Vestas, the world?s leader in producing high-tech wind energy systems, will move its North American sales and service headquarters into the historic Meier & Frank Depot Building at 1417 NW Everett St. in Portland.
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FAA Gives Cape Wind Power Final OK; Opponents? Petitions Rejected by Agency
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upheld and finalized its May 17th ?Determination of No Hazard? of Cape Wind energy by its Denial of Petitions for Discretionary Review that were filed by project opponents.
Continue readingChina charges ahead of world
Chinese electric car and lithium ion batteries maker BYD (“build your dreams”) is launching an all-electric car this year.
Continue readingAWEA Announces New Additions to State Policy Team
The wind turbines industry is at a crossroads today, and we look forward to their contribution to help us seize this historic opportunity for the U.S. to become a leader in wind power production.
Continue readingMerger to Create World’s Largest Lithium Production Company Wit
Unique exposure to both mineral and brine sources of lithium, with the ability to respond to the growing demand for lithium for electric vehicles batteries.
Continue readingHarrow Wind Power Project reaches commercial operation in Ontario
International Power Canada (“IPC”) announced the commissioning of the Harrow Wind energy project in Essex County.
Continue readingBoston-Power Announces $60 Million in Growth Capital
Boston-Power, Inc., the provider of next-generation Lithium-ion batteries, announced $60 million in Series E funding co-led by existing investors Foundation Asset Management (FAM) and Oak Investment Partners.
Continue readingVert-I-Go Wind L.L.C. broke ground for a five-megawatt wind farm and manufacturing plant south of Clovis
A wind turbines company broke ground for a five-megawatt wind farm and manufacturing plant south of Clovis on Wednesday.
Continue readingHow Many Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Does It Take to Close 705 Coal Plants? By Lester R. Brown
The lighting sector is on the edge of a spectacular revolution, a shift from the century-old, inefficient incandescent light bulb to far more efficient technologies.
Continue readingNRG Energy Completes Acquisition of South Trent Wind Farm
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has completed the purchase of the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. The 101 megawatt (MW) wind farm, which came online in January 2009, consists of 44 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines
Continue readingNissan LEAF: Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML) has invited nearly 500 people to experience the world’s first mass-production, 100% electric car – Nissan LEAF – at the company’s Oppama test track in a preview from June 11-19, 2010.
Continue readingSchneider Power Signs Contract for Utility-Scale Wind Power Project in Northern Ontario
Schneider Power Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive 20-year power purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority for energy that will be produced by a new wind farm under development in northern Ontario.
Continue readingEuropean Secondary Lithium Battery Market
Li-ion batteries have a high energy density of 120-160 Wh/kg, compared to 30-80 Wh/kg for Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries. Moreover, Li-ion batteries do not suffer from memory effect.
Continue reading3M and Rope Partner Launch In-Field Study on the Effects of Wind Turbine Blade Erosion
3M has partnered with Rope Partner to conduct an in-field study on the effects of leading edge wind turbine blade damage.
Continue readingAxion Power(TM) to Present at the 10th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and their Prospective Batteries. Axion Power International, Inc. is the industry leader in the field of lead-acid-carbon energy storage technologies.
Continue readingSyrian-Spanish Cooperation in Wind Energy
The two sides agreed that the Spanish side finance a wind farm project to generate electric energy with a capacity of 50 megawatt. The wind power project will be the first in Syria.
Continue readingBalochistan (Pakistan) can generate at least 5,000 MW of wind power
From Dalbandin to Taftan, a town on the border of Iran, the 300-kilometre-long area with wide open spaces was ready for installing wind farms.
Continue readingThe solar photovoltaic reach a total capacity of over 22 GW
The global solar photovoltaic electricity (PV) market counted an additional increase in installed capacity of about 7.2 GW in 2009, reaching a total capacity of over 22 GW world-wide.
Continue readingEDP Renováveis awards contract to deliver up to 2.1 GW of wind power
EDP Renewables (EDPR), the world?s third-largest wind energy company, has signed a wind turbines procurement contract for the supply of up to 2,100 MW.
Continue readingItalcementi will build Egypt’s first privately owned wind farm (120 MW)
Egypt already has wind farms at Zafarana and Hurghada in the area and has installed capacity of 430 megawatts of wind energy.
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