ABB, which has tied up with automotive majors such as General Motors and Nissan for electric vehicle cars projects, is now looking for opportunities in the fledgling Indian electric car industry.
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A123 Systems and SAIC Motor: Lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles
A123 has proven to be a strong partner for SAIC, including as the supplier of lithium ion battery systems for three of their electric cars.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Association 2012 Policy Priorities
The Energy Information Agency also projected that geothermal energy production would triple in the US by 2035.
Continue readingWind energy cheaper than coal
the two most recent contracts approved by the Commission for new wind farm capacity have levelized costs of $61-$64 per MWh. This is significantly lower than the levelized costs of the first wind power contracts.
Continue readingWind turbines are good for our health
A letter to the editor on Feb. 8 commended the Brown County Board of Health for recent resolutions requesting compensation for families living near the wind energy project in the town of Glenmore.
Continue readingMichigan factories humming with wind power
WindTV: Michigan factories humming with wind energy. Latest video segment highlights how wind farm industry is tapping state?s manufacturing wind turbines know-how.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Chile
The 70 MW Curacautin geothermal energy project will be fueled by steam produced by hot water taken from the ground.
Continue readingMore wind power in New Zealand, producing 20% of electricity
There will be a 6-fold increase of wind farm generation in New Zealand, producing 20% of the country?s electricity by 2030, according to analysis by the New Zealand Wind Energy Association.
Continue readingIndiana county OKs wind farm for 80 wind turbines
A northeastern Indiana county has approved a wind energy company?s plans to erect about 80 wind power generating wind turbines in the county.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Power Installed Capacity to Reach 1,062 Thousand Megawatts by 2017
Europe represents the largest market for wind turbines worldwide, in terms of installed wind farm capacity, as stated by the new market research report on Wind Energy.
Continue readingGeothermal energy in Indonesia
Finance minister Agus Martowardojo said that the government would act as a guarantor so a consortium could build two geothermal energy plants in Muaralaboh, West Sumatra, and Rajabasa, Lampung.
Continue readingSolar power plant planned for Chile
Solar Chile is planning to build a $95 million, 34 MW capacity photovoltaic solar energy plant in Chile.
Continue readingIberdrola: Electric vehicles and wind energy
Offshore wind power projects include Emerge. Azimut, aimed at expanding on existing knowledge to optimise offshore wind farm, and EERA DTOC, for the design of tools for offshore wind turbines clusters.
Continue readingWind power in Sweden: first Chinese wind turbines from Sinovel
The Chinese wind energy sector begins to export throughout the world. The Chinese wind companies like Sinovel and Goldwind, sold wind turbines for wind farm projects in the U.S., Chile, Ecuador, Pakistan and Sweden.
Continue readingWind energy in Chile: 80 MW wind farm of Pacific Hydro
Pacific Hydro wants to continue investing in renewable energy by installing wind turbines in various wind power farms.
Continue readingFeeding the Indian Concentrating Solar Thermal Power supply chain proves a challenge
Developing an indigenous solar energy supply chain for concentrated solar power projects in India was a fundamental goal of the National Solar Mission (NSM)
Continue readingWind energy in Seychelles: First large scale Wind Farm Project inaugurated
The benefits that Seychelles is expected to reap from this wind power project include an annual reduction in consumption of approximately two million litres of fuel. The wind turbines will be located close to Victoria.
Continue readingPeru Has Potential To Generate Solar Power and Wind Energy
Peru has enormous potential for the generation of unconventional renewable energy sources like solar energy especially in the mountains and wind power in the north, the Ministry of Environment (Minam) said.
Continue readingEuropean electricity grid moves a step closer
The new plans would allow northern Europe to replace reduced wind energy capacity in the summer, with electricity from other sources, such as concentrated solar power from southern Europe.
Continue readingGE to supply wind turbines to German wind farm projects
GE (NYSE: GE) signed a wind energy contract with German wind farm project developer Energiekontor AG for four wind power projects that will use 41, 2.75-103 wind turbines.
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