IDACORP Inc., Idaho Power’s parent company, surprised wind farm developers Wednesday when it announced that it was no longer accepting proposals from developers to supply the company with 150 megawatts of wind power.
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The construction of the Cerro de Hula wind farm began in Honduras in September
The wind power plant, promoted by Eolica Energía de Honduras, will have a capacity of 102 MW and will be the largest wind farm in Central America. It is expected to start operations at the beginning of 2012.
Continue readingVestas lands order for the largest wind power project in Australia
Vestas signed a wind energy contract for the delivery of 140 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for key account customers AGL Energy Limited and Meridian?s 420 MW Macarthur wind farm project, located in Australia.
Continue readingSiemens to strengthen wind power business in North America
Siemens is to supply wind turbines with a combined capacity of 227 megawatts (MW) for a wind farm located in Oklahoma.
Continue readingPortland General Electric Opens North America’s First Public-Use Quick-Charge Station for Electric Vehicles
Portland General Electric and NEC Corporation (NEC) have opened North America’s first public-use, quick-charge station for electric vehicles.
Continue readingENDESA installs recharge point for electric vehicles at IBM
ENDESA installs recharge point for electric cars at IBM, the first such installation at a corporation´s headquarters in Spain.
Continue readingA-Power Announces Strategic Partnership with Baoding Huide
A-Power Energy Generation Systems has entered into a strategic partnership with Baoding Huide Wind Power Engineering Co. Ltd (“Baoding Huide”).
Continue readingDOE has committed $2 billion to two US concentrating solar power projects
The government will grant 1.4 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of the 250 MW Solana concentrating solar power plant and another 400 million for two cadmium thin film PV panel manufacturing lines.
Continue readingObama Speaks at Smith Electric Vehicles Headquarters
President Obama today addressed workers at the Smith Electric Vehicles plant to discuss the state of the economy and jobs.
Continue readingSpain cuts subsidies for Wind Energy and Concentrating Solar Power
Spain has agreed with renewable energy associations to cut subsidies which have made the country leading producer of solar and wind power.
Continue readingThe Population-Poverty Connection By Lester R. Brown
The 21st century began on an inspiring note: the United Nations set a goal of reducing the share of the world?s population living in extreme poverty by half by 2015.
Continue readingBreaking down barriers to wind energy in Romania and Hungary
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) invites all media representatives to a double-date on wind power development in emerging EU markets.
Continue readingAltair Nanotechnologies to Power Proterra’s Electric Vehicles
Altair Nanotechnologies Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement With Proterra Inc. to Power Proterra’s Electric and Hybrid Transit Buses.
Continue readingIngeteam to start the construction of a wind power manufacturing center in Milwaukee
Production is expected to begin in the facility in January of 2011. Eventually 275 people will work at the facility, which will be used to manufacture generators and converters for wind turbines and solar power inverters.
Continue readingGlobal demand for electric vehicles could outweigh near-term supply
Over 25% of drivers surveyed across US, Europe, China and Japan said they would likely consider purchasing plug-in hybrid (PHEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs), as soon as they become available.
Continue readingShear Wind intends to transfer 60 MW Glen Dhu wind power project in Nova Scotia
Shear Wind Announces the Planned Establishment of a Limited Partnership to Own and Advance Glen Dhu North Wind Energy Project
Continue readingGlobal Wind Day trip to offshore wind farm, Sweden
Nearly 500 people braved the weather to experience Vattenfall?s Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm from close-by on one of the twelve trips organised for Global Wind Day.
Continue readingMinnesota plant will produce fertilizer from wind energy
Minnesota researchers have designed a $3.75 million carbon-free system that uses wind power from a towering wind turbine to produce anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen-based fertilizer.
Continue readingBikes Electrify Transportation Market
The electric bikes are similar to those whose use has swelled in the last decade in cities all over the world. Each is comprised of an everyday bike plus a battery-powered electric motor.
Continue readingGlobal Consumer Batteries Market to Exceed $33.0 Billion by 2015
The world market for consumer batteries is projected to exceed $33.0 billion by the year 2015. Improved economic conditions and growth in industrial production in the coming years would encourage global demand.
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