On both markets, drivers of more than 500 Renault Fluence Z.E. electric cars with switchable batteries have driven more than three million electric kilometres to date. In fact, Better Place has delivered more Renault Fluence Z.E.s in Israel year-to-date than in all of France, thanks to the Better Place network. Better Place today announced that … Continue reading Better Place Delivers EU Showcase in Amsterdam
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More Than 1.3 Million Plug-in Electric Vehicles to Be in Corporate and Government Fleets by 2015
A recent report from Pike Research forecasts that between 2010 and 2015, more than 1.3 million plug-in electric vehicles will be purchased for use in fleet operations, with nearly 400,000 vehicles being sold annually.
Continue readingAddressing social acceptance of wind power in Canada
Ontario is the current provincial leader in installed wind farm capacity accounting for 1,457 MW ? roughly onethird- of national wind energy development.
Continue readingGrowth in German wind energy 20% below forecast
A total of 21,607 wind turbines with an overall wind power capacity of 27,214 MW was in service in Germany at the end of 2010.
Continue readingConsumers Can Now Manage Their Electric Vehicles Charging and Home Energy Management from a Single Interface
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY) is a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies with a full range of products for charging electric vehicles.
Continue readingUS Wind Energy Installations Down 50% in 2010
For the first time ever, China wind farm capacity, the electricity that can be generated using wind power, blew past the U.S.. American-based wind turbines can produce up to 40,180 megawatts.
Continue readingBrightSource Technology Cleared for 38 MW Greek Concentrated Solar Plant
NUR-MOH SA received a 38 megawatt License for a Concentrating Solar Power Thermal plant on the island of Crete in Greece from the Greek regulatory agency.
Continue readingEmcore Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract by NASA
Emcore’s Photovoltaic segment provides solar energy products for both satellite and terrestrial applications.
Continue readingChina?s Push Into Wind Energy Worries U.S. Industry
This year only 5,500 MW of new capacity has been added in the U.S. That is only about half of last year?s total ? and far less than the 17,600 MW, or more, being installed this year in China.
Continue readingUSABC Awards $5.43 Million in Advanced Battery Technology Contracts to Five Firms
USABC awarded the contracts to develop and assess advanced energy storage technologies for hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV).
Continue readingEgypt?s first Concentrating Solar Power plant goes into operation in Kuraymat
Solar Millennium?s subsidiary Flagsol has delivered the technology for the region?s first solar-thermal plant.
Continue readingGemma Renewable Power LLC Signs an EPC Contract for $51 million Wind Farm Project
The Bishop Hill wind farm is expected to consist of up to 134 General Electric wind turbines.
Continue readingVietnam to develop wind energy
Vietnam has a total potential wind power of one million MW and it is expected to develop 12,000 MW of wind farm by 2020, equivalent to 3 per cent of the country’s total output, according to Country Manager of GE.
Continue readingWind energy to play powerful role in Shanghai skyscraper
Skyscrapers have reshaped Shanghai’s appearance substantially in the past decade, and now wind turbines are set to become part of the city skyline.
Continue readingThe Government of Canada Invests in Clean Energy in Atlantic Canada
The Government of Canada continued working to position Canada as a clean energy superpower, with support for an innovative smart grid project that will include three Maritime provinces and a number of communities.
Continue readingSmart Grid Investment to Peak at $35.8 Billion in 2013
These initiatives are designed to improve the reliability of the electrical grid, reduce costs for utilities, and prepare the grid for the integration of renewable energy and electric vehicles.
Continue readingLong-term effectiveness and consequences of carbon dioxide sequestration By Gary Shaffer
One proposal for the mitigation of ongoing global warming is the sequestration of carbon dioxide extracted at combustion sites or directly from the air.
Continue readingElectrification Coalition Begins Advertising Campaign
The Electrification Coalition (EC), a group of business leaders who came together in November 2009 to support an electrified transportation system as the solution to the threats posed by oil dependence, today launched it
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance and MOBI.E Tech to promote electric vehicles in Portugal
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Portuguese consortium MOBI.E Tech have partnered for the promotion of electric cars in Portugal, one of the first countries to adopt a countrywide electric mobility policy.
Continue readingWind power lowers electricity prices in poor Central American nation
Interest in wind energ in tropical Nicaragua got a boost recently when AEI bought a controlling share of the largest wind farm operation in Central America with wind turbines from Suzlon.
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