By 2015, the Renault Nissan Alliance expects to have production capacity for 500,000 electric cars and lithium ion batteries a year.
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Foundation contract award for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm
The wind power contract is worth around ?240million. At 576 MW, Gwynt y Môr will be one of the largest offshore wind energy plants with wind turbines from Siemens.
Continue readingSolar Gard® Invests $12 Million in Manufacturing to Meet Solar Power Demand
Architectural, Automotive and Photovoltaic Specialty Films to be Manufactured in New Plant in China, to Serve the Expanding Asian Solar Energy Market.
Continue readingWisconsin anti-wind energy bill is job killer
As a result, no wind farm would move forward, resulting in the loss of over 700 MW of wind turbines projects. Wisconsin employed 2,000-3,000 people in the wind power industry.
Continue readingCaldwell Tanks Supplying Thermal Storage For Solana Concentrating Solar Power Plant
The Solana project, which utilizes parabolic trough concentrated solar energy (CSP) technology, is expected to have an output of 250 MW.
Continue readingFirst electricity generated at Greater Gabbard and Walney wind energy projects
The first three wind turbines have now been energised in Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. Greater Gabbard will be the world’s largest offshore wind power plant.
Continue readingSolar Energy Zone Plan Focus of Public Meetings in Washington, DC
DOI announced a schedule of public meetings to gather comments on a comprehensive environmental analysis that has identified proposed ?solar power zones? on public lands in the west.
Continue readingLondon to Edinburgh by electric car: it was quicker by electric car
Feeling that electric cars were getting a bad rap due to a BBC correspondent’s four-day journey from London to Edinburgh in a Mini E, a Tesla driver took to the road and made the over 400-mile trip in a day.
Continue readingMorgan Crucible buys Chinese graphite business
Morgan Crucible says it is a recognised technical leader in the production of graphite materials for anodes used in lithium ion batteries for portable electronics and electric vehicles.
Continue readingLibya to build first wind power project
Libya is about to join the wind energy club with the construction of a 61.75 MW wind farm at Al-Fetaih, near Dernah on the north east coast.
Continue readingCanWEA introduces guidelines about wind power developments
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is helping its members enhance their communications about proposed wind farm with the introduction of Best Practices for Community Engagement and Public Consultation.
Continue readingGamesa wins second wind turbines order from Western Wind
Gamesa has received a wind energy order totalling 10MW for a wind farm being developed in Arizona.
Continue readingWhen Will the Food Bubble Burst? By Lester R. Brown
For decades, we environmentalists have talked about saving the planet. Now it is civilization itself that is at stake.
Continue readingWind Energy Benefits Watch: Lanai Island, HI
If and when the project comes to fruition, it would stand as a clear example of wind power’s ability to provide economic benefits to local communities.
Continue readingFord Focus Electric Vehicles will go into production later this year
Ford says they believe the technology will be popular because those interested in electric cars with lithium ion batteries are consumers also interested in technology and reducing their own energy usage.
Continue readingAMSC Receives Wind Turbines System Order from Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries
With the offshore wind power market in Asia now entering a phase of rapid growth, AMSC expects multi-megawatt wind energy systems such as Doosan?s WinDS3000 will be in increasingly high demand.
Continue readingCheap batteries will make the Electric vehicles Tesla Model S profitable
Tesla said that cheaper lithium ion batteries will make the upcoming electric cars Model S sedan more profitable with much lower sales than electric car Nissan LEAF.
Continue readingKuwait targets renewable energy sources
Our peak demand in summer is between 7 am and 5 pm. So there is a very high potential in solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingWSJ anti-wind energy editorial misleads
On December 20, the Wall Street Journal ran a misleading and logically convoluted editorial attacking wind power.
Continue readingChevy Volt Builds on Earlier GM Electrification Efforts
Many of the technologies of the EV1 in the 1990s, the Two-Mode hybrid SUVs and pickup trucks and the fuel cell Chevrolet Equinox used for the electric vehicles Volt.
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