Siemens launches electric vehicles (EV) charging stations at GridWeek 2010 in conjunction with its “Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour” in Washington, DC.
Continue readingAWEA CEO Denise Bode regarding attacks on 1603 Program
Setting the record straight ? the truth about how renewable energy tax credits kept Americans at work!
Continue readingAnother misleading story on stimulus and wind energy
For the second time in the past few days, a story has appeared claiming that economic stimulus funds were wasted on U.S. wind farms that would have been built anyway.
Continue readingGE Scientists Employ Jet Engine Cooling Technology in Prototype LED Bulb
GE?s patented ?dual cool jets? technology solves thermal challenges, enables lamp design that is half the size and weight of a 600-lumen LED downlight available today.
Continue readingenXco Signs O&M Agreement for Linden Wind Energy Project
The Linden Wind Farm consists of 25 REpower MM92 wind turbines located in Klickitat County, Washington.
Continue readingHow Batteries Grow Old: Researchers Build Facility to Put Electric Vehicles Batteries to the Test
This research is being performed by Center for Automotive Research at OSU in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Institute of Standards Technology.
Continue readingSiemens delivers 80 wind turbines for the DanTysk offshore wind power plant near Sylt
Large-scale German wind farm project sets a milestone in the commercial use of offshore wind energy.
Continue readingeCarTec 2010 – 2nd International Trade Fair for Electric Mobility
eCarTec München, the trade fair for electric mobility, brings together all current developments and technologies in the sectors, including: electric vehicles, energy market, storage technology, drive trains.
Continue readingVestas receives 128 MW wind power order in California, USA
Vestas has received a 128 MW wind energy order for 24 V90-3MW and 31 V90-1.8MW wind turbines from Sacramento Municipal Utility District, or SMUD, for the Solano 3 wind farm near Rio Vista, California, US.
Continue readingCVPS and GMP Sign Wind Energy Contracts
CVPS’s contract, its third recent wind turbines contract, is for 20 percent of the output of Noble Environmental Power’s planned 99-megawatt Granite Reliable Power Wind farm in Coos County, N.H., for 15 years.
Continue readingITOCHU Joins General Electric by Co-investing in Oklahoma Wind Farm
Located 12 miles southwest of Woodward, Oklahoma, the wind power project will consist of 66 2.3-megawatt wind turbines spread over 8,000 acres.
Continue readingManulife Arranges $117 Million in Financing for 48.6 MW Wind Farm in Southwestern Ontario
Manulife Forms Financing Syndicate; Provides $60 Million To Support Project Developed By International Power Canada, Wind Power Project Expected To Be Operational in 2011.
Continue readingChina invites tenders for first Concentrating Solar Power project
China’s first solar thermal power plant began soliciting tenders on Wednesday as the country’s efforts to diversify its clean energy sources gathered pace.
Continue readingSalazar approves 663.5 MW Dish Stirling Concentrating Solar Power plant
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar gave his agency’s approval for the Calico Solar Project, a 663.5 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant.
Continue readingSun Shines Bright for NREL’s Energy Execs
“The terminal roofs at the airport are all reaching the end of their lifespan. Placing solar on top is not a feasible solution until the terminals are re-roofed.”
Continue readingSouth Korea is set to spend about 40 trillion won on new renewable energy projects
Under a plan finalized at a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Green Growth, the government will inject KRW7 trillion won by 2015 to develop new renewable energy projects, including solar and wind energy.
Continue readingVattenfall – New wind farm investment of over one billion Euros in Germany
Forcefully investing in renewable energy, Vattenfall has now entered into the DanTysk wind energy project for the construction of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
Continue readingURV USA Expanding Michigan Wind Power Operations
Michigan Governor Meets with Company Executives as Part of Swedish Investment Mission.
Continue readingSouthern California Edison Finalizes Stimulus Grant to Start Large-Scale Energy Storage Demonstration
The $25 million DOE grant matches funds totaling $29.9 million provided by SCE and its partners, including a $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission, resulting in a total project cost of $54.9 million.
Continue readingGLWN, BlueGreen Alliance to boost U.S. wind power manufacturing
The new initiative will use a $560,000 grant to the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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