Canada has a great potential in wind power and it plans on creating a domestic industry capable of competing at a global level, says a report by the Association of Canadian Manufacturers
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Solar Aero Research: Wind Turbine Patent Issued
The turbine has lower maintenance requirements than bladed wind turbines. The design will be highly attractive for urban rooftop wind power applications.
Continue readingNissan and Carnegie Mellon Team Up For Electric Vehicles
Nissan is the leader in electric car technology and will be introducing the Nissan LEAF, the first affordable all-electric vehicle designed for the mass market, to the U.S. in December.
Continue readingChu Announces up to $62 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development
Investment will speed the commercialization and deployment of cutting-edge solar energy technologies.
Continue readingElectric Cars as Energy Reservoirs
Electric vehicles could be linked up to the grid and let their batteries be used as distributed power reservoirs.
Continue readingSunPower Delivering Solar Photovoltaic Plant for EDF in Italy
SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) announced that it is building a 1.3-megawatt solar power photovoltaic plant in the Lazio region of Italy
Continue readingGLWN Endorses ‘SEAM Act’ to Build U.S. Wind Power Supply Chain
Great Lakes WIND Network (GLWN)? is a supply advisory group and network of 1500 manufacturers and suppliers from 35 states and Canada whose mission is to increase the domestic content of North America?s wind turbines.
Continue readingWind power in Germany in 2009
Last year, 958 wind turbines totalling 1,917 MW of wind energy capacity were added to the German fleet, including 136 MW repowering and 60 MW in wind farm offshore.
Continue readingMagnetek maximises wind turbines potential
Magnetek’s E-Force Wind Inverter maximises the potential of wind turbines operating with permanent magnet generators and will be shown at the Windpower 2010 conference and exhibition.
Continue readingFeeling lucky about Googling towards a wind-driven future
Investing in wind power, as Google has just learned, is definitely the opposite of evil and an innovative pathway to a healthier future.
Continue readingNordex acquiring a stake in an offshore wind power project
Nordex SE has signed a contract to acquire a roughly 40% stake in the wind energy project company which is developing the ?Arcadis Ost 1? offshore wind farm.
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Technologies Announces New Orders of Electric Vehicles
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABAT) announced that it obtained approximately $1.7 million in new orders for electric vehicles during the International Bicycle Expo held in Shanghai.
Continue readingCape Wind Sign Power Purchase Contract
National Grid and Cape Wind will file a contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities on Monday under which National Grid will buy clean power from the first offshore wind farm.
Continue readingRide for Wind 2010
West Texas wind farms are the destination when motorcyclists hit the road to support the Women of Wind Energy, as Shermco Charities, an organization funded by employees of Shermco Industries, host Ride for Wind 2010.
Continue readingGolf electric car to launch in 2013
Volkswagen wants to use bestsellers such as the Golf to take electric vehicles out of their niche model status and to become the market leader for a new type of sustainable mobility by 2018.
Continue readingCemex completed the Eurus wind farm, developed jointly with Acciona Energía
CEMEX completed the EURUS wind farm, developed jointly with ACCIONA Energía, the third largest wind energy project of its kind registered as a United Nation?s Clean Development Mechanism project.
Continue readingEuropean Parliament: Standard chargers needed to boost electric vehicles
Standard chargers for electric cars would be a major step towards a single European electric vehicle market, says a resolution adopted by Parliament on Thursday.
Continue readingRadar Interference and Wind Power
Radar Interference Soon to Become a Thing of the Past for the Wind Industry; US Wind Energy Project Site Selection Conference in Boston on June 29-30.
Continue readingTo what extent should we encourage wind power in the overall energy mix? By Zoë Casey (EWEA)
This month?s online Comment Visions forum centres exclusively on wind power, asking: to what extent should we encourage the growth of wind energy in our future energy mix?
Continue readingWind power in Turkey
In 2009, 343 MW of new wind energy capacity were added in Turkey, bringing the total up to 801 MW. This represents a year-on-year growth rate of 75%.
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