China is likely to surpass the United States as the leader in cumulative wind power capacity by the end of this year, a Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) official said on Tuesday.
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Wind power Vestas opens $50m Beijing R&D center
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, opened a $50-million technology research and development (R&D) center in Beijing on Tuesday, in a move to expand its portfolio in the country.
Continue readingLithium-Ion Technique for Electric Vehicles
A team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way to use simple silicon to radically increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingECOtality to Create a Pilot Network of Blink DC Fast Charging Stations
?When people think of refueling their cars, they think of gas stations, and we?re excited to work with BP to demonstrate a new way of fueling cars to the American driver.?
Continue readingCar Charging Group to Demonstrate Level II Electric Vehicle Charging Station
The Company provides convenient, safe and affordable charging stations away from home in customer-friendly public locations, including municipalities, shopping malls and parking garages.
Continue readingU.S. Imported 346 Million Barrels of Oil in September, Spending $26 Billion
T. Boone Pickens to Address Continued Dependence on Foreign Oil During Keynote Speech at Governor?s Conference on Energy.
Continue readingGeneral Motors Selects Envision Solar?s EnvisionTrak? Solar Trees®, CleanCharge? Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Envision Solar is a leading solar planner, architect and inventor designing and deploying clean energy systems globally.
Continue readingReVolt Technology named a 2010 Global Cleantech 100 Company
ReVolt Technology received the award on the basis of its zinc-air, rechargeable battery technology, which provides a high energy solution for consumer and industrial market applications.
Continue readingBoston-Power Named to 2010 Cleantech Group Global Cleantech 100
Lithium-ion Battery Innovator Included For Second Straight Year Among Prestigious List of World?s Most Promising Clean Technology Companies.
Continue readingValence Technology Announces Preliminary Results
Valence enables and powers some of the world’s most innovative and environmentally friendly applications, ranging from commercial electric vehicles to industrial and marine equipment.
Continue readingMichigan Readies as the U.S. Prepares for Electric Vehicles
General Motors and its partners are teaming up to help give Chevrolet Volt buyers more options for charging their electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingMassachusetts wind energy manufacturer to make foundations for Cape Wind farm project
Proposed new facility built by Mass Tank and leading European firm will employ hundreds, supply offshore wind energy industry emerging on the Atlantic Coast.
Continue readingStatement of Cape Wind President Jim Gordon on Mass Tank and EEW Plans to Build New Wind Energy Manufacturing Facility in Massachusetts
Jim Gordon, President of Cape Wind, today made the following statement regarding Mass Tank and EEW Plans to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Massachusetts: ‘Cape Wind is thrilled with the news that Mass Tank and EEW are going to open a new manufacturing facility in Massachusetts to make Cape Wind’s steel monopile foundations and transition … Continue reading Statement of Cape Wind President Jim Gordon on Mass Tank and EEW Plans to Build New Wind Energy Manufacturing Facility in Massachusetts
Continue readingEVE and Repsol form a partnership to build and operate an electric vehicles charging network in the Basque Country
Its mission is to develop an infrastructure network to charge electric vehicles and to market charging services (electricity and value-added services) in the public sector and related areas.
Continue readingVestas opens China Technology R&D Center to spearhead Chinese wind power innovation
First international R&D centre in China dedicated to wind energy to boost global cooperation and innovation.
Continue readingGreat Lakes Offshore Wind Energy Project Launching
Lake Erie Alternative Power (LEAP) is supporting the development of the offshore wind turbines industry in the United States focused around the Great Lakes.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Provides Update on Recent Developments in China’s Wind Power Industry
The results of a national bidding process for four offshore wind farm concession projects in China with a total capacity of 1GW were announced on October 8, 2010.
Continue readingJuhl Wind, Inc. Announces Financing Arranged for Two Large Wind Energy Plants
The Adams and Danielson Wind farms are typical of Juhl Wind’s community-owned wind farm projects. The wind energy projects consist of a locally-controlled LLC made up of Meeker County residents.
Continue readingIberdrola Renewables Signs Deal for Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Arizona
Salt River Project and Iberdrola Renewables have signed a 25-year power purchase agreement for 20 megawatts of solar photovoltaic energy from a Pinal County facility.
Continue readingWind energy to share 22% of global market by 2030
“Wind power can make a massive contribution to decarbonizing the conventional power sector, but we need political commitments to make it happen,” said Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the GWEC.
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