Volt Unplugged consisted of more than 70 drive events in conjunction with electric vehicle proponents and associations, utilities, corporations, universities, and local conferences.
Continue readingTag Archives: eólica
Curitiba is Latin America?s greenest metropolis
Latin American Green City Index measures sustainability of 17 major cities in eight countries.
Continue readingEnergia Completes Donegal wind farm in Ireland
The green electricity generated by these wind power plants will be supplied to businesses across Ireland by Energia which has 17%, rising to 25% by 2012, of the all-island renewable electricity connected supply.
Continue readingIndia incentivises electric vehicles
The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles said it expects electric two-wheeler market to witness 100 per cent growth following a Rs 95-crore incentive package for the remaining part of the 11th Plan.
Continue readingCSP Today Awards 2010 single out the industry?s finest
Abengoa, ACS Cobra, SkyFuel, Cargo Power & Infrastructure, Foster Wheeler, Abener Teyma, and Schubert & Salzer take the spotlight at CSP Today?s International Industry Awards 2010 in Seville, Spain.
Continue readingFoster Wheeler to supply 100 MW Concentrating Solar Power plant to Abu Dhabi
The equipment will be integrated into a solar thermal power plant using concentrated parabolic trough technology and will have an installed power output capacity of 100 MWe (gross megawatt electric).
Continue readingNordex France sells three of its own wind energy projects
The wind farms were set up in 2009 and consist of wind turbines from the 2.5 MW product family. The customers signed Premium service agreements with a term of ten to twelve years.
Continue readingNordex – Wind energy order for 45 MW wind farm in Turkey
The latest wind power order obtained by the Turkish subsidiary of Nordex SE is for the supply of 18 wind turbines for the ?Susurluk? wind farm.
Continue readingUkraine – Concorde Group to start building Kazantip wind power plant
Kyiv-based Concorde Group Ltd. plans to start building Kazantip wind farm (Crimea) with the generating capacity of 100 MW in March-April 2010, deputy director Andriy Konechenkov has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Continue readingTata Power to invest $1 Billion in wind energy by 2017
Ratan Tata-led Tata Power aims to have at least a 25 per cent of its power generation or around 8,000 MW from clean sources by 2017 and will invest around Rs 5,000 crore in wind power alone.
Continue readingChevrolet Volt Named 2011 Green Car of the Year
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car with extended-range capability and lithium ion batteries was named Green Car Journal’s Green Car of the Year®. The Volt is the first electric vehicle to win the award.
Continue readingIsrael – Solar power is the power of peace
First power purchase agreement for solar energy in Israel signed; Arava Power Company president: “Solar power is the power of peace.”
Continue readingSouth Africa: Harnessing the Power of the Sun
A lot has been said about the comparatively high initial capital cost associated with concentrated solar energy systems. This has scared investors in that section of the energy sector.
Continue readingChinese college students invent solar power car
A solar-powered electric car is invented by more than 10 students at the university’s College of Engineering and Technology in Chongqing.
Continue readingChina’s Huaneng gets nod for Dalian wind energy plant
China’s largest electricity provider, Huaneng Power International said on Thursday it had won approval for the first phase of a wind power plant in the north of the country.
Continue readingIndia – 7 bidders selected for solar mission Concentrating Solar Power projects
Reliance Power, Lanco and KVK Energy will develop 100 MW capacity each. Megha Engineering, Godavari Power and Corporate Ispat will build Concentrating Solar Power plants of 50 MW each.
Continue readingVestas signs wind energy order for 77 MW in Argentina
The wind power order comprises 43 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for the Rawson I wind farm and Rawson II wind farm both located in the outskirts of Rawson, Chubut province, Argentina.
Continue readingWind power Vestas opens office in Berlin
New office puts global wind energy leader closer to customers and German government.
Continue readingEnergy from the desert
Extensive construction of wind power and solar thermal plants is planned in North Africa as part of the desert electricity project, DESERTEC.
Continue readingWind turbines transportation: communication is key
Another area where the trend toward larger wind turbines and components is driving the need for communications is rail transportation.
Continue reading