The World Wind Energy Association has recently launched the World Wind Energy Report 2012. Below you can find some keypoints: The worldwide wind capacity reached 282 GW, out of which 44’609 Megawatt were added in 2012, more than ever before. Wind power showed a growth rate of 19,2 %, which is the lowest rate in ...
The table below lists the main photovoltaic modules manufacturers in 2012 (in MWp) Company Technologies Country Production lines in Production capacity Modules 2012 (in MWp) Production/ Sales/ Shipment of modules 2012 (in MWp) Turnover 2012 (in M€) Employees in 2012 Yingli Green Energy Wafers, mono and multicrystalline cells, modules China China 2450 2297 1405 16000 ...
Wind energy industry keeps growing in 2012 according to report just released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). Record installations in the United States and Europe led global installations of 44.8 GW of new wind power globally in 2012, 10% more than was installed in 2011. Global installed capacity has now reached 282.5 GW, ...
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will reach 31 gigawatts (GW) during 2013, according to the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz 2013. This is an increase of two GW, up seven per cent year over year, with China, Japan, and India accounting for 36 per cent of global demand. According to the report, starting from 2013, China will ...
Wind Energy in America According to The Wind Coalition, use of wind energy can be dated as far back as 5000 B.C. when people traveled the Nile in boats propelled by the wind. The first simple windmills were seen in China in 200 B.C. And the technology continued to spread and evolve throughout Persia, the ...
New Record for Thin-Film Solar PV Efficiency First Solar, Inc. has set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell conversion efficiency, achieving 18.7 percent cell efficiency in tests confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The cell was constructed at the Company’s Perrysburg, Ohio factory and ...
Saudi Arabia unveils plans to build 41 GW of solar PV and CSP plants The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has issued a white paper outlining its plans to build 41 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects by 2032. These projects will represent ...