A new study by ABI Research, ‘Nanotechnologies for Green Power Generation’ examines how the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the production of solar (photovoltaic) cells, wind turbines and blades.
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First Coulomb Public ChargePoint Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Installed in Minnesota
Coulomb Technologies announced that the first public ChargePoint Networked Charging Station for electric cars is now installed in Minnesota. The owners intend to power the ChargePoint using 100 percent wind power.
Continue readingIdaho approves agreements with six wind energy projects
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has accepted sales agreements between Idaho Power Company and a San Francisco wind farm developer for six wind power projects near Mountain Home.
Continue readingTanzania Seals U.S.$123 Million Wind Energy Project Deal
The Tanzanian National Development Corporation (NDC) and Power Pool East Africa have entered into a contract to generate electricity from wind power in the Singida region.
Continue readingChina’s first solar tower plant starts operating in desert
The solar chimney plant is the country’s first Concentrating Solar Power plant that combines solar and wind power into power generation.
Continue readingPlant will store 1,000 MW of renewables in Mexico
Under the $4 billion project, a huge accumulator to be built on the US border will inject into the grid wind energy and solar energy produced in both countries.
Continue readingFrom the world of wind energy, 10 talking points for 2010
Wind power could meet 12% of international power demand by 2020 and up to 22% by 2030, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.
Continue readingUSABC Awards $5.43 Million in Advanced Battery Technology Contracts to Five Firms
USABC awarded the contracts to develop and assess advanced energy storage technologies for hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV).
Continue readingVestas gets wind turbines order for Idaho wind farm
Earlier this fall, Vestas announced orders for wind turbines for wind farm projects in Michigan and Northern California.
Continue readingCity of McKinney to Get Electric Vehicle Charging Stations from TXU Energy
The City of McKinney will receive rebates from TXU Energy to install four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and to convert several city vehicles to electric vehicles under the TXU Energy EV Accelerator ProgramSM.
Continue readingBill Koch: The Dirty Money Behind Cape Wind Opposition
Environmental group Greenpeace has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether an organization opposed to the development of a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod violated federal tax law.
Continue readingHonda Starts Lease Sales of the EV-neo Electric Scooter
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will start lease sales of the EV-neo electric scooter on Friday, December 24, 2010.
Continue readingCitroën C-Zero Confirmed For Government Electric Vehicle Grant
Citroën has welcomed the UK Government?s latest announcement concerning the £5,000 grant for customers choosing plug-in electric vehicles from 1st January, 2011.
Continue readingU.S. Marines Latest Customer to Add All-Electric Smith Electric Trucks to Fleet
US Marines becomes the first military organisation to purchase the Smith Newton all-electric truck.
Continue readingNigeria targets 200 MW wind energy by 2012
An estimated 200 megawatts of electricity is expected to be generated from wind energy by 2012 as part of the overall effort to meet the nation?s 6,000 megawatts energy demand.
Continue readingSchwarzenegger Applauds Approval of Riverside County Concentrating Solar Power Plants
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger applauded the California Energy Commission (CEC) for approving the 500 MW Palen concentrated solar energy project and the 150-MW Rice Concentrating Solar Power Project.
Continue readingIndia’s solar mission awards projects worth 620 MW to 37 companies
The Indian government has awarded concentrating solar power projects totalling 620 MW to 37 companies that took part in a recent auction.
Continue readingNREL Principal Scientist Joins SkyFuel
At SkyFuel, Gary Jorgensen will be continuing the development of an abrasion resistant coating for ReflecTech, and contributing to the optical design of advanced concentrators.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy – Financial close and funding completed for Windstar
Western Wind owns over 500 wind turbines with 34.5 MW of rated capacity and a further 131 MW of expansion wind power purchase agreements.
Continue readingTrue cost of solar energy and other renewables By Tam Hunt
What does renewable energy cost? Isn’t it still more expensive than fossil fuel electricity? Way more? In a word: no.
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