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USABC 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 readingVestas gets wind turbines order for Idaho wind farm
Earlier this fall, Vestas announced orders for wind turbines for wind farm projects in Michigan and Northern California.
Continue readingCity of McKinney to Get Electric Vehicle Charging Stations from TXU Energy
The City of McKinney will receive rebates from TXU Energy to install four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and to convert several city vehicles to electric vehicles under the TXU Energy EV Accelerator ProgramSM.
Continue readingBill Koch: The Dirty Money Behind Cape Wind Opposition
Environmental group Greenpeace has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether an organization opposed to the development of a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod violated federal tax law.
Continue readingHonda Starts Lease Sales of the EV-neo Electric Scooter
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will start lease sales of the EV-neo electric scooter on Friday, December 24, 2010.
Continue readingCitroën C-Zero Confirmed For Government Electric Vehicle Grant
Citroën has welcomed the UK Government?s latest announcement concerning the £5,000 grant for customers choosing plug-in electric vehicles from 1st January, 2011.
Continue readingU.S. Marines Latest Customer to Add All-Electric Smith Electric Trucks to Fleet
US Marines becomes the first military organisation to purchase the Smith Newton all-electric truck.
Continue readingNigeria targets 200 MW wind energy by 2012
An estimated 200 megawatts of electricity is expected to be generated from wind energy by 2012 as part of the overall effort to meet the nation?s 6,000 megawatts energy demand.
Continue readingSchwarzenegger Applauds Approval of Riverside County Concentrating Solar Power Plants
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger applauded the California Energy Commission (CEC) for approving the 500 MW Palen concentrated solar energy project and the 150-MW Rice Concentrating Solar Power Project.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy – Financial close and funding completed for Windstar
Western Wind owns over 500 wind turbines with 34.5 MW of rated capacity and a further 131 MW of expansion wind power purchase agreements.
Continue readingIndia’s solar mission awards projects worth 620 MW to 37 companies
The Indian government has awarded concentrating solar power projects totalling 620 MW to 37 companies that took part in a recent auction.
Continue readingNREL Principal Scientist Joins SkyFuel
At SkyFuel, Gary Jorgensen will be continuing the development of an abrasion resistant coating for ReflecTech, and contributing to the optical design of advanced concentrators.
Continue readingTrue cost of solar energy and other renewables By Tam Hunt
What does renewable energy cost? Isn’t it still more expensive than fossil fuel electricity? Way more? In a word: no.
Continue readingElectric vehicles take off in China with government support
The central government pays a subsidy of up to 50,000 yuan to any citizen that buys a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and 60,000 yuan for an all-electric, or battery-electric vehicle (BEV).
Continue readingSmart Grid Deployment Tracker
Bharatbook added a new report on “Smart Grid Deployment Tracker” which provides detailed analysis of worldwide utility smart grid and smart meter programs including tracking of customer endpoints.
Continue readingToyota Outlines Eco-car Plans, Battery Research Progress
TMC has determined the reaction mechanism of lithium-air batteries and has clarified its research policy regarding the batteries as rechargeable secondary batteries.
Continue readingFifty-plus new electric vehicles debut at LA Auto Show
More than 50 electric vehicles will make their debuts at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Nov. 19-28.
Continue readingNorthland Power Completes Financing for Mont Louis Wind Energy Plant
Commercial operations are expected to begin in the third quarter of 2011, subject to completion of the project’s interconnection. The project is using 67 General Electric 1.5sle wind turbines.
Continue readingVolkswagen gears up in race to electric vehicles
“Electric vehicles are the right direction for future mobility,” said Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group China.
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