China plans to increase its wind power base to 69,076 MW by 2015. Led by the increasing electricity demand by 15 per cent per year in China, the wind farm capacity has been doubling every year since 2005.
Continue readingVestas receives 92 MW wind power order in Asia Pacific
Wind energy Vestas has received a firm order for 51 wind turbines of the V100-1.8 MW wind turbine in Asia Pacific for a wind farm.
Continue readingEDP Renewables 1H 2011 results with EBITDA up by 19% to ? 409 million
EDPR assumed full control of wind power GENESA (1.7 GW of wind farm capacity) of which it already held 80%, and won a public tender with 127 MW of wind energy in Aragon.
Continue readingKoch Brothers Make it Official. We Hate Wind Energy
Americans for Prosperity retained the Beacon Hill Institute to do a cost-benefit analysis of the state?s plans to develop up to 1,100 megawatts of wind farm capacity off the coast of southern New Jersey.
Continue readingEIA studies on energy incentives distort value of spending on wind energy
Wind power accounted for 35% of all new electricity capacity installed in 2007, but according to the EIA 2007 study, it received just 12% of Federal electricity support in that year.
Continue readingIPT systems for wirelessly charging electric vehicles
HaloIPT, the global leader in Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems for wirelessly charging electric cars announces a new strategic partnership with Drayson Racing Technologies.
Continue readingNissan and China partner Dongfeng to invest $8 bln, including electric vehicles
The two firms plan to nearly double annual sales and launch a zero-emission electric car with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingNordex wins 52.5 MW wind turbines order for Scottish wind farm
Wind energy manufacturer Nordex has won a wind power contract to supply wind turbines for a 52.5 MW wind farm in Scotland which is currently being built by Statkraft.
Continue readingJohnson Controls expands advanced battery lab
This includes a full technology range from advanced lead-acid batteries through lithium ion batteries and alternate cell chemistries for electric cars.
Continue readingWind Energy and Solar Power Electric Vehicles Charging Station
With the mainstreaming of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries, a major challenge to greater adoption has been the lack of an adequate charging infrastructure.
Continue readingA123 Systems to Supply Energy Storage System to Dongfang Electric Corporation
The government has set ambitions goals to increase wind energy in China to about 170GW by 2020, and DEC looks forward to doing our part to help reach this target.
Continue readingEDP Renováveis agrees construction of wind farm in Brazil
Portugal?s EDP Renováveis (EDPR) said that it had established a project finance agreement with Brazilian state bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (BNDES) to build a wind energy plant.
Continue readingAlgonquin Power & Utilities Executes Wind Power PPA with Manitoba Hydro
APCo will be acquiring a partial interest in an existing 370 MW portfolio of New England and New York wind turbines projects and development opportunities representing 1,200 MW of wind farm projects.
Continue readingRight Wing Media Use Wildlife Deaths To Attack Wind Power
In recent weeks, the right-wing media have used reports of wildlife deaths — particularly those of bats and birds — in order to attack wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy in North Carolina
Atlantic Wind plans to erect up to 150 wind turbines on a wind farm in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. About 15 miles away, Invenergy plans to erect more than 100 wind turbines on a wind farm.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy and Direct Use
Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Agricultural Applications for Geothermal Direct Use Energy: Market Analysis and Forecasts.
Continue readingDemand dynamics in the major solar power photovoltaic markets
What are the demand dynamics in the world?s major solar energy PV markets? Are installations picking up in the second half of 2011 due to module price decreases? Will the global market actually shrink in 2012?
Continue readingHitachi Chemical Decides on Doubling Production Capacity for Lithium ion Batteries Using Carbon Anode Materials
Hitachi Chemical Decides on Doubling Production Capacity for Lithium ion Batteries Using Carbon Anode Materials for Electric Cars.
Continue readingSony Achieves Over 30% Reduction in Global CO2 Emissions
In 2009, Sony started production of mercury-free alkaline button batteries and, in April 2011, announced shipments of energy storage modules using rechargeable lithium-ion batteries made from olivine-type phosphate.
Continue readingJinkoSolar named top crystalline module provider by PHOTON Power
JinkoSolar Holding, a fast-growing, vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer based in China, announced the company’s used in the first phase of solar energy projects being planned by PHOTON Power AG.
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