A 150-kilowatt system featuring high-performance solar panels SolarWorld, has set a new high-water mark for system size among residential solar power installations in the Americas.
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MYTH: Higher Fuel Economy Standards Are Unattainable
Wash. Times: Fuel Economy Standards Are “Unattainable”; “Only Boring Hybrids And Impractical Electric Vehicles Will Remain.”
Continue readingHybrid energy storage device is as small as it can possibly get
The world at large runs on lithium ion batteries. New research at Rice University shows that tiny worlds may soon do the same.
Continue readingImpact Battery Meets Solar Energy Demand
Impact Battery meets the solar power needs of folks who enjoy the outdoors. The company supplies solar batteries and chargers for RVs, ATVs, motorcycles and marine applications.
Continue readingWanted: Predictable energy policy
The wind energy industry is far from struggling. In fact, 25 percent is the fourth highest percentage of new generation provided by wind turbines in the last 10 years.
Continue readingBradley, IER continue long crusade against wind energy
Robert Bradley continues his lengthy crusade against clean energy with a tirade against subsidies in yesterday’s Washington Times.
Continue readingLithium Deposits Enough to Electric Vehicles Demands
The world has enough lithium resources to power electric cars for the rest of the century, according to a newly published report.
Continue readingElectric vehicles BMW i
The BMW i3 Concept is an uncompromisingly sustainable electric car designed for urban areas.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Nissan LEAF Supports Plan to Significantly Increase Fuel Efficiency
Nissan introduced the LEAF ? the world’s first and only 100-percent electric car for the mass market ? in December 2010 and since has sold more than 4,000 electric cars in the United States.
Continue readingGerman wind energy capacity rises 793 MW in first half of 2011
German wind farm developers added a total of 793 MW of new wind turbines capacity in the first half of 2011, 20% more wind power than was added in the same period last year, the German BWE wind energy association said.
Continue readingMIT team designs concentrated solar thermal system that could store heat in vats of molten salts
The new system called Concentrated Solar Power on Demand or CSPonD can be termed as a perfect example of concentrated solar energy systems.
Continue readingWind farm owned by Navajo Nation enterprise
Construction of the Boquillas Wind Power Plant is expected to start late this year or early next year.
Continue readingWind Works Power Acquires 100% Interest in Wind Farm Burg II, Germany
Wind Farm Burg II is a 6 megawatt (MW) wind energy project located near Magdeburg in the eastern part of Germany with 6 wind turbines..
Continue readingWind power reduces fossil fuel use and emissions
There is no need to “back up” wind farm output. How is this possible? The output of wind farm plants is aggregated with all of the other changes in electricity supply and demand on a massive interstate power grid.
Continue readingGM Invests in Solar Power Developer Sunlogics
General Motors Ventures LC announced an equity investment of $7.5 million in Sunlogics PLC, a vertically integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation.
Continue readingMekong Delta wind farm symbolic of Vietnam?s energy future
Bac Lieu wind farm, located about 200 kilometres southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, will be the first wind energy facility in the Mekong Delta.
Continue readingSolar Projects Remain Strong in Western U.S.
More than $36 billion dollars in solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) capital projects scheduled to begin within the next year in the West Coast and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States.
Continue readingRenewable energy continued growth in 2010
The EU exceeded its 2010 targets for wind energy, solar energy photovoltaic, concentrating solar thermal power, and heating/heat pumps.
Continue readingProfits rise for wind energy Gamesa as it enjoys promising start for 2011
Spanish wind power company Gamesa recorded a revenue increase of 26 per cent for the first half of the year compared with 2010.
Continue reading101 new wind turbines in Europe?s seas since January 2011
As of 30 June 2011, there are 1,247 offshore wind turbines fully grid connected in Europe. They have a total wind energy capacity of 3,294 MW and are in 49 wind farm plants spread between nine countries.
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