Honda announced the all-new 2013 Honda Fit EV will be available for lease beginning July 20, 2012, with a three-year lease price of $389 per month.
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Solar Energy Industries Association Responds to Abound Solar Announcement
Solar energy is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, employing more than 100,000 Americans across all fifty states.
Continue readingPower Minister Inaugurates Solar Energy System at NTPC
The Solar Thermal HVAC system is low carbon, green house gas free AC solution. It has an efficiency of 80%, consumes less auxiliary power and occupies less area compared to the conventional AC system.
Continue readingSchott Solar to close doors at c-Si division at cost of 900 jobs
?Thin-film manufacturing in Jena will not be affected,? it said in a statement, while its concentrated solar power (CSP) division will also continue.
Continue readingAES Sells Wind Farm Assets in France
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced that it closed the sale of its interests in wind power assets in France for approximately ?34 million (US$ 42 million) to Boralex Europe S.A.
Continue readingGoldwind announces sale of its Australia Mortons Lane Wind Farm
The 19.5-megawatt Morton’s Lane wind farm consists of 13 1.5-megawatt Goldwind direct-drive wind turbines and generates 60 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
Continue readingNIB opens wind energy credit line with Danish Ringkjøbing Landbobank
This is the fourth credit facility NIB has placed with Ringkjøbing Landbobank for the promotion of wind power.
Continue readingThe Wind Coalition hires Jeff Clark as Executive Director
The Wind Coalition, an American Wind Energy Association regional partner organization based in Austin, Tex., announced the hiring of veteran government affairs professional Jeff Clark as its new Executive Director.
Continue readingAs Congress delays in extending PTC, some wind farm developers take aim at Canada
The lack of certainty going forward in the U.S. wind power market due to impending expiration of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) is causing some wind farm developers to look to Ontario.
Continue readingWind farm in Finland: 111 multi-megawatt Nordex wind turbines
With a volume of some 260 MW, the wind energy project substantially exceeds the wind power capacity so far connected to the grid in Finland.
Continue readingExporting Wind Turbines to Brazil: Port of Duluth is North Dakota?s Global Gateway for Wind Energy
The 37-meter blades ? manufactured at LM Wind Power?s plant in Grand Forks ? began arriving in Duluth on tractor-trailers two weeks ago.
Continue readingWind energy: Gamesa’s shareholders approve the company’s management in 2011
Ignacio Martín defined the company as a “benchmark endeavour in the development and maintenance of wind turbines, a company that has proven astute in making the most of the benign conditions.”
Continue readingSprayable paints form a lithium-ion battery
Flexible paper batteries have been demonstrated, and there is clear interest in “structural batteries” built for example into the surfaces of electric vehicles.
Continue readingWind energy in Alaska: CIRI Fire Island wind farm
Fire Island Wind LLC, a CIRI subsidiary, has all but finished constructing foundations for 11 wind turbines for a commercial-scale wind farm.
Continue readingMass Megawatts Commences Construction on New Low Cost Wind Power System
The Mass Megawatts’ wind augmentation system utilizes a less complicated and inexpensive wind-focusing technique to increase the wind velocity directed at the turbine by an average of 70%.
Continue readingNew Zealand should be a leader in solar energy
The irony of Japan’s over-reliance on one source of energy is that now the nation is quickly trying to become a leader in alternative energy, in particular solar, wind energy and wave energy.
Continue readingWind Farm: Boralex announces the acquisition of 90.5 MW in France
Boralex has entered into a development agreement with InnoVent, a French company specialized in wind power project development.
Continue readingEmerson to provide power technology for two Solar Energy Projects In California
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) announced it will supply utility-scale power inverters for two solar energy projects in California with capacity to produce a combined 70 megawatts of power.
Continue readingWind power and photovoltaic solar energy in Spratly Islands
The energy supply system based on wind energy and solar power was built in 10 months under adverse weather conditions.
Continue reading20% of UK households powered by wind turbines
New Government stats show that in the first quarter of 2012 the UK?s wind farm fleet produced enough power to meet the needs of over six million homes.
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