Mitsubishi began production of the electric car i-MiEVs with ithium ion batteries for Europe from October of last year. Three months after starting shipment, about 2,500 electric cars were shipped.
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Masdar plans 100 MW photovoltaic solar power plant
Masdar is already building a $600 million, 100 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power plant in Abu Dhabi with France?s TotalTotal S.A. (TOT) and Spain?s Abengoa Solar (ABG.MC).
Continue readingSterling Agro buys wind power equipment from Suzlon
Sterling Agro Industries has placed an order with Suzlon to buy wind energy equipment. Suzlon has also supplied wind turbines to Sterling Agro for its wind farm in Rajasthan
Continue readingMarine energy: 250 MW Tidal Power Plant to come up in India
Asia’s first commercial tidal power plant will be built in the Indian state of Gujarat with an initial 50 MW capacity.
Continue readingChina to accelerate offshore wind energy projects in Fujian
China in 2010 became the country with the most installed wind power capacity, supplanting the United States. China installed 16 GW of new wind farm capacity in 2010. The wind turbines installed save 90 million t. CO2.
Continue readingAbu Dhabi underscores climate agenda
Masdar aims to sustainable technologies, such as photovoltaic cells and concentrating solar power. It targets carbon reduction and management and development of other renewable energy sources such wind power.
Continue readingRenault Fires 2 Men Accused of Selling Secrets About Electric Vehicles
The two men ? Michel Balthazard, formerly a member of the Renault management committee and a top official of the company?s electric car program, and his subordinate Bertrand Rochette ? both received termination notices.
Continue reading4 GW of Blocked Wind Farm Get Key Technological Support to Move Forward
Four gigawatts of wind power capacity have been held on lock-down and unable to move through the UK’s planning system due to Ministry of Defence (MoD) radar issues.
Continue readingBMW ActiveE electric car production to roll out next week
The electric vehicles will be officially unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2011, but the first production electric cars will be roll out as early as next week.
Continue readingTesla Motors’ Model S to Feature NVIDIA Tegra Processors
The Tegra processor provides exceptional energy efficiency, a critically important feature for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingMore wind energy in Jamaica
Wigton Wind Farm in south Manchester is now up and running with an additional 14 MW of wind power after spending close to US$50 million to install nine Vestas V80 wind turbines.
Continue readingEgypt continues looking to wind energy to power some of its energy needs
Egypt is getting ready to expand its wind power sector. The ministry had already raised funds for several wind farm plants. Egypt had 430 MW of installed wind turbines at the end of 2009.
Continue readingLondon to Edinburgh by electric car: it was quicker by electric car
Feeling that electric cars were getting a bad rap due to a BBC correspondent’s four-day journey from London to Edinburgh in a Mini E, a Tesla driver took to the road and made the over 400-mile trip in a day.
Continue readingEight companies vie to put wind turbines in offshore wind farm in Maryland
The O’Malley administration has pushed to develop offshore wind power as the main way to achieve the state’s goal of getting 20 percent of Maryland’s electricity needs from renewable power by 2022.
Continue readingSolar power use in cell towers can reduce CO2
If all these cellphone towers use solar energy then it could save a great amount of fossil fuels as well as reduce carbon emissions.
Continue readingLow running costs of Electric Vehicles
The low running cost of electric cars (EVs) is “astonishing”, according to one council member in Stockton-on-Tees.
Continue readingRenewable energy in Russia
The programme looks at wind energy (in Russia?s South and Northeast, as well as the Far East) and biomass energy (in Russia?s South, predominantly) as its priority development areas.
Continue readingMasdar and Mitsubishi launches Electric Vehicles Pilot
The Masdar pilot will involve electric cars and test the feasibility of EV technology as a point-to-point transportation solution for Masdar City.
Continue readingPNNL Solving the Energy Storage Challenge
In conversations about renewable energy sources like solar energy and wind power, energy storage is repeatedly identified as the tipping point between intermittency and reliability.
Continue readingSolar Energy Zone Plan Focus of Public Meetings in Washington, DC
DOI announced a schedule of public meetings to gather comments on a comprehensive environmental analysis that has identified proposed ?solar power zones? on public lands in the west.
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