A policy adviser to Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says the state could lose wind farm projects if the sales tax exemption on wind power equipment expires on schedule in January.
Continue readingVehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology: Electric Vehicles Become Power-Grid Batteries
Vehicle-to-grid technology allows networks of electric cars (EVs) to function like a giant battery with an intelligent software interface feeding power from electric car to grid or grid to car on an as-needed basis.
Continue readingThe Importance of Government Subsidies to the Solar Energy Market
Israel’s government is now reconsidering its alternative energy policies due to fiscal constraints, to cut the incentives price for mid-sized photovoltaic solar power power plants.
Continue readingWind Energy A 17 Percent Chinese Energy Goal
In 2010, China overtook the United States as the country with the most installed wind power capacity, adding 18.9 GW and bumping its total capacity up to 44.7 GW.
Continue readingInvestment in Texas Wind Energy Continues to Grow
Texas wind power development is fully discussed at Texas Renewables 2011 in Corpus Christi where renewable energy and wind projects make the area a vital part of the Texas Wind Industry success story.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power – SolarReserve raises USD 27 million in equity financing
The company intends to use the gross proceeds of the offering to build concentrating solar thermal power projects utilizing a solar power tower design with molten salt storage.
Continue readingGE Unit Invests with Germany’s KGAL in 50-MW Spanish Concentrated Solar Power
GE Unit Invests with Germany’s KGAL in 50-MW Spanish Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant Featuring Salt Energy Storage.
Continue readingYergin: ‘Renewable energy … becoming a big business’
Around the world renewable energy is going through a rebirth. It is becoming a big business. It is also becoming a more established part of the world’s overall energy supply.
Continue readingSmithsonian shows 100 years of electric car
The history of electric vehicles is going on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History with two “electrifying cars” from the early 20th century.
Continue readingFrance Orders 18,711 Electric Vehicles From Peugeot, Renault
The French government said local car manufacturers PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG.FR) and Renault SA (RNO.FR) are to supply a total of 18,711 electric cars to government.
Continue readingWind energy in Mexico: Bimbo wind farm with wind turbines of Gamesa
Bimbo did not invest resources in building the wind farm but only committed to getting the wind power produced by wind turbines over a period of 18 years.
Continue readingIFC Invests in Wind Farm in Pakistan
The 56.4 megawatt Zorlu Pakistan wind turbines project is the first internationally financed wind energy development in Pakistan.
Continue readingGE, KGAL invest in 50 MW concentrated solar power plant in Spain
GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services and German fund KGAL are jointly investing ?111.1 million (US $157 million) in a 50-megawatt parabolic trough concentrating solar thermal power plant.
Continue readingInterdisciplinary Team Fuels Wind Power Advancements
To discuss the latest trends in wind energy research and its future, leaders and experts from academia, industry and government gathered at UMass Lowell for the Wind Energy Research Workshop in September.
Continue readingGE supplying 350 wind turbines to BP Wind Energy
BP Wind Energy is purchasing 350 GE 1.6MW wind turbines for US wind farm projects being developed in 2011 and 2012. Total value of the wind power is approximately US$ 750 million.
Continue readingWind power market in Montana.
American wind energy association`s western regional representative discusses plan to create a viable wind farm market, jobs in Montana.
Continue readingFrance: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Forms Major Challenge
With the major solar power players meeting this weekend in Paris, their proposals will be notably at the heart of the international conference on the future of solar taking place in Lyon on 10 November.
Continue readingSaft Selected by SOLON to Supply Li-ion Battery for Arizona Energy Storage Solutions Project
The project is a collaborative testing ground researching both the reliability and applicability of integrating various energy storage technologies, partnered with PV systems, on the grid.
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Technologies Receives $6.3 Million Credit Line
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABAT) is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries as well as a manufacturer of electric vehicles.
Continue readingADB moves to boost Pakistan?s wind energy capacity
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a loan to help fund the first privately owned wind farm in Pakistan, Zorlu Enerji Electrik Uretim. It will use the $36.8 million loan to install more wind turbines.
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