50cycles launch their new website promoting the lastest 2011 Kalkhoff electric bicycle range.
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Toyota Working on Electric Vehicles that Reduce Metal Use
By using less magnets it would cut its demand for rare earths such as neodymium, mostly mined in China and used in electric car motors. The race to produce better electric cars has spurred demand for rare earths.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Energy Thermal Power Summit
This event will set out how to deliver a profitable, productive and commercially successful Concentrating Solar Power business in India.
Continue readingREpower Systems bags 300 MW wind power contract
The wind turbines delivered by the wind energy company will be used in a wind farm project at Quebec in Canada with a total capacity of 300 MW.
Continue readingTechnip launches Vertiwind floating wind turbines project
The partners of the wind power project are Seal Engineering, ISITV, IFP Energies nouvelles, Arts et Métiers, Bureau Veritas, Oceanide.
Continue readingChina and the US together account for more than 40 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
Washington filed a case with the World Trade Organization that claimed a Chinese government fund that awards grants to makers of wind power equipment had violated trade rules by favoring made-in-China materials.
Continue readingWindMade will develop first global consumer label for companies using wind energy
WindMade members will undergo a certification process to verify their wind power procurement. The WindMade initiative will be presented during the World Economic Forum in Davos on 28 February.
Continue readingFrom solar power to wind energy – Israel is open to ideas
Israeli startups Solaris Synergy and Leviathan Energy cleaned up at the Israel national Cleantech Open IDEAS competition.
Continue readingHimin Solar Thermal, a leading solar energy product manufacturer
Himin Solar Energy has a brand value of more than 5 billion yuan. Solar power, however, was not where Huang started out. In fact he studied petroleum engineering.
Continue readingIsofoton brings solar power to Rwanda
Spanish solar panel manufacturer, Isofoton, has revealed plans to install solar energy units at 300 schools in Rwanda, Africa.
Continue readingEmcore Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract by NASA
Emcore’s Photovoltaic segment provides solar energy products for both satellite and terrestrial applications.
Continue readingWind power gets Europe’s vote
Over 10,000 Europeans have participated in a wind power competition launched by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in April 2010.
Continue readingHaluska announces state grant for Highland North Wind Power Project
The 30 wind turbines of the wind farm will be known as the Highland North Wind Power Project, and will increase the total wind energy capacity of both phases to more than 137 megawatts.
Continue readingBlown away by Brazil?s booming wind energy industry
Brazil wind farm capacity making a total of 786 MW. Brazil has massive wind power potential. The regulator contracted 71 wind turbines projects for a wind power capacity of 1,800 MW.
Continue readingAzure Dynamics Receives Record 600 Unit Balance(TM) Hybrid Truck Order
Purolator places record order for 600 BalanceTM Hybrid Electric vehicles to be delivered over the next three years at 200 units per year.
Continue readingBringing Solar Power Lights To Belize
GEAR said the village can sustain these solar lamps from the resulted savings of up to 75% over the cost of kerosene.
Continue readingConcentrix CPV System Connected to Jordan’s Grid
Soitec (Euronext Paris), the world’s leading supplier of advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, reports excellent results for the company’s concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system in Jordan.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables installs more wind energy in 2010 than any other utility
Iberdrola Renovables built 39 new wind farm facilities in 2010 with combined wind power capacity of 1,780 MW.
Continue readingRepower to supply 300 MW for Quebec wind energy plant
REpower and Saint-Laurent Énergies Consortium sign a 300 MW contract for Canadian wind power projects. Delivery of 150 REpower MM82 and MM92 wind turbines for wind farm plants.
Continue readingTrends in the Global Wind Energy Market to 2015
The US leads the global wind power market with a share of 21.9% of the cumulative wind farm capacity in 2009. The US is followed by China, which accounted for 16.3% of the total wind turbines.
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