The global photovoltaic energy production increased by a factor of about 90 and wind turbines by a factor of about 10 over the last decade.
Continue readingChisen Electric Corporation Plans to Launch Lithium Ion Battery Production
Plant C, which is expected to be completed within two years, will house a new business thrust for the Company – – the production and sale of lithium ion batteries, primarily for powering motors in a variety of electric vehicles.
Continue readingFord and Portland General Electric Team Up to Prepare Oregon for Electric Vehicles
Ford and PGE will work with universities such as Portland State to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.
Continue readingWind Power-to-Battery Project
Sodium Sulfur Battery Energy Storage And Its Potential To Enable Further Integration of Wind Energy.
Continue readingRiso DTU to open a test centre for wind turbines at Østerild
A test centre for wind turbines at Østerild in north-western Jutland will ensure Denmark?s leading position within wind energy.
Continue readingFrance Seeks $13 Billion in Bids for 3,000 Megawatts of Offshore Wind Power
France is targeting 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2020. The first wind turbines resulting from this tender are not due to be up and running before 2015.
Continue readingIdaho’s Governor, GE and Its Partners Launch State’s Largest Wind Energy Project
The 183-megawatt, 122 wind turbines project comprises 11 wind farms, spread across 10,000 acres of active and inactive farmland in southern Idaho?s Magic Valley.
Continue readingU.S. Using Less Energy, More Renewables
mericans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources like solar and wind energy.
Continue readingBarlovento, Veteran of 1,000 Wind Farm Assessments Uses Second Wind’s Triton
Spain’s Barlovento wind energy consultancy was an early booster of remote sensing in wind farm planning,
Continue readingEx-Im Bank finances Gamesa wind turbines export to Honduras By Tom Gray
It’s a remarkable story when a Spanish company such as Gamesa invests in high-paying U.S. jobs in Pennsylvania and is then able to export wind turbines to customers in Central America.
Continue readingNREL Seeks design tools for better electric car batteries
EDVs ? commonly known as hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and electric vehicles ? have the potential to significantly reduce petroleum consumption.
Continue readingAMSC Receives Initial Wind Turbines Order from India?s Inox Wind
Inox to Initiate Volume Production of 2 Megawatt Wind Turbines to Address Indian Wind Energy Market. India?s Installed Base of Wind Power Expected to Double in Five Years.
Continue readingNordex wind power orders from core markets China and Portugal
Wind energy orders for 40 wind turbines. In China and Portugal Nordex will be delivering 40 wind turbines in the proven 1.5 and 2.5 MW series in the course of this year.
Continue readingOCAS and RES Americas Announce Partnership
OCAS, Inc. and RES Americas announced today a regional exclusive partnership which allows RES to market, distribute, and install the OCAS Wind Turbines Collision Avoidance System in North America.
Continue readingClean energy would mean big boost for West Texas economy
An economic study released Monday indicated a clean energy economy would create an increase of more than 22,000 jobs and $280 million annually in local and state tax revenue in the next decade.
Continue readingWind power in Jordan: 16 firms in running to build Fujeij wind farm
Firms from the US, South Korea, Portugal and the UAE are being considered to build the Kingdom’s largest wind energy plant, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Continue readingHi-tech rechargeable batteries developed for military
Scientists reported progress today in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power portable electronic devices.
Continue readingSRS Bulgaria to build a new 180 MW wind power plant
Dnevnik reported that German Bulgarian company SRS Bulgaria will plunk BGL 483.7 million in the construction of wind farm near General Toshevo.
Continue readingThe Myth of Cheap Fossil Fuels
Recently, when Senator Harry Reid put forth a “spill bill” rather than an energy bill, my theory that the energy debate in this country has been framed upside down seemed to be confirmed.
Continue readingAmericans Want to Give Electric Vehicles a Test Drive
?For a new product category, interest in electric vehicles is strong and likely to grow as more vehicles enter the market and consumers become more aware of them?.
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