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Hydro-Quebec partners with companies to offer electric car charging stations
Hydro-Quebec is teaming up with several well-known companies to offer Canada’s first charging stations for electric vehicles.
Continue readingUtilities Double Solar Energy Capacity in 2010
In 2010, thirty utilities reported owning 140 MW of solar energy which is a drastic 300% increase from 2009. Solar power and include photovoltaic and concentrated solar energy technologies.
Continue readingGoogle to invest $110 million in wind farm
Google and Citigroup will each invest $55 million in Terra-Gen Power’s 102 megawatt Alta IV wind power project in California. Renewable energy developer Terra-Gen Power is constructing the 1550 MW Alta Wind Energy.
Continue readingLargest K-12 Solar Power and Energy Efficiency Program in U.S
An event to celebrate the completion of this solar and energy efficiency project is being held today at Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose.
Continue readingABB to Develop Energy Storage Solution in Switzerland
Storage will play a key role in the evolution of more flexible and smarter grids as we address the challenge of accommodating growing amounts of intermittent renewable energies like solar power and wind energy.
Continue reading3Power Energy Group Enters into 58 MW Chile Wind Energy Project Acquisition
3Power Energy Group has entered into agreement to acquire two wind farm projects in Chile totalling 58 MW.
Continue readingRenewable energy can exceed global demand, according to IPCC
?The report clearly demonstrates that renewable technologies could supply the world with more energy than it would ever need, and at a highly competitive cost,? said Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council.
Continue readingWe need more electric vehicles on the road now
We need to kick-start the electric car with lithium ion batteries sales now. Day after day the newspaper and TV car ads are endless for gas cars, but I haven?t seen any electric cars in the showrooms.
Continue readingThe Other Side of the Wind Energy Debate-The Silent Majority
For every story of illness, there are 90 to 99 stories of people carrying on their regular lives, unhindered by the wind turbines around them. Where are their stories?
Continue readingIndia Wind Energy Installed Capacity to Grow 14%
The research identified that wind power seems to be the ideal choice for the nation as it is of moderately low cost compared to other renewable sources.
Continue readingAcciona Energy Introduces U.S. and Canada Avian and Bat Protection Plan
Plan Promotes Environmental Responsibility Within Wind Energy Industry.
Continue readingLithuania is on the verge of a second wind power boom
Lithuania is on the verge of a second wind energy boom. A relative late comer to the wind power scene, the country gained its first wind farms in 2006 with 42 MW installed over the course of that year.
Continue readingSGS Admitted to Membership of Swiss Wind Energy Association ?Suisse Eole?
In September 2010, SGS became a member of Suisse Eole and took part in the meeting of the association on September 14th, 2010 in Bern for the first time as Suisse Eole member.
Continue readingGermany needs more electricity lines
The European continent needs far more electricity lines, a German federal agency said Wednesday, quoting from an EU document to be discussed at a conference in Berlin later this year.
Continue readingGeothermal: Getting Energy from the Earth By Lester R. Brown
Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide.
Continue readingNew York?s Newest Wind Farm Now Under Construction
The nearly $200 million wind energy project is one of seven new wind farms Iberdrola Renewables currently has under construction around the U.S.
Continue readingGreenAngel’s Rapid Electric Vehicles Announces US Army & Honeywell Contract
Rapid Electric Vehicles (“REV”) has received another contract for its revolutionary bi-directional charging technology for micro-grids.
Continue readingStatkraft will take over operation of Stage II of the Smøla wind farm
Statkraft will take over operation of Stage II of the Smøla wind farm, which until now has been operated by Siemens. From this date, Statkraft will operate all 68 wind turbines in the Smøla wind farm.
Continue readingSaving drinking water is yet another benefit of wind power development
Saving of water is very important from a human rights perspective. Other sources of electricity, such as coal and nuclear, consume considerable quantities of water.
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