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.
Continue readingLG Chem said it will supply lithium-ion batteries to CT&T
LG Chem plans to manufacture batteries for low-speed electric vehicles starting next year. LG Chem said it will supply lithium-ion batteries to CT&T, a South Korean manufacturer of low-speed electric vehicles.
Continue readingNissan, Sumitomo to Recycle Electric Car Batteries
Nissan Motor Co. and Sumitomo Corp. said they will establish a joint venture to recycle lithium-ion electric car batteries, which could give Nissan an early lead in the fledgling electric car market.
Continue readingWind Power in Korea By Kil-Nam Paek, Seung-Young Chung and Chinwha Chung
At the end of 2008, the cumulative installed capacity was 236 MW in South Korea. The new installation of 43 MW, indicates the current difficulty caused by the increased price of imported wind turbines.
Continue readingWind Farm Planning Approvals by Local Councils Slump to Record New Low of 25%
Figures revealed today at the wind industry’s annual conference in Liverpool show that local council approvals of wind farm applications have fallen to a shocking new low of just 25%.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables reduce el beneficio un 27,4%
Iberdrola Renovables gana 167,6 millones en los nueve primeros meses. Ha percibido ya 546 millones de dólares en incentivos a las energías renovables en EEUU y espera recibir otros 30 millones más este año.
Continue readingWind industry says more confidence needed going into final climate talks
With EU Environment ministers meeting tomorrow to finalise the EU?s position for the Copenhagen climate change conference in December, the European Wind Energy Association is releasing new calculations.
Continue readingAWEA Welcomes National Academy of Sciences Study
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today welcomed the report by the National Academy of Sciences entitled ?Hidden Cost of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use?.
Continue readingOnce again, Danes support the continued expansion of wind power by Chris Rose
A public opinion poll conducted in Denmark ? the country that sparked the modern and highly-successful wind energy revolution ? has shown overwhelming support for the continued use of wind power.
Continue readingAMSC Signs Additional Power Grid Contracts in Australia
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global energy technologies company, today announced that its D-VAR grid interconnection solution has been ordered for two additional wind farms under construction in Australia.
Continue readingLa eólica en República Dominicana: Inveravante construye dos parques eólicos
Dos parques eólicos con una capacidad conjunta de 100 megavatios se instalarán en Matafongo y Granadillos, en las provincias de Peravia y Montecristi, respectivamente.
Continue readingUES to Buy Renewable Power from Western Wind Energy Project near Kingman
UniSource Energy Services (UES) has agreed to purchase the output of a new wind farm and large solar array that Western Wind Energy will develop in the Kingman area by June 2011.
Continue readingUD, Gamesa finalize agreement to install coastal wind turbine
The University of Delaware and Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica have finalized an agreement to install a utility-scale 2-megawatt Gamesa wind turbine at UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes in 2010.
Continue readingNew Siemens Research Turbine Commissioned at NREL Site
Siemens Energy, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) formally commissioned a new 2.3-megawatt Siemens wind turbine at NREL’s National Wind Energy Technology Center.
Continue readingZAP Exhibits Its Alias Electric Sports Car
ZAP a developer of electric vehicles and electric power systems, is participating in two events this week in New York City to preview the Alias, its new electric sports car.
Continue readingChina inauguró su primer parque eólico marino
Como ya informamos hace meses, China inauguró su primer parque eólico marino con tres aerogeneradores de Sinovel de 3 megavatios cada uno el pasado mes de marzo.
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