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China – SOEs rushing to build offshore wind energy plants with low bids
“The (low) bidding prices are unrealistic and can be very risky,” Li said at the conference for the release of the China Wind Power Outlook 2010 report on Wednesday.
Continue readingValence Technology Announces Preliminary Results
Valence enables and powers some of the world’s most innovative and environmentally friendly applications, ranging from commercial electric vehicles to industrial and marine equipment.
Continue readingWind Energy to Surge by 2030 in Kenya, Egypt and Eritrea
Wind power will increase to make up between five and 22 percent of world power generated by 2030 and countries must do more to expand electricity grids to cope, a study by pro-wind groups showed on Tuesday.
Continue readingBoston-Power Named to 2010 Cleantech Group Global Cleantech 100
Lithium-ion Battery Innovator Included For Second Straight Year Among Prestigious List of World?s Most Promising Clean Technology Companies.
Continue readingWind power envoy in the Middle East
Recently, he met with the Lebanese minister of energy, who wanted to know more about how wind energy can supplement the existing supplies.
Continue readingReVolt Technology named a 2010 Global Cleantech 100 Company
ReVolt Technology received the award on the basis of its zinc-air, rechargeable battery technology, which provides a high energy solution for consumer and industrial market applications.
Continue readingFluor Develops Master Plan for South Africa Solar Power Park (5 GW)
Five Gigawatt Solar Park Plan Among World?s Largest. Fluor Corporation was selected to perform a study for a potential solar energy park development in the Northern Cape for South Africa?s Department of Energy.
Continue readingGeneral Motors Selects Envision Solar?s EnvisionTrak? Solar Trees®, CleanCharge? Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Envision Solar is a leading solar planner, architect and inventor designing and deploying clean energy systems globally.
Continue readingU.S. Imported 346 Million Barrels of Oil in September, Spending $26 Billion
T. Boone Pickens to Address Continued Dependence on Foreign Oil During Keynote Speech at Governor?s Conference on Energy.
Continue readingCar Charging Group to Demonstrate Level II Electric Vehicle Charging Station
The Company provides convenient, safe and affordable charging stations away from home in customer-friendly public locations, including municipalities, shopping malls and parking garages.
Continue readingECOtality to Create a Pilot Network of Blink DC Fast Charging Stations
?When people think of refueling their cars, they think of gas stations, and we?re excited to work with BP to demonstrate a new way of fueling cars to the American driver.?
Continue readingLithium-Ion Technique for Electric Vehicles
A team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way to use simple silicon to radically increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingWind power Vestas opens $50m Beijing R&D center
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, opened a $50-million technology research and development (R&D) center in Beijing on Tuesday, in a move to expand its portfolio in the country.
Continue readingNon-OECD Asia – 78 MW of new wind energy capacity was installed
More than 2,500 of new wind energy capacity would be installed in the region every year by 2015, and this would gradually increase to a pace of 19.5 GW every year by 2030.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Provides Update on Recent Developments in China’s Wind Power Industry
The results of a national bidding process for four offshore wind farm concession projects in China with a total capacity of 1GW were announced on October 8, 2010.
Continue readingOECD Europe – 10.5 GW of new wind power were added during 2009
10.5 GW of new wind energy were added during 2009, bringing the total installed capacity to 75.5 GW, which, in a normal year, can be expected to generate about 162.5 TWh of electricity.
Continue readingGreat Lakes Offshore Wind Energy Project Launching
Lake Erie Alternative Power (LEAP) is supporting the development of the offshore wind turbines industry in the United States focused around the Great Lakes.
Continue readingCanada, U.S.,Mexico – 141 GW of wind power by 2030
The Reference scenario numbers would result in a total wind power capacity of 141 GW by 2030, which would produce 346 TWh of electricity and save the emission of 207.6 million tonnes of CO2 every year.
Continue readingVestas opens China Technology R&D Center to spearhead Chinese wind power innovation
First international R&D centre in China dedicated to wind energy to boost global cooperation and innovation.
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