Dividing the global yearly demand by 400 kW?h per square meter and we arrive at 496,805 square kilometers (191,817 square miles) as the area required to power the world with solar panels.
Continue readingItalian investment projects to implement a wind farm in Matutuíne (Mozambique) for production of 20 MW
The Moncada Energy Group has a project for the construction of a wind farm 20 MW in Mozambique.
Continue readingIQwind and Guascor Announce Partnership to Commercialize Variable IQGearTM Technology for Wind Turbines
Guascor will manufacture IQwind’s high efficiency variable gearbox for the European wind market and directly sell and service IQGears in Spain.
Continue readingIveco launches the Daily Electric in Brazil
The electric vehicles project is born from the collaboration between Iveco and Itaipu Binacional, that manages the largest hydroelectric generating station in the world on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
Continue readingIveco lanza la Daily eléctrica en Brasil
La Daily es un vehículo electrico, realizado en colaboración con la Itaipú Internacional, con baterías Zebra, de sodio, níquel y cadmio, con autonomía de 100 km entre cargas.
Continue readingChery?s First High-speed BEV S18 Passed National Collision Test
Chery Auto, China’s largest maker of own-brand cars, will start selling its first plug-in electric car model S18 around June, 2010, as the government urges automakers to offer more eco-friendly vehicles, Bloomberg reported today.
Continue readingUQM Technologies and BorgWarner Collaborate on Electric Powertrain Systems
UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. announced that it is collaborating with BorgWarner on electric powertrain products for all-electric and hybrid-electric passenger automobiles.
Continue readingGlenn Beck, ultraderechista promotor de Calzada, se queda sin anuncios en Estados Unidos
Los comentaristas ultraderechistas abundan en la cadena FOX; las difamaciones contra Obama provocan el boicot de 46 compañías al promotor de Gabrial Calzada y su campaña contra la eólica y otras energías renovables.
Continue readingLa Comunidad Valenciana consumió 12,36 millones de toneladas equivalentes de petróleo en 2008, un 1,8% más que en 2007
Las energías renovables aportan el 32% de toda la potencia de la Comunidad Valenciana. La región tiene 710 megavatios eólicos instalados.
Continue readingSpanish wind power industry have installed a total of 8,000 MW in 17 countries
The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) recently published its annual report on the Spanish wind power industry showing that Spanish wind farm developers continue to lead the way worldwide, with a total of 8,000 MW.
Continue readingLa gallina de los huevos de oro por Sergio de Otto
La nueva administración gallega, además de paralizar el desdichado concurso eólico de sus predecesores, ha creado un canon con efectos retroactivos que deberán pagar los parques eólicos por su ?impacto paisajístico”.
Continue readingLa Asociación Empresarial Eólica (AEE) presentará alegaciones contra el canon que la Xunta pretende implantar
La Asociación Empresarial Eólica (AEE) presentará alegaciones contra el canon ambiental que la Xunta pretende implantar y que afectará a todos los parques de aerogeneradores.
Continue readingEl PP de Cantabria, cuando ocupaba el Gobierno regional, aprobó ya un decreto para el desarrollo eólico
Francisco Fernández Mañanes ha afirmado que el PP no tiene legitimidad para abanderar la defensa del medio ambiente frente al desarrollo de la energía eólica impulsado por el Gobierno de Cantabria.
Continue readingPreliminary Wind Farm Designs to Public Service Company of Colorado
Blue Diamond Ventures recently gave to the Public Service Company of Colorado preliminary designs to study the feasibility and facility impact of a 198 megawatt wind farm plus 68 miles of transmission line in Colorado.
Continue readingGuascor fabricará una caja multiplicadora dirigida al sector eólico
La nueva fábrica, en asociación con la eólica israelí IQwind, permitirá reducir el coste de la energía eólica generada por los aerogeneradores hasta un 20%.
Continue readingSaft Partners With Apollo Solar on US DOE ‘Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems’ (SEGIS) Project
Saft Li-ion Battery System Will Provide ‘Time-Shifting’ Renewable Energy Storage in Project to Develop Innovative Smart Grid Products
Continue readingChinese-made electric car unveiled
A purely electric car developed by China Aviation Industry Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd. was recently unveiled at the Eighth China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition in Shenyang.
Continue readingNexans wins a 39 million Euros contract for an offshore wind farm project in Belgium
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has won a contract worth approximately 39 million Euros to supply the subsea power export cables for phase I of the Belgian Belwind Offshore Windfarm project.
Continue readingEl liderazgo mundial del sector eólico por José Donoso
Ante el nada halagüeño panorama económico que se presenta, las energías renovables ofrecen un camino seguro para convertir a su industria en un pilar de la recuperación, asegura el autor, que se suma al Debate Abierto sobre el valor del medio ambiente.
Continue readingMass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Licensee Announces Letter of Understanding for $5,800,000 of Power Projects
Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Gianacopoulos and his investors plan to purchase a total of 3 Megawatts of Mass Megawatts’ Multi-Axis Turbosystem (MAT) equipment.
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