La empresa eólica china A-Power instalará una fábrica de aerogeneradores en Estados Unidos y Suntech comenzará a fabricar células fotovoltaicas en Arizona en 2010.
Continue readingReliant Energy and Houston Launch Electric Vehicle Project
The City of Houston and Reliant Energy, an NRG Energy company NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), today launched a program to bring plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to the streets of Houston.
Continue readingIBM Expands Coalition to Advance Smart Grid Development
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced two new utilities have joined the Global IUN Coalition designed to further the adoption of smarter energy grids around the world — CPFL Energia from Brazil, and Liander from The Netherlands.
Continue readingElectrification Coalition Praises U.S.-China Electric Vehicles Initiative
The Electrification Coalition today applauded the announcement of the U.S.-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, and urged the Obama administration to go even further in its efforts to support an electrified transportation system.
Continue readingScientific American publica un resumen del trabajo 100% de renovables en 2030
Las energías renovables pueden proporcionar el 100 por cien de la energía mundial, eliminando todos los combustibles fósiles. Por Mark Z. Jacobson (Universidad de Stanford) y Mark a. Delucchi (Univ. California?Davis).
Continue readingHouston Installs Coulomb Technologies Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles
Coulomb Technologies announced the first networked charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles are available for use in the city of Houston, Texas.
Continue readingSiemens sponsors Grid-Interop 2009
Grid-Interop 2009 is an annual three-day gathering of thought leaders from around the world who will focus on the successful interconnection of transmission and distribution devices to enable the Smart Grid.
Continue readingElectric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicles.
Continue readingAutomobiles Can Be Environmentally Compatible With Cities of the Future
As the debate on climate change and transportation continues to widen, a Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) executive stated that there can and should be a role for the automobile in the decades ahead.
Continue readingGE Wind Turbines to Power Maine’s Island
Harnessing Maine’s strong ocean winds, three wind turbines supplied by GE (NYSE: GE) now are producing power for the residents of Vinalhaven and North Haven.
Continue readingSolarReserve and Preneal Solar Thermal Energy Project in Spain
SolarReserve and Preneal Receive Environmental Permit for 50 Megawatt Solar Thermal Energy Project in Spain.
Continue readingAMSC Receives $10 Million Order for Wind Turbine Components
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) has received a follow-on order for $10 million worth of wind turbine components from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd. (“CSR-ZELRI”).
Continue readingGC China Signs MOU to Develop Major Coastal Wind Power Project
GC China Turbine Corp. (OTCBB: GCHT) (the “Company” or “GC China”)announce that it has recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Yancheng regional government of Jiangsu province.
Continue readingMañana habrá una cumbre sobre el vehículo eléctrico
El ministro de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Miguel Sebastián, afirmó que la cumbre de mañana sobre el coche eléctrico es un gran paso para un sector que supone una “gran oportunidad como país”.
Continue readingNueva termosolar en Alcázar de San Juan de SolarReserve y Preneal
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) proveerá tecnología avanzada para una central solar termoeléctrica de 50 MW a gran escala con almacenamiento de energía.
Continue readingIberdrola estudia la integración de los vehículos eléctricos en la red
Iberdrola ha puesto en marcha el proyecto ‘Merge’ (Mobile Energy Resources of Electricity) para desarrollar estudios sobre el posible impacto de la integración de los vehículos eléctricos en las redes.
Continue readingSaft Baterías provee al INTA la primera batería de iones de litio
La batería de iones de litio que se ha desarrollado para el Nanosat 1B, satélite en órbita desde el pasado mes de julio, aportará fiabilidad, ligereza y duración a su sistema.
Continue readingAES Gener instala en Chile grandes baterías de litio para almacenar electricidad
Ya existen experiencias a menor a escala en otros países, pero AES Gener ha instalado en el desierto de Atacama el primer sistema de baterías de litio para el sector eléctrico.
Continue readingMarine Energy Market in Europe Still Weathering Economic Storm
Frost & Sullivan: The nascent European marine energy industry is still weathering storms unleashed by the global economic crisis. This market was particularly hard hit by the recession.
Continue readingYellow Peril: Chinese wind turbine A-Power plans US plant
The U.S. Renewable Energy Group & A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. Announce Plans To Build a Wind Energy Turbine Production and Assembly Plant in the United States.
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