Texas grid obtained 7.8% of its electricity from wind power, with wind farm plants providing more than 25% of the grid?s electricity at one point.
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Fukushima and Chernobyl
The US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, says the situation appears to be more serious than the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979.
Continue readingKenersys opens its first wind energy plant in Baramati
The company has set ambitious targets to rapidly expand its footprint in the growing Indian wind energy market. The company said the plant will produce hundreds of wind turbines of Kenersys type K82 2.0 MW.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic: Global Markets and Technologies
Global shipments of photovoltaic cells/modules reached 11,102 megawatts in 2010, and are expected to reach 55,621 megawatts of solar energy by 2015.
Continue readingJapan’s Chernobyl – Fukushima and the End of the Nuclear Era
Until the explosion at Fukushima, nuclear power was enjoying a renaissance as a ‘clean’ source of energy. Now its future looks a lot less secure.
Continue readingViessmann welcomes the Government?s Renewable Energy Heat Incentive
Viessmann offers solar thermal and photovoltaic, combined heat and power modules (CHP), ground, air and water sourced heat pumps and biomass boilers.
Continue readingNew Ford-DTE Energy solar power generation system at Michigan Assembly Plant
Renewable energy generated by solar energy system will help power production of Ford’s new Focus and Focus Electric as well as next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Continue readingAcciona begins construction work on 38 MW wind farm in Poland
The wind power project, which will include 19 wind turbines each with a capacity of 2MW, is expected to begin commercial operations by the end of this year.
Continue readingMass adoption of electric vehicles still some distance away
Despite rising fuel prices, the mass adoption of electric cars is still some distance away, is the finding of a new study by Deloitte, the business advisory firm.
Continue readingJuhl Wind and Suzlon Sell 20 MW Community Wind Energy Project
The Grant County Wind Farm in southwestern Minnesota consists of 10 Suzlon S88 ? 2.1 MW wind turbines and at full capacity produces 20 megawatts of energy.
Continue readingNovus International Installs First ChargePoint Stations for Electric Vehicles
Coulomb?s ChargePoint Network Expands Into Missouri: Novus International Installs First ChargePoint Stations for Electric Vehicles.
Continue readingIndia and China to benefit as global solar power photovoltaic returns to pre-recession growth
The total global solar energy photovoltaic capacity grew to 40 GW in 2010, according to the 2011 Solar Generation Report from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
Continue readingZenithSolar to Build Two 10 MW CHP Solar Stations in Gansu, China
The Gansu Province lies at the edge of the Gobi desert and has the best solar power conditions in China and among the best anywhere in the world.
Continue readingNew battery technology seeks balance between density and discharge durability
Recent battery developments in both novel lithium salt and lithium air show promise for addressing the power density and high charge cycle capacity needed for today?s electric vehicles.
Continue readingSuperior Silver Mines Becomes Clean Wind Energy Tower
Superior Silver Mines, Inc. announced it had completed a reverse merger transaction with Clean Wind Energy, Inc.
Continue readingChina automakers to get subsidies for electric vehicles
An official with the Beijing municipal government disclosed that electric cars would be available to Beijing residents within this year, and electric car producers can get up to 120,000 yuan for each unit.
Continue readingSiemens to Enter Indian Wind and Solar Markets
Siemens has unveiled its plans to invest approximately $87 million in wind turbine development in India in the next two years.
Continue readingCOMFERSA and Acciona will install an electric vehicle charging network in more than 60 railway station car parks in Spain
The companies signed an agreement today to install an “intelligent charging network” for electric vehicles.
Continue readingChile: First wind farm in Magallanes
It is the first industrial wind energy project in Magallanes expecting to begin operations in late 2010.
Continue readingChina’s solar photovoltaic output 40% of world total
China currently has more than 580 enterprises engaged in the solar photovoltaic industry, involving a total of 300,000 people.
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