Google is no stranger to solar power, but on Tuesday it announced its largest investment in the alternative energy source to date?a $280 million placement in solar thermal provider SolarCity.
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Google promotes electric vehicles
Coulomb Technologies Announces Largest Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Installation at Google, Inc.
Continue readingGE Harnesses Solar Energy To Power Electric Vehicles
Electric car with lithium ion batteries naysayers have pointed out that all electric cars do is move the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack of power plants.
Continue readingBoston-Power Unveils Latest Electric Car Battery Offering
The question is no longer if the world will adopt electric vehicles ? it¡¯s now how can vehicle manufacturers safely and cost-effectively provide electric cars that meet key customer requirements.
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 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 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.
Continue reading300 smart fortwo electric vehicles on the streets of Amsterdam by end of 2011
Car2go to introduce one of the world?s first large scale electric car with lithium ion batteries sharing programs. 300 smart fortwo electric cars on the streets by end of 2011.
Continue readingRadioactivity at a hobbled nuclear plant in Fukushima was 10 million times more than normal
The high radiation levels were detected at reactor number 2 in water that had accumulated in the turbine housing unit, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the Fukushima’s operator, said.
Continue readingCape Fear Solar Achieves Triple NABCEP Certification
John Donoghue from Wilmington based Cape Fear Solar Systems is one of four people in U.S. that have achieved triple NABCEP Certification: Solar PV®, Solar Thermal? and Solar PV Technical Sales?.
Continue readingChina WindPower has invested around 20 wind farm plants
China WindPower Group is an investment holding engaged in wind energy with investment in various wind turbines projects in China.
Continue readingNorwegian Post to purchase 20 Transit Connect Electric vehicles
Norwegian Post signed a contract to purchase 20 Transit Connect Electric vehicles, with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingHorizon Wind Energy Invests in a Wind Farm in Ohio
Horizon Wind Energy has been working with over 100 local landowners since 2007 to develop the wind power farm, which consists of fifty-five wind turbines.
Continue readingYingli Green Energy and GRID Alternatives Partner to Provide Solar Energy
Yingli Green Energy is a leading solar power company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers.
Continue readingAcciona opens its second concentrated solar energy plant in the Spanish region of Extremadura
Acciona already has four Concentrating Solar Power plants in operation and two solar thermal plants under construction, totaling 314 MW and an investment of around 1.4 billion euros
Continue readingAsia Pacific Solar Power Photovoltaic Market Outlook 2011
Favourable Policy Framework such as Feed-in-tariffs to Help Solar Energy PV Systems Achieve Revenue Growth of 41.9 per cent in 2011.
Continue reading38 MW Polish wind energy project gets underway
Acciona Energy’s wind farm will add to the increasing amount of wind turbines being installed in Poland. In 2010 the wind power capacity in the country increased by 53% to an accumulated figure of 1107 MW.
Continue readingEIB finances first offshore wind farm in Germany
The wind energy project involved the construction of 21 wind turbines. This as a pioneering project for German offshore wind power.
Continue readingCargill to use wind power technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry
Cargill has signed an agreement with SkySails GmbH & Co. KG (SkySails) to use wind energy technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry.
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