Zhao Chunjiang’s dream is that one day every rooftop in this eastern metropolis will have a solar power generator.
Continue readingTibet’s largest solar energy plant starts operation
The 30-megawatt (MW) solar power plant project is located in Xigaze Prefecture, about 3 km northwest of Tibet’s second-largest city of Xigaze.
Continue readingSkyFuel Named Concentrating Solar Power Supplier of the Year
Parabolic trough solar thermal maker SkyFuel was honored as concentrated solar energy (CSP) Technology Supplier of the Year at last week’s CSP Today USA Summit in Las Vegas.
Continue readingBD Otomotive in talks to rescue electric car maker Think
?Our intentions are simple ? to bring Think out of bankruptcy and make it the affordable urban electric vehicles for Europe it was always designed to be,? BD Otomotive Chairman Osman Boyner said. Think sold just 1,043 electric cars of the City in 2010.
Continue readingJV to Manufacture Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries For Electric Vehicles
The Dow Chemical Company and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube) announced an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in energy storage.
Continue readingMitsubishi unveils cheaper i-MiEV electric vehicles
The electric car i-MiEV would be able to power an average household for at least a day.
Continue readingElectric vehicles charging facility at Ceme
The Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP, has opened a new solar power assisted electric car charging facility at the Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) in Rainham, East London.
Continue readingAntelope Valley?s First Solar Energy Standard Community
KB Home?s Arroyo community is the first in the Antelope Valley to offer solar power systems as a standard feature on all new homes.
Continue readingNorthland Power Announces OPA for Wind Farm in the Grand Bend Area
The wind farm had been in a project queue, pending upgrade of the Bruce-to-Milton Ontario power transmission line.
Continue readingBP Wind Energy Announces PPA for Pennsylvania Wind Farm
The wind farm is expected to generate up to 144 MW of energy and is anticipated to utilize approximately 90 GE 1.6 MW wind turbines. BP Wind Energy will market the remaining capacity to other customers.
Continue readingCanWEA applauds Nova Scotia for setting wind farm pay rates
The Canadian Wind Energy Association says the feed-in tariffs set by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board will make the province a leader in small wind power developments.
Continue readingRising Temperatures Melting Away Global Food Security
It is now in their interest to try and save their mountain glaciers by shifting energy investment from coal-fired power plants into energy efficiency, wind energy, and solar thermal and geothermal energy.
Continue readingTwo-thirds of consumers would pay more for products made with wind energy
Two-thirds say they would be willing to pay more for products made with wind power. Overwhelmingly they either prefer or don?t mind seeing wind turbines in their daily life.
Continue readingVestas: Stealth wind turbines test in U.K. successful
Wind power manufacturer Vestas said that it has successfully tested a wind turbine using “stealth” technology rotor blades that reduced radar reflection by 99 percent compared with a normal wind turbine.
Continue readingHungary losing out on millions of euros in wind energy investments
The Hungarian wind power sector is now facing a possible standstill in 2011, with little new wind farm capacity expected.
Continue readingGamesa 5 MW offshore wind turbines
Gamesa showcased the progress made on its offshore wind energy strategy, specifically with respect to the G11X-5.0 MW wind turbines for offshore wind farm.
Continue readingSiemens to supply 50 MW concentrating solar power plant in Spain
The concentrated solar energy plant Termosolar Olivenza 1 is planned to go operational by the end of 2012.
Continue readingTitan Tracker heliostat for pilot Concentrating Solar Power in India
SunBorne Energy is developing a 1 MWth concentrated solar energy tower system. This R&D solar thermal project is funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, and SunBorne Energy.
Continue readingUS Utility Installs Carmanah Inverters in 600 Electric Vehicles
The Company?s Go Power! brand is one of North America?s most popular and recognized in solar power for both recreational and industrial use.
Continue readingPyron Solar’s Power-Producing Solar System Reaches 1,200 Suns at Cell Level
A one-megawatt installation of the Pyron Solar system would consist of approximately 50 arrays that can be placed on 3.1 acres ? by far the smallest footprint in the Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic Power industry.
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