon dioxide blamed for global warming. It came as climate envoys from world governments, including Japan, gather for United Nations talks in Lima, Peru, on how to tackle climate change.

December 3 2014

Hanwha SolarOne Supplies 20 Megawatts of Photovoltaics to Haike

The panels were delivered last month for ground-mounted projects in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, the Qidong, China-based unit said today in a statement. Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed.