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Electric Vehicles based Smart Grid System
Acting as advisor to this project is the Tokyo Institute of Technology, which is aiming to develop Smart Grid systems that employ electric vehicles and the lithium-ion batteries used to power them.
Continue readingThink Reveals Four Seater Version Think City
With the additional reassurance of a five-year warranty (or 100,000km ? whichever occurs first) on both the electric car and the battery, there has never been a better time to enter the new world of electric vehicles.
Continue readingTurkey?s Parliament approved renewables law
Turkey?s Parliament approved a law Wednesday on regulating the renewable energy resources market in Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported.
Continue readingGo Green with Advanced Solar Electric in 2011
For centuries scientists have used to the power of the sun to come up with unique ideas. Using solar power to convert it into electricity is something that’s on the agenda of every country.
Continue readingHiked wind energy production in Sweden
China’s ZPMC may set up wind power factory in Sweden. During 2010 Sweden produced one third more wind power than the year before. A total of 289 new wind turbines helped produce 2,000 megawatts.
Continue readingRwanda – Kayonza, Ngoma Have Potential to Produce Wind Power
Wind energy production has been given a boost after a feasibility study located five potential wind sites in Kayonza and Ngoma Districts in the Eastern Province, that can be exploited for power generation.
Continue readingSolar Energy Compared to Nuclear and Coal
CdTe thin film solar power (using cadmium telluride) takes ten times less PV material to make 1 kilowatt hour of electricity, than nuclear uses of uranium, to make an identical 1 kilowatt hour of electricity.
Continue readingArise Windpower AB: Loan Agreement Signed with DnB Nor for Fröslida Wind Power Project
Arise Windpower has signed an agreement with DnB Nor for loan financing of the Fröslida wind energy project in the municipality of Hylte. The wind farm encompasses 9 wind turbines with an aggregate effect of 22.5 MW.
Continue readingChina to continue to subsidize purchases of electric vehicles in 2011
China now offers a maximum of 60,000 yuan subsidy for the purchase of electric cars with lithium ion batteries and a maximum of 50,000 yuan for the purchase of hybrid electric vehicles.
Continue readingChina – Energy plan to focus on electric vehicles
Analysts said that developing electric cars is the best way for China to save energy, reduce its oil imports, and tackle environmental problems.
Continue readingTunisia launches feasibility study to set up a 60 MW wind energy plant
Mr. Nafaa Baccari, head of the wind power service at the agency, said that this study is part of the program for self-generating electricity from wind energy.
Continue readingHuayi Electric Company – Bid-winning of Wind Power Projects
Huayi Wind Energy and the Company will carry out the contract negotiations with owners of the aforesaid projects as soon as possible.
Continue readingS&P Equity forecasts photovoltaic capacity to increase 39% to 23.8 GW in 2011
S&P Equity expects solar cell capacity to reach 17.1GW in 2010, increasing 39% to 23.8GW in 2011. The average price of polysilicon will end 2011 at around US$60 per kilogram, down about 21% from current spot market.
Continue readingVestas receives 66 MW wind energy order in Italy
Vestas has received an order for 22 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines for Bisaccia Wind Farm. With WinBis, the EGL Group is entering the wind power generation sector.
Continue readingThe wind power a large wind farm can produce
The wind energy a large wind farm can produce, he and his coworkers discovered, depends less on horizontal winds and more on entraining strong winds from higher in the atmosphere.
Continue readingCyprus – Sixth wind farm on the way
The wind energy contribution to the islands total energy in 2012 is expected to be approximately 0.2 per cent, and 0.6 per cent of total electricity.
Continue readingXtreme Power and Xcel Energy Partner With SolarTAC on Utility-Scale ?Solar-to-Battery? Distribution
The SolarTAC site will include facilities for testing both photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies, including access to the grid.
Continue readingHot air still blowing on wind power
Comprehensive studies show no significant health impacts from wind turbines noise with standard setbacks.
Continue readingTrina Solar Announces India Solar Power Plant Completion with Lanco Solar
Trina Solar was the exclusive supplier of the high performance PV modules to power the solar plant located in the Indian state of Gujarat.
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