SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) and RWE npower renewables have today secured rights from The Crown Estate to develop a new wind farm off the coast of Suffolk.
Continue readingChina to build largest offshore wind farm
The wind power plant, having investment of 20 billion yuan and planned sea area of 240 square kilometers, has an installed capacity of 1,250 MW.
Continue readingConstruction of Maryland?s first wind farm has begun
Nordex USA, Inc. has been awarded an order for 20 N90 2.5 megawatt wind turbines to be installed at a 50-megawatt wind farm in Garrett County, Maryland.
Continue readingMeridian Energy buys South Australia wind farm
Mt Millar wind farm consists of 35 x Enercon E-70 2.0MW wind turbines (with an aggregate generation capacity of 70 MW). It produces enough electricity per year to power on average 36,000 Australian households.
Continue readingWind Factory Watch: ZF Industries, Georgia By Tom Gray (AWEA)
Germany’s ZF Group, a major manufacturer of drive train equipment, broke ground recently on a $90-million wind turbines gearbox factory in Gainesville, GA.
Continue readingHawaii selected for the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle
Due to Hawaii’s strong commitment to clean energy and a recognized leader in the introduction of electric vehicles (EV), Nissan North America, Inc. has selected Hawaii to be one of its initial launch markets in the U.S.
Continue readingSchneider Power to Commence Construction of Arthur Wind Farm
Schneider Power Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: QTWW) announced today that it has received its building permit to commence construction of the Arthur Wind Farm
Continue readingFirst Coulomb Charging Station for Electric Car in Tucson
Coulomb Technologies, a leader in electric vehicle charging station infrastructure, announced that Tucson Rental Homes in Tucson, AZ has installed their first Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles.
Continue readingRWE Innogy chooses Bremerhaven as offshore wind power
Construction of the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost to start 2011.
Continue readingGamesa expands its presence in China
The factory, set to begin operating in 2011, will manufacture Gamesa G8X-2.0 MW wind turbines and have production capacity of 500 MW of wind power per year.
Continue readingWave Energy Developments in 2010
Even though wave device technologies are still at the proof-of concept phase, 2010 has witnessed a flurry of UK government support for wave energy with the first recipients from the Marine Renewables Proving Fund.
Continue readingRenewable Energy in Bulgaria
Bulgaria is set to dramatically expand its wind energy output in the next 10 years, from the current 330 MW installed to over 3,000 MW. By 2020, wind power will meet 13.5% of Bulgaria?s electricity demand.
Continue readingTesla Roadster heads to Asia
World?s only sports electric car with lithium ion batteries has already logged more than 3,000 miles through Europe and has about 19,000 to go.
Continue readingThe Indian wind power sector
Nine Indian states with Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) or other policies to promote wind energy generation, have also introduced feed-in tariffs, usually amounting to Rs 3.10 ? Rs 4.3 (?5.1 ? 7.1 cents)
Continue readingClipperCreek to Market Smart Grid Electric Vehicles Charging Station
The ClipperCreek EVSE is fully integrated with the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform and enables end-to-end connectivity from the utility back office to the smart charging station.
Continue readingSolyndra and Enerqos Complete First Phase of Rooftop Solar Power
Solyndra, Inc. and Enerqos Group announced the completion of a 200 kWp project for Nova Coop, one of the largest distribution chains in the Piedmont region of Italy.
Continue readingBMW Megacity Vehicle to launch in 2013
The Megacity Vehicle will be a zero-emission urban electric car for the world?s metropolitan regions. It is currently being developed as part of project i and will be available from 2013 under a sub-brand of BMW.
Continue readingNew system to harness energy from marine currents
A new system was proposed to harness energy from marine currents, with a capacity ranging between 2 and 10 MW, specifically designed to overcome the traditional difficulties of maintenance and repair at sea.
Continue readingTrends in wind turbines technology
Wind turbines grew constantly in size up to beginning of the century, but in the past three or four years there has been a levelling out of wind turbine size for onshore wind turbines.
Continue readingLargest Rare Earth Mine in the World Discovered in Nebraska
Quantum Rate Earth Developments (TSX-V: QRE) (PINKSHEETS: QREDF) acquired the rights to what the U.S. Geological Survey called one of the largest deposits of niobium globally.
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