By 2050, wind power could produce more than 2,500 TWh and there by meeting half of Europe?s expected electricity demand.
Continue readingEU – Wind energy targets for 2020 and 2030
Wind energy currently meets 5.3% of the EU?s electricity consumption from an installed wind farm capacity of 84.3 GW.
Continue readingNew Nissan Electric Vehicles Leaf could power your home for days
The electric car’s lithium-ion batteries can store up to 24kWh of electricity, which can power an average Japanese household for about two day.
Continue readingChrysler Providing San Francisco and Sacramento with Test Fleet of PHEV Ram 1500 Pickup Trucks
28 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) will be supplied to San Francisco and Sacramento as part of a demonstration project by Chrysler Group LLC.
Continue readingAAA to offer recharges for stranded Electric Vehicles
For drivers of all-electric cars that have pushed them a bit too far, running out of a charge, the American Automobile Association is about to offer roadside recharges to its members.
Continue readingA Better Way to Connect Solar Power, Wind Energy to the Grid
If solar energy and wind energy can’t be converted to the 60-hertz alternating current (AC) standard in the United States, it can’t be connected to the grid for use in homes or offices.
Continue readingSoil erosion is taking a human toll
As countries lose their topsoil through overgrazing, overplowing, or deforestation, they eventually lose the capacity to feed themselves.
Continue readingXcel Energy Reports Lower Emissions
We’re the No. 1 wind energy provider and the No. 5 solar power utility in the United States.
Continue readingEnfocus Engineering’s concentrated solar energy photovoltaic pilot project gets a home at Google
Google will install EnFocus Engineering?s Diamond Power Daylighter concentrating solar power photovoltaic (CPV) skylights at one of its Silicon Valley offices. Google?s offices will serve as a test site for the devices.
Continue readingSiemens brings HelWin offshore wind farm on line
The 3-phase alternating current generated by the wind turbines will be bundled on the offshore transformer platform and transmitted to the converter platform via high-voltage cable.
Continue readingEnel Green Power results for first half of 2011
EGP capacity amounted to 6,372 MW, of which 2,538 MW (39.8%) of hydroelectric, 2,893 MW (45.4%) of wind energy , 775 MW (12.2%) of geothermal energy and 166 MW (2.6%) of other renewable resources (solar power, etc).
Continue readingABB wins order for offshore wind energy connection
ABB has been award a $1 billion (?703.5 million) wind energy contract from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farm plants to the German grid.
Continue readingChina unifies solar energy feed-in-tariffs
The China government announced recently it will unify its feed-in-tariffs for solar power photovoltaic to promote the development of the domestic solar energy market.
Continue readingGE signs 350 MW US wind energy deal
The wind power deal will see GE supply a mix of 1.5-82.5 and 1.6-100 wind turbines. 94 1.6MW and 134 1.5 MWs wind turbines will be going to the Osage wind farm in Oklahoma and the Post Rock wind farm in Kansas
Continue readingSierra Club tells NHC wind power means jobs
Offshore wind energy could bring thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars to the local economy, according to the Sierra Club?s presentation to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners.
Continue readingVestas test wind energy centre on Isle of Wight
UK Energy Minister Chris Huhne will visit Vestas’ brand new ?60 million wind power test centre at West Medina Mills on the Isle of Wight in the UK.
Continue readingEU wind power will triple by 2020
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind farm deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050
Continue readingDrought sears South Central states; wind power saving water
Wind energy’s ability to provide energy without using water is a critical quality that policy makers would do well to keep in mind.
Continue readingIkea promotes wind power and solar power
IKEA has announced that it has purchased a Scottish wind farm and will spend £4m installing solar energy panels on the roofs of 10 of its UK stores.
Continue readingElectric vehicles and wind energy
An average electric car with lithium ion batteries consumes 0.2 kWh per kilometre. Wind energy produced in Europe in 2010 could power 90.8 million electric cars.
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