A switch to wind energy will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — and reduce the global warming they cause. But there’s a catch, says climate researcher Diandong Ren, a research scientist at the University of Texas.
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Ford Taps Experts to Examine Opportunities, Challenges of Electric Vehicles
Ford Motor Company brings together local experts to discuss Chicago’s electric vehicle future.
Continue readingShort takes on ‘imported wind turbines’ issue
There?s no way around it. To play in the US wind farm market, you need a made-in-the-USA strategy.
Continue readingSGS Admitted to Membership of Swiss Wind Energy Association ?Suisse Eole?
In September 2010, SGS became a member of Suisse Eole and took part in the meeting of the association on September 14th, 2010 in Bern for the first time as Suisse Eole member.
Continue readingEcoCar Drives Students to Innovate
Last year, Americans used about 138 billion gallons of gasoline ? mostly imported ? for transportation, costing Americans about $300 billion.
Continue readingCanada Post Becomes First Customer for Azure Dynamics and Ford of Canada’s Transit Connect Electric Vehicles
Azure Dynamics and Ford announced that they will deliver one of the first Transit Connect Electric commercial vans to Canada Post under the LEAD customer program.
Continue readingDOE grants $1.3 billion loan guarantee for wind energy project
The wind power project is Caithness Shepherds Flat (845 MW) and it?s the largest guarantee ever offered by the DOE?s Financial Institution Partnership Program, supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Continue readingAnother misleading story on stimulus and wind energy
For the second time in the past few days, a story has appeared claiming that economic stimulus funds were wasted on U.S. wind farms that would have been built anyway.
Continue readingWind energy is answer to Bihar’s power woes
Bihar is one of the states lagging behind in power availability. There is a huge demand for power and equally huge deficit. Renewable energy at decentralised level can solve the problem.
Continue readingeCarTec 2010 – 2nd International Trade Fair for Electric Mobility
eCarTec München, the trade fair for electric mobility, brings together all current developments and technologies in the sectors, including: electric vehicles, energy market, storage technology, drive trains.
Continue readingABB Wins $50 Million Service Contracts for Offshore Wind Farms
Ensuring reliable transmission of renewable power from key North Sea wind energy projects.
Continue readingRenewable Energy Tax Credits: Keeping America at Work
The 1603 program actually led to a record-breaking year of 10,000 megawatts (MW) of new wind power in 2009, compared to the 4,000 MW feared prior to the Recovery Act.
Continue readingCanadian Wind Energy Association to unveil strategic wind vision for Quebec at 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) will unveil its long-term strategic vision for wind power development in Quebec on Nov. 1st at the opening of its 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Montreal.
Continue readingWind To Power Systems Releases Solar Inverter for North American Market
Wind To Power Systems Inc. (W2PS), a leading provider of systems that integrate renewable power into the electric grid, announces the release of the Solar2PS© 500KW solar inverter for the North American market.
Continue readingProject management for offshore wind power plants
With the completion of the largest offshore wind farm in the world – Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Wind Farm in the UK – GL Noble Denton / GL Garrad Hassan has now finished its largest project to date.
Continue readingFluitec’s Magnotti Selected to Chair at the 2010 China Smart Grid Conference
He will use these lessons and show how his company’s technologies are applicable to smart grid applications of distributed generation, wind power, and transformers.
Continue readingSiemens receives second order for wind turbines from Brookfield Renewable Power in Ontario, Canada
Siemens continues to solidify its leading wind power market position in Ontario, Canada.
Continue readingNuttby Mountain Wind Farm begins powering Nova Scotia
The Point Tupper wind farm was commissioned on August 4th, 2010. NS Power has a 49% interest in this 22 MW Renewable Energy Services Limited wind project.
Continue readingGeothermal energy: US funding for demonstration projects
7 innovative projects regarding geothermal fluids – low temperature and recovered from oil and gas wells ? aim at lowering significantly the initial cost of units.
Continue readingStakeholders Urge FERC To Recognize The Broad Benefits Transmission Provides
A robust, modern transmission infrastructure is essential both to develop our vast domestic clean energy resources and to effectively integrate demand-side options.
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