American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has received an additional follow-on order for $10 million worth of wind turbines core electrical components from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co..
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Roadmap of CO2 and Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption
The European countries are moving to a CO2-based vehicle taxation regime in order to achieve a low-carbon automotive industry in the future.
Continue readingWestern Wind is planning to have 161 Megawatts of projects in construction by year end
Western Wind Energy Corp. (“Western Wind”) is pleased to provide an update on both the 50 MW Mesa Wind Repower Phase One and the 11 MW Steel Power Wind and Solar project, respectively.
Continue readingLithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015
As the global market for electric vehicles grows rapidly over the next several years, lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in a variety of chemistries will be the technology of choice for auto manufacturers.
Continue readingEDP plans to invest US$1.118 billion over the next two years in Brazil
Amongst the investments for the next two years, the highlight is construction of the Tramandaí wind farm, with production of 70 megawatts in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil.
Continue readingACS enters in the wind energy and solar thermal market in US
ACS has entered in the renewable energy market in the United States with projects promoting wind turbines and Concentrating Solar Power plants that together will add a total installed capacity of 550 megawatts (MW).
Continue readingACS entra en el mercado eólico y termosolar de Estados Unidos
ACS ha entrado en el mercado de energías renovables de Estados Unidos con la promoción de proyectos de parques eólicos y plantas termosolares que en conjunto sumarán una potencia total instalada de 550 megavatios (MW).
Continue readingUruguay: UTE expands wind farm Sierra de los Caracoles with another 10 MW of wind power
The wind farm Sierra de los Caracoles receive in the first half of April five wind turbines that produce 10 megawatts and were purchased from Spain for $ 25 million.
Continue readingChanging the future of wind power: 10 MW floating wind turbine prototype
SWAY is a renewable energy company, with world leading technology and competence on floating wind turbines located in deep water.
Continue readingWind power the best kind of mirage
The only source for the ?information? appears to have been an interview with Lester Lave, a wind opponent who is well-known among wind integration experts for making technically specious claims on the topic.
Continue readingNew assessment of US wind energy potential: 10,500 GW
About 10,500 GW of wind power could be generated in the country at a height of 80 meters, with 40% a increase compared to previous reviews at 50 meters, according to new estimates by the NREL and AWS Truewind.
Continue readingUruguay: UTE amplía el parque eólico de Sierra de los Caracoles
El parque eólico de Sierra de los Caracoles recibirá en la primera quincena de abril cinco aerogeneradores que producirán 10 megavatios y que fueron comprados a España por 25 millones de dólares.
Continue readingSenior Government Officials Visits Yingli Green Energy Headquarters
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”) announced a senior government delegation including Jiang Zemin, former President of China, visited Yingli Green Energy.
Continue readingCaltech Researchers Create Highly Absorbing, Flexible Photovoltaic Solar Cells
The new experimental photovoltaic cells, 100 microns thick, use thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate. They are extremely flexible and have set a new record of absorbed collectible sunlight.
Continue readingBax & Willems diseña con Volkswagen un vehículo eléctrico
El grupo automovilístico Volkswagen ha impulsado, junto con la consultora catalana Bax & Willems y varios socios industriales más, un proyecto de I+D para diseñar un coche eléctrico partiendo de cero.
Continue readingTetra Tech Awarded $40 Million Wind Power Project
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced that it has been awarded a $40 million contract to design and build a 152-megawatt (MW) wind farm outside of Woodward, Oklahoma.
Continue readingApplied Nanotech Holdings Receives Contract to Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries
pplied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT) announced that it has been awarded a Phase I contract by the US Army under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a battery anode using a novel silic
Continue readingFalck Renewables is developing a portfolio of wind farms totaling over 300 MW in Italy
The majority of these wind energy projects are in the south including the regions of Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria.
Continue readingSuzlon receives 52.5MW wind power order from Gujarat State Petronet
Increases groupfs total wind energy portfolio to 105 MW. Capacity will be supplied in 35 wind turbines of S82 ? 1.5 MW.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Spark Gordon Brown Interest
The PM visited Allied Electric?s manufacturing plant in Glasgow, where he met company bosses and blue collar workers on the factory floor.
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