A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium ion batteries and systems, announced that it will supply an 11MW Grid Battery System (GBS) to Sempra for the Auwahi Wind energy project.
Continue readingWind energy: Will Congress Let Us Keep Creating American Jobs?
Our wind energy manufacturing company has created 700 new jobs in Newton, and a second wind power company now employs over 100 people.
Iowa is now the national leader in wind farm.
SunWater Solar and Tenderloin Neighborhood Commission Two Solar Thermal Systems
SunWater Solar is a solar energy integrator that manages the design and installation of commercial solar thermal systems.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Kenya
The Eastern Africa Rift System offers huge opportunities for the generation of geothermal energy. KenGen is aiming to raise geothermal energy to 430 megawatts by 2014.
Continue readingSolaflect receives USD 1 million grant from NREL for solar thermal
Solaflect notes that project is one of two Concentrating Solar Power projects funded through the DOE’s SunShot Incubator program in late 2011.
Continue readingGamesa agrees to sell two wind energy plants to Gas Natural Fenosa
The Alto do Seixal (30 MW) wind farm near Lugo consists of six Gamesa G80-2.0 MW wind turbines and nine G87-2.0 MW wind turbines. The wind farm is in operation. Gamesa has some thirty wind power factories.
Continue readingChina issues charging standards for electric vehicles
The official said that the common standards would provide significant technological support for the building of infrastructure that will help promote electric cars.
Continue readingElectric vehicles, solar power are here to stay
That 93 percent initial energy content will charge the electric car lithium ion batteries with about 75 percent efficiency, meaning that the engine will receive nearly 24 percent of the fuel energy
Continue readingWeir Minerals Lewis Pumps awarded Molten Salt Pump Contract for Solar Thermal
Lewis® Pumps, a division of Weir Minerals was recently awarded the entire Molten Salt pump contract for the Solana Concentrating Solar Power, an Abengoa Solar S.A. developed solar energy project in Gila Bend, Arizona.
Continue readingSweden: Wind energy increased 40 percent over past year
The Swedish government has set a goal of increasing wind power several times over by 2020 to provide badly needed energy for this cold-climate country.
Continue readingA123 Systems to supply grid battery system to Sempra Generation for a wind farm
The advanced energy storage solution is designed to smooth variable wind power generation, which is expected to help maintain the stability to Maui’s electric grid.
Continue reading$280M wind power for Port Hardy passes Environmental Assessment
A $280-million wind-farm project on Vancouver Island has been given the green light by the province after a review by the Environmental Assessment Office.
Continue readingWind energy achieves many milestones this year in USA
The wind power industry never sits still in any given year, and 2011 was no different, as it forged ahead with a slew of benchmarks, policy progress, and hard data that illustrate wind turbines continuing its march.
Continue readingSolar energy and wind power to light up remote Kashmir areas
Some remote and inaccessible border areas in Jammu and Kashmir will soon get electrified through solar energu and wind energy.
Continue readingSion Power: Lithium Sulfur Batteries for Electric Vehicles
A 20-year-old ?startup? spun out of Brookhaven National Labs building better batteries for electric cars. Electric car drive trains such as those in the Tesla or Fisker are currently dominated by lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingSolar Energy Industry: 2011 in Review Solar power is one of the fastest growing industry in US
Solar power is now affordable for more Americans. Today, there are 1.5 million households using solar thermal water heating and enough solar energy electricity to power 730,000 homes.
Continue readingEnel Green Power, US 200 MW Wind Power Plant up and running
Enel Green Power Nord America has brought into operation the Caney River wind energy plant in Kansas, a plant with 200 MW of installed capacity bringing the firm’s total North America capacity to 986 MW.
Continue readingTata Agrees to Acquire BP?s 51% Stake in Indian Solar Energy JV
India plans to build an initial capacity of 1 GW of solar power by 2013, enough to power close to 1 mn homes.
Continue readingCaney River Wind Farm in Operation in Kansas (United States)
Enel GP is among the industry leaders worldwide thanks to its approximately 22 billion KWh generated from a mix inclusive of water, solar power, wind energy and geothermal energy sources.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: 1,400 MW in 2011
Wind power and other renewables, is consolidated in Brazil. The major wind turbines manufacturers already producing or will soon, from Enercon and Impsa, to Gamesa, Vestas, Suzlon, GE, Siemens and Alstom.
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