The VoltAir, as the plane is tentatively dubbed, would be powered by enormous lithium-ion batteries, with energy densities of 1000 Wh/kg.
Continue readingElectric Car Charging Station Opens in Bloomington, Minn.
General Motors has already released their lithium ion batteries powered Chevy Volt, and later this fall, Nissan, Ford, and other major automakers will introduce new hybrid electric cars and all electric vehicles.
Continue readingSolar power being promoted in Manipur
The agency recently organized a one-day workshop on solar thermal system that laid stress on the need to use solar energy and wind power to meet the power shortage in the region.
Continue readingArmenia to build new geothermal energt plants
Armenia has great geothermal potential, allowing it to produce about 30 MW. Geothermal power is constant, unlike solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas signs wind turbines order for 90 MW in Brazil
Vestas has received a wind power order for a total capacity of 90 MW for wind farm projects in Brazil.
Continue readingForbes blog notes study on wind power’s limits, but not detailed critique
The notion that massive use of wind farm generation will cause climate-change-like effects has been kicking around, and the anti-wind turbines echo chamber is always looking for a good story.
Continue readingDarlene Snow named to head Wind Energy Foundation
Darlene Snow has been appointed Executive Director of the Wind Energy Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based organization founded in 2010 to educate the public about the benefits of wind power.
Continue readingWind energy Suzlon receives 100 MW wind power order from Orient Green Power
Wind turbines manufacturer Suzlon Energy Limited had bagged an order from the Chennai-based Orient Green Power Company Limited (OGPL), for over 100 megawatts (MW) of wind farm projects.
Continue readingSopogy to develop solar thermal energy plant in Thailand
Sopogy has signed a MoU with a Thai company to develop a six-megawatt concentrated solar power plant in southern Thailand.
Continue readingAcciona and Navantia join forces in offshore wind energy in Spain
The president of Acciona Energy, Carmen Becerril, and the CEO of Navantia, Luis Cacho, signed a co-operation agreement in the field of offshore wind power.
Continue readingTen Transit Connect Electric Vans Join New York City Fleet
The thrust for adoption of EV technology is growing rapidly worldwide and Mayor Bloomberg’s ‘Drive Electric NYC’ educational program will help sustain that momentum by providing facts about electric vehicles.
Continue readingDaimler and Bosch sign agreements for electric vehicles JV
Like lithium-ion batteries, electric motors are key components for our electric vehicles. It is extremely important that competence in this field is maintained in Germany.
Continue readingGE To Provide Wind Turbines For First Wind Farm In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Cong Ly Company also has plans for a second phase of the project, which would add up to 120 megawatts of wind power to help resolve the country’s chronic power shortages.
Continue readingEnel Green Power Starts Operating A New Wind Energy Plant in France
Enel Green Power increased its wind power in France with the 10 MW Moulin à Vent wind farm, located in the Champagne Ardenne region. The new wind turbines plant increases EGP?s installed capacity in France to 148 MW.
Continue readingAmerican Wind Capital Acquires Wind Farm in California
AWCC also announced a minority investment in Grant County Wind, a 20 MW wind project in Minnesota in which AWCC partnered with Olympus Power.
Continue readingEnergy policy tops list of needs at wind energy manufacturing conference
The most important U.S. policy encouraging wind power, the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC), will expire at the end of 2012.
Continue readingIsolux Corsán Reorganises Its Concessions Business
Photovoltaic solar power. The Group ranks as a leader in the solar PV power-generation market. It has 42 PV solar power plants in operation with an installed capacity of 168 MW.
Continue readingChallenges and Opportunities in U.S. Wind Energy Market
Despite challenges, wind turbines manufacturers continue to localize production domestically, while the cost of wind power is facing downward pressure.
Continue readingChina wind energy companies breaking into foreign wind farm markets
China Longyuan Power Group Corp (CLPG), the world’s third-largest wind farm operator by installed wind turbines capacity, took its first step overseas by acquiring the rights to develop a 100 MW wind power project.
Continue readingShare of renewable energy continues to grow
Globally, nearly 80 GW of renewable power capacity was added in 2009, including 31 GW of hydro and 48 GW of non-hydro capacity.
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