General Motors is knocking 13 percent off the sticker price of the Chevrolet Volt electric car as it tries to keep pace with rivals in the U.S. market for plug-in vehicles. The automaker said Tuesday that the 2014 Volt will start at $34,995, including shipping _ $5,000 less than the current model. The new model … Continue reading General Motors cuts price of Volt electric car by 13 percent
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Military Buying Chevrolet Volt Electric Vehicles For U.S. Bases
In July, the Marine Corps base in Miramar, California acquired two Chevrolet Volts that are charged from solar power. The base installed a solar-powered charging station that has space for charging four electric cars at a time. That means the Marine Corps can drive short distances in the Volts using only solar power, rather than … Continue reading Military Buying Chevrolet Volt Electric Vehicles For U.S. Bases
Continue readingAdvanced electrodes for better lithium ion batteries
Nanostructured materials better withstand stresses from changes in volume, so researchers and a handful of startups are making anodes from silicon nanowires, nanotubes, and porous nanoparticles.
Continue readingBryce out to lunch with latest anti-wind farm broadside
Gov. Brown (D-CA) was talking about solar power opponents at the time, not wind power opponents. And he did not say he would crush them ? he was referring to unnamed local opponents on other issues.
Continue readingTesla Wins $100 Million Supply Deal With Toyota for RAV4 Electric Cars
Toyota, which previously agreed to pay Tesla $60 million to develop lithium-ion batteries and motors for use in electric vehicles RAV4, is paying the additional funds for packs and motors for electric cars.
Continue readingEndesa and Enel export their remote management model to Latin America
The pilot project is being developed in Brazil through the distributor Coelce and 100 smart meters have been installed, which are the intellectual property of Enel Distribucion.
Continue readingCanWEA applauds Nova Scotia for setting wind farm pay rates
The Canadian Wind Energy Association says the feed-in tariffs set by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board will make the province a leader in small wind power developments.
Continue readingMobilization to Deer Horn Commencing
Tellurium is one of the rarest metals in the world and is sought after by both the solar power and electronics industries. We are looking forward to drilling the tungsten showing on the Deer Horn property.
Continue readingThe opportunity to wind power your electric car has arrived
The opportunity to wind power your car has arrived. Several automakers, including American icons Ford and Chevrolet, are rolling out electric vehicles.
Continue readingClimate change effect on U.S. wind power to be minimal, says study
Areas where the model predicts decreases in wind density are quite limited, and many of the areas where wind density is predicted to decrease are off limits for wind farm plants anyway.
Continue readingVolt electric vehicles – owner doesn’t pay attention to the rising prices
Short is an early Volt purchaser whose idea of an electric car with extended range is that it is an electric car first and foremost.
Continue readingDomestic charging points for electric vehicles have been installed in homes in the north east of England
The first domestic charging points for electric cars with lithium ion batteries have been installed in homes in the north east of England.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Turbines Market Will Reach $73.5 Billion by 2015
Pro-wind regulatory environment for wind power projects and increase in utility scale wind energy generation farms have put the world at 159 GW installed wind farm capacity at the end of 2009.
Continue readingAMSC to Supply D-VAR Solution to Nordex UK
American Superconductor (AMSC) declared that it has received a number of wind energy orders for its proprietary D-VAR reactive compensation solution for wind power plants in the UK.
Continue readingICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA Applauds President Obama?s State of the Union Address
President Obama made some significant announcements: 80 percent of America?s electricity should come from clean energy by 2035; America should have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
Continue readingBergamo Acquisition Announces Terms Agreed Upon for Three Hybrid Solar Thermal Power Plants
Bergamo Acquisition Corp Announces Terms Agreed Upon for Three Hybrid Concentrating Solar Power Plants Totaling 200 Megawatts of Capacity in India.
Continue readingRWE Innogy continues to expand wind energy operations in Italy
Commissioning of the 26 megawatt Ururi wind farm in southern Italy. Further wind power project involving RWE Innogy and FRI-EL Green Power.
Continue readingAlgonquin Power & Utilities announces the acceptance of two wind energy projects by Hydro-Québec
The wind farm projects were submitted with support from APUC in response to the community based call for offers announced in the spring of 2009.
Continue readingWorld’s largest wind farm: Thanet officially open
Around 250 distinguished guests, invited by Vattenfall Wind Power, yesterday marked the official opening of the 300MW Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Kent with a boat trip and a ministerial visit.
Continue readingSolar Roadways – Let?s pave roads with photovoltaic panels instead of asphalt
This technique has an enormous potential. Only in the United States, for instance, the total surface of roads, highways and open parking lots is estimated in over 100,000 square kilometres.
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