Endesa acaba de lograr la aprobación gubernamental para lanzar, a través del proyecto Store, el desarrollo de sistemas de almacenamiento de electricidad a gran escala.
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Japan Accounts for 70% of EV/HEV/FCV Patent Applications
The Japan Patent Office conducted a survey on trends in global patent applications related to electric vehicles (EVs) and other “electric propulsion vehicles”.
Continue readingWind Power Technology Development By IEA
Increased efforts in wind technology R&D are essential if the vision of this roadmap is to become reality. Wind energy technology is proven but not yet fully mature.
Continue readingHywind: The world?s first floating MW-scale wind turbine By Henrik Stiesdal
One of the future possibilities for offshore wind development is floating turbines, which would make deeper waters potential wind farm sites.
Continue readingWind energy from a European perspective
Over the past 18 years, wind energy in Europe has expanded more rapidly than nuclear power did in its first 18 years. During 2009 some ?770 million were invested in wind power in Sweden with a capacity of 500 MW.
Continue readingVestas receives wind power order for 40 MW in China
Denmark’s Vestas (VWS.CO), the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines, had won an order for 20 turbines with total capacity of 40 megawatts from China Datang Renewable Power Co Ltd.
Continue readingEDP Renovaveis Partners with JPM Capital Corporation on the Lost Lakes Wind Farm
EDP Renovaveis, S.A. (“EDPR”), through Horizon Wind Energy LLC (“Horizon”), has signed an agreement to secure $90 million of institutional equity financing from JPM Capital Corporation.
Continue readingNew Energy Systems and Anytone to Showcase Products in Las Vegas
New Energy Systems Group (OTC Bulletin Board: NEWN) announced that the company will participate in the upcoming 2010 International CES Exhibition from January 7-10, 2010 at the Hilton Pavilion in Las Vegas.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Lion’s Share of Lithium Deposits Could Put Bolivia in the Pound Seats
With all our Eskom problems, it’s hard for SA to fathom, but the roots of the notion lie in electric vehicles. SA does not have a lot, but lots of African countries do, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Niger and Ghana.
Continue readingToyota Develops Solar Charging Station for PHVs and EVs
Toyota Industries Corp developed a solar charging station for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs).
Continue readingElectric Vehicles: A Case for Electricity
Politics and the power of entrenched economic interests aside, the best way to reduce carbon emissions is to utilize the ever cleaner, greener, more renewable grid to power transportation.
Continue readingElectric Car Corporation moved its production abroad due to the lack of government incentives in the UK
The Electric Car Corporation (ECC), which currently assembles its Citroen C1 ev?ie electric car at its plant in Flitwick, has set-up a production facility in Denmark.
Continue readingHow Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity
If you ask, “have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?”, today’s answer is “Yes — but not yet.” By California Cars Initiative.
Continue readingBusy Weeks for GM’s On-Schedule Volt
There’s lots of recent news for GM — and it’s essentially all good. When the company announced the Volt in January 2007, it said it expected to have the car in mass production by fall 2010.
Continue readingThe Wind Power and CO2 Reduction Targets By IEA
Wind power plants installed by the end of 2008 are estimated to avoid the emission of some 230 megatonnes of CO2 per year.
Continue readingLa primera gran base eólica china llega a 2.000 megavatios
La capacidad instalada de la primera base de energía eólica de China, ubicada en la provincia noroccidental de Gansu, alcanzó los dos gigavatios, informaron las autoridades locales.
Continue readingAcciona obtains a preallocation of 1100 MW for renewables in Spain
The five CSP projects presented by the company, totaling 250 MW, have been entered in the Register. The preallocation of 29 wind energy parks has been obtained for a total of 824 MW, plus two biomass plants (30 MW).
Continue readingWave energy projects in California
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is also focusing on wave energy, with two research projects to be implemented off the Bay of Santa Barbara, aiming at a capacity of 140 MW.
Continue reading28 MW wind energy project in Romania
On the west coast of the Black Sea, in the Dobrogea region, the first foundations for all in all 35 wind turbines of the type Enercon E-53 with 0,8 MW output each are under construction.
Continue readingPanasonic Develops High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery Cells that can Power Electric Vehicles
Panasonic Corporation announced the development of two new 18650-type (18 mm in diameter, 65 mm in height) high-capacity lithium-ion battery cells[1] for use in laptop and electric cars.
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