The Crossroads Solar Energy Project would use the same technology that SolarReserve is intending for the Crescent Dunes plant in Nevada and the Rice plant in California.
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Dana Battery Cooling Technology Featured on All-New Chevrolet Volt
Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) announced that it is supplying Long® internal battery cell coolers on the first advanced lithium-ion battery for a mass-marketed electric vehicles.
Continue readingBuffalo Wild Wings Introduces Florida?s First Restaurant-Based Electric Vehicles Charging Station
NovaCharge enables a smart charging infrastructure for plug-in Electric Cars (EVs) by providing a seamless, scalable, reliable and cost-effective solution.
Continue readingREC announces construction of 24 MW Solar Power Plant in Italy
REC Systems, a business unit of REC, has developed and financed, and is now constructing together with ABB, a 24.2 MW solar energy plant located in the Lazio region of Italy using 100,000 REC modules.
Continue readingWind Works Power Announces Procurement of Enercon Wind Turbines for Its German Wind Farm
Wind power Burg I is the first phase of a 2-phase, 10 MW wind energy project located near Magdeburg in the eastern part of Germany.
Continue readingSarkozy launches 10-billion euro tender for offshore wind power
President Nicolas Sarkozy said France was seeking bidders for a 10-billion euro (13.6 billion dollar) contract to build the country’s first offshore wind energy facilities with 600 wind turbines.
Continue readingToshiba Offers Bulgaria Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Smart Grids Project
Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has offered Bulgaria a large-scale project in the field of renewable energy, “smart electricity grids” and electric cars.
Continue readingMitsui Mining To Boost Battery Material Output For Electric Vehicles
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. decided to mass-produce the material for lithium-ion batteries as it expects demand for electric cars will grow.
Continue readingFirst wind energy plant in Tanzania
Very short term projects focus on wind power, with a 50 MW wind farm that will be put into service within 18 months. The installation of the wind turbbines would start early next year.
Continue readingCleanTech Innovations, Inc. Receives $11 Million In Initial Wind Tower Supply Contracts From China’s Largest Energy Company
Large state-owned energy companies such as HuaNeng are the final customers and integrators of the wind energy industry in China.
Continue readingWind power gets Europe’s vote
Over 10,000 Europeans have participated in a wind power competition launched by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in April 2010.
Continue readingBoralex starts construction on solar energy project in France
Renewable energy company Boralex Inc. is entering the solar power business by beginning construction of a solar park in France.
Continue readingWind energy gaining ground in states
Nationwide, even though wind power today is more than 10 times the size it was a decade ago, it still generates just over 2% of U.S. electricity.
Continue readingMunro Distributing Company expands into solar energy
Munro and SunTrac Solar offer the industry’s highest efficiency solar energy panel for solar hot water.
Continue readingSilver Spring Networks CEO Demos 2012 Plug-in Prius and Smart Grid Connected Charging Stations
Effectively integrating electric vehicles is one of the great promises of the smart grid and we?re excited to be working with innovative partners including Toyota, ClipperCreek and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
Continue readingSAIL Announces a First in Utility-Scale Solar Power Battery Storage
The SolarTAC site will include facilities for testing both photovoltaic and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies, including access to the grid.
Continue readingUS DOE Boosts 2011 Electric Vehicles Manufacturing and Infrastructure Market With $184 Million Grant
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced on December 16th that the U.S. DOE will start accepting applications up to $184 million to accelerate the development and deployment of electric vehicles.
Continue readingIn the EU, wind power continues to be one of the most popular electricity generating technologies
Industry statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) show that in 2009, cumulative wind power capacity increased by 16% to reach a level of 74.767 GW.
Continue readingFirst Wind Extends and Expands Scholarship Program for 2011
First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, today announced that applications will be open and available online for the 2011 First Wind Scholars program beginning on December 15.
Continue readingStudy Identifies Mexico as Huge Solar Resource
Mexico is seriously underdeveloped in terms of solar energy technologies like solar photovoltaic (PV), concentrated solar energy (CSP) and passive solar thermal (i.e., hot water heating).
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