SEAT delivered three electric cars to Barcelona City Hall ? two Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive plug-in hybrids, and one Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, an electric car.
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Bosch to produce own lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles
Robert Bosch GmbH plans by 2016 to produce lithium ion batteries for electric cars independently from Japanese manufacturers, Bernd Bohr, chairman of Bosch’s automotive unit, says.
Continue readingWind Energy Update: India Wind Power Report Gives Confidence to Market
The report features interviews with 3 industry experts and highlights where the challenges lie and what the future prospects are for wind energy in the medium to long term.
Continue readingStudents Prepare to Install Solar Panels in Rural Tibetan Clinic
A team of students from San Juan College (New Mexico) are planning a photovoltaic (PV) installation at a medical clinic in the town of Sihurong, located on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
Continue readingSunrain Leads the New Development of the Solar Thermal Industry
Being the first listed company in China’s solar thermal industry, Sunrain will gain attention when it comes to energy conservation and the capital market.
Continue readingTime for solar courage
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has a target for cost of electricity from Concentrating Solar Power of 6c/kWh.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic: Fluor completes polysilicon plant in China for LDK Solar
Polysilicon, which consists of small silicon crystals, is the most complicated step in the solar value chain. It is a key component in solar (or photovoltaic) cells, which convert solar energy from light directly.
Continue readingJapan?s wind energy generation capacity grew fivefold in last decade
The Japan Wind Power Association expects that government efforts to promote the use of renewable energy won?t spur a notable increase in wind farm construction until around fiscal 2015.
Continue readingBahrain signs region’s first major solar energy project
The project will leverage smart solar power technology developed in the US by Petra Solar to generate electricity in a reliable way that stabilizes the grid and will potentially create jobs at several skill levels.
Continue readingMaine’s four First Wind wind farm sites generated about 27 to 37 percent of their capacity in 2011
According to the figures Lamontagne released, the 57-megawatt Stetson I wind power facility generated about 154,000 megawatts in 2011.
Continue readingQatar firms team up to explore photovoltaic solar energy
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) and Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at exploring the possibilities of developing power generation using solar power.
Continue readingMasdar Power is currently constructing the 100MW Shams Concentrating Solar Power Plant
Masdar Power is currently constructing the 100MW Shams One, one of the largest concentrated solar thermal power plants of its kind in the world.
Continue readingWind power in UK: Carsington Pastures wind farm build to get under way
Carsington Wind Energy, the group behind the wind turbines project, said work would begin in the week beginning 21 May in he wind farm.
Continue readingElectric vehicles in Hawaii
A Hawaii electric car rebate program has run out of money after doling out about $2 million since January 2011.
Continue readingAcciona inaugurates its first wind farm in Poland and starts work on the second
The wind turbines will be installed on 120-meter-high concrete towers. The Company is strengthening its presence in Poland, where it has several wind energy projects under development.
Continue readingThe Ivanpah Concentrated Solar Power Project Named Energy Project of the Year
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Project recognized for its innovative approach, job creation and scale of clean energy production.
Continue readingApple’s iCloud Data Center to Use Only Solar Power
Apple said its North Carolina facility will be powered by a combination of photovoltaic solar energy, green fuel cells and other sources of renewable energy.
Continue readingWind energy in Pakistan: ADB funding to promote wind farm
IDB in partnership with the ADB has signed a US$133 million agreement for long-term lease finance (Ijara) facility for the development of two wind power projects in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
Continue readingIndonesia to invest in geothermal energy
Renewable power also includes production of electricity from water, wind energy and solar power. Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and has many volcanoes.
Continue readingJapan’s wind energy generation capacity grows fivefold
The capacity from wind power in Japan increased about fivefold to 2.5 GW. The government expects power generation from wind turbines and other renewable energy sources to keep expanding.
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