Tesla?s Model S premium sedan will be built from the ground up as an electric car with lithium ion batteries. Tesla’s goal is to produce a full range of electric cars.
Continue readingIFC Supports Wind Energy in Sri Lanka through Wind Farm Projects
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $3.8 million in Sri Lanka?s SENOK Group to help the company diversify its portfolio to include wind power projects.
Continue readingThe Canadian Wind Energy Association and DMI Industries Celebrate Global Wind Day
Activities will include a tour of DMI’s wind turbines manufacturing plant followed by a special address to event attendees, a luncheon, and an escorted tour of the nearby Mohawk Point Wind Farm.
Continue readingBoralex, partner to supply Hydro-Quebec with electricity from wind energy
The wind power project will have an installed capacity of 25 MW and will start up in late 2015, subject to various regulatory approvals.
Continue readingKiwis to embrace wind power as New Zealand celebrates Global Wind Day
New Zealand has 16 wind farm plants already operating or under construction. These wind power farms have more than 450 wind turbines with a combined installed capacity of over 600 megawatts.
Continue readingTurning Toward the Solar Energy
Concentrating Solar Power first came on the scene with the construction of a 350-megawatt solar thermal power plant complex in California.
Continue readingVestas – Rumours in the wind energy market regarding wind turbines order in Canada
Today there are rumours in the wind power market regarding a 300 MW wind farm order in Canada.
Continue readingGamesa agrees sale of 30 MW wind farm to Greentech Energy Systems
This wind energy facility, developed and built by Gamesa?s wind farm development and sale business, is equipped with 15 G90-2.0 MW wind turbines.
Continue readinge+ Launch an Era of Electric Mobility in Poland with Alva Technologies & Polenergia
Alva Technologies is currently developing electric vehicles infrastructure in the EMEA with a special focus on Emerging markets.
Continue readingElk Wind Energy Project in Iowa
RPM Access announces it has secured construction and term financing on its 41-megawatt Elk wind farm located in Delaware County, Iowa. The wind power project consists of 17 Nordex 2.5 megawatt wind turbines.
Continue readingFirst Solar reaches 4 GW solar power manufacturing milestone
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced that it has manufactured 4 gigawatts (GW) of thin-film photovoltaic solar modules since beginning commercial production in 2002.
Continue readingJuhl Wind service contract for two 20 MW wind energy plants
Juhl Wind, the Leader in Community Wind Power, announced the recent start of a new wind farm maintenance services contract for the recently completed Adams and Danielson wind farms.
Continue readingGreentech Energy to acquire a 30 MW wind energy plant in Spain
Greentech Energy Systems has signed a share purchase agreement with Gamesa Energìa S.A. to acquire a 30 MW wind farm located in Catalonia, Spain
Continue readingWind Power Making Headway In New Zealand
Global wind day on 15 June is a chance to acknowledge the contribution wind energy is making to New Zealand, EECA chief executive Mike Underhill says.
Continue readingSmall Wind Turbines Market Expected to Reach 3.7 GW by 2020
In just 20 years, wind power has become a viable alternative to fossil fuels, adopted by over 70 countries. 2010 saw cumulative installed capacities reach 197,712 MW, compared with 24,052 MW in 2001.
Continue readingVestas receives 31 MW wind turbines order for Tamil Nadu
Around 42% of all wind energy plants in India are to be found in Tamil Nadu. The wind power order has been placed by Beta Wind Farm Pvt. Ltd.
Continue readingIconic photos of wind turbines coming to Portugal
In celebration of Global Wind Energy Day, Enercon will hold a photo exhibition in Viana do Castelo ? a historic and beautiful town in the north of Portugal.
Continue readingEnergy storage, wind power and solar energy
The AESUS will allow solar power and wind energy producers to store energy during peak production and release it during peak consumption.
Continue readingIndia?s largest solar energy plant to be commissioned in Sabarkantha
The site will use approximately 9,120 photovoltaic solar modules to convert sunlight into electricity.
Continue readingEnergy storage battery research
Experts say that the successful development of the energy storage battery will play a crucial role in popularizing wind power and solar energy and achieving energy conservation.
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