The Tesla Roadster, the world?s only super electric car with lithium ion batteries, is officially hitting the streets in Australia.
Continue readingThe Department of Energy’s Innovation in GM’s Chevrolet Volt
The US is rapidly increasing our production capacity of advanced lithium ion batteries, and by 2015 will be able to produce enough batteries to supply up to 500,000 electric vehicles per year.
Continue readingGlobal Trade Platform for New and Used Wind Turbines is Launched
While in many parts of the world wind energy is becoming a popular energy source, until recently there was no global online marketplace for used wind turbines in this relatively young market.
Continue readingWyoming has chance to grow wind energy industry
The current tax structure and level of taxation on wind energy in Wyoming makes it very difficult for Wyoming wind farm projects to compete with wind power projects in Colorado, New Mexico, Montana or other states.
Continue readingEmpire State Building switches to wind energy
The US wind power sector received two huge endorsements last week involving the first proposed offshore wind farm in the country and the nation?s favourite building.
Continue readingGE Invests In Wind Power
The wind farm has 100 GE 1.5-megawatt SLE wind turbines. The Alta Wind I farm is the initial phase of the Alta Wind Energy Center, a 3,000 MW wind power project.
Continue readingLi-ion Motors Corp. (LMCO.OB) to Deliver All Electric Vehicles
Li-ion Motors Corp. is a manufacturer of emission-free, all electric high speed, long range electric vehicles using the latest lithium-ion battery.
Continue readingBay Area Climate Collaborative and Green Charge Networks Partner to Advance Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Connectivity
Partnership to Escalate Intelligent Systems for Improved Smart Grid Management, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), Increased Adoption of Electric Vehicles and Electric Car fleet best practices.
Continue readingABB Wins $32 Million Wind Energy Orders in Brazil
The Brazilian Wind Energy Association aims to install 10 GW (gigawatts) of wind power by 2020. The country currently has around 600 MW of wind farm capacity, with another 450 MW of wind turbines under construction.
Continue readingKingman Wind Turbines To Be Installed April, 2011
Gamesa has been awarded a wind power contract to supply a total of 10 MW of capacity for the wind farm being developed by Western Wind Energy.
Continue readingFirst Sahara Forest deal kicks off ambitious green desert project in Jordan
The main pillars on which the project rests are salt water greenhouses, concentrating solar power, and cultivation of traditional crops along with energy crops such as algae.
Continue readingParabolic Trough for Concentrating Solar Power
The $4.3 Million solar thermal research effort is jointly funded by SkyFuel and the U.S. DOE, with the shared goal to improve concentrated solar energy (CSP) technology and accelerate market-readiness.
Continue readingWindstream’s Wolfe Island Shoals Offshore Wind Power Project Generates Benefits for Eastern Ontario
The Wolfe Island Shoals Offshore Wind Energy Project received a Feed-In-Tariff contract for its 300 MW wind turbines project in Lake Ontario. This is the first offshore wind farm project in Ontario.
Continue readingSiemens to Supply Steam Turbine-Generators for Concentrating Solar Power Thermal
Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & controls (I&C) system and two steam turbine-generators for the Ivanpah concentrated solar energy thermal plant in California.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Stir Interest But Face Obstacles
Thirty percent of drivers surveyed said that they would consider switching to an electric car that got 100 miles or less per charge. Current electric cars get about 50 to 100 miles per charge.
Continue readingEner1 Achieves Milestone with Volvo’s C30 Electric Vehicles
First public display of crash-tested electric car includes Ener1’s lithium-ion battery. Several car makers have launched or are in the process of introducing electric cars into the market.
Continue readingAMSC Licenses Wind Turbines Designs in China
JCNE is a leading manufacturer of large wind power equipments and electric motors in China. China installed over 13,000 MW of wind energy in 2009, raising its total wind farm installations to approximately 26,000 MW.
Continue readingIberdrola buys Bii Nee Stipa wind farm (Mexico) from Gamesa
All of the Iberdrola Renovables wind power facilities in Mexico will be equipped with Gamesa wind turbines. This transaction brings the company’s wind energy capacity in Mexico up to 106 MW.
Continue readingRWE Innogy grows wind energy portfolio in Poland to 108 megawatts
Two more wind power plants in Poland commissioned. The Piecki wind farm in the northeast of Poland was developed by Gamesa, with 16 wind turbines (G90-2.0MW). The Tychowo wind farm located in Western-Pomerania.
Continue readingMasdar to add wind energy
Masdar announced the 100 MW, US$ 600 million concentrating solar power(CSP) Shams I project in June last year.
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