The electric utilities collectively pledged to move forward aggressively to create the infrastructure to support the full-scale commercialization and deployment of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs).
Continue readingSolution for Radar and Wind Farms to Go Ahead
BWEA welcomed today the signing of the contract between DECC, The Crown Estate, NATS En Route and the wind energy industry’s Aviation Investment Fund Company to progress the development of the Raytheon solution.
Continue readingSanyo To Produce Lithium-Ion Batteries For Plug-In Hybrid Cars
Sanyo said it plans to produce 300,000 to 400,000 batteries per month for use in plug-in hybrid vehicles that can be recharged at home. The company also said it will produce battery systems, including rechargers.
Continue readingPlacer Gold Corp., New York State Wind Energy Project
This proposed wind power project would eventually add 10,000-20,000 MW of new clean power capacity to the New York electrical Grid.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles Commissions a 38 MW Wind Farm in Greece
EDF Energies Nouvelles announces the commissioning of the Viotia 2 wind farm in Greece, which has 38 MW in total capacity. Located in Beotia this wind farm is equipped with 19 turbines supplied by Vestas.
Continue readingTexas leads U.S. in generating wind power
Texas has now embraced wind power generation, leading the U.S. states in total operating wind capacity, according to the latest report of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
Continue readingNordex China supplying 33 MW for Ningxia Power
Nordex will install the ?Sunhill II? wind farm with a nominal capacity of 28.5 MW and the ?Hongsipu II? project (4.5 MW) near Yinchuan in the province of Ningxia.
Continue readingBoralex Obtains Better Rate for Four Wind Farms in Ontario
Boralex has obtained a better wind power rate for its projects that qualify under the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP), thanks to new Ontario rules to promote renewable energy.
Continue readingOncor Supports Industry Pledge to Jump Start Electric Vehicle Industry
Oncor enthusiastically supports the announcement today by Edison Electric Institute, the national trade association for electric utilities, to accelerate full-scale commercialization of electric vehicles.
Continue readingIberdrola’s Profit Stays Flat
Operating profit rose in a difficult environment, characterised by weak demand, low raw materials prices and sterling exchange rate movements.
Continue readingEl Salón del Automóvil de Tokio da protagonismo al vehículo eléctrico
El Motor Show de Tokio abrió sus puertas hasta el 4 de noviembre teniendo como protagonista al coche eléctrico, con nuevos modelos de Nissan, Mitsubishi y Toyota.
Continue readingIberdrola gana un 18% menos por la caída del consumo
La compañía Iberdrola registró un beneficio neto de 2.029 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses del ejercicio, lo que supone un 18,2% menos que en igual periodo de 2008.
Continue readingToyota Placing Prius Plug-ins With Smart Grid City Project
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. announced that it will place ten Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHV) with Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity(TM) project in Boulder, Colorado.
Continue readingHonda fabricará vehículos eléctricos para Japón, EE UU y Europa
Honda estudia la posibilidad de vender coches eléctricos en Estados Unidos, Europa y Japón, como parte de su estrategia de desarrollo de la próxima generación de automóviles eléctricos, según informó Takanobu Ito.
Continue readingEstados Unidos instaló 1.649 megavatios de eólica en el tercer trimestre de 2009
Estados Unidos, a pesar de la crisis y las restricciones financieras, instaló 2.700 MW en el primer trimestre de 2009, 1.210 MW en el segundo y 1.649 MW tercer trimestre, según la AWEA, alcanzando ya 31.000 MW eólicos.
Continue readingWind Power in the UK By BWEA
4 Gigawatts of Installed Capacity in the UK. Wind now Powers the Equivalent of Scotland’s Household Supply, and Saves 6 Million Tonnes of Coal Annually.
Continue readingFélix Avia: La eólica es uno de los sectores donde España es líder
Llevo trabajando 27 años en la energía eólica y nadie pensaba que podía ser algo importante. En este momento vamos a estar en un 12% del consumo de energía eléctrica del país.
Continue readingUS Wind Power Installations Add nearly 1700 MW of Capacity in Q3
The total wind energy capacity added to date is 5,800 MW. The total wind power capacity now operating in the US is over 31000 MW, which is enough electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 9 million homes.
Continue readingNissan y Sumitomo reciclarán las baterías de los vehículos eléctricos
El fabricante japonés de automóviles Nissan y Sumitomo pondrán en marcha una empresa conjunta para “reutilizar, revender, refabricar y reciclar” baterías de iones de litio procedentes de coches eléctricos.
Continue readingWheego Electric Cars Announces Trade-Up Program
Wheego Electric Cars offers a Trade-up program from their Low-Speed electric vehicle, available now, to the Full-Speed electric vehicle, expected out in 2010.
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