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Hydro-Quebec partners with companies to offer electric car charging stations
Hydro-Quebec is teaming up with several well-known companies to offer Canada’s first charging stations for electric vehicles.
Continue readingSiemens Acquires Stake in the Concentrating Solar Power Company Semprius
Semprius, Inc., is commercializing concentrated solar energy Photovoltaic (HCPV) modules for commercial, institutional and large-scale utility power generation in sunny climates.
Continue readingUtilities Double Solar Energy Capacity in 2010
In 2010, thirty utilities reported owning 140 MW of solar energy which is a drastic 300% increase from 2009. Solar power and include photovoltaic and concentrated solar energy technologies.
Continue readingSemi-Solid Flow Battery, a Viable Alternative for Electric Vehicles
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed black goo for semi-solid flow battery that is cheaper that existing lithium ion batteries, which makes them a viable option for electric cars.
Continue readingSt Andrews University wants its own wind energy
The University of St Andrews is seeking planning permission from Fife Council to develop the six wind turbines in a wind farm on farmland it owns.
Continue readingWind power ready to fill Japan energy gap
The Global Wind Energy Council called for urgent action to exploit Japan?s tremendous wind power potential for a speedy transition towards renewable energy.
Continue readingGoogle to invest $110 million in wind farm
Google and Citigroup will each invest $55 million in Terra-Gen Power’s 102 megawatt Alta IV wind power project in California. Renewable energy developer Terra-Gen Power is constructing the 1550 MW Alta Wind Energy.
Continue readingIowa Leads Nation in Wind Energy Generation
State announces new wind farm projects and continued renewable energy platform. Acciona Windpower was recently awarded over $3 million by the Iowa Power Fund to install new wind turbines in Iowa.
Continue readingLargest K-12 Solar Power and Energy Efficiency Program in U.S
An event to celebrate the completion of this solar and energy efficiency project is being held today at Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose.
Continue readingABB to Develop Energy Storage Solution in Switzerland
Storage will play a key role in the evolution of more flexible and smarter grids as we address the challenge of accommodating growing amounts of intermittent renewable energies like solar power and wind energy.
Continue reading3Power Energy Group Enters into 58 MW Chile Wind Energy Project Acquisition
3Power Energy Group has entered into agreement to acquire two wind farm projects in Chile totalling 58 MW.
Continue readingRenewable energy can exceed global demand, according to IPCC
?The report clearly demonstrates that renewable technologies could supply the world with more energy than it would ever need, and at a highly competitive cost,? said Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council.
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 readingWind energy Gamesa signs MoUs for 900 MW of wind power capacity in China
Gamesa, a global leader in wind turbines and a benchmark in wind farm development, has achieved a major qualitative leap in its trade relations with China.
Continue readingGenerating ice cream from wind power
Itfs not what traditional wind farm developers have in mind when they are considering the many benefits of harnessing wind energy. Turkey Hill Dairy announced last week its use of two wind turbines.
Continue readingAttention disinformers: last chance to belittle wind power
Nuclear advocates, to keep their dream alive, need to claim that nuclear is the only hope, and that wind energy cannot produce enough electricity to do the job.
Continue readingInterest in wind power picks up in New Mexico
Terra-Gen Power revealed plans early this month for a 150-megawatt wind farm. Lee Tillman says wind energy has a good future in eastern New Mexico for both small and large wind turbines.
Continue readingSmall-hydro in the Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia)
Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia will also use small-hydro to meet their growing electricity needs and rebalance their energy systems that suffer from decades of political unrest.
Continue readingEtrion Releases 2010 Annual Disclosure Documents
Etrion Corporation develops, builds, owns and operates solar power plants. Etrion currently owns 47 megawatts (MW) of operational, ground-based solar energy photovoltaic (PV) plants in Italy.
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