The installation of 1,300 new charging points to encourage more drivers to use electric vehicles in the capital has begun. Mayor’s drive to make London the electric car capital of Europe.
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New Transmission Lines Solving Wind Energy Industry’s Biggest Problem
The U.S. Wind Power industry appears to be poised for new period of growth. In the boom years of the early 2000s thousands of new wind turbines were installed.
Continue readingElectric Vehicle Rollouts Challenged by Cost of Charging Infrastructure and Grid Management
The large scale roll out of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with lithium ion batteries will be hindered unless investors stimulate demand and lower the cost of public charging infrastructure.
Continue readingSmart Grid Deployment Tracker 4Q10
What and where are the active plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) projects?
Continue reading3M Installs Coulomb Technologies? ChargePoint Stations for Electric Vehicles
The installation of electric car charging stations at 3M Center represents the latest milestone for the company that has implemented dozens of programs over the years.
Continue reading3M Installs Electric Vehicles Charging Station
The installation of electric car charging stations at 3M Center represents the latest initiative geared to enhance infrastructure with sustainability in mind.
Continue readingMichigan Gov. Snyder Applauds Production of First Blink Electric Vehicle Home Charging Stations
Throughout each step of The EV Project, we?ve seen unprecedented consumer demand for electric vehicles, and partners like Roush have played a key role.
Continue readingBuffalo Wild Wings Introduces Florida?s First Restaurant-Based Electric Vehicles Charging Station
NovaCharge enables a smart charging infrastructure for plug-in Electric Cars (EVs) by providing a seamless, scalable, reliable and cost-effective solution.
Continue readingEndesa´s Smartcity proyect wins two prizes
Charging stations will be installed and a small fleet of electric vehicles will be dispatched to encourage the use of electric cars.
Continue readingZigbee Alliance and SAE International Accelerate Electric Vehicle Connection to the Smart Grid
Their efforts will make ZigBee Smart Energy the preferred technology supporting Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEV) and enabling essential vehicle to grid (V2G) communication and power capabilities.
Continue readingFossil power plant problems cause Texas blackouts
It appears that wind energy was not in any way a cause of this event. In fact, wind power actually played a major role in keeping the blackouts from becoming more severe.
Continue readingVehicle-to-Grid (V2G) – Investment in Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure
The global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) market is projected to grow at a blistering growth rate during the forecast period 2012-2020.
Continue readingMitsubishi Launches Australia’s First Public Electric Vehicles Fast Charging Unit
Mitsubishi introduced its i-MiEV (Innovative Electric Vehicle) into the Australian market in August 2010 and the company has now sold more than one hundred electric cars.
Continue readingVattenfall to cooperate in UK-Norway interconnection
Vattenfall inaugurated the largest offshore wind farm and the company is building up several onshore and offshore wind energy projects and has been awarded rights to develop up to 7,200 MW of wind power capacity.
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 readingConsumers Can Now Manage Their Electric Vehicles Charging and Home Energy Management from a Single Interface
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY) is a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies with a full range of products for charging electric vehicles.
Continue readingZigBee Alliance, SAE Collaborate for Electric Vehicles Connection to Smart Grid
The ZigBee Alliance and the SAE are collaborating on ZigBee Smart Energy standard-development efforts aimed at supporting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and enabling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communication.
Continue readingHong Kong Expands Support For Electric Cars
Mitsubishi and Nissan, the US-based EV manufacturer Detroit Electric is set to enter the Hong Kong market, and plans to introduce five-seater saloon electric vehicles in the first half of 2011.
Continue readingIreland Using Wind Energy to Recharge Electric Vehicles
The project is meant to demonstrate the smart-grid technologies needed to transfer and store wind energy in electric cars with lithium ion batteries. The EVs will be powered by a mix of wind power and electricity.
Continue readingTVA, EPRI dedicate SMART charging station for electric vehicles
Located at EPRI’s Knoxville Research Laboratory, the station demonstrated its capabilities Tuesday while charging electric vehicles built by General Motors, Mitsubishi and Nissan.
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