Once we have electric cars and plug-in hybrids acting as portable sources of stored energy, we can become far more dependent on renewable energy sources like solar power and wind energy.
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Wind energy REpower signs contracts for 110 MW in Canadian wind power projects
40 wind turbines are destined for Saint-Robert-Bellarmin wind farm in Quebec. 15 wind turbines are to be installed at the Ganaraska and Whispering Woods wind farms.
Continue readingInnovation in Electric Vehicles? Easy as A123
A123 is rolling out advanced lithium ion batteries technology that is helping power many of the electric cars that are on America?s roads today.
Continue readingIs Wind Energy Sinovel Planning to Replace American Superconductor?
Wind power Sinovel’s recent refusal to accept shipments from American Superconductor (AMSC) may be due to more than just a slowdown in the Chinese wind farm market.
Continue readingNuclear?s Health Risks on Chernobyl Anniversary
PSR physician experts gathered at the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident?to draw comparisons between Chernobyl and the ongoing Fukushima nuclear energy crisis
Continue readingElectric vehicles Volt Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric cars with extended-range capability and lithium ion batteries has been named a 2011 Top Safety Pick.
Continue readingTop Ten Solar Power States
The New York Times published a rundown today of the top ten states in installed solar energy capacity (photovoltaic, solar thermal or concentrated solar energy).
Continue readingNextEra Energy Resources subsidiary raises $118 million in capital for wind energy projects
Penta Wind consists of 483 megawatts of wind farm projects in five states. NextEra is the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind power and solar power.
Continue readingNew Wind Power Market Analysis for North America
These include assessing the impacts of energy curtailment, policy changes, and infrastructure development and quantifying the financial ramifications that they have for a specific wind farm site or wind energy project.
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 readingNuclear?s Health Risks on Chernobyl Anniversary
The 25th anniversary of Chernobyl and the continuing crisis at Fukushima?both Level 7 nuclear disasters?are clear reminders that standard evacuation zones cannot protect the public from a nuclear accident.
Continue readingBoosting the Efficiency of Wind Energy and Solar Power
Wind turbines produce wakes, invisible ripples, waves and other disturbances in the atmosphere downstream that can damage wind turbines and decrease efficiency.
Continue readingMasdar May Build 100-Megawatt Wind Farm in Abu Dhabi
The results of a feasibility study for the 100-megawatt wind power plant are due in six weeks and a contract could be awarded by January. It is wind energy, not solar power. It is the first wind turbines project.
Continue readingU.S. wind energy reports enduring growth in first quarter of 2011
America’s wind power industry installed 1,100 MW of new wind farm capacity in the first quarter of 2011 alone and entered the second quarter with another 5,600 MW of wind turbines under construction.
Continue readingWind energy Suzlon has chosen Lowe Lintas
Suzlon has worked in the past to create awareness for the category of wind power and educate the audiences of its benefits.
Continue readingWind Farm Planned In Western South Dakota
This $38 million capital wind power project will be the first wind energy development in western South Dakota.
Continue readingMitsubishi iMiEV electric car will be cheaper in the U.S.
Electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries will cost, before aid, about $27,000, and $8,000 (after incentive) in some places.
Continue readingBetter lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles
The puzzle is a lithium-rich compound material, Li1.2Co0.4Mn0.4O2, that holds key insights into the development of more powerful and robust batteries for electric cars.
Continue readingWind energy in Peru – approved the wind farm Talara with 30 MW
Peru does not have wind turbines, but in a few months will start operating the first wind power plants in a country where wind potential exceeds 60,000 megawatts, well above the current consumption.
Continue readingCalifornia wind energy sets record
Wind power production this week hit a new peak of 2,432 megawatts (MW), outpacing last year?s peak of 1,915 MW. It symbolizes the beginning of an important shift in the state?s power mix.
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