In America’s renewable energy sector, geothermal energy has been much slower in developing itself compared to the solar power and wind energy industries.
Continue readingSafe Air Shipment of Lithium Ion Batteries
PRBA delivers a safe, efficient, and essential power source for portable electronic equipment such as notebook computers, cell phones, power tools, PDAs, and MP3 players, as well as hybrid and electric vehicles.
Continue readingGreenCar Hawaii launches electric vehicles sharing project
Hawaii’s first car share company is offering rentals of electric cars at an Oahu hotel.
Continue readingQatar, Spain sign deal for solar energy research projects
The Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) has signed a deal with Spanish counterparts to develop joint solar power research projects.
Continue readingIndia solar power prices break new ground
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) invited bids for these solar energy photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in the month of August 2011.
Continue readingBRICS keen to team up on wind energy and solar power
Brazil is optimistic on wind power exploitation, which will be one of the major fields of future investment.
Continue readingWind energy project in Djibouti
Djibouti’s government said it plans to build a 20-megawatt wind power plant and a desalination plant.
Continue readingGhana And JICA Sign MoU To Provide Solar Power
The signing of the MoU formed part of the implementation of a human resource development programme for disseminating photovoltaic solar energy in the country.
Continue readingNissan Leaf electric car wins Japan car of the year
Nissan launched the leaf electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries last December and has sold 20,000 electric cars globally.
Continue readingDeLorean Electric Vehicles slated for production in 2012
Epic Electric Vehicles (EPIC EV) and DeLorean Motor Company, Inc. (DeLorean) have been selected as the composites manufacturer for the new DeLorean Electric Vehicle (DMCEV) slated for production in 2012.
Continue readingWind Energy in Armenia
Some renewable energy technologies?such as hydro, biomass, and wind power?are close to becoming commercial and should be the first to be deployed on a massive scale.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: first wind farm to the free market
Miassaba II wind farm has nine wind turbines from GE, the first to be installed in Brazil, capable of generating 14.4 MW of wind power with investments of 65 million reais.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic solar energy for rural Africa
ECONET Wireless subsidiary, Econet Solar has launched a solar power device which the company says will help light up most of rural Africa and other areas without access to reliable electricity supplies.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in United States
United States houses more than 2,980,295 megawatts of geothermal energy that could be harnessed using EGS and other advanced geothermal technologies.
Continue readingIndia National Solar Mission to close second round of bidding
The Hindu Business Line advised that projects for Batch-II solar energy of the first phase of the National Solar Mission will be closing on Friday with various solar power developers bidding for projects in the 350MW capacity.
Continue readingOklahoma State University signs wind power purchase agreement
OG&E and Oklahoma State University today jointly announced an agreement to provide wind energy to the Stillwater campus.
Continue readingEnel Green Power starts up a further 66 MW of wind energy in Spain and Portugal
The new wind farm – consisting of 6, 2 MW wind turbines – will produce more than 32 million kWh to meet the needs of some 12,000 households, saving about 24,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Continue readingThe REpower 6M Offshore Wind Power Plant
Is it possible to increase the yields of an offshore wind farm by 15 percent without having to change its dimensions? It is.
Continue readingMartikainen misguided on capabilities of renewable energy
Finnish physicist Jani-Petri Martikainen has authored an article on the blog Brave New Climate questioning the ability of renewable energy sources to provide 100 percent of global electricity generation.
Continue readingPompeo and Labrador miss mark with subsidy bill
All across the windy red states of America’s heartland, and in manufacturing regions as well, wind power is showing its ability to generate energy to power our economy and create the new manufacturing jobs.
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