Power modules for automobiles offer even higher reliability than industrial-use modules due to the extremely high requirements for vehicle safety and durability.
Continue readingPSA Peugeot Citroën: First electric vehicles to be deployed in Rennes
To facilitate the roll-out of these new applications, a network of charging stations will be installed by Rennes Métropole, which will serve as the pilot site for the national carbon-free electric car project.
Continue readingNew Ford Focus Electric Car Keeps Its Cool
Ford?s use of an advanced active liquid-cooling and heating system in its Focus Electric Vehicles lithium ion batteries packs will provide customers in hot climates an advantage over competitive models.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently committed to having one million electric cars on German roads by 2020.
Continue readingGoogle Makes its Biggest Investment in Solar Energy
Google is no stranger to solar power, but on Tuesday it announced its largest investment in the alternative energy source to date?a $280 million placement in solar thermal provider SolarCity.
Continue readingAfter five years, Atlantic City wind turbines are still a tourist draw
The wind farm and a solar power array at the site generate 60 percent of the electricity used by the treatment plant, saving the equivalent of 24,000 barrels of oil a year.
Continue readingDemand-side policies will fuel growth in wind energy manufacturing sector
The U.S. has made investments in wind power, through existing policies, that have lowered the cost of wind turbines and made it competitive with other new forms of generation.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power Parabolic trough innovations
In today?s aggressive solar thermal market, concentrated solar energy parabolic trough innovations that increase parabolic trough plants? operating efficiency are vital.
Continue reading24 billion Euros of fuel costs avoided from wind energy in 2015
Rising fossil fuel prices, devastating oil spills and the nuclear crisis in Fukushima have in 2011 substantially raised expectations of wind power.
Continue readingCanadians get ready for Global Wind Day festivities
A tour of an Ontario wind turbines manufacturing plant followed by a visit to a nearby operating wind farm are among the Canadian events on Wednesday.
Continue readingSuryachakra Pow – MoU with SunBorne and Citadel for establishing 5 MW Concentrating Solar Power
Suryachakra Power has entered into a MOU for establishing a 5 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power project in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Continue readingUtilities Double Solar Energy Capacity in 2010
In 2010, thirty utilities reported owning 140 MW of solar energy which is a drastic 300% increase from 2009. Solar power and include photovoltaic and concentrated solar energy technologies.
Continue readingWind energy in Philippines – Ilocos Norte?s wind farm
More than a cheaper power rate, Ilocos Norte residents have been enjoying clean energy since 2005 with the establishment of the first wind power plant in the Philippines.
Continue readingTwo wind power plants open in Scotland
ScottishPower Renewables has invested more than £1 billion in wind energy over the last decade and estimates that more than 2,000 people have been employed in the construction and management of its wind farms.
Continue readingWind power Suzlon gets new order for S-97-2.1 MW wind turbines
Suzlon Wind Energy Corp has secured a new order for S97-2.1 MW wind turbines at an Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada Wind farm project in development by Sprott Power Corp.
Continue readingBonneville Power Administration violated the Federal Power Act in taking wind energy off the grid
Contracts cannot be broken for wind power or anything else. BPA, a government-owned monopoly, cannot play by different rules and shred contracts with private companies.
Continue readingAustralia looks forward to its first Global Wind Day!
Infigen Energy are looking forward to talking about wind turbines and how wind power is turned into electricity.
Continue readingZinc, most want to use it for grid storage
If you wanted to store 10 percent of the energy that will get generated by the world?s wind turbines in 2020, you would only need 2.3 million tons of zinc.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Day ? tomorrow!
Wind power events are taking place in a whole host of countries from Mexico to New Zealand and all across Europe. Berlin will see the opening of a major new exhibition on wind energy at the capital?s Technical Museum.
Continue readingAir Force Academy Solar Energy Plant
SunPower has worked with federal agencies since 1999, and has more than 40 megawatts of solar power systems installed or under contract at government facilities, including systems at Nellis Air Force Base.
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