General Motors is moving closer to doubling its global solar output with the addition of an 8.15-megawatt solar array on the rooftop of the Opel Rüsselsheim facility in Germany. The array – one of the largest in Europe – is equivalent to the area of 32 soccer fields. The array will generate approximately 7.3 million … Continue reading General Motors Adds 8.15 Megawatts of Solar Power in Germany
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Electric Car Battery Market Continues Rapid Growth
Tianneng Power will continue to advance its R&D efforts in electric car and electric bike motive batteries, as well as wind energy and solar power storage batteries, and Ni-MH and Li-ion batteries so as to continue its progress in product innovation and market leadership. Tianneng Power International Limited (“Tianneng Power” or the “Company”), China’s … Continue reading Electric Car Battery Market Continues Rapid Growth
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Renewable energy could provide more than 125,265 jobs by 2020 in Spain
Transitioning to a green economy has a huge potential to create new jobs in Spain at a time when the crisis-hit country is reeling from a 50 per cent youth unemployment rate, according to a newly released report. However, the report titled Green Jobs for Sustainable Development – The case of Spain, says the severity … Continue reading Renewable energy could provide more than 125,265 jobs by 2020 in Spain
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Mitt Romney and Wind Energy
EVWIND According to a report released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in June, America could supply nearly half our total power needs from wind power and solar energy by 2050. Mitt Romney’s opposition to extending the wind power production tax credit (PTC) is just one more sign of the Republican presidential candidate’s outmoded energy … Continue reading Mitt Romney and Wind Energy
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As Smart Electric Grid Evolves, Engineers Show How to Include Solar Power Technologies
EVWIND An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks is the subject of an award winning paper written by two Virginia Tech electrical engineers and presented at an international conference. Reza Arghandeh of Blacksburg, Va., a doctoral candidate in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia … Continue reading As Smart Electric Grid Evolves, Engineers Show How to Include Solar Power Technologies
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Windreich congratulates PNE – the German small firm sector pulls off the energy change
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz congratulates PNE WIND AG on the sale of their offshore wind park “Gode Wind” to the Danish DONG Energy. The chairman of the board of Windreich AG is pleased, that with DONG Energy, the world market leader in the area of offshore wind energy with more than 20 years of offshore … Continue reading Windreich congratulates PNE – the German small firm sector pulls off the energy change
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New York Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Promote Solar Energy
Today, the U.S. solar energy industry employs 100,000 Americans at more than 5,600 companies, mostly small businesses, across the nation in all 50 states. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today approved legislation allowing solar energy to continue its rapid growth in the state. The package of bills, all related to tax exemption of solar projects … Continue reading New York Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Promote Solar Energy
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Lithium-ion battery is fast-charged in minutes
By carbonizing the graphite-soaked LMO, the graphite turns into a network of conductive traces that run throughout the cathode. These carbonized graphite networks allow all parts of the battery to recharge at the same time. Therein lies the speed-up. A lithium-ion battery that can charge 120 times faster than normal is reportedly the work of … Continue reading Lithium-ion battery is fast-charged in minutes
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Wind energy in Ireland
Irish wind energy recently made the headlines with the announcement that a 5000MW wind farm was planned for the midlands of the country, with the UK market in mind. A good newspaper is “a nation talking to itself”, playwright Arthur Miller once said. If so, then the conversation being played out on the pages of … Continue reading Wind energy in Ireland
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Construction of Mill Creek wind farm in New Zealand
EVWIND New Zealand Wind Energy Association (NZWEA) congratulates Meridian Energy on turning the first sod at Mill Creek wind farm, near Wellington. “Construction of Mill Creek is an important step towards New Zealand’s renewable energy future,” said NZWEA chief executive Eric Pyle. “Wind power will be a key part of a safe and secure electricity … Continue reading Construction of Mill Creek wind farm in New Zealand
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Gamesa G8X-2.0 MW and G9X-2.0 MW wind turbines received certificates in China
EVWIND Gamesa Wind Turbines including G80, G87, G90, G97 and G87 CS –each of them with 2.0 MW of capacity- have received certificates respectively from China Electricity Power Research Institute (CEPRI). The application of testing jobs were back to April 2011, under the combined efforts of 20 people from engineering team and their counterparts in … Continue reading Gamesa G8X-2.0 MW and G9X-2.0 MW wind turbines received certificates in China
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GE charges electric vehicles with wind energy
GE and vertical axis wind turbine company Urban Green Energy have announced the installationsource of the Sanya Skypump, a wind powered charging station capable of recharging an electric car on wind power. Located in Barcelona, Spain, the 4-kilowatt wind turbine looks like any other vertical axis wind turbine from a distance. Get closer however, and you notice an … Continue reading GE charges electric vehicles with wind energy
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Wind energy in Bolivia: Chinese wind turbines for a wind farm
The wind farm of 33 wind turbines will have a Chinese credit of $ 200 million. Anemometers measure the wind resource in several wind towers. While advancing the design, the implementation of wind power project in the department entered the home stretch waiting for results of studies measuring the direction and speed of wind in … Continue reading Wind energy in Bolivia: Chinese wind turbines for a wind farm
Continue readingIEA: Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2012
Renewable energy has emerged as a significant source in the global energy mix, accounting for around a fifth of worldwide electricity production. Much of this success has stemmed from economic incentives and significant policy effort by countries, particularly those in the OECD. Massive investment has taken place on a global scale, with costs for most … Continue reading IEA: Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2012
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Report: 37,400 Clean Energy Jobs Announced In Q2, But PTC Threat Already Slowing Wind Industry
As many as 37,409 jobs could be created from the more than 70 major clean energy projects announced across the United States during the second quarter of 2012, according to the latest quarterly Clean Energy Jobs Roundup from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), the national group of business leaders who advocate for sound economic and environmental policies. … Continue reading Report: 37,400 Clean Energy Jobs Announced In Q2, But PTC Threat Already Slowing Wind Industry
Continue readingOffshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
J. Matthew Roney Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity … Continue reading Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
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Wind farm in Brazil granted regulatory approval
Brazil’s Mining and Energy Ministry (MME) approved the independent production of power from four wind farms with a combined capacity of 120 MW, according to BNamericas. The Baixa do Feijao I, II, III and IV wind farms have physical guarantees of 13.7 MW, 14.8 MW, 14.4 MW and 14.3 MW, respectively, and an installed capacity … Continue reading Wind farm in Brazil granted regulatory approval
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Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system
by Mark Riechers A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism. It’s a clever bit of natural engineering that inspired imitation from a … Continue reading Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system
Continue readingA123 inks financing deal with Chinese firm Wanxiang
A123 Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AONE) is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium–ion batteries and energy storage systems for electric vehicles. A123 Systems (Nasdaq:AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate(R) lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, today announced the execution of definitive agreements with Wanxiang Group Corporation, which follows the non-binding memorandum of understanding … Continue reading A123 inks financing deal with Chinese firm Wanxiang
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar power capacity for installations doubled in 2011 compared to 2010
Falling photovoltaic prices, strong consumer demand, and financial incentives from the federal government, states and utilities meant that twice as much photovoltaic solar was installed in 2011, as was installed in 2010. Despite some high-profile negative news stories about solar in 2011, solar markets are booming in the United States, says Larry Sherwood, President of … Continue reading Photovoltaic solar power capacity for installations doubled in 2011 compared to 2010
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