Grid Corp. of China plans to build more electric charging stations in in Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei and Nanchang to meet rising demand for electric cars.
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Ford Focus Electric Vehicles will go into production later this year
Ford says they believe the technology will be popular because those interested in electric cars with lithium ion batteries are consumers also interested in technology and reducing their own energy usage.
Continue readingPhilippines – $125-M solar and wind energy projects in Subic
Subic Wind Power Generation to expand its business and include the establishment and operation of a solar power project on top of its original proposal to establish and operate a wind farm has been approved.
Continue readingThe answer to the nation’s energy needs may be blowing in the wind
Speakers promote wind power as clean-energy alternative. Several speakers elaborated on that idea on Thursday night during a wind energy educational program at Centerville Elementary School in Urbana.
Continue readingLEEDCo and Freshwater Wind Sign Option to Lease Lake Erie to Develop Wind Farm
LEEDCo and Freshwater Wind expect to install five wind turbines in an initial wind energy project of approximately 20 megawatts of electric wind power capacity.
Continue readingNorth America – 40,000 new wind turbines to be installed in the US by 2015
The fact: 87 percent of Americans want wind energy, and 2011 looks set to be a great year for wind power.
Continue readingSCHOTT and Consolidated Solar Technologies Inaugurate Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant
SCHOTT Solar produces important components for photovoltaic applications and solar energy power plants.
Continue readingCape Wind Offshore Wind Farm Completes Permitting Process
The wind energy project will locate 130 offshore wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound. The 468 MW offshore wind farm is the nation?s first offshore wind power project.
Continue readingAirbiquity to Provide Connected Services for Ford Electric Vehicles
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries are one part of the automotive industry?s broader strategy to offer a wide range of environmentally friendly, advanced technology solutions to improve fuel economy and lower CO2.
Continue readingLake Erie offshore wind farm clears another hurdle
Governor Ted Strickland is finishing out his four years as governor by signing a lease option that is key to building five massive wind turbines in state waters 7 miles offshore from Cleveland.
Continue readingFord introduces its electric vehicles Focus
All-new Ford Focus Electric is the first fuel-free, rechargeable passenger car from Ford and one of five new electric cars with lithium ion batteries Ford will deliver by 2013 in North America and Europe.
Continue readingNanotechnologies Cut the Cost of Renewable Energy
A new study by ABI Research, ‘Nanotechnologies for Green Power Generation’ examines how the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the production of solar (photovoltaic) cells, wind turbines and blades.
Continue readingSouth could use more wind energy, pay less
Southern states could generate 30 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind power, solar energy and biomass by 2030 (up from four percent today) while saving millions of dollars.
Continue readingNorthWestern Energy Signs MoU With Invenergy Wind
The wind farm is to be built on a portion of Invenergy’s proposed 200 megawatt Big Otter Wind Energy Project site near Belt, Montana. The wind power project is consistent with recent Montana legislation.
Continue readingAmerican wind power surmounted challenges in 2010
Despite significant challenges in 2010, the U.S. wind energy industry continued to make good on its promise to strengthen America, and laid the foundation for a strong return in 2011.
Continue readingFord unveils new electric car model at the Consumer Electronics Show
Electric vehicle owners can plug in and walk away from their electric vehicles while staying connected, thanks to the new MyFord Mobile app being introduced exclusively with the all-new Ford Focus Electric.
Continue readingFrance at economic war with electric vehicles spies
A “Chinese lead” has been found in the Renault industrial espionage affair in which 3 managers have been suspended. The three are suspected of having passed on information about electric cars and lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingCODA Raises $76 Million in Series D Initial Closing
CODA’s electric car is powered by a breakthrough Lithium-ion battery system with more energy capacity and all-electric range than other electric vehicles in its class.
Continue readingSolar Power Supporter Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot
The USA is still reeling after a shooting in Arizona killed six people and wounded 14 others. Among the wounded was Congresswoman Gabrielle Dee “Gabby” Giffords, a staunch supporter of solar energy.
Continue readingBergamo Acquisition Announces Terms Agreed Upon for Three Hybrid Solar Thermal Power Plants
Bergamo Acquisition Corp Announces Terms Agreed Upon for Three Hybrid Concentrating Solar Power Plants Totaling 200 Megawatts of Capacity in India.
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