The agreement with Argonne to make advanced lithium-ion batteries for the development of electric cars is to support the U.S. automobile industry.
Continue readingRecord For Wind Energy in Ireland: 33% of all electricity
The amount of wind power capacity connected on the Irish power system is now 1,425 MW.
Continue readingSouth Dakota set to nearly double wind power capacity
When the 105 wind turbines at the Buffalo Ridge II wind farm begin turning early this year, South Dakota will have nearly doubled its installed wind energy capacity since the end of 2009.
Continue readingKangaroos, didgeridoos? and wind turbines?
However lacking in wind turbines Australia may appear, its installed wind energy capacity has started growing considerably. The total operating wind power capacity at the end of 2009 was 1,712 MW.
Continue readingThis week sees the birth of the Emirates Solar Industry Association
Apart from those entities directly involved in solar energy ? whether in photovoltaics (PV), concentrated solar energy (CSP) or solar thermal ? the new group also plans to create roles for suppliers.
Continue readingRenault: stolen secrets included details of how to build lithium ion batteries for electric cars
Renault admitted that details of the design and costs of the electric vehicles could have been leaked. The stolen secrets included details of how to build lithium ion batteries for electric car.
Continue readingHawaii – Deal for Lanai wind energy project
The combined price of 21 cents per kwh for electricity from a 200-megawatt wind turbines facility, including the transmission costs, would be on par with the 21.8 cents per kwh HECO has agreed.
Continue readingFirst offshore floating wind turbine in Portugal
The wind energy project for the first offshore floating wind turbine in Portugal. Additional 5 MW floating wind turbines will follow.
Continue readingChina plans for more charging stations for electric vehicles
Grid Corp. of China plans to build more electric charging stations in in Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei and Nanchang to meet rising demand for electric cars.
Continue readingFord Focus Electric Vehicles will go into production later this year
Ford says they believe the technology will be popular because those interested in electric cars with lithium ion batteries are consumers also interested in technology and reducing their own energy usage.
Continue readingPhilippines – $125-M solar and wind energy projects in Subic
Subic Wind Power Generation to expand its business and include the establishment and operation of a solar power project on top of its original proposal to establish and operate a wind farm has been approved.
Continue readingThe answer to the nation’s energy needs may be blowing in the wind
Speakers promote wind power as clean-energy alternative. Several speakers elaborated on that idea on Thursday night during a wind energy educational program at Centerville Elementary School in Urbana.
Continue readingLEEDCo and Freshwater Wind Sign Option to Lease Lake Erie to Develop Wind Farm
LEEDCo and Freshwater Wind expect to install five wind turbines in an initial wind energy project of approximately 20 megawatts of electric wind power capacity.
Continue readingNorth America – 40,000 new wind turbines to be installed in the US by 2015
The fact: 87 percent of Americans want wind energy, and 2011 looks set to be a great year for wind power.
Continue readingSCHOTT and Consolidated Solar Technologies Inaugurate Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant
SCHOTT Solar produces important components for photovoltaic applications and solar energy power plants.
Continue readingCape Wind Offshore Wind Farm Completes Permitting Process
The wind energy project will locate 130 offshore wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound. The 468 MW offshore wind farm is the nation?s first offshore wind power project.
Continue readingAirbiquity to Provide Connected Services for Ford Electric Vehicles
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries are one part of the automotive industry?s broader strategy to offer a wide range of environmentally friendly, advanced technology solutions to improve fuel economy and lower CO2.
Continue readingLake Erie offshore wind farm clears another hurdle
Governor Ted Strickland is finishing out his four years as governor by signing a lease option that is key to building five massive wind turbines in state waters 7 miles offshore from Cleveland.
Continue readingFord introduces its electric vehicles Focus
All-new Ford Focus Electric is the first fuel-free, rechargeable passenger car from Ford and one of five new electric cars with lithium ion batteries Ford will deliver by 2013 in North America and Europe.
Continue readingNanotechnologies Cut the Cost of Renewable Energy
A new study by ABI Research, ‘Nanotechnologies for Green Power Generation’ examines how the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the production of solar (photovoltaic) cells, wind turbines and blades.
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