The survey results compared support for a power plant, a nuclear power plant, a natural gas pipeline, oil drilling, a wind farm, natural gas drilling, and a power transmission line.
Continue readingChesser misinforms on wind energy incentives
The federal wind Production Tax Credit, wind power’s primary incentive has been allowed to expire periodically since its inception in 1992, creating a boom-bust cycle.
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California has 1 in 4 U.S. solar energy jobs
California ranked first in the nation for generating electricity from both photovoltaic solar energy and concentrated solar thermal power.
Continue readingSkyline Solar X14 System Receives IEC 62688 Certification
Skyline Solar manufactures integrated concentrated solar energy photovoltaic (CPV) systems.
Continue readingMitsubishi, Siemens to provide wind turbines for Texas wind farm project
Duke Energy has reached agreements with Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for supply of wind turbines for two phases of a wind energy project in southern Texas.
Continue readingChina wind energy capacity could reach 1,000 GW by 2050
China’s wind farm capacity, already the world’s largest, could reach 1,000 gigawatts by 2050, a study prepared by a think tank of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Continue readingSEPA Announces 2011 Solar Business Achievement Award Winners
Presentation of the awards was made in conjunction with Solar Power International 2011, which is jointly presented by SEPA and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Continue readingABB Deploys Austria?s First Fast-Charging Network For Electric Cars
VKW will use Terra DC chargers to power fleet of 300 electric vehicles in prestigious VLOTTE project.
Continue readingFirst Wind Orders 30 SWT-2.3-101 Wind Turbines from Siemens for Kawailoa Wind Farm
The 2.3 MW wind turbines will be deployed to the company?s proposed 69 MW wind power project on Oahu?s North Shore.
Continue readingWind Energy Corp. Offers Revolutionary Commercial Wind Power Solution
Wind Energy Corporation introduced its revolutionary WindSail to retailers at the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Sustainability Conference last week.
Continue readingToyota develops new electric car battery
Toyota plans to improve the lithium ion batteries and commercialize it sometime in 2015 to 2020 for electric vehicles.
Continue readingHitachi to produce lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles
Hitachi is one of the few automotive suppliers with the capability to develop and produce its own lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.
Continue readingWind power poll best in survey of attitudes toward energy projects
Wind energy plants racked up the most support among a series of energy projects in a recent survey of public attitudes toward local land development, according to a New York Times blog article by Felicity Barringer.
Continue readingSoitec Launches Fifth Generation of Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Power Systems
The new concentrating photovoltaic solar energy systems are designed to be clustered into over 1 MW blocks, with each block using a pair of centralized inverters.
Continue readingMajority of Americans See Benefits of Solar Thermal
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released new national polling showing strong public support for solar water heating systems.
Continue readingSEIA President Rhone Resch Highlights Solar Energy Job Growth at Solar Power International 2011
100,000 American jobs. Over 3,100 megawatts of clean solar power in place and more than 4,000 megawatts of solar energy under construction. A positive trade balance with China. Solar energy works for America.
Continue readingAWEA launches WindTV
The American Wind Energy Association has launched WindTV a video presentation of people whose lives have been positively affected by the wind power industry.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex: Wind power contracts signed for 250 MW in Pakistan
Installation of wind farm plants in Pakistan due to start in 2012.
Continue readingVietnam Gets $1 Billion Loan From US Ex-Im Bank For Wind Power Projects
Vietnam Development Bank has signed a letter of credit with the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. for a $1 billion loan to finance the development of wind farm projects in the Mekong Delta.
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