A report this week from the Pew Trusts confirmed what AWEA’s numbers have been saying: the United States is losing ground to China and European countries in investing in manufacturing for renewable energy.
Continue readingImpsa invertirá 500 millones de dólares en un nuevo proyecto eólico en Brasil
Industria Metalúrgica Pescarmona (IMPSA) invertirá cerca de 500 millones de dólares para levantar un nuevo proyecto de energía eólica en el estado de Ceará, Brasil, lugar en donde ya cuenta con varios parques eólicos.
Continue readingSmart starts international platform on the future of urban life
Smart invites visitors to experience electric mobility of the future. Smart exhibits innovative future projects on urban life.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance forms zero-emission vehicle partnership with city of Orlando
The announcement, made at the Orlando stop of the Nissan LEAF Zero Emissions Tour, helps pave the way for the 2010 introduction of Nissan LEAF, the industry?s first all electric car.
Continue readingEDP Renewables Brazil builds a 70 MW wind farm
The group extends its wind power capacity to 84 MW. The Tramandaí Wind Farm has an installed capacity of 70 MW and an estimated production of 211,437 MWh per year, enough to supply a city of 200,000 inhabitants.
Continue readingA European supergrid moves one important step closer to reality By Chris Rose, EWEA
In a spirited speech delivered at the Eurelectric Conference in Brussels, Oettinger said he was convinced that much improved market integration is the only way Europe can reach its overarching policy objectives.
Continue readingWe Energies Wind Energy Project to Use Alliance of Wisconsin Firms
We Energies announced today that it has developed a Wisconsin-based alliance to design and build the Glacier Hills Wind Farm, which will be located in the towns of Randolph and Scott in Columbia County.
Continue readingUK: Smart money for offshore wind ports
Edge furthered commented on the plans to form a ‘Green’ bank by saying that there is a lot of wind energy industry and environmental sector support for the idea.
Continue readingPartnership in Developing Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure in Japan
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and All Japan Ryokan Association today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)@to cooperatively work in realizing a low-carbon and recycling-oriented society.
Continue readingThe biggest wind farm in Finland to be built at the Tornio site
Outokumpu is participating in the implementation of a wind energy park in Tornio, Finland. The company is a shareholder in Rajakiiri Oy, which is specialised in wind power.
Continue readingChina Innovation in Building Low-carbon Society
UBS, the investment bank predicted earlier that, green sector wouldbecome the main focus for the next economic cycle, which would last for a relatively longer time.
Continue readingEnergy storage: evolution, not yet revolution
Costs are still disproportionally high relative to technical capabilities and added value. Worthy of mention, also, is the fact is that the auto industry is only slowly recovering from the economic downturn.
Continue readingSiemens receives first 138 MW wind power order in Manitoba, Canada
Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for 60 2.3-MW SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines to be installed near the town of Morris, Manitoba, Canada.
Continue readingTeco Electric & Machinery unveils 2MW wind turbines
Teco Electric & Machinery, one of the world’s largest producers of industrial motors, Tuesday debuted a two-megawatt (MW) wind power wind turbines, officially marking its entry into the wind energy field.
Continue readingRenault- Nissan Alliance Partners with the Christchurch City Council (New Zealand) for Electric Vehicles
The Renault- Nissan Alliance (the Alliance) and the Christchurch City Council have formed a partnership to explore the development of a Zero Emission Electric Cars programme in Christchurch City.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance forms electric vehicles partnership with state of Massachusetts
The announcement was made at the Museum of Science in Boston, a stop on the Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour, and helps pave the way for the 2010 introduction of electric car Nissan LEAF.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Power China Conference & Exhibition
The past ten years has seen the global offshore wind turbines technology developing more maturely. Meanwhile, China, in its early stage, enjoys a large growing room for this market.
Continue readingGalicia: La Xunta concederá 2.325 megavatios
El conselleiro de Economía, Javier Guerra, informó al Consello de la Xunta del Plan re-Xurde Eólico 2010, cuyas bases para la adjudicación de los 2.325 MW serán publicadas en el Diario oficial de Galicia (DOG).
Continue readingGermany produced 10.1 percent of its overall energy from renewable sources in 2009
Environmental Minister Norbert Roettgen released the latest figures, saying that for the first timeCrenewables such as wind power, solar, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric, accounted for more than 10 percent.
Continue readingThe Projected Costs of Generating Electricity, according to IEA and NEA
Today, where local conditions are favourable, hydro energy and wind power are competitive generation technologies.
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