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Merkel Losing Allies in $700 Billion Shift to Renewables
German utilities are reducing clean-power spending for the first time since 2009. That limits funds for offshore wind energy, the centerpiece of Merkel’s plan to replace all atomic reactors by 2022 and triple renewables’ share by 2050.
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$80 Billion Hydropower Project with Congo and South Africa
South Africa on March 8 completed an agreement expected to enable Congo to secure the initial $10 billion in financing required. Built in seven phases that may ultimately produce 39,800 megawatts, this would make it the world’s biggest.
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Les premiers électrons verts de Nareva (L'economiste Maroc)
Activités de la société NAREVA: Les sites Haouma et Akhfennir opérationnels, début de livraison des turbines de Tarfaya en septembre (NAREVA/GDF Suez), au total des projets à 8,2 milliards de DH.
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HVDC circuit breaker solves 100-year old electrical problem
ABB developed the world’s first circuit breaker for high voltage direct current (HVDC). It combines fast mechanics with power electronics capable of ‘interrupting’ power flows equivalent to the output of a large power station within 5 ms.
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Wind cheaper than gas, says E&Y
EUROPE: The net cost of European wind power is up to 50% lower than that of its main conventional power rival, combined cycle gas (CCGT), according to Ernst & Young (E&Y).
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RUSTEC - massive wind farms in Russia's Arctic to sell electricity to Europe (Moscow Times)
Kick-starting the country's renewable energy industry, the plan would see dozens of onshore wind farms built across the Murmansk region and plugged into a "power bridge" carrying the energy into the European grid via Norway or Finland.
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Siemens Exits Solar, Desertec in Green Portfolio Setback (Bloomberg News)
Siemens AG (SIE) plans to give up its unprofitable solar-energy business after failing to turn the unit around, in a blow to the German engineering company’s effort to win more revenue from its so-called green portfolio.
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The Sahara Wind Project Connecting Wind and Water (Revolve Magazine, January 2012)
In no other place in the world is wind energy used for so many different purposes as between Morocco and Mauritania – all within an intricately inter-related system including scientists, academia, government agencies, industrial companies and NATO...
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Sahara Wind déploie ses premières pales
L'approche graduelle et phasée du Projet Sahara Wind axée sur les partenariats académie-industrie pour la formation de compétences dans le secteur éolien au Maroc et en Mauritanie. Article publié sur les Echos (20.10.2011)
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World Water Day: Wind Power Saves Water
Wind power uses less water than almost any other power generation technology, the Global Wind Energy Council emphasised today, on UN World Water Day.
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Spain overcomes Germany to become the first European wind energy producer
Even though Spain has less installed capacity, it generated more electricity from wind energy than Germany in 2010, which shows the good performance of the system.
