Energy infrastructure News for December 2013

Energy infrastructure News Archive

First Solar PV modules chosen for slew of Photosol projects

Advanced thin-film photovoltaic modules will power four solar energy plants in France totalling 48MW.

Vestas extends contract with ScottishPower Renewables

Deal includes installion of five Vestas wind power plants in Scotland with a total capacity of 120 MW.

New whitepaper download: How can cities become smarter?

Part 2: Cities face daunting obstacles in their quest to achieve the desired level of attractiveness. In some cases, rapid growth is driving increased pollution and congestion. So what needs to be done?

New whitepaper download: How can cities become smarter?

Part 1: In less than 40 years, 70% of the world’s population will reside in our cities. But can this rapid population shift into an urban environment happen in a sustainable way?

New whitepaper download: the hidden cause of underperforming wind projects, and how to protect yourself

For the past few years, investors, owners, and consultants in the US wind industry have been challenged by well-documented cases of wind project under-performance...

New whitepaper download: How to minimise uncertainty when predicting solar irradiance

Could a Solar Resource Assessment be the difference between a solar plant that performs well and one which under-delivers?

Kinangop wind farm in Kenya to be powered by 38 GE wind turbines

When complete, the Kinangop facility will be one of the largest wind power generation projects to be built to date in sub-Saharan Africa, according to GE.

All forms of energy necessary, says ExxonMobil

The world will require all forms of energy over the next quarter century to meet a greater than one-third increase in demand, says ExxonMobil’s Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 forecast report.