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SKF Supplies Wind Turbine Monitoring Systems to Guohua Energy Investment
SKF has been awarded a contract with Guohua Energy Investment, a major Chinese energy company. SKF will supply 180 SKF WindCon systems for the monitoring of wind turbines.
Continue readingUK Announce Plans to Build Wind Farm On Island’s Coast
Ocean Electric Power Propose Wind Farm for North West Coast of Island. If successful in their bid then Ocean Electric Power would base the station along the coast of Ballaugh and Jurby.
Continue readingGaelectric has received planning approval for a wind farm at Cregganconroe (Northern Ireland)
The Cregganconroe wind farm will require a total investment of approximately ?22 million, and is just one of a number of wind power projects that Gaelectric currently has in planning in Northern Ireland.
Continue readingCG Belgian installs offshore wind power project
Belwind park is being built in two stages of 55 wind turbines each, with a total capacity of 330 MW. The total project cost is approximately 610 Mio EUR of phase 1 and the windfarm will produce 1.1 TWh annually.
Continue readingFisker Karma plug-in hybrid at Paris Motor Show
Fisker Automotive, the California manufacturer of elegantly designed, premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, will debut the first factory-built Karma at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.
Continue readingHybrid Fleet Vehicle Sales to Surpass 740,000 Units per Year in 2015
For plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), Pike Research anticipates that passenger cars will be even more prominent, representing more than 80% of the fleet market in 2015.
Continue readingThe Limits and Potential of Plant-Based Energy By Lester R. Brown
In a land-scarce world, energy crops cannot compete with solar electricity, much less with the far more land-efficient wind power.
Continue readingDOE Announces $20 Million to Boost Development of Innovative Geothermal Technologies
Geothermal energy uses the earth’s heat to generate consistent, low-cost renewable energy resources with a small environmental footprint.
Continue readingZongshen PEM Power Systems Announces Launch of Electric Motorcycle in China
Prior to the launch of the Toronto line the Company produced a line of smaller electric bicycles and scooters widely sold in China, which have lower top speed, range and power.
Continue readingMercedes-Benz A-Class electric vehicles
Following the B-Class F-CELL fuel-cell car, Mercedes-Benz now introduces the new A-Class E-CELL as its second electric car built in series-production conditions.
Continue readingAmeriLithium Posts Positive Exploration Reports From Nevada Lithium Project
As with previous geophysical investigation results collected over the past several months, the results from the latest reports are very positive, having identified areas of significant Lithium brine potential.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa eyes Scottish sites for its new base
Renewable energy firm Gamesa is a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of wind turbines. It operates in 20 countries across four continents, producing more than 20,000 MW of power.
Continue readingGerman investors would supply the first wind farm in Belarus
?We will add power engineering, primarily renewable energy sources, to basic industries. Now we will do our utmost so that German investors would supply the first wind power plant in Belarus,? said Sergei Sidorsky.
Continue readingWind energy to contribute additional 2500 megawatts in Egypt
Field studies are under way to set up a wind farm, the first to be set up by the private sector, he added. It will be situated in the Gulf of Suez and will be operational by 2014.
Continue reading3TIER Offers Access to More Accurate Global Wind Data
3TIER® launched on-demand online access to its Reference Wind Time-Series, a new product which significantly increases the accuracy of wind energy production estimates for any location worldwide.
Continue readingXtreme Power Selected to Optimize Hawaii?s Largest Solar Farm
Effectively incorporating solar power is essential to the Aloha State?s ambitious renewable energy goals as outlined in the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.
Continue readingDow, MAG and Astraeus to Advance Wind Power Industry Technologies
?This collaboration will create enhanced and innovative solutions that we believe will assist in transforming the growing wind energy industry.?
Continue readingE.ON officially opens one of the UK?s largest offshore wind power plants
E.ON has officially opened its largest UK offshore wind farm in Cumbria.
Continue readingWind energy helps cut CO2 emissions by 900,000 tons in Taiwan
Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said Thursday that its 10 years of efforts to develop wind power have helped to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the country.
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