To date, Dow has filled fourteen large Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in Spain and the United States, with a total capacity of more than 700 MW.
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Suntech Selected for Phase Two of 44MW Solar Power Plant in Thailand
Owned by Bangchak Petroleum Public Co., Ltd., and integrated by Solartron Public Co., Ltd., the landmark solar power plant will be one of the largest in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas – G20 Business Summit
Creating green jobs on a massive scale is a two-way street. Give us the policy frameworks, and we?ll give you the results. We?ll make the investments, we?ll take the risks, and we?ll create the jobs.
Continue readingHorizon Wind Energy Chooses SmartSignal to Protect Its Entire U.S. Fleet
The fleet includes more than 20 wind farms across the U.S., over 1600 wind turbines responsible for approximately 3400 megawatts of wind power.
Continue readingUK – Orders for wind turbines to fall by 93%
Orders for offshore wind turbines in Britain will slump next year, threatening to halt the industry’s recent growth and the expected creation of up to 10,000 green economy jobs.
Continue readingGlobal warming reduces available wind power
A switch to wind energy will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — and reduce the global warming they cause. But there’s a catch, says climate researcher Diandong Ren, a research scientist at the University of Texas.
Continue readingNACEL Energy Advances Snowflake Wind Power Project
NACEL Energy has signed an agreement with Arizona Public Service Company (APS) to complete a system impact study of its Snowflake Wind Power project in Navajo County, Arizona.
Continue readingMore than $5 fossil fuel subsidies for every $1 of support for renewables By Christian Kjaer
?Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion in 2009?, says the IEA, while renewable energies in the same year received just $57 billion of ?government support? according to the IEA.
Continue readingChinese automakers seek to lead global electric bus market
Industrial insiders said the annual new bus demand in China’s domestic bus market stands at 400,000 units. If all of these are electric buses, the annual sales of electric buses will top 60 billion yuan.
Continue readingGood Energies and Champlin Windpower Form Champlin-GEI Wind Holdings
Champlin-GEI Wind Holdings will focus on developing 100 MW to 500 MW wind farm projects in the Western U.S., including existing projects in California, Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii.
Continue readingFrance to launch offshore wind energy tender
Preparation for the first offshore wind farm in France began with a government tender in 2005, but due to long authorization procedures, construction has been delayed and is now scheduled to start at the end of 2010.
Continue readingNew lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles
The new technology would be able to downsize batteries and trim weight without taking any special safety measures.
Continue readingThe National Export Initiative: U.S. – India Transactions
Ex-Im Bank?s willingness to provide up to $5 billion in financial support to Reliance Power for the purchase of U.S. goods and services to be used in the development of up to 8,000 megawatts.
Continue readingGE wind turbines to power 88 MW Canadian wind farm
GE will deliver 55 of its 1.6 MW wind turbines to Suncor Energy for wind power projects in Alberta, Canada.
Continue readingChery launches first electric vehicles M1-EV
The electric car M1-EV, equipped with a 336-volt electric drive system, has a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour and can cover 150km on a single charge.
Continue readingA wind energy strategy for a wind energy strategy for Quebec
CanWEA advocates that Quebec continue to develop wind power beyond 2015 by adding an additional 8 000 MW by 2025.
Continue readingGlobeleq to Provide More Wind Energy in Honduras
Globeleq Generation Limited announced the Cerro de Hula (CdH) wind farm in Honduras has reached financial close and that formal notice to proceed with construction has been issued.
Continue readingNord/LB and Rabobank back Energia wind farm developments in Ireland
Energia have contracted for 22 state of the art Enercon E70 2.3MW wind turbines and have awarded substantial civil works contracts to local companies.
Continue readingPrudent Energy Installs More Than 20 Energy Storage Systems
The VRB-ESS(TM) economically stores and supplies large amounts of electricity on demand with an extreme number of deep cycles.
Continue readingSB LiMotive to Provide Lithium-ion Battery Packs for Fiat 500EV
Supply of lithium-ion battery packs marks first step for SB LiMotive to the U.S. electric vehicles market.
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