Liotech, a joint venture between RUSNANO and Chinese holding company Thunder Sky, has launched the world’s largest high-capacity lithium-ion battery factory near Novosibirsk.
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Oettinger calls for binding 2030 renewable energy targets to be in place by 2014
All five decarbonisation scenarios in the Roadmap, as well as the business as usual scenario, show that wind energy will produce more electricity than any other power generating technology by 2050.
Continue readingBetter Place and The Eldan Group Sign Agreement to Rent Hundreds of Electric Vehicles
Better Place and the Eldan Group, the largest car rental company in Israel, announced that they signed an agreement to lease and rent hundreds of electric cars.
Continue readingThe efficiency of solar power could be significantly increased
Discovery of a ?Dark State? Could Mean a Brighter Future for Solar Energy.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power Company Infinia Raises $4 Million
Infinia, the developer of a concentrated solar energy product, has raised $4 million in venture capital, according to a new filing by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Continue readingIreland?s wind energy will continue growth
Ireland has made major steps in its wind farm plants outfit over the recent months. EirGrid chief executive Dermot Byrne today said that over 30% of Ireland?s energy needs could be satisfied by wind power by 2020.
Continue readingFirst Wind Names Michele Beasley as Senior Vice President
First Wind is an independent wind energy company exclusively focused on the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of utility-scale wind farm projects in the United States.
Continue readingGas is reason for energy price rises
In the UK renewable energies have frequently been blamed in the media for pushing up the cost of energy paid by the average UK household.
Continue readingSiemens to open Hull wind power facility in 2014
Wind energy in Britain already employs more than 10,000 people full time, and RenewablesUK expects that to rise to 90,000 over the next 10 years.
Continue readingE.ON: multi-billion-euro program for wind energy
Offshore wind farm plants in Germany, Sweden and UK under construction
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power Market Guide
Concentrating solar power technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that collect the solar energy and convert it to heat.
Continue readingInnovative Concentrating Solar Thermal Power in South Africa
Experts in the concentrated solar power sector, Protermosolar, will be showcasing their solar energy solutions at CSP Today South Africa on 7th and 8th of February in Johannesburg.
Continue readingHarnessing the Solar Energy for Water and Space Heating
Unlike solar power oltaic (PV) panels that convert solar radiation into electricity, these “solar thermal collectors” use the sun’s energy to heat water, space, or both.
Continue readingNordex receives first N100/2500 wind energy order from Italy
The Italian Maccaferri Group has ordered ten Nordex N100/2500 wind turbines via its energy subsidiary Seci Energia for a wind farm.
Continue readingEnergy Roadmap 2050: Renewables crucial for decarbonisation
The roadmap finds that decarbonisation of the energy sector based on renewables leads to overall system costs similar to those in other decarbonisation scenarios.
Continue readingAlgeria forces renewable energies
Of this shall be gained 2,000 MW from wind energy, 2,800 MW of photovoltaic and 7,200 MW from concentrated solar power.
Continue readingBHEL Expansion in Solar Energy Sector
Strategic partnerships with Abengoa, Spain to develop Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects in India.
Continue readingChina seeks new ways to set prices for offshore wind energy
China is looking at abandoning the use of public auctions to set the price for offshore wind power projects, said an official from the National Energy Administration.
Continue readingKenya?s largest wind farm to produce by late 2012
The Turkana wind power company hopes to produce electricity at the cost of about 7.52 cents per kilowatt hour, making it the cheapest power source in Kenya.
Continue readingCEC to begin review of 750 MW Rio Mesa concentrating solar thermal power project
The CEC has begun a review of a proposed 750 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Riverside County, California, consisting of three 250 MW solar energy plants using solar power tower designs.
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