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The Year in Energy
Electric vehicles arrive, and solar, batteries, and engines all advance. The first Nissan Leaf customers took delivery of the all-electric car at the end of the year.
Continue readingABS Releases Guide for Offshore Wind Turbines Installations
Offshore wind energy is a fast growing alternative energy source. The potential of offshore wind power in the US to generate electricity is at least four times as great as the nation?s total electric capacity.
Continue readingRES Receives Consent for Wind Farm in Scotland
RES has developed and/or built more than 5GW of wind energy capacity worldwide, including around 10% of the UK?s wind power.
Continue readingAREVA Sets Ambitious Global Goals for Concentrating Solar Power Business
AREVA Solar (Mountain View, California) had a number of employees at its booth eager to discuss the company’s recent venture into non-nuclear, carbon-free electric generation options: concentrated solar energy.
Continue readingGeneral Motors Introduces Sail Electric Vehicles
General Motors presented at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show the new Sail electric car developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) in Shanghai.
Continue readingAWA?s Wind Energy Projects Rank High on Canadian Priority List
Twenty Two Degree Wind Power, a 150-MW wind farm located south of Goderich, and Arran Wind Energy, a 115-MW wind turbines located east of Port Elgin, are ranked among the top 700 MW of renewable energy in first-round.
Continue readingQuebec – Call for tenders for the purchase of 500 MW of wind energy
Call for tenders for the purchase of 500 MW of wind power: Hydro- Quebec Distribution accepts 12 bids totaling 291,4 MW.
Continue readingNew Electric Demo Car Developed by Valeo and BAIC
The partnership between Valeo and BAIC started in early 2010 with the intent to bring an electric vehicle with lithium ion batteries to series production in 2011.
Continue readingDOE Finalizes Loan Guarantee to Support World’s Largest Wind Energy Project
845-Megawatt Wind Power Facility Will Create Hundreds of Jobs and Avoid Over 1.2 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide Annually. The Caithness Shepherds Flat wind farm will use 338 GE 2.5xl wind turbines.
Continue readingEfacec Delivers Transformer to NextEra Energy Resources
Shipment marks milestone in new wind energy economy as workers in newly-created U.S. manufacturing jobs ship transformer to wind farm.
Continue readingSiemens on track to become one of the world?s top three providers of wind turbines
New factories in China and the U.S. secure strong footprint in the most important wind energy markets.
Continue readingPhillyCarShare to Introduce Electric Vehicles to Philadelphia
PhillyCarShare will be adding16 Electric Vehicles (EVs)to their 200 +vehicle fleet as part of the City of Philadelphia receiving an Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant.
Continue readingCOMFERSA and ACCIONA will install an electric vehicle charging network in more than 60 railway station car parks in Spain
COMFERSA and ACCIONA are driving a pioneering initiative in the field of electric mobility in Spain, facilitating the implementation of a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in strategic urban locations.
Continue readingPolish wind energy market – wind power in Poland exceeded the level of 1GW
At the end of 2009 the wind power station capacities amounted to 725 MW. At the end of September 2010 the wind farm capacity already reached 1,096 MW.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex awarded 75 MW project with EverPower
Shortly after dedicating its new wind turbine manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Nordex USA secured an order for a 75 MW wind power project using N100 wind turbines from EverPower Wind Holdings.
Continue readingGermany?s power grid could already handle 1 million electric vehicles
Germany will produce significantly more than 100 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity in 2020. Theoretically, this would be enough to supply 50 million electric vehicles.
Continue readingUN Climate Change Conference opens in Mexico
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) opened in Cancun, a resort city of Mexico on Monday. The talks, from Nov 29 to Dec 10, are held to continue to search solutions to the climate problem.
Continue readingGerman President Wulff visits Siemens solar receiver production plant in Israel
On November 29, on the occasion of a trip to Israel, German President Christian Wulff visited the Siemens solar thermal production plant in Bet Shemesh, Israel, approximately 20 kilometers west of Jerusalem.
Continue readingChina Sun Group Signs Contract for Lithium Iron Phosphate (LIP) of 470 Tons with Sai Er New Energy
Also Provides Update to Previously Announced Contract with Huanyu Power Source.
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