This endorsement of an extension for wind energy’s key Production Tax Credit (PTC) is yet another indication of how vital wind power has become as a source of American jobs.
Continue reading95% Of Trips Within Range of Electric Vehicles
This means an electric car currently could handle the vast majority of the individual trips Americans make with no problem, especially if a recharge was available at the other end for the small amount of journeys.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar energy in Tibet
A leading solar power generation base is being built in Xigaze, in southwest China’s Tibet. China promotes also concentrating solar thermal power and wind power.
Continue readingGamesa: wind energy for electric vehicles
Gamesa, wind power maker, makes progress on its technological diversification strategy by taking a stake in N2S, an electric car and energy efficiency start-up.
Continue readingAora to flip switch on Europe’s first Concentrating Solar Power plant
Aora has announced that it will commission its second hybrid micro concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plant next month.
Continue readingBetter lithium ion batteries for future generations of electric vehicles
Researchers have been charged with building a better battery for future generations of electric cars — a mission to improve energy security, reduce petroleum dependence and lower emissions.
Continue readingMasdar to Bring WFES Experience to Asia Future Energy Forum in Singapore
Japan has the potential to generate nearly 40% of its electricity requirements from solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy, according to estimates prepared for the Energy and Environment Council.
Continue readingGreen Automotive to Join Forces with Niyato Industries
Green Automotive to provide vehicle distribution and other related services under an exclusive License for sales of all Niyato Electric Vehicles in Western United States.
Continue readingWind energy: Construction jobs blowing in the wind
Latest video segment highlights how wind power, PTC drive construction business.
Continue readingUAE to set up renewable energy project in Afghanistan
The UAE will set up two renewable energy projects in Tonga and Afghanistan and will partner with the Development Bank of Japan to invest in solar power and wind energy projects elsewhere.
Continue readingChina Wind Power Provides Update on Bank Financing and Phase II Wind Farm
China Wind Power confirms that the remaining 13 wind turbines required for the 49.5 MW wind farm have been assembled in the supplier’s warehouse awaiting delivery.
Continue readingThe First Solar Energy Electric Car Charging Stations in Sofia, Bulgaria
Electric vehicles in Bulgaria are still very few. According to experts, however, in 2012 a boom in the purchasing of such electric cars is expected.
Continue readingPowering Electric Vehicles with Photovoltaic Solar Power
The Riverside area will become a leader in powering electric cars with lithium ion batteries from the solar energy under a $2 million award to the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the U. of California.
Continue readingSolar Energy Investment in Ukraine
Earlier the oblast administration has signed similar agreements on construction of several wind energy and solar power plants with the French company Beten Ingenierie, Spanish Cividesign and Sedesa and Greek Eneco.
Continue readingAttacks on wind energy ignore reality of costs and subsidies
In recent months there have been many media articles claiming that wind power is more expensive and less reliable than other power sources, and that it receives heavy government subsidies.
Continue readingFirst Solar Sets Another World Record for CdTe Photovoltaic Solar Energy Efficiency
First Solar announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar power module efficiency, achieving 14.4 percent total area efficiency.
Continue readingAmerican Superconductor and China Ming Yang Wind Power
The clean tech industry could face potential hurdles in the coming years, as a limited supply of the rare earth metals used to build wind turbines, electric vehicles, solar cells and energy-efficient lighting could raise costs.
Continue readingIberdrola brings 102 MW Mexico wind farm online
Iberdrola has completed the installation of the 102MW La Venta wind power plant in Mexico. The wind energy facility is located in Oaxaca, and consists of 121 wind turbines supplied by Gamesa.
Continue readingNordex sells 50 MW wind energy to Turkish wind farm development
The 20 2.5MW wind turbines are for the Zeytineli wind power farm, which will be built in Alaçati-Çesme in the province of Izmir in the first quarter of 2013.
Continue readingInvestment In Innovation And Education The Key To Growth
Masdar Power would use 2012 to build on its innovation breakthrough in 2011 ? a concentrated solar power generator that harnessed the properties liquid salt to provide power generation 24 hours a day.
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