The central government pays a subsidy of up to 50,000 yuan to any citizen that buys a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and 60,000 yuan for an all-electric, or battery-electric vehicle (BEV).
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Smart Grid Deployment Tracker
Bharatbook added a new report on “Smart Grid Deployment Tracker” which provides detailed analysis of worldwide utility smart grid and smart meter programs including tracking of customer endpoints.
Continue readingToyota Outlines Eco-car Plans, Battery Research Progress
TMC has determined the reaction mechanism of lithium-air batteries and has clarified its research policy regarding the batteries as rechargeable secondary batteries.
Continue readingFifty-plus new electric vehicles debut at LA Auto Show
More than 50 electric vehicles will make their debuts at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Nov. 19-28.
Continue readingNorthland Power Completes Financing for Mont Louis Wind Energy Plant
Commercial operations are expected to begin in the third quarter of 2011, subject to completion of the project’s interconnection. The project is using 67 General Electric 1.5sle wind turbines.
Continue readingVolkswagen gears up in race to electric vehicles
“Electric vehicles are the right direction for future mobility,” said Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group China.
Continue readingNissan’s “Life with EV” wins “Good Design Gold Award 2010”
Renault-Nissan automotive alliance said Monday they plan to produce and sell 500,000 electric vehicles a year around the globe by the end of 2013.
Continue readingA wind energy strategy for a wind energy strategy for Quebec
CanWEA advocates that Quebec continue to develop wind power beyond 2015 by adding an additional 8 000 MW by 2025.
Continue readingLa Rioja signs contract with IMPSA to expand the Arauco Wind Farm
IMPSA signed a contract with the government of the Province of La Rioja to double wind power capacity of the Arauco Wind Farm to a total of 50 MW.
Continue readingjuwi-Group ? Market Entry in India
The juwi-Group, one of the leading project developers for renewable energies, has established a subsidiary in India and thereby further intensifies its constantly growing international business activities.
Continue readingNissan Announces Partnership to Advance Electric Vehicles in Atlanta
Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) announced that it is entering into an agreement with Clean Cities-Atlanta (CC-A) to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of electric vehicles.
Continue readingPeru?s renewable resources
The country is planning on diversifying its energy mix by increasing renewables, since it owns untapped resources for over 83,000 MW, as recently stated by the Energy Ministry.
Continue readingStrong majority of quebecers in favour of increased wind energy development
The survey also revealed that the majority of those polled consider wind farms to be an important source of economic benefits to the regions in which they are located.
Continue readingWind Power – Green Jobs and a Boost for the Texas Economy
Current pressure to clean up Texas? air and water makes the time right for alternative energy industries to take off in a significant fashion.
Continue readingNPPD to Start 80 MW Broken Bow Wind Farm
Broken Bow Wind will own as well as operate the wind turbines while NPPD will be buying the electric output under a PPA (power purchase agreement).
Continue readingOffshore wind energy could power more electric vehicles than new offshore oil and gas combined
Plugin hybrid-electric vehicles, like Chevrolet?s Volt, and completely electric vehicles, like Nissan?s Leaf and THINK?s City, will begin to be sold commercially in the US within the next year.
Continue readingU.S. Wind Power Project Nets Billions
One of the U.S.’s largest wind farms relies on GL Garrad Hassan to secure $1.2 billion in financing.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan partnership for electric vehicles with Toronto
The Renault?Nissan Alliance announced that Nissan is entering into an agreement with the City of Toronto, to advance zero-emission mobility and electric cars in the city.
Continue readingEdf Energy Renewables Signs Deal With Force 9
EDF Energy Renewables has signed a joint development agreement with Force 9 to develop a series of onshore wind power plants over the next few years.
Continue readingSolar Photovoltaic Production Climbs to Another Record in 2009
Solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers produced a record 10,700 megawatts of PV cells globally in 2009?an impressive 51-percent increase from the year before.
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