The lighting sector is on the edge of a spectacular revolution, a shift from the century-old, inefficient incandescent light bulb to far more efficient technologies.
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NRG Energy Completes Acquisition of South Trent Wind Farm
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has completed the purchase of the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. The 101 megawatt (MW) wind farm, which came online in January 2009, consists of 44 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines
Continue readingNissan LEAF: Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML) has invited nearly 500 people to experience the world’s first mass-production, 100% electric car – Nissan LEAF – at the company’s Oppama test track in a preview from June 11-19, 2010.
Continue readingSchneider Power Signs Contract for Utility-Scale Wind Power Project in Northern Ontario
Schneider Power Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive 20-year power purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority for energy that will be produced by a new wind farm under development in northern Ontario.
Continue readingEuropean Secondary Lithium Battery Market
Li-ion batteries have a high energy density of 120-160 Wh/kg, compared to 30-80 Wh/kg for Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries. Moreover, Li-ion batteries do not suffer from memory effect.
Continue reading3M and Rope Partner Launch In-Field Study on the Effects of Wind Turbine Blade Erosion
3M has partnered with Rope Partner to conduct an in-field study on the effects of leading edge wind turbine blade damage.
Continue readingAxion Power(TM) to Present at the 10th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and their Prospective Batteries. Axion Power International, Inc. is the industry leader in the field of lead-acid-carbon energy storage technologies.
Continue readingSyrian-Spanish Cooperation in Wind Energy
The two sides agreed that the Spanish side finance a wind farm project to generate electric energy with a capacity of 50 megawatt. The wind power project will be the first in Syria.
Continue readingBalochistan (Pakistan) can generate at least 5,000 MW of wind power
From Dalbandin to Taftan, a town on the border of Iran, the 300-kilometre-long area with wide open spaces was ready for installing wind farms.
Continue readingThe solar photovoltaic reach a total capacity of over 22 GW
The global solar photovoltaic electricity (PV) market counted an additional increase in installed capacity of about 7.2 GW in 2009, reaching a total capacity of over 22 GW world-wide.
Continue readingEDP Renováveis awards contract to deliver up to 2.1 GW of wind power
EDP Renewables (EDPR), the world?s third-largest wind energy company, has signed a wind turbines procurement contract for the supply of up to 2,100 MW.
Continue readingItalcementi will build Egypt’s first privately owned wind farm (120 MW)
Egypt already has wind farms at Zafarana and Hurghada in the area and has installed capacity of 430 megawatts of wind energy.
Continue readingFirst electric car charging station in East China
The first large electric car charging station in east China’s Shandong Province, capable of charging 45 cars at a time, is being built in Linyi City, as part of a program to promote the development of electric vehicles.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Turbine Market
Wind power generation has been growing at a healthy average globally over the last few years, triggered by the fact that more and more countries are realizing the value of wind energy as a low cost and clean source.
Continue readingIberdrola Renovables construirá un parque eólico marino de 400 MW en Alemania
La instalación tendrá 80 aerogeneradores de 5 MW de potencia cada uno. Gracias al avanzado estado del proyecto, podrá entrar en funcionamiento a lo largo del año 2014.
Continue readingMenos subvenciones para la energía solar fotovoltaica en Alemania
La drástica reducción de incentivos gubernamentales y el aumento de la competencia china generan nuevos retos para la industria fotovoltaica germana.
Continue readingBMW fabricará un vehículo eléctrico en Leipzig
El Grupo BMW ha creado un consorcio con un grupo de empresas germanas para producir en la planta de Leipzig (Alemania) un vehículo eléctrico.
Continue readingAlemania ya tiene su primer electroconcesionario de vehículos eléctricos
El E-Mobility Store es un concesionario multimarca de coches eléctricos. Los modelos disponibles son el coche eléctrico Micro Vett 500 E (basado en el Fiat 500) y el Micro Vett Fiorino E, otro vehículo eléctrico.
Continue readingAlemania aprueba 40 parques eólicos marinos
Coincidiendo con la cumbre de la eólica marina en Europa, Alemania ha anunciado la aproción de otros 40 parques eólicos marinos. La EWEA propone llegar al 10% del consumo eléctrico europeo con eólica marina en 2020.
Continue readingAlemania aprueba 40 parques eólicos con 1.800 aerogeneradores
Mientras en Chipiona los promotores del cambio climático y las emisiones de CO2 quieren impedir el que sería el primer parque eólico marino en España, en Alemania van a aprobar otros 40 parques eólicos marinos.
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