SGS supported RWE with Owner?s Representative Services in establishing its first Wind Farm in Poland, consisting of 18 wind turbines.
Continue readingLa eólica en Castilla-La Mancha-En Guadalajara se construirán los parques eólicos de Milmarcos, Tartanedo y Fuentelsaz
La potencia eólica instalada de estos parques será 134 MW y supondrán una inversión superior a los 150 millones de euros. Castilla-La Mancha cuenta con 3.415,6 MW.
Continue readingTesla Roadster, un vehículo eléctrico de lujo para ricos con conciencia ecológica
El Tesla Roadster es un coche eléctrico que puede recorrer 360 kilómetros con la batería de iones de litio. Alcanza los 200 kilómetros por hora. El motor tiene 288 caballos. Cuesta 85.000 euros.
Continue readingWind Power in Portugal By Teresa Simoes, Liliana Madeira and Ana Estanqueiro
At the end of 2008, about 2,819 MW of wind energy capacity was installed, an increase of 625 MW over 2007. This is a 33% increase from 2007 to 2008.
Continue readingWind Power in Spain By Ignacio Cruz and Enrique Soria
Installed wind capacity in Spain reached 16,740 MW in 2008 with the addition of 1,609 MW. Expectations for the Spanish wind energy industry for 2009 are very high, with 18,500 MW of total capacity will be installed.
Continue readingOn Energy, We’re Finally Walking the Walk By Lester R. Brown
The United States has entered a new energy era, ending a century of rising carbon emissions, with a dramatic 9 percent drop in U.S. carbon emissions over the past two years and the promise of further huge reductions.
Continue readingLa energía eólica en Colombia: 40 megavatios eólicos instalados y un potencial desaprovechado y poco estudiado
Colombia ha instalado 2 grandes parques eólicos en la Guajira: Jepirachi, con 15 aerogeneradores inaugurada en el año 2003, y Wayúu con 20 megavatios. La Guajira tiene un potencial de más de 20 GW.
Continue readingWind Power in Colombia-In Guajira there’s a potential of 20,000 megawatts
The country has 28.1 Megawatt installed capacity of renewable energy (excluding large hydropower), consisting mainly of wind power. Colombia has an estimated wind power potential of 21 GW just in the Guajira.
Continue readingLa energía eólica y las aves por José Santamarta
Durante años se ha exagerado o distorsionado el impacto de los parques eólicos sobre las aves. El dato real: 7.000 aves en EE UU, frente a 1.500 millones de aves muertas por otras causas antropogénicas.
Continue readingEl vehículo eléctrico y la energía eólica por José Santamarta y Alberto Ceña
Alberto Ceña, y José Santamarta, analizan los retos y las ventajas energéticas y ambientales que supondrán los vehículos eléctricos.
Continue readingDeloitte Names Energate as a Top Canadian Green Tech Company
Energate is a leading provider of home energy management solutions, which include communicating smart thermostats, wireless switches controlling loads, pool pumps and consumer energy management portals.
Continue readingWind Power in Greece By Kyriakos Rossis and Eftihia Tzen
During 2008, four large wind farms were installed, having capacities in the range of 15 MW to 24 MW each. The total installed capacity of wind energy generators reached 990 MW.
Continue readingAdvanced Rechargeable Battery Market: Emerging Technologies and Trends Worldwide
Everyone wants a battery that has the highest energy density, best safety factor, and longest life in term of discharge cycles and ease of maintenance while still being environmentally friendly.
Continue readingFrancia destina 900 millones de euros a los vehículos eléctricos
Francia incentivará la compra de coches eléctricos con 5.000 euros de prima. La ayuda se aplicará a los 100.000 primeros automóviles eléctricos que se vendan.
Continue readingNuevo parque eólico en Soria
La empresa Sostenibilidad de Recursos Naturales SA instalará 12 aerogeneradores en el municipio de Quintana Redonda, que recibirá cada año 8.000 euros por cada uno.
Continue readingWind Power in Finland By Hannele Holttinen and Esa Peltola
Eleven new turbines totaling 33 MW were installed, bringing the total capacity to 143 MW at the end of 2008 (30% growth from the previous year). Total wind energy production in 2008 increased by 38% compared to 2007.
Continue readingWind Power in Austria
In 2008, 14 MW of new wind generation was installed for a total of 995 MW. The 162 wind parks with 618 wind turbines generated 2.1 TWh of electricity, enough to power 570,000 households.
Continue readingWind Power in Germany
At the end of 2008, Germany had a total of 20,301 wind turbines installed with an output of around 23,902 MW (compared with 22,250 MW at the end of 2007).
Continue readingPSE Joins The Electric Vehicle Project
Puget Sound Energy announced that it will be working closely with Nissan and ECOtality as a member of The Electric Vehicle (EV) Project to bring new environmentally friendly transportation options.
Continue readingMitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV and i-MiEV CARGO, the i-MiEV new-generation of electric vehicles
Mitsubishi include two concept cars developed to a “The EV*1: Its dawn and future” theme: the Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV and the i-MiEV CARGO, the i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle.
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