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Fruto de una licitación, el gobierno uruguayo informó el 1 de febrero sobre la instalación de tres parques eólicos que generarán 150 MW —el doble de lo generado actualmente— y anunció otra licitación en abril por 150 MW adicionales.
Además de estos 300 MW, la empresa estatal de energía, UTE, construirá parques con empresas privadas por 200 MW, lo que sumará 500MW.
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The world`s poorest countries can jump directly from the pre-electricity era into a new industrial revolution through an "energy Internet" — the uptake of renewable energy shared through communication technologies, argues economist Jeremy Rifkin.
"The great economic revolutions in history occur when new communication technologies
Algeria is aiming to generate 40 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, energy minister Youcef Yousfi has announced.
About 60 renewable energy projects will be launched to give a capacity of 3,000 megawatts, hetold a press conference held to announce the strategy (2 January).
"The main purpose of this new policy is to prepare the country for the post-petrol era," Yousfi said.
Currently, fossil fuels account for 96 per cent of export revenue, and ar
The Fukushima accident raised questions that must be addressed by developing countries considering nuclear energy.
The accident at Japan`s Fukushima nuclear power plant in March sent a shock wave through the nuclear energy renaissance that has been gaining strength in the past few years. This had been spurred partly by the escalating price of oil, partly by safer reactor
An ambitious renewable energy project, which plans to produce electricity by tapping into desert sunshine and wind in the Middle East and North Africa, has hit troubled waters after losing the backing of governments and industrial partners, insiders say.
The goal of the Munich-based DESERTEC initiative i