The Abilene/Sweetwater area has the nation’s highest concentration of wind turbines making Abilene an ideal location for their regional blade service business.
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Siemens will supply wind turbines to Samsung C&T and Pattern Energy for the Ontario wind power market
Siemens will supply technologically advanced wind turbines at selected wind energy projects in southern Ontario.
Continue readingEV-Charge America Unveils Southeast America?s First Level II
The EV Charging Station keeps track of charging times, station availability, up times, down times, utilization and a host of other reporting functions.
Continue readingGrowing demand for smart meters signals more flexible future power system
The EU has recently set the objective of installing smart meters in 80% of households across Europe by 2020.
Continue readingAmeriLithium Receives Deed for Nevada-Based Full Monty Lithium Properties
AmeriLithium Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: AMEL; “AmeriLithium” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the Company has officially received the deed for its Full Monty Lithium project properties in Nye County, Nevada.
Continue readingBreak-up of Eufer : Enel Green Power España receives 50% of the iberian JV assets
Enel Green Power España signed an agreement aimed at receiving around 550 MW of installed capacity and a pipeline of around 2,000
MW, representing 50% of EUFER operations.
Wind power potential tested off South Carolina coast
South Carolina alone could produce up to 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of power from its coastal and offshore wind resources using existing wind turbines technology.
Continue readingChina: Increasing Demand for Lithium Battery Positive Material
Lithium batteries are mainly used in portable electronic products like digital cameras, cell phones and notebook computers. Its application further spreads to electric cars, electric bicycles and energy storage.
Continue readingU.S.: an Enormous Amount of Wind Power Capacity Is Under Consideration
At the end of 2009, even after reforms by a number of ISOs, RTOs, and utilities to reduce the number of wind projects in their queues, there were roughly 300 GW of wind power capacity within the interconnection queues.
Continue readingFord Increases Investment in University Research
The new Ford URP projects add to an active research portfolio that now comprises 30 studies in partnership with 26 universities globally.
Continue reading120 MW of geothermal plant in the Caribbean island country of Santa Lucia
The project foresees the construction of 12 MW by 2012, which will expand to 75 MW the following year. The whole project will be completed by 2015, and two-thirds of the total capacity to be exported.
Continue readingRenovalia Energy will invest ?200 million in new wind farm in Canada
Peace Butte wind farm will have 120 MW of total wind power and its construction will start in the first semester of 2011.
Continue readingChina charges ahead of world
Chinese electric car and lithium ion batteries maker BYD (“build your dreams”) is launching an all-electric car this year.
Continue readingAerogenerator X launched by Wind Power Limited
The Aerogenerator X is twice the power and half the weight of Wind Power?s original Aerogenerator design.
Continue readingSchwarzenegger claims that laborious federal loan-guarantee procedures are jeopardizing a great amount of renewable projects
California complained that federal foot-dragging is hindering renewable projects worth $30 billion.
Continue readingMaine’s effort for offshore wind power intensifies
Maine’s effort to become a world leader in deep-water, offshore wind energy took one of its bigger steps forward in July.
Continue readingWind Power in Afghanistan
Among all the other news that has come out of the Afghan War Diary published on Wikileaks, the media could be forgiven for not noticing two mentions of a New Zealand company bringing electricity to the troubled country.
Continue readingPortland General Electric Opens North America’s First Public-Use Quick-Charge Station for Electric Vehicles
Portland General Electric and NEC Corporation (NEC) have opened North America’s first public-use, quick-charge station for electric vehicles.
Continue readingEarly and strong emission reductions are crucial
Wind energy, with its ability to provide carbon free electricity on a massive scale, is one of the most important tools that we are using today.
Continue readingBroad renewable coalition urges September vote on RES
Wind energy installations have sunk back to 2007 levels with only 700 megawatts installed in the second quarter this year ? a 71% decrease from 2009 levels.
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