Chinese suppliers now control almost half the global wind energy market and over 85 percent of the Chinese domestic market.
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Cheap batteries will make the Electric vehicles Tesla Model S profitable
Tesla said that cheaper lithium ion batteries will make the upcoming electric cars Model S sedan more profitable with much lower sales than electric car Nissan LEAF.
Continue readingSolar Millennium order for soncentrating solar thermal power in Spain
Solar Millennium Group has received order for licensing and engineering of parabolic trough collectors for two Spanish concentrated solar energy plants.
Continue readingBP Solar To Supply Largest Solar Photovoltaic Contract In Thailand
BP Solar announced a US$20m contract to supply solar power products and services to Thailand-based Solartron Co Ltd. The products and services will be used by Solartron
Continue readingChile Aims to Increase its Geothermal Energy to 1,000 MW
The Ministry of Energy of Chile has signed a new contract to harness energy from 20 geothermal locations by the year 2012.
Continue readingAmerican wind power surmounted challenges in 2010
Despite significant challenges in 2010, the U.S. wind energy industry continued to make good on its promise to strengthen America, and laid the foundation for a strong return in 2011.
Continue readingLM Wind Power to deliver 61.5 meter blades for Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm
LM Wind Power Blades will deliver its 61.5 meter blades for the 48 REpower 6M type wind turbines which will be installed as part of phase II and III of the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
Continue readingRwanda focuses on Geothermal Energy
The target is to achieve 300 MW of geothermal power over the next 7 years, in a country whose current total electric installed capacity is just 85 MW.
Continue readingEnergy potential of marine energy in Spain was quantified
The first detailed assessment of wave energy potential in Spanish seas was completed. The study is aimed at including ocean energy in the “2011-2020 renewable energy National Plan”
Continue readingEU will exceed renewable energy goal of 20 percent by 2020
Wind energy will generate 14% of Europe?s total electricity demand in 2020 (494 TWh from 213 GW installed capacity), more than any other renewable source, up from 4.2% in 2009.
Continue readingFavourable forecast for renewable energy markets in 2011
Energy efficiency will be the main sector in the coming years, though the renewable sector (wind energy, solar power) will equally increase, especially in China, with good opportunities also for Western industries.
Continue readingIndia speeds up solar energy development
By 2013, in India 1,100 new MW will be grid-injected, with 184 MW concentrating solar power and photovoltaic plants already under construction and additional 620 MW in the pipeline.
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 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 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 readingEU funding for offshore wind energy research centre
40 million euros were allocated for the construction of an experimental centre for offshore wind power technologies in the Scottish Aberdeen Bay, where up to 11 demonstration wind turbines can be installed.
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 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 readingElectric 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 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.
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