The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Catalunya marked their agreement on the deployment of electric car with lithium ion batteries in Catalunya, by participating in European Sustainable Energy Week 2011.
Continue readingGeneral Motors Leads in Electric Vehicles Patents
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index tracks the granting of U.S. patents in solar energy, wind power, hybrid/electric vehicles, tidal/wave energy, geothermal energy, biomass/biofuels and clean, renewable energy.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles sells its stake in solar power Tenesol to Total
Created in 1983, Tenesol is a French company operating in the photovoltaic solar energy business. It is jointly owned by EDF ENR, a subsidiary of the EDF group, and by the Total group.
Continue readingAbengoa Solar commercializes new high-concentration solar power photovoltaic system
The exclusive high-concentration system, developed entirely by Abengoa Solar, obtained excellent results, yielding efficiencies of over 28% in production modules.
Continue readingAcciona Windpower Awarded Over $3 Million to Install New Wind Turbines in Iowa
Commercialization of wind energy technology to maximize manufacturing in West Branch, the first 3 MW wind turbines to be installed in North America wind farm plants by Acciona Windpower.
Continue readingChina wind power sector added 18.9 GW, reaching a total installed wind turbines capacity of 44.7 GW in 2010
According to the third National Wind Energy Resources Census, China?s total exploitable capacity for both land-based and offshore wind farm energy is around 700-1,200 GW.
Continue readingCalifornia legislates for new renewable energy targets
California, the state that has long symbolized the American Dream, is once again turning to wind energy and other renewables to power its future energy needs.
Continue readingNext-Generation Cool Roofs
Research will Lead to Improved Efficiency for Cool Roofs and Increase Cool Roof Energy Savings by Over 50 Percent.
Continue readingEnergy Storage at Texas Wind Energy Plant
It will be the world’s largest power storage system for a wind farm. This system will store excess wind power and discharge it whenever demand for electricity is highest.
Continue readingNew wind energy plant in Poland
GE will supply its 2.5 MW wind turbines to ¯eñsko wind farm, a new wind energy plant in Poland, as the country expands the production of wind power to reduce its dependence on coal-generated electricity.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables achieves record output in first quarter of 2011
Wind farm capacity in Spain now stands at 5,447 MW. The Company also has 341 MW of small-scale hydroelectric capacity and 50 MW at its concentrating solar power or solar thermal electric plant in Puertollano.
Continue readingCPUC approves PPA to purchase 150 megawatts of solar energy from Sempra
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s 20-year contract to purchase 150 megawatts of solar power from Sempra Generation’s Mesquite Solar 1 facility in Arizona.
Continue readingVestas plans to set up wind energy plant in Angola in 2012
The CEO of Vestas in Portugal, Mário de Graviria Forbian, said in Luanda that in 2012 his company planned to set up an industrial unit for production of wind turbines for wind power plants in Angola.
Continue readingSuzlon ? GL Renewables mark decade of excellence in wind power
Suzlon Group, one of the world?s leading wind turbines companies, and GL Renewables Certification, a wind energy certification body, marked ten years of collaboration in a ceremony at the Wind Power India,
Continue readingWind energy Sinovel new installed wind farm capacity ascends to world No.2
BTM, the world?s most authoritative wind power consultation agency, released the report of International Wind Energy Development in 2010.
Continue readingFree Home and Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Available with the Addition of Six New Cities
ChargePoint Network Expands into Baltimore, Tampa, Boston, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Monterey; Free Home and Public Charging Stations for Electric Cars Available.
Continue readingVestas wins 50 MW wind power order for Inner Mongolia
Vestas, the global leader in wind energy, has received an order of 50 MW from China Datang Corporation Renewable Power. The order consists of 25 wind turbines and will be installed in a wind farm.
Continue readingTotal acquires solar power Tenesol
Tenesol, which was created in 1983, is a top-tier solar energy operator in Europe, leader in the French market for large industrial and commercial photovoltaic rooftop solutions.
Continue reading300 smart fortwo electric vehicles on the streets of Amsterdam by end of 2011
Car2go to introduce one of the world?s first large scale electric car with lithium ion batteries sharing programs. 300 smart fortwo electric cars on the streets by end of 2011.
Continue readingDeWind Announces Acquisition of 20 MW Wind Farm in Northern Texas and Acquires 160 MW Oklahoma Wind Power Project
The Novus wind energy project is the first utility-scale wind farm located in the Oklahoma Panhandle and is slated to total 370 MW when fully developed.
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