If the Colorado Public Utilities Commission approves a filing made by the company Thursday, the wind energy would be purchased from NextEra Energy Resources LLC, which produces power at its Limon Wind Farm Center II.
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Solar Millennium picks PV over Concentrated Solar Thermal at Blythe
Initially, the project was slated to use concentrating solar power (CSP), which uses mirrors to focus sunrays and harness thermal heat energy to power turbines.
Continue readingSiemens receives order from Portugal for 100 charging columns for electric vehicles
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries can be charged in an hour at a maximum charging power of 22 kilowatts.
Continue readingNew device could recharge electric vehicles in minutes
Compared with supercapacitors and batteries, SMCs (with three different electrode thicknesses shown) offer both a high power density and high energy density.
Continue readingEGP grow in Brazil with three new wind power projects
Enel Green Power awarded 193 MW of installed wind farm capacity in New Energy Auction. The estimated total investment for the three wind turbines projects is approximately 330 million euros.
Continue readingWind energy below $63/MWh in second Brazil wind power power tender
Brazil’s current 1,400 MW of installed wind energy represent only around 1 percent of its total capacity. The cheapest price for a wind farm was offered for 94.4MW at R$96.97/MWh.
Continue readingGoldwind wins tender to build Ecuador’s first wind farm
Goldwind will supply 11 of its 1.5 MW wind turbines to the wind farm in the southern province of Loja.
Continue readingVattenfall’s Ormonde offshore wind farm
Energy minister Charles Hendry welcomed the news, and said the involvement of Burntisland Fabrications and Harland & Wolff in construction also marked a success for the UK offshore wind power supply chain.
Continue readingWind energy plant to be upgraded by enXco
EDF Energies Nouvelles SA said it will upgrade the 100 MW Shiloh wind farm in California and sell the power to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE: PCG).
Continue readingInterior launches leasing process for offshore wind power
?This is a major step forward in our efforts to promote wind energy off the Atlantic Coast,? said BOEMRE Director Bromwich.
Continue readingDeveloping a smart grid utilizing Electric Vehicles
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation have announced a profile of their joint project for smart grid technology development applying electric cars.
Continue readingPeak Load Demand, ECOtality, Electric Vehicles and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)
Vehicle-to-grid, more commonly known as V2G, will soon make that a reality. Utilities will be able to tap into electric vehicles stored energy in its lithium ion batteries when the electric car isn’t being used.
Continue readingChinese solar energy could reach grid parity by 2015
A Chinese study suggesting solar power photovoltaic could achieve grid parity by 2015 has reignited calls in the UK for the government to bolster its own support for the renewable energy technology.
Continue readingSkyFuel to build Concentrated Solar Thermal Power plants in Brazil
SkyFuel and Braxenergy agreed to cooperate to bring concentrated solar energy to the Brazilian market.
Continue readingElectrovaya to Provide 1.2MWh Lithium Ion Battery Energy Storage System
The Company’s mission is to accelerate clean transportation as a commercial reality with its advanced power system for all classes of zero-emission electric vehicles.
Continue readingGeneral Motors to manufacture plug-in Cadillac ELR plug-in hybrid electric car
The new environment-friendly model would use technology similar to GM?s electric vehicles Chevrolet Volt, which the company rolled out in 2010.
Continue readingCan wind energy fuel Alberta’s electric vehicles?
Wind power electric cars with lithium ion batteries could reduce Alberta’s carbon footprint while we sleep.
Continue readingXcel Energy seeks more low-cost wind power
The wind energy would be purchased from NextEra Energy Resources LLC, and produced at its Limon Wind Farm Center II, with wind turbines located in Lincoln County near Limon, Colorado.
Continue readingSolar Millennium adopts strategic realignment: concentrated solar thermal power versus photovoltaic
Instead of the previously projected concentrated solar power (CSP) technology in the form of parabolic trough power plants, the first two 250 MW plants are now to be equipped with s (PV).
Continue readingGlobal wind energy investment expected to double by 2025
IHS expects the amount of installed wind power capacity to jump 16 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year.
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