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.
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Wind energy Vestas is on track with a record-high order intake of 8,673 MW
2010 was a tough year, but Vestas is on track with a record-high wind power order intake of 8,673 MW.
Continue readingThere are 679 MW of installed CSP capacity worldwide and more than 2000 MW under construction
According to The Global Concentrated Solar Power Industry Report currently, there are 679 MW of installed Concentrating Solar Power capacity worldwide and more than 2000 MW under construction.
Continue readingBrookfield Renewable Power Acquires Controlling Stake in Aeolis Wind’s Thunder Mountain Wind Energy Project
The wind farn has obtained an environmental assessment certificate for up to approximately 320 MW of wind power generation.
Continue readingRestoring Food Security for All Takes Action on Many Fronts By Lester R. Brown
Today there are three sources of growing demand for food: population growth; rising affluence and the associated jump in meat, milk, and egg consumption; and the use of grain to produce fuel for cars.
Continue readingChina will not significantly cut rare earth exports in 2011
China will reduce its rare earth export quotas next year, but not by a very large margin, Yao Jian, spokesman of China’s Ministry of Commerce, said on Tuesday.
Continue readingWind power in India: Acciona has started construction on its third wind farm
Tuppadahalli (wind energy capacity 56 MW) represents an investment of 58 million euros and will enter service in 2011. Acciona Energy is the Spanish company with the strongest wind power presence in India.
Continue readingGamesa signs wind energy contracts with 3 Chinese companies
Gamesa had invested a total of 42 million euros on wind energy facilities in China. An additional 90 million euros will be invested from 2010 to 2012.
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Technologies Obtains New Order to Supply Electric Scooter
ABAT’s batteries combine high-energy chemistry with state-of-the-art polymer technology to overcome many of the shortcomings associated with other types of rechargeable batteries.
Continue readingIberdrola to invest ?4.8 billion in the UK
Two-thirds of the planned investments are earmarked for wind power, smart grid and distribution networks.
Continue readingNational Wind Coordinating Collaborative Sage-Grouse Research
Group Seeks Proposals for Research Exploring Impacts of Wind Power Development on Sage-Grouse.
Continue reading‘All you winds, bless the Lord’ By Tom Gray
Every once in a while, an enjoyable story about an individual or group using wind power comes our way, and this account of a Montana monastery installing its own wind turbines definitely qualifies.
Continue readingEndesa (ECyR) wins largest capacity in Canary Islands wind energy tender
Endesa was awarded 69.3 MW of the 440 MW of wind power capacity allocated during the round of tenders held by the Canary Islands? Department of Industry.
Continue readingGeothermal energy, with over 10,000 MW, powering 52 million worldwide
Geothermal power is growing rapidly across the globe according to a new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA).
Continue readingDONG Energy and Energinet.dk to explore large-scale integration of wind power
DONG Energy and the Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk have received funding of about EUR 8 million for a large project. The aim is to prepare further use of renewable energy in the power system.
Continue readingLockheed Martin To Provide Surveillance Radar to United Kingdom for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Lockheed Martin (LMT) will deliver a long-range air surveillance radar system to the United Kingdom that overcomes sensor performance issues commonly caused by the rotating blades of wind turbines.
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 readingSiemens y BMW se alían para el desarrollo del vehículo eléctrico
Siemens, BMW y la empresa municipal de electricidad de la ciudad alemana de Munich se han aliado para trabajar conjuntamente el desarrollo del coche eléctrico.
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 readingBMW lanza su segundo vehículo eléctrico
El fabricante alemán BMW ha anunciado un estudio de coche eléctrico desarrollado sobre la Serie Coupé, que así se convierte en el segundo eléctrico del grupo bávaro tras el Mini E, ya en fase de producción.
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