Archive for April, 2009
« Next postsOne of the World’s Largest Waste Gas-to-Energy Projects unveiled
30 April 2009
One of the world’s largest landfill gas-to-energy projects was formally unveiled in Istanbul April 25 by Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The landfill gas project, owned by Ortadoğu Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş., was developed as part of a national initiative to reduce the environmental impacts of solid waste facilities and use the landfills’ [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
Gamesa and Neo Energía to install 35 MW in Spain and France
28 April 2009
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica has entered into several agreements with Generaciones Especiales I, S.L., a company belonging to NEO Energía, for the supply of a total of 35 wind turbines having a total output of 35 MW for various wind farms.
The first of these agreements includes the supply of 19 Gamesa G52-850 kW wind turbines [...]
Category: Energy, Wind energy
European Parliament votes to support new rules strengthening the EU internal energy market
26 April 2009
President Barroso and Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs have welcomed the vote of the European Parliament backing new rules to strengthen the EU’s internal energy market. The new legislation is expected to give consumers more protection and the benefit of the lowest possible energy prices while offering companies the chance to compete on a level playing [...]
Popularity of energy efficient lamps rises
26 April 2009
In 2008 Dutch retailers sold 15 percent more energy efficient lamps of the so called ‘house label lamps’ than in 2007. This resulted in the sale of 11.5 million house label lamps. The house label constitutes 60% of the total sales of energy efficient lamps, so show figures of the Dutch Board for Retail (RND). [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
Information on the cost of energy consumption leads to buying economical electronic devices
26 April 2009
If the consumer is confronted with the cost of the energy consumption of an electrical device, he will be prepared to pay a higher price for a more economic alternative. It’s clear that the consumer calculates his profit, at least, in The Netherlands. A large consumer electronics retailer BCC did research and found out that [...]
Category: Energy
EnBW places order for first commercial offshore wind farm in Germany in the Baltic Sea
25 April 2009
At this year’s Hanover trade show Siemens Energy and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG today signed a contract for the supply of 21 SWT 2.3-93 wind turbines for the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm. The major order with an investment volume in the mid-range double-digit millions is a further important milestone in the realization of Germany’s [...]
Category: Energy, Wind energy
More farms in Europe, North America using organic waste to generate onsite power
25 April 2009
With the international community seeking to expand the development of different types of renewable energy, more farmers in North America and Europe are using GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher engines to generate onsite power from biogas created from converted animal waste and other agricultural organic materials.
In the European Union (EU), where agriculture is responsible for 9% [...]
Category: Bio energy, Energy
Dutch researchers achieve world-record efficiency for innovative solar module
24 April 2009
Researchers of the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) have achieved a premium conversion efficiency of 16.4% (aperture area) on a full-size solar module, a new world-record efficiency for photovoltaic modules with multicrystalline silicon solar cells. The previous world-record was held by Sandia National Laboratory (USA), at 15.5% aperture-area efficiency. Several modules with aperture-area [...]
Category: Energy, Solar energy
Standard plug interface for electric vehicles
23 April 2009
Everyone has experienced the frustration of cell phone designers changing the recharging interface (wire-to-phone) on almost a yearly basis. It is as if the intent is to make more money from expensive replacement recharging units needed if the original becomes lost or left behind at a friend’s house.
With the future of transportation looking to be [...]
Category: Mobility
Electric Vehicle Recharging Station in Frankfurt
20 April 2009
The city of Frankfurt has a new electric vehicle battery recharging station in a high-traffic area. The solar “fuel” station provides free battery charging for small-scale electric vehicles including Velotaxis, Segways, electric bikes and scooters.
The station contains six charging ports all of which receive their power from solar panels located on the building’s roof. The [...]
Category: Energy, Mobility, Solar energy
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