I wanted to send a quick correction regarding a statement you made about wind power and solar power accounting for “only one percent of what produces our source of electrical power” during your interview on CNN.
Continue readingGemasolar Concentrating Solar Power Plant in New Delhi
Torresol Energy will present the critical lessons learned from Gemasolar solar thermal plant to the Indian concentrated solar energy community.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa appoints David Blunt as Public Policy Director
Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind energy industry, announces the appointment of David Blunt CVO as Director responsible for Public Policy in the UK and with EU Institutions.
Continue readingProton to focus on electric cars
Upon acquiring Khazanah Nasional Bhd?s 42.7 per cent stake in Proton Holdings Bhd, DRB-Hicom aims to put into action and realise a workable business model, with special emphasis on electric car.
Continue readingShanghai: Electric buses will replace polluting diesel-powered vehicles
Currently, the 18,000 buses in service in Shanghai include around 300 electric vehicles.
Continue readingCathode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries using lithium cobalt oxide as the positive electrode incorporating manganese and nickel are better fitted to electric vehicles.
Continue readingSolar energy becomes commercially viable in MENA
Solar power is now commercially viable, ready to help meet the region’s fast-growing demand for electricity. In the past, solar power had been seen as unable to compete with cheap and abundant oil and gas resources.
Continue readingMilitary Could Produce 7 GW of Solar Power and Wind Energy
Seven military bases in California and two in Nevada could produce a hefty 7 GW of power from renewable solar energy and wind power, according to an extensive study the military commissioned from ICF International
Continue readingGamesa wins wind power supply contract for Chinese wind farm
Longyuan plans to install the wind turbines at its wind energy farm which it plans to build in Ningxia, China. The wind turbines are expected to be installed in June 2012.
Continue readingVast potential of wind power in Pakistan
Investments worth 500 million dollar have also been committed for wind energy projects and several of these wind turbines projects are in advance stages of implementation.
Continue reading115 MW wind farm to begin construction in Chile
The El Arrayan wind power project is expected to begin construction in early 2012. Siemens will provide its 2.3 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingAs Electric Vehicles Take Charge, Costs Power Down
Thanks to a cost-sharing project with the DOE, GM has been able to develop the capacity to build electric and hybrid motors internally. That capacity has made electric cars like the upcoming Chevy Spark electric car.
Continue readingChina, Japan take the lead in wind power development ? Russia lags far behind
China has taken online its largest offshore wind farm yet ? another step toward the goal of boosting the share of wind energy in China?s total energy production to 17 percent by 2050.
Continue readingEIB provides Renault with ?180m for research in electric vehicles
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a ?180m loan to French car maker the Renault Group to support research and development into lithium ion batteries and motors for electric cars.
Continue readingSkanska to build wind farm in Chile
The wind energy project will consist of 50 wind turbines with an installed capacity of 115 MW. Once completed, it will be one of the largest wind power plants in Chile.
Continue readingRepower to supply wind turbines for wind farm in England
Suzlon wind energy subsidiary Repower sells 20 MW of wind turbines for UK wind power.
Continue readingSolar Energy Industries Association: US installed nearly 2 GW of photovoltaic in 2011
The report also suggested that this year even more solar will come online, including some of the first new concentrating solar power projects.
Continue readingTexas wind farm sold to enXco
The wind energy project uses 70, 2.3 MW Siemens (NYSE: SI) wind turbines and the wind power will be constructed by Wanzek Construction Inc.
Continue reading4 GW of Blocked Wind Farm Get Key Technological Support Needed to Move Forward
Four gigawatts of wind power capacity have been held on lock-down and unable to move through the UK’s planning system due to Ministry of Defence (MoD) radar issues.
Continue readingBP and Sempra to Develop 560 megawatt of Wind Power
The 141 MW of wind energy generated by the Mehoopany Wind Farm has already been sold under contract to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc.
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