The course will bring engineers specialist training in the technologies required for the design and production of future electric vehicles.
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General Cable Announces Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Energy High Voltage Project Award
The Baltic 2 Wind Farm is located in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Rostock, Germany near the island of Rügen. Baltic 2 will feature 80 wind turbines, each rated at 3.6 megawatts, for a total output of 288 megawatts.
Continue readingCODA Automotive & Enterprise Rent-A-Car Help Accelerate the Adoption of Electric Vehicless
CODA Automotive?, a California-based electric car and lithium ion batteries company, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, announced a planned program to introduce up to 100 all-electric CODA Sedans? to car rental locations.
Continue readingECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select U.S. Best Buy Stores as Part of the EV Project
ECOtality announced an agreement to provide Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at select U.S. stores of leading electronics retailer Best Buy.
Continue readingJohnson Controls Announces Global Alliance With Concentrix Solar, Division of Soitec
Johnson Controls announced a global alliance with Concentrix Solar. Concentrix Solar is a leading supplier of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems.
Continue readingWind To Power Systems Releases Solar Inverter for North American Market
Wind To Power Systems Inc. (W2PS), a leading provider of systems that integrate renewable power into the electric grid, announces the release of the Solar2PS© 500KW solar inverter for the North American market.
Continue readingDuke Energy Completes Fourth Wyoming Wind Farm
Duke Energy’s Top of the World Windpower Project near Casper, Wyo., is now on line and producing clean, renewable electricity.
Continue readingEaton and Notre Dame Team Up to Power Campus Electric Vehicles
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced that it will provide the University of Notre Dame with charging stations to demonstrate the capabilities of utilizing electric vehicles.
Continue readingContour Energy Systems Signs Exclusive Technology Licensing Agreement with MIT
Breakthrough Carbon Nanotube Technology Produces Up To Tenfold Increase in Lithium-Ion Battery Power.
Continue readingFirst Wind Power Project in Nigeria
Terrawatt Planungsgesellschaft mbH has won the request for proposal for technical consultancy services and construction supervision for a Nigerian Wind Energy Project.
Continue readingDenmark aims at independence from fossil fuels
A special governmental climate commission released a report illustrating the roadmap that will make the country fully independent from fossil fuels by 2050.
Continue readingUS Bureau of Land Management Approves BrightSource Energy?s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
Ivanpah Concentrating Solar Power Receives Federal Permits; Approved to Commence Construction.
Continue readingChang’an plans to begin production of its pure electric vehicles at the Beijing facility in July 2011
Chang’an plans to begin production of its pure electric vehicles at the Beijing facility in July 2011 and start assembly of its sedans in March 2012.
Continue readingSolarReserve Moves Forward on Southern California Solar Thermal Project
Energy developer?s 150-megawatt Concentrating Solar Power contract with PG&E will utilize innovative molten salt storage technology for utility scale solar power?available on demand, day or night.
Continue readingRUBENIUS Announces Expansion into North America
This energy storage solution will make deployment of wind energy and solar energy more viable. The site chosen is Silicon Border?s Science Park.
Continue readingChevrolet Volt?s 240V Home Charging Unit Priced at $490
The Voltec 240V home charging unit can charge the Volt?s lithium ion batteries from depleted to charged in about four hours, compared with 10 hours with the standard 120V charge cord that plugs into a household outlet.
Continue readingWind energy could provide 20% of world power by 2030
With around 40 GW of new capacity added this year alone, the world?s installed wind power capacity is expected to reach close to 200 GW by the end of 2010.
Continue readingProject management for offshore wind power plants
With the completion of the largest offshore wind farm in the world – Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Wind Farm in the UK – GL Noble Denton / GL Garrad Hassan has now finished its largest project to date.
Continue readingBergamo to construct six Concentrating Solar Power plants in India
Bergamo Acquisition Corp has entered into a joint venture with an Indian company to construct six solar thermal power plants of 100 MW capacity each with an investment of $400 million for every CSP plant.
Continue readingCSP Today releases the CSP Today World Map 2010 version
The CSP Today World Map 2010 includes an itemized list of all the MW sized concentrating solar power plants in the world that are either announced, under construction or in operation.
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