Daimler and Statkraft have signed a renewable Purchase Power Agreement (PPA) to use wind and solar energy to power Mercedes factories, 24/7. An increasing number of big industrial players are looking to decarbonise their operations through these agreements with renewables. Daimler have already signed PPAs with wind farms in Germany and Poland. But this new … Continue reading Daimler and Statkraft have signed a PPA to use wind power and solar energy to power Mercedes factories
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Ford joins Daimler, Nissan to develop fuel cell vehicles
Ford, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz’s parent company Daimler have announced an alliance to jointly-develop affordable hydrogen-powered vehicles that could be on the road as soon as 2017. The effort is focused on bringing down the cost on fuel cells, which are devices that generate electricity through a chemical reaction that combines hydrogen and oxygen to make … Continue reading Ford joins Daimler, Nissan to develop fuel cell vehicles
Continue readingMalta national strategy for the introduction of electric vehicles
About 100 electric car charging points will be set up in strategic places around Malta by next year in a bid to encourage motorists to invest in such electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingSix GOP presidential hopefuls join leading Iowa Republicans in endorsing wind energy
Gingrich called wind power a piece of his American energy program, and said he favors a 10-year extension of the PTC, to avoid the ?up-and-down effect? on renewable energy development when the policy changes.
Continue readingWind energy proposal gains in Florida
A wind power plant farm with 80 wind turbines on the edge of the Florida Everglades is closer to realization with a decision by Palm Beach County.
Continue readingGamesa to supply wind turbines to two wind energy plants in Spain
La Tella wind farm (50 MW) will be equipped with 25 Gamesa G97-2.0 MW wind turbines, while Palomarejo (30 MW) will be powered by 15 Gamesa G90-2.0 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingRare earths – Enercon produces wind energy without neodymium
Enercon wind power converters (WECs) generate electricity in an environmentally friendly way without the use of the controversial element, neodymium.
Continue readingLondon was made for the electric vehicles Nissan LEAF
London it?s a compact city with narrow streets that are perfect for electric cars with lithium ion batteries. What is more there is no congestion charge to pay because of the electric car?s zero emissions.
Continue readingImpsa supplies wind turbines for Brazil?s largest wind farm By José Santamarta
This wind power agreement confirms CHESF entry to the market of wind energy and allows developing the first wind farm owned by the company.
Continue readingWind power will open up the road for renewable energy in Senegal
Senegal aims at covering 15% of energy consumption from renewables by 2020. The construction of two wind turbines has began with an overall capacity of 175 MW, nearly 30% of the total capacity presently installed.
Continue readingEDP Renovaveis Gets $141 Million for Wind Power Projects
EDP Renovaveis SA ( EDPR.LB) through its U.S. unit Horizon Wind Energy LLC has secured $141 million of institutional equity financing from Wells Fargo Wind Holdings LLC.
Continue readingSunPower Announces New World Record Solar Photovoltaic Cell Efficiency
SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) announced that it has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight to to electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 percent at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines.
Continue reading‘All you winds, bless the Lord’ By Tom Gray
Every once in a while, an enjoyable story about an individual or group using wind power comes our way, and this account of a Montana monastery installing its own wind turbines definitely qualifies.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy announces $55 million in funding for construction of new Wind Farm
Western Wind Energy announces that Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank has been mandated to arrange $55 million.
Continue reading$200 Million for Smart Grid Projects
Progress Energy has accepted a $200 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant awarded as part of the 2009 federal stimulus package.
Continue readingWind power presents an opportunity for Canadian manufacturers
Growing wind energy market presents “significant opportunity” for Canadian manufacturers – but immediate action required if Canada is to compete, says joint CanWEA – CME report.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power projects growth in 2009
Three new concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities came online in the United States in 2009, the third year in the past four such facilities were added following 15 years of inactivity.
Continue readingCape Wind Signs Agreement to Buy Siemens 3.6-MW Offshore Wind Turbines
Cape Wind announced today it has entered into an agreement with Siemens to supply 130 of its 3.6-Megawatt (MW) wind turbines for America’s first planned offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts.
Continue readingBYD y Daimler desarrollarán vehículos eléctricos
La empresa china de baterías y vehículos híbridos y eléctricos BYD ha firmado un memorándum de entendimiento con la firma alemana Daimler AG para desarrollar automóviles eléctricos.
Continue readingDaimler y la china BYD crearán una marca de vehículos eléctricos
Daimler, propietario de las firmas Mercedes-Benz y Smart, y el fabricante chino de vehículos BYD crearán una marca específica de coches eléctricos y promoverán el desarrollo de la movilidad eléctrica en el mercado chino.
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