Wind energy projects included Zuoyun Wind Power Company, Inner Mongolia Wind Power Company and Wulong Wind Power Company with new wind farm capacities totaling 144.25MW.
Continue readingFirst Solar Breaks Ground on Vietnam Solar Power Factory
New Factory to Add More Than 250 MW in Solar Energy Photovoltaic Manufacturing Capacity.
Continue readingBroadwind Energy to Supply Towers for Shady Oaks Wind Energy Project of Goldwind
The blades, which will be installed on Goldwind 1.5 MW permanent magnet direct-drive wind turbines (PMDD) as part of the Shady Oaks wind farm.
Continue readingJapan finds 11 types of vegetables in Fukushima over radioactive safety standards
Prior to the March 11 quake and ensuing tsunami, no radioactive substances were detected in the seawater near the nuclear plant, the utility said.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa lays the cornerstone of its new building in Sarriguren, Navarre
Gamesa’s wind power business originated in Navarre in 1994, with a turbine assembly plant and a contract with EHN to put six wind turbines into operation at the El Perdón wind farm, the region’s first.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Lithium-ion Battery Second Life
The electric car Li-ion battery recycling market is expected to be worth more than $2 billion by 2022, with more than half a million end-of-life electric cars’ battery packs.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power photovoltaic plant to be built in Durango, Mexico
Skyline Solar manufactures integrated concentrated solar energy photovoltaic (CPV) systems, incorporating industry-proven silicon cells, durable mirrors and single-axis tracking into easy-to-deploy energy solution.
Continue readingSolar Power in Hawaii
Hawaiian Electric Company and SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) announced an agreement for SunPower to sell solar energy photovoltaic (PV) to the utility under a fixed price contract for 20 years.
Continue readingGL Garrad Hassan’s services help to realize largest US wind farm
The 845 MW Shepherds Flat Wind Power will consist of 338 GE 2.5 MW wind turbines. The Shepherds Flat project represents a significant milestone in the history of wind energy in North America.
Continue readingNorwegian Post to purchase 20 Transit Connect Electric vehicles
Norwegian Post signed a contract to purchase 20 Transit Connect Electric vehicles, with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Report 2011
The report includes detailed sections on Electric Car Technology (lithium ion batteries/energy storage/Ultra-Capacitors/Regenerative Braking) and Electric Motors.
Continue readingDOE Awards 3M $4.4 Million to Reduce Cost of Photovoltaic Solar Energy
SunShot aims to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar power systems by about 75 percent, so that they are cost-competitive with other forms of energy without subsidies.
Continue readingAmericans Want Less Nuclear Power, More Wind Energy and Solar Power
A majority would freeze new nuclear power construction, stop additional federal loan guarantees for reactors, shift away from nuclear power to wind power and solar energy.
Continue readingNordex, Michigan wind farm developer partner on 300 MW wind energy project
The wind power project was initiated in 2007. Hull brought on Nordex last year to support wind energy project development as well as to supply 125 of Nordex? new N117-2.4 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingWind turbines kill 0.088% of the birds killed by house cats
In the US, each year wind power kill 0.088% of the birds killed by house cats.
Continue readingWorld Water Day: Wind energy saves water
The wind power industry calls on policy makers to take this into account in the critical and urgent decisions which will determine the character of the world?s power generation infrastructure for decades to come.
Continue readingFirst floating solar energy plant in India
Construction of the solar power plant in India will commence in August 2011. Sunengy plans to establish a larger LSA system in the NSW Hunter Valley in mid 2012
Continue readingWind energy in Romania – Eight wind power plants approved in 2011
Eight wind turbines projects have signed contracts to connect to the grid since the beginning of the year, with a new giant wind farm receiving the green light after the 600-MW project of the Czechs at CEZ.
Continue readingChina WindPower has invested around 20 wind farm plants
China WindPower Group is an investment holding engaged in wind energy with investment in various wind turbines projects in China.
Continue readingAttention disinformers: last chance to belittle wind power
Nuclear advocates, to keep their dream alive, need to claim that nuclear is the only hope, and that wind energy cannot produce enough electricity to do the job.
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