The electric car will be produced in the Valmet factory in the Finnish Uusikaupunki where Saab convertibles, Opel Astras and Porsche Boxsters are already being built.
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Intel apuesta por la eólica y los vehículos eléctricos
Intel cree que hay grandes oportunidades en la previsión de los vientos para la generación de energía eólica y en los coches eléctricos.
Continue readingPrius Plug-in Hybrid Lease Discussions Begin in Japan
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that it has started discussions with potential users in Japan of the newly developed “Prius Plug-in Hybrid”.
Continue readingEl peligro amarillo llega a EE UU: inversiones en eólica, fotovoltaica y vehículos eléctricos
La empresa eólica china A-Power instalará una fábrica de aerogeneradores en Estados Unidos y Suntech comenzará a fabricar células fotovoltaicas en Arizona en 2010.
Continue readingYellow Peril: Suntech Selects Arizona for First U.S. Manufacturing Plant
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), announced that its first U.S. manufacturing plant for the growing North American market would be located in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area.
Continue readingWind Energy In Nigeria: Time Is Now By Olumide Ogunleye
The focus of this article is to present renewable power supply- wind energy in particular as an alternative source of power generation as it applies to diversifying Nigeria?s energy sources.
Continue readingAllianz Advocating Renewable Energy in Asia
The market for renewable energy plays a key role in the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions which cause climate change. Allianz has invested for several years into renewable energies.
Continue readingFord adds wind turbines
Two wind turbines, each with a height of 150 metres, have begun operations producing wind power electricity for Ford’s Genk plant in Belgium.
Continue readingSota: “Si Cantabria no apuesta por la eólica, sufrirá las consecuencias”
El consejero de Industria, Juan José Sota, aseguró que el Gobierno de Cantabria seguirá apostando por la energía eólica porque, de lo contrario, Cantabria sufrirá las consecuencias.
Continue readingCommunity wind project begins generating for Maine islands By Chris Madison
November 17, 2009 was a big day for the residents of the Fox Islands, offshore Maine. Three General Electric 1.5 megawatt turbines began operating, providing wind power for the two islands.
Continue readingRisky Investment in Energy must stop By Christian Kjaer
Meeting the 12% electricity target for wind energy will require the EU countries to increase wind energy capacity by some 9.5 GW a year over the next 12 years.
Continue readingREpower sign a contract to supply nine 2 MW-class MM92 wind turbines
REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) has signed a contract with the US project developer Heritage Sustainable Energy LLC to supply nine 2 MW-class MM92 wind turbines with a total output of 18.45 MW.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables venderá durante 20 años energía eólica a California
Iberdrola Renovables firma un contrato a 20 años para vender la producción del parque eólico estadounidense Star Point. La instalación, de 99 MW, aún se encuentra en fase de construcción.
Continue readingFinavera Renewables Provides Update on 293 Megawatts of Wind Projects
Finavera Renewables Inc. (‘Finavera Renewables’ or the ‘Company’) (TSX VENTURE:FVR) provide an update on the four wind projects submitted by the Company into the 2008 BC Hydro Clean Power Call.
Continue readingJob creation and Recovery Act funding By Denise Bode
One hundred percent of the ARRA funding for the wind power sector has gone to projects that are installed and operate here in the U.S., spurring new wind farm development and supporting thousands of local jobs.
Continue readingIberdrola estudia la integración de los vehículos eléctricos en la red
Iberdrola ha puesto en marcha el proyecto ‘Merge’ (Mobile Energy Resources of Electricity) para desarrollar estudios sobre el posible impacto de la integración de los vehículos eléctricos en las redes.
Continue readingSiemens sponsors Grid-Interop 2009
Grid-Interop 2009 is an annual three-day gathering of thought leaders from around the world who will focus on the successful interconnection of transmission and distribution devices to enable the Smart Grid.
Continue readingAutomobiles Can Be Environmentally Compatible With Cities of the Future
As the debate on climate change and transportation continues to widen, a Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) executive stated that there can and should be a role for the automobile in the decades ahead.
Continue readingElectric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicles.
Continue readingAcciona logra financiar dos parques eólicos en India
La eólica Acciona logra el mayor “project finance” del sector eólico indio. La operación ha sido acordada con el State Bank of India, por importe de 18,1 millones de euros.
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