President Obama Announces a conditional commitment offer for a $1.45 billion Federal Loan Guarantee for Abengoa Solar Inc.
Continue readingObama announces 2 billion dollars in funding for solar power
President Barack Obama announced Saturday the awarding of nearly 2 billion U.S. dollars to two solar energy companies as an effort to boost employment and concentrating solar power in the United States.
Continue readingTHINK City goes racing
Pioneering Scandinavian EV maker, THINK, entered the world of motor sport at the weekend with the THINK City ?EV Cup Edition? taking part in the START Eco Car Trials, the world?s first electric vehicles race.
Continue readingRepowering Great Britain?s oldest wind farm
British renewable energy provider Good Energy is repowering its Delabole wind farm in North Cornwall with four Enercon-70 wind turbines.
Continue readingSpain cuts subsidies for Wind Energy and Concentrating Solar Power
Spain has agreed with renewable energy associations to cut subsidies which have made the country leading producer of solar and wind power.
Continue readingArkansas continues assistance for landowners to quantify wind power resources
The program allows Arkansans ? particularly landowners, farmers, and rural businesses ? to measure wind energy potential up to 110 feet in height.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy protect fish from trawlers, study finds
Offshore wind energy development in the European Union is accelerating and could potentially supply 12-16% of the EU?s electricity by 2030, the equivalent of 25,000 wind turbines, the IUCN says.
Continue readingETV Motors? Management Goes Head to Head with George Gilder
Mr. Gilder, a leading and influential author, philosopher and business guru, met in Tel Aviv with senior management of ETV Motors to hear about the company?s advanced battery technology for electric vehicles.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Market in India 2010
Rising fuel prices and changing mindset to boost the electric car market in India, finds Netscribes
Continue readingAtlantic Power Announces New Wind Energy Investment
The Company will indirectly own an interest in IWP, a partnership among GE Energy Financial Services, Reunion Power, and Exergy Development Group, the original project developer.
Continue readingMass Megawatts continues technological advances for their MAT wind turbines
Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MMGW) introduces the addition of a “wind prism” to be fitted for usage in all newly constructed augmenters for their MAT (Multi-Axis Turbosystem) wind turbines.
Continue readingThe Chairman of Gamesa requests a stable regulatory framework for wind power in Spain
Jorge Calvet urged the political parties to step up the pace of talks over the proposed bipartisan pact on energy strategy in order to nail down a stable and favourable regulatory environment for the wind power sector.
Continue readingToshiba Accelerates Development of SCiB? Rechargeable Battery for Electric Vehicles
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) announced that it is working with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (TOKYO:7211) to bring the SCiB? battery to electric vehicles (EV).
Continue readingWind power Vestas order for the V100 wind turbines in Spain
The order consists of 10 wind turbines for the Sierra de Arcas wind farm which will be located in Malaga in the south of Spain.
Continue readingWind power is far healthier than coal or nuclear By Gideon Forman
If we take seriously the protection of human health, we have to phase out coal- and nuclear-powered electricity.
Continue readingAcciona sees wind power market perking up, looks for US suppliers By Chris Madison
It?s a dicey time for the wind energy industry; for a number of reasons, a repeat of the record-breaking growth of the last two years is not in the cards for 2010.
Continue reading754 MW for wind power in Argentina: Renewable energies public bidding
The awarded projects are as follows: 754 MW for wind energy, 110,4 MW for biofuels, 10,6 MW for small hydro, 20 for solar energy, adding up 895 MW.
Continue readingObama Announces $1.45 Billion Federal Loan Guarantee for Abengoa
President Obama announced in his weekly video address that DOE has offered a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar, Inc.
Continue readingIEA sees the first early signs of an energy technology revolution underway across the globe
For several years, the IEA has been calling for an energy revolution to tackle climate change and enhance energy security and economic development. For the first time, such revolution is under way.
Continue readingTimken-XEMC JV in China Wind Power
The Timken Company began delivering its initial production of ultra-large bore bearings to XEMC Windpower Co., Ltd. The Timken® double-row tapered roller bearings have an outer diameter of approximately two meters.
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