Key technologies include flywheels, pumped hydro storage, compressed air energy storage (CAES), and battery technologies such as lithium ion, sodium sulfur (NaS), and advanced lead-acid batteries.

Solar power is going to be more affordable, and it can actually be commissioned much sooner, and built in just a year time frame.

For years, researchers have talked about using electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries to help smooth grid supply and demand.

Research finds that 62% of Maryland voters are willing to pay more each month for benefits of offshore wind power.

5 years ago the US had the fourth largest capacity of installed wind power in the world, and within 2 years the US saw substantial growth and now has the largest wind energy installed capacity.

Apex Offshore Wind, LLC and Maersk Line, Limited have established a working relationship to support the development, financing and construction of utility-scale offshore wind power facilities in North America.

The Deepwater Wind Energy Center is expected to site 200 wind turbines in the waters of southern Rhode Island Sound. Construction is planned for 2014 or 2015, with operation expected by 2016 or 2017.

Quantum Solar Power Corp. is developing a ‘Next Generation Device’ (NGD) photovoltaic technology. Quantum’s NGD?is a patent pending, laboratory model that utilizes a new approach to solar energy conversion.

Torresol Energy?s Gemasolar concentrated solar energy project received ?171 million financing through a transaction that involved several leading European financial institutions.

Next in line are two Danish and one British onshore wind energy project. Vattenfall plans to invest more in offshore wind turbines projects.

Maersk Line, the world’s largest cargo container shipping line, has entered into a partnership with Apex Offshore Wind LLC to develop utility-scale offshore wind power facilities

REpower Systems has erected the first of a total of 6 REpower 5M, 5 MW wind turbines for the alpha ventus offshore wind power test field.

GE Energy Financial Services and clean energy developer Greenko Group Plc today announced a venture to develop wind farm projects with a combined investment of USD 115 million in the country.

SunEdison is a global provider of solar-energy services. The company develops, finances, installs and operates distributed power plants using proven photovoltaic technologies.

The wind energy plant has a total capacity of 5976 MW, ie 28% of wind power capacity in Spain. The company now owns 163 wind farms or 4621 MW, representing almost 22% of the country’s total wind turbines capacity

Iberdrola initially announced that it will be working with Areva, who will supply the wind turbines for the wind power projects, in its bid for up to 1.25 GW of offshore wind farm capacity.

Van Wert is becoming the center of wind energy in Ohio. Some 210 wind turbines operate near the city in western Ohio and at least 550 more are planned for the region.

Wind turbines in Turkey were run by private companies, but this particular wind farm belonged to the villagers. The wind power project was completely funded by the administration.

The bridge across the River Thames will be the world?s largest solar energy bridge as there will be 4,400 photovoltaic panels on it.