Ken Silverstein had a story in Wednesday’s EnergyBiz insider questioning the likelihood of adequate transmission capacity being available for new power plants using renewable energy sources such as wind turbines.

Nissan applauds California Governor Brown’s clear vision and strong commitment to electric vehicles through the $120 million investment for the creation of the Electric Expressway.

Wind power transmission the topic of seminar March 21-22. Indiana increased its installed wind farm ten fold in 2009 and 2010.

An innovative interaction between systems will allow to directly monitor Enel’s charging network from the Renault Z.E. electric cars. An advanced solution for charging stations for electric vehicles within smart grids.

?Through the collaboration between Renesas and Grid2Home, we provide a solution for OEMs looking to design and evaluate the electric car charging protocols,? said Rick Kornfeld, CEO of Grid2Home.

Iberdrola plans to launch new commercial charging solutions for electric vehicles, adapted to the various segments in the market.

IBM, aiming to show how electric vehicles can interact with the power grid, has teamed up with Japanese carmaker Honda and US utility PG&E.

Technologies to harness solar power (photovoltaic and concentrating solar power) and wind energy have improved dramatically in the last few years.

Gov. Pat Quinn has announced that Illinois based company will provide cable for a wind-power transmission line which is expected to generate 1,450 jobs over 3 years.

The company has recently completed the process to qualify as a recharging manager for electric cars with lithium ion batteries. Iberdrola has set up an electric car sharing service for its employees.

A coming wave of electric cars poses no threat to the electrical system in Illinois, according to a report issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission, the body tasked with regulating utilities.

The new plans would allow northern Europe to replace reduced wind energy capacity in the summer, with electricity from other sources, such as concentrated solar power from southern Europe.

Offshore wind power projects include Emerge. Azimut, aimed at expanding on existing knowledge to optimise offshore wind farm, and EERA DTOC, for the design of tools for offshore wind turbines clusters.

“With Plugless Power, we’ve overcome one of the major obstacles to more widespread adoption of electric vehicles”.

The Moscow United Electric Grid Company will launch charging stations for electric vehicles on Tuesday.

The Westport-based firm Elektron Solar has proposed building a photovoltaic solar energy for electric cars in the Baldwin Parking Lot in downtown Westport.

First edition of “Assises Nationales des Infrastructures de Charge”, electric car charging infrastructure exhibition, Nice – 16 and 17 February 2012.

A new study has found that companies would be vastly better off replacing their urban delivery fleet with electric vehicles.

The News Media sensationalism never rests with ?articles? claiming electric cars pollute, when in actuality the dirty source of electricity is to blame.

Forging ahead with its green power agenda, IKEA is expanding its solar power commitments in the US yet again and installing more charging stations for electric cars.