New assembly line to create up to 90 new jobs, support production of Nissan electric car LEAF in Smyrna.
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Advanced Battery For Electric Vehicles Summit
Experts will examine the economics of Electric Vehicles battery reuse, potential business models for EV battery repurposing and the economics and challenges of Li-Ion battery recycling.
Continue readingPhilippines – 384 proposed renewable energy projects
There are 70 pending proposals for solar power (for a combined output of 537 MW), 59 for wind energy (1,431 MW) and 195 MW for biomass. geothermal energy projects, there are 15 applications.
Continue readingNTPC signed MOU with Govt. of Kerala to plan 200 MW wind energy
The MOU to build own and Operate basis 200 MW Wind Farm Project in Kerala using state-of ?the ?art wind turbines technology.
Continue readingGrowing Water Deficit Threatening Grain Harvests
The shrinkage of irrigation water supplies in the big three grain-producing countries?the United States, India, and China?is of particular concern.
Continue readingSemprius Awarded State and County Incentives Package to Build Solar Module Pilot Production Plant in North Carolina
Concentrated solar power technology company Semprius, Inc., has received an incentives package to build a pilot production plant in Henderson, North Carolina.
Continue readingSolar Power Photovoltaic Market to Hit $50.6bn in 2011
Most advanced nations capable of investing in photovoltaic solar energy will do so, and as a result investment in photovoltaic technology will grow strongly over the forecast period.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic
Earlier this year, concentrated solar energy heavyweight Solar Millennium announced their business expansion into photovoltaic.
Continue readingAcciona?s third wind farm in Australia
The Gunning Wind Farm is a 46.5 MW wind power plant consisting of 31 Windpower AW-1500 wind turbines. The wind energy project represents an AUD $147 million investment (107 million euros).
Continue readingGeneral Motors to Launch Smart Grid Pilot
OnStar will be the lone telematics provider able to create wireless bridge between electric vehicles and the grid. Smart grid solutions enable utilities to manage electric car energy demands.
Continue readingNew York City Charges Ahead with 50 Electric Cars Chevrolet Volts
Police electric cars for traffic enforcement among purchase of extended-range electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingChina may tighten approval of wind energy projects
Currently, wind power farms of less than 50,000 kilowatts are approved by provincial governments and only larger wind turbines facilities need approval from the central-government agency.
Continue readingRenewable energy investment ticked up strongly last quarter
India saw a record investment of $US2.5 billion during the quarter driven by wind energy and solar power projects under the government’s National Solar Mission.
Continue readingUniversity of Illinois Technology Has Potential to Charge Electric Car Batteries in Minutes
Zavala believes this technology has huge appeal for electric vehicles and consumer electronics as well, and he said Xerion is ?currently sourcing strategic commercial application relationships.?
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa supply wind turbines in Gujarat
The wind power firm is also tapping Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka as a wind farm developer.
Continue readingAction plan to achieve 10,000 MW of wind power in Andhra Pradesh
The Chief Minister Sri N.Kiran Kumar Reddy directed the NEDCAP Officials to prepare a comprehensive action plan to achieve 10,000 MW of wind energy during the next 5-year period.
Continue readingFord Dagenham is installing wind turbines
The wind turbines on the Ford Dagenham estate convert wind energy into electricity to power production in the Dagenham Diesel Centre (DDC).
Continue readingCanadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) welcomes the decision of the Environmental Review Tribunal
Wind turbines industry welcomes Environmental Review Tribunal’s decision to uphold approval of Ontario wind power project.
Continue readingAcciona puts its fourth concentrated solar power (CSP) plant into service in Spain
The entry into service of Palma del Río I means that the company has installed 200 megawatts of solar thermal solar power in Spain and 23% of the country’s current concentrated solar energy capacity.
Continue readingJapan to build solar energy plant in Egypt
Masaki Kudo, a JICA employee who oversees another concretated solar energy thermal hybrid plant south of Cairo explained that renewable energy is playing a big role in the government?s energy strategies.
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