Nissan recently introduced a system that allows the electricity produced by the lithium-ion batteries in the electric vehicles Nissan Leaf to be transferred to households, a Vehicle to Grid (V2G).
Continue readingThree new wind power plants planned for Ireland
The two companies have also signed a Letter of Intent to co-develop Gaelectric’s remaining wind energy projects in Ireland and the US. Chinese XEMC Group is a manufacturer of direct drive wind turbines.
Continue reading$102 Million to Record Hill Wind Farm, LLC for Maine Wind Energy Project
Wind Power Project Expected to Fund Approximately 200 Jobs and Provide Improvements to Wind Turbines.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas receives 202 MW wind turbines order in USA
Vestas has received a 202 MW wind power order from E.ON Climate & Renewables North America for 112 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in USA.
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 readingConcentrating solar power: California approves 570 MW hybrid natural gas-solar thermal plant
The California Energy Commission approved the construction of a proposed 570-megawatt concentrated solar energy hybrid plant in Los Angeles County.
Continue readingWind energy in Honduras: the first wind farm in September
The wind power plant will have 51 wind turbines with 120 MW of Gamesa in the first phase and construction and engineering is done for Iberdrola for Wind Energy Mesoamerica.
Continue readingAndalusia has ten concentrated solar thermal power plants
Andalusia is the Spanish Autonomous Community with more concentrated solar energy plants, with ten Concentrating Solar Power facilities, according to the Spanish Association of Solar Thermal Industry (Protermosolar).
Continue readingGemasolar’s solar thermal plant exceeds expectations
The concentrating solar power plant is owned by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between the engineering and technology group SENER, and Masdar.
Continue readingChina to Double Solar Energy Capacity This Year
China will double its solar power capacity and is likely to reach 2 gigawatts (gW) by the end of the year.
Continue readingResult of DTU?s tender for rental of test stands for wind turbines
From May to July 2011, the Technical University of Denmark carried out a tender for the wind turbine test stands at the test centre at Østerild and the test station at Høvsøre.
Continue readingEgypt and Renewable Energy
The world sees Egypt as one of the most important countries that is able to produce Renewable Energy represented in solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingSolar Power for the Marine Corps
Concentrated solar power photovoltaics, or CPV, is one of the newer forms of solar energy technology.
Continue readingNanophosphate® lithium ion batteries will power future electric cars
GM has awarded a contract to A123 Systems, a developer of Nanophosphate® lithium ion batteries, for complete battery packs to be used in future GM electric vehicles.
Continue readingSiemens to produce wind turbines for western Kansas wind farm
“Duke Energy has entered into a wind energy supply agreement with Siemens for their Siemens 2.3-108 wind turbines,” said Greg Efthimiou, of Duke Energy Corporate Communications.
Continue readingDuke Energy announces wind turbines for Willacy County
The Los Vientos I wind energy project, roughly 20 miles inland from the Gulf, will sell the electricity it generates to San Antonio-based CPS Energy.
Continue readingAlberta regulators have given the green light to NaturEner Energy Canada?s 162 MW Wild Rose 2 wind power project.
The 108 wind turbines wind farm, planned for Cypress County, boosts the company?s wind energy prospects in the province to 375 MW.
Continue readingAWEA’s Message to Republican Presidential Hopefuls: Wind Power Works
Iowa wind farm owners paid $16.5 million in state property taxes in 2010, plus another $11 million in land lease payments to property owners.
Continue readingFord and SunPower To Bundle Electric Vehicles With Rooftop Solar Power
Electric car makers with lithium ion batteries and solar energy manufacturers have long known they share the same potential customers
Continue readingWind energy REpower Systems SE publishes figures for 1st quarter 2011/12
In the first three months of the 2011/12 fiscal year, REpower Systems SE installed or supplied wind turbines with a total wind farm capacity of 195 megawatts (MW).
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