The 2,629 electrics cars are a very small piece of the pie. Worse, the most optimistic estimate is that fewer than 500 electric vehicles have been bought by individuals.
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Hybrid And Pure Electric Cars 2012-2022
Electric vehicles just became exciting. For 111 years, electric cars that rely only on a battery have had a range of only 30-50 miles and the humble golf electric car has been the only type selling in hundreds.
Continue readingCambodia solar energy project launched
Whereas Laos had hydropower and Vietnam had wind energy potential, Schroeter said, ?Cambodia has none of these resources available. Solar power has huge potential in Cambodia, especially for remote areas.?
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Thermal Power Shams 1 65% complete
Abu Dhabi?s first concentrated solar power plant, Shams 1, which is being constructed in Madinat Zayed in the western region is almost 65 per cent complete.
Continue readingU.S. marine energy have potential to power 1,420 TWh
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released two nationwide resource assessments showing that wave energy and tidal energy off the West and East coasts could generate up to one-third of the nation?s electricity usage.
Continue readingLithium ion batteries of electric vehicles to be tested for energy storage
ABB, 4R Energy, Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) and Sumitomo Corp. of America have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF, an all-electric car.
Continue readingSmart Cities
The availability of charging facilities for electric vehicles is becoming a differentiator for cities wishing to attract an affluent and dynamic demographic as well as innovative companies.
Continue readingGE to Bring Solar energy to Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Solar Power Project
23-Megawatt Contract is Largest Solar Equipment Supply Power Project Agreement in the Midwest. Located Adjacent to Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Wind Energy Project.
Continue readingHamilton Companies will Build First Offshore Wind Farm
Windstream Energy has announced its decision to build Ontario’s first contracted offshore wind energy project in the Hamilton area.
Continue readingOpus Energy signs wind energy agreement with Danish company Nordjysk Elhandel
Opus Energy has entered cooperation with Danish energy company, Nordjysk Elhandel (NEAS), specialising in renewables for the balancing and trading of wind power production from wind turbines in the UK.
Continue readingTata Steel bags wind power contract in Europe
Tata Steel’s efforts to build a business catering to the wind energy got a boost. The deal is to supply 25,000 tonnes of high quality profiled steel plate for 150 wind turbines to Siemens Wind Power.
Continue readingWind Energy Opponents are Hypochondriacs
Turns out the wind turbines weren?t causing any health effects. Yesterday, a state panel comprised of the departments of Environmental Protection and Public Health released a report.
Continue readingenXco Acquires Texas Wind Farm Assets From Cielo Wind Power
The wind energy project, consisting of 70 Siemens 2.3 wind MW turbines.
Continue readingGamesa builds electric car unit to wring profit from wind energy
Gamesa announced it had bought a 20 per cent stake in a company specialising in electric vehicles. The perfect marriage: wind power and electric car with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingWorld?s biggest wind farm could be built in Wyoming with 1,000 wind turbines
Europe was the global leader with cumulative installed wind energy capacity of 86 GW at the end of 2010, Asia was second with 58.6 GW and North America was third with 44.1 GW of wind power.
Continue readingUAE-Spain concentrated solar power JV plans $5bn spend
Torresol Energy, a JV between Spain’s Sener and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar, plans to invest up to $5bn in the short-term to build concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSP) in Spain, the US and the Middle East.
Continue readingAlstom and SSE create JV to co-develop largest wave farm
Alstom and the leading Scottish marine developer SSE Renewables have signed a new joint venture agreement to develop the Costa Head Wave Project, an up to 200 Megawatts (MW) wave energy site.
Continue readingLebrija concentrating solar thermal power plant feeds power to the grid
Siemens and Valoriza achieve crucial milestone in solar energy: Lebrija concentrated solar power plant feeds power to the grid.
Continue readingSuzlon begins 3 GW wind energy drive in Andhra Pradesh
Indian wind power Suzlon will be developing around 3000 megawatts’ worth of wind farm projects in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (where a 1-megawatt solar energy project recently went online) from 2012 and 2016.
Continue readingTorresol Energy Launches Twin Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants
The Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power facility represented a significant breakthrough in the global solar industry and an important new field of cooperation between Spain and the UAE.
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