“We will take the lead by introducing more electric cars to the government fleet. At present, there are 33 electric vehicles of various models in the government fleet.”
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Obama pushes for wind energy tax credit
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the tax benefits key to the nation’s wind power sector. President Barack Obama tours TPI Composites, a manufacturer of wind turbines blades.
Continue readingVestas wind energy plant in Kent given approval
A plan to build wind turbines in Kent, with the creation of about 1,600 jobs, has been given approval.
Continue readingChina, Spain agree to deepen cooperation in solar energy and wind power
China is making efforts to optimize its energy mix by implementing policies to promote the development of renewable energy, Wu said, adding that Spain is a world leader in wind energy and concentrated solar power.
Continue readingSubsidies for wind power
?EU Plans to Phase Out Solar Power, Wind-Energy Subsidies? was the headline last weekend in Business Week ? echoing a similar story in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Continue readingAt last, a resource map for small wind turbines
Big news for the growth of distributed wind power: the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Wind Energy Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently published wind resource maps for the U.S..
Continue readingWind farm: PTC extension passes milestone with 100 cosponsors in U.S. House
Two Cabinet secretaries met with 14 wind turbines industry leaders at the White House recently to discuss how to get the PTC extended before Congress takes its summer recess.
Continue readingWhat’s at stake in week when President Obama addresses wind energy workers
Bipartisan support keeps mounting to extend the critical Production Tax Credit that allows U.S. wind power to install 35% of all new U.S. electric generating capacity
Continue readingSolar power in Cyprus
Easy Power presented their plans for the construction of a photovoltaic (PV) plant and a concentrating solar thermal power plant, which could more than quadruple Cyprus? installed solar energy capacity.
Continue readingSolar Impulse to attempt flight to Africa
The trip will coincide with the start of work in Morocco?s Ouarzazate region to construct the largest concentrated solar power plant ever built.
Continue readingWind energy in Vietnam: first sea wind turbines built in Bac Lieu
Two sea wind turbines have been installed in the sea off southern Bac Lieu Province, as part of the first sea wind power project. Under the wind farm project, 62 wind turbines will be installed.
Continue readingenXco Acquires Pinelands Biomass Project
“For more than two decades, we have been a leader in wind-energy focusing on large-scale wind projects. Today enXco’s portfolio includes solar power and biomass technologies.”
Continue readingObama calls for extending wind energy tax breaks
President Obama ? here to stump for an extension for wind power tax breaks ? hammered Thursday on congressional Republicans as stumbling blocks to economic progress.
Continue readingTata Power’s South African JV announced as ‘preferred bidder’ for two wind energy projects of 234 MW
Tata Power has been selected as the “Preferred Bidder” for the 139 MW Amakhala Wind Farm project and the 95 MW Tsitsikamma Wind powerproject by the Department of Energy, South Africa (DoE).
Continue readingNorth American Microelectric Vehicle Market’s Launch of 34 New Base Models to Boost Sales by 85 Percent by 2013
Medium-speed vehicles (MSVs) and city electric vehicles (CEVs) are expected to experience tremendous advancement, boosted by infrastructure development.
Continue readingSaudi Arabia seeks to become major solar energy producer
One of these will use concentrated solar power (CSP), which Riyadh says could supply an eventual 25 GW of the total 41 GW of planned solar energy capacity.
Continue readingMorgan Crucible Signs JV with Boston-Power for Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Material Development
The need for high-energy capacity in batteries for electric vehicles is driving the need for development of new materials.
Continue readingMiaSole Sets Flexible PV Efficiency World Record at 15.5 Percent
MiaSole is a pioneer and leading developer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, one of the lowest-cost, highest efficiency solar panels in the world.
Continue readingPakistan?s renewable energy awaits tapping
Naseer Ahmed, president of the Renewable and Alternative Energy Association of Pakistan, said solar power systems were costly despite government incentives such as abolition of taxes for solar panels.
Continue readingDawson Energy Completes Griffin and Commences London Array Wind Energy Plants
Siemens Wind Power is supplying the 175 wind turbines for the wind farm. Each will be rated at 3.6MW, be fitted with the new Siemens 120m rotor
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