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NASDAQ Welcomes Arise Windpower to the Main Market
NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces that Arise Windpower AB (Stockholm:AWP), a mid cap company within the Utilities sector, starts trading of its shares on the main market of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.
Continue readingItaly: 7,000 municipalities use renewable sources
6,993 Italian municipalities have at least one plant for energy from renewable sources (5,580 in 2009 and 3,190 in 2008). Clean sources are today present in 86% of municipalities.
Continue readingSiete mil alcaldías en Italia usan energías renovables
Casi siete mil ayuntamientos italianos cuentan con al menos una dentral de energías renovables y 15 de ellos se abastecen completamente con ese tipo de fuentes, informó la asociación Legambiente.
Continue readingNorth American Grid Operators Assess Impact of Electric Vehicles
Plug-in electric vehicles represent a significant new set of power users that grid operators must prepare to serve. PEVs also might lead to game-changing innovations in energy distribution and smart grid.
Continue readingMitsubishi set i-MiEV price: £33,699
For orders delivered to the customer from January 1st 2011, to coincide with the UK government?s recently announced Consumer Incentive Scheme, the price has been set at £33,699 including VAT.
Continue readingOhio Power Siting Board approves construction of Champaign County wind farm (135 MW)
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) modified and approved Buckeye Wind?s proposal to construct a wind farm in eastern Champaign County. The facility will include more than 50 wind turbines.
Continue readingUltralife Awarded $2.4 Million by NYSERDA for Advanced Energy Storage System
Ultralife’s Energy Storage System to Link Lithium Ion Battery and Ultracapacitor Technologies with Wind Power and Solar Energy Systems.
Continue readingSuzlon CEO sounds the call for jobs, RES By Chris Madison (AWEA)
Only Congress can keep thousands of clean jobs from going abroad at a time when America?s economic recovery demands the creation of millions of new jobs.
Continue readingBYD to sale F3DM electric vehicles to personal buyers
According to the BYD Auto, its F3DM dual-mode electric vehicles will be available to personal buyers on March 29, 2010, and the first sales location is Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
Continue readingCanada Lithium plans lithium carbonate mine by late 2012
Canada Lithium Corp. (TSXV: CLQ; U.S. OTC: CLQMF) announced completion of a National Instrument 43-101-compliant Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) of the Quebec Lithium Project 60 km north of Val d’Or, Quebec.
Continue readingWind energy takes wings
China WindPower Group Ltd, Iberdrola SA and Duke Energy Corp will lead development of an estimated $65 billion of wind-power plants this year that let utilities reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
Continue readingSouth Korea plans to build over two hundred wind turbines along sea walls
South Korea plans to build over two hundred wind power generators along sea walls on the west coast that will help the country cut back on green house gas emissions and provide clean electricity to 400,000 homes.
Continue readingUK: Conservative energy policy paper
RenewableUK welcomes the Conservative Party’s recognition of the importance of renewable energy to the UK economy.
Continue readingAmerican Oil Lobby Has Commissioned CEPOS Report on Wind Power
In a press release from the Institute for Energy Research (IER) which is funded by the American oil and coal lobby, IER admits that it has commissioned the report on Danish wind energy from CEPOS.
Continue readingRenewable PowerTech Inc. Selects WindTamer as Its Wind Turbines Provider
WindTamer Corporation (“WindTamer” or the “Company”) (OTCBB: WNDT) announced it has entered into an international distribution agreement under which RPT plans to utilize WindTamer wind turbines.
Continue readingKeppel bags contract for German offshore wind farm
Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) and AREVA Energietechnik GmbH have secured a contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH for a new offshore wind farm.
Continue readingCatch the Wind completes testing with Wind Energy Institute of Canada
Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW.S) announced today that the Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan) has completed its final performance testing of a prototype of the Company’s Vindicator(R) laser wind sensor (LWS).
Continue readingMitsubishi Motors to triple electric vehicles output to 30,000
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. aims to triple annual production of its electric car to 30,000 over the next three years.
Continue readingOhio approves large scale wind power plant
The Ohio Power Siting Board on Monday approved plans by Hardin Wind Energy LLC to construct up to 200 wind turbines in Hardin County, about 50 miles northwest of Columbus.
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