The turbine has lower maintenance requirements than bladed wind turbines. The design will be highly attractive for urban rooftop wind power applications.
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Chu Announces up to $62 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development
Investment will speed the commercialization and deployment of cutting-edge solar energy technologies.
Continue readingElectric Cars as Energy Reservoirs
Electric vehicles could be linked up to the grid and let their batteries be used as distributed power reservoirs.
Continue readingGLWN Endorses ‘SEAM Act’ to Build U.S. Wind Power Supply Chain
Great Lakes WIND Network (GLWN)? is a supply advisory group and network of 1500 manufacturers and suppliers from 35 states and Canada whose mission is to increase the domestic content of North America?s wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in Germany in 2009
Last year, 958 wind turbines totalling 1,917 MW of wind energy capacity were added to the German fleet, including 136 MW repowering and 60 MW in wind farm offshore.
Continue readingNordex acquiring a stake in an offshore wind power project
Nordex SE has signed a contract to acquire a roughly 40% stake in the wind energy project company which is developing the ?Arcadis Ost 1? offshore wind farm.
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Technologies Announces New Orders of Electric Vehicles
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABAT) announced that it obtained approximately $1.7 million in new orders for electric vehicles during the International Bicycle Expo held in Shanghai.
Continue readingCape Wind Sign Power Purchase Contract
National Grid and Cape Wind will file a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities on Monday under which National Grid will buy clean power from the first offshore wind farm.
Continue readingGolf electric car to launch in 2013
Volkswagen wants to use bestsellers such as the Golf to take electric vehicles out of their niche model status and to become the market leader for a new type of sustainable mobility by 2018.
Continue readingCoulomb Technologies Announces Plant a Station Campaign
Coulomb Technologies a leader in electric vehicles (EV) charging station infrastructure announced ?Plant a Station? campaign.
Continue readingWind power in Turkey
In 2009, 343 MW of new wind energy capacity were added in Turkey, bringing the total up to 801 MW. This represents a year-on-year growth rate of 75%.
Continue readingGuangdong to build China’s 800 MW offshore wind power plant
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group is planning to build an 800 MW wind farm in Yuxi City, in the province of Yunnan.
Continue readingEDF EN Canada Inc. Announces Acquisition of wind energy company Saint-Laurent Énergies
EDF EN Canada Inc. Announces Acquisition of Hydroméga Shares in Saint-Laurent Énergies.
Continue readingLinamar and NCB Lohmann Form Strategic Alliance to Pursue Wind Turbines Components in North America
Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) and German-based NCB Lohmann GmbH announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to pursue wind turbines components for customers in North America.
Continue readingThe quixotic opposition to Cape Wind … By Tom Gray
… is sent up nicely by The New Yorker magazine with the cover of its latest issue. The cover depicts a pilgrim perched on a whale, tilting at the offshore windmills with a Don Quixote-style lance.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Join UPS Fleet in Houston
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles had expanded with the deployment of 25 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks to Houston.
Continue readingenXco Announces Changes in Executive Management Team
enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS: EEN) is pleased to welcome Deborah Gronvold in the position of Executive Vice President for Implementation and Generation and the promotion of Paul Kaufman.
Continue readingMerkel’s aim is to have 1 million electric vehicles by 2020
Merkel, who has set a goal of 1 million electric cars on German roads by 2020, is leading an attempt to accelerate German research and development into the industry.
Continue readingSweden plans tenfold wind power increase
Sweden has some of the best wind conditions in the world, the costs have decreased and the expansion has finally caught wind”, says Johan Ihrfelt, CEO of wind energy company O2.
Continue readingOrmonde Wind Farm in the Irish Sea has now formally been kicked off
The Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is situated 10 km off Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. On completion the wind farm will comprise 30 RePower 5 MW wind turbines.
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