We Energies also is in the process of adding more renewable energy and diversifying its portfolio of wind energy projects.
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The electric vehicles in 2011: like a baby taking its first steps
Morgan Stanley reduced its projected market share for electric cars with lithium ion batteries, citing improved engine technology, lower fuel prices and the sluggish European economy.
Continue readingKuwait completes solar power plans
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) announced completion of plans for the biggest project at the national level to secure lighting at inland oil installations by using solar energy.
Continue readingSolar Energy Brings Science To African Schools
An innovative project led by a Chemistry academic at the University of Southampton is using solar power to provide IT resources and ?hands-on? science for students in developing countries.
Continue readingNRG to bring photovoltaic solar energy to MetLife Stadium
NRG will design, install and operate a custom solar power generating system, the Solar Ring that will add a visual element encircling the top of the stadium.
Continue readingElectric vehicles occupy Dallas
They’re street-legal electric cars that fall somewhere above golf carts in the automotive pecking order — and they’re filling a niche in the busy entertainment districts.
Continue readingChevrolet Volt, that near-perfect electric car
The biggest problem with electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries is that you are always worried about running out of charge.
Continue readingSolairedirect aims to be 400 MW solar energy in next five years
Solar power producer Solairedirect Energy India plans to invest around Rs 4,000 crore to fund its target of becoming a 400 MW company in the next five years.
Continue readingNew Jersey seen as future in wind farm projects
Delaware’s flagship offshore wind power project may be going dormant, but observers say offshore wind energy is off to a promising start in New Jersey.
Continue readingNextEra Energy Resources announces completion of wind energy financing
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, announced that Redwood Trails Wind, LLC, has obtained approximately $234 million in financingfor 236.8 megawatts of wind power projects located in Oklahoma and California.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Nicaragua
Nicaragua supports the development of renewable energies, especially wind power with wind turbines of Suzlon and Vestas, but also photovoltaic solar power and geothermal energy.
Continue readingSolar power to light up 925 villages in Madhya Pradesh
The forest department has drawn up a plan to power 925 forest villages in 28 districts of the state by taking an unconventional route– solar energy.
Continue readingWind energy in Angola: wind farm in Namibe
Wind power projects are secured in several African countries. Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Senegal installed its first wind turbines.
Continue readingPolaris plans to launch electric vehicles in India
Polaris India, the multi-terrain vehicles major, plans to launch electric cars in the country after solving issues like infrastructure.
Continue readingRwanda launches search for geothermal energy
According to the national electricity master plan, geothermal energy is expected to contribute at least 300 MW to the national grid by 2017, and potentially provide half of the country’s energy requirements by 2020.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Plans 5,745 MW in USA
Geothermal energy works out as less expensive than solar energy and wind power if one factors in the cost of the storage systems that enable solar power and wind energy to be relied on 24 hours a day.
Continue readingHawaii wind farm leans on giant lithium ion batteries bank
Speedy lithium ion batteries, the power source for consumer electronics and electric vehicles, are making inroads into the wind energy business.
Continue readingRenewable energy in Ukraine
The wind energy sector will see an increase by 100-150 MW under wind power projects of DTEK and Ukrainian companies cooperating with Fuhrlander.
Continue readingGreen lights to Vancouver Island wind energy plant
The Nahwitti Wind Power Project, with 47 wind turbines, will be built on 10,000 hectares of mostly Crown land covered with shallow bogs, stunted trees and small rock outcrops, about 45 kilometres west of Port Hardy.
Continue readingChina buys Tasmanian wind power
The Woolnorth Wind Farm sale is intended to provide capital for the $400 million Musselroe Wind energy project being built in northeastern Tasmania.
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