Oerlikon Solar and Tianwei have completed one of mainland China?s largest thin-film solar panel factories, which in the first phase could produce 500,000 thin-film solar modules totalling 46 MW per year.
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First Solar to Produce Twice as Much as Leading Crystalline Solar Module Suppliers in 2009
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, U.S.-based First Solar Inc. is set to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world?s largest producer of Photovoltaic (PV) cells in 2009, according to iSuppli Corp.
Continue readingZinc based energy storage systems for electric vehicles
Zinc Energy Storage Technology Consortium (ZESTec) promotes the application and market development for all types of zinc based energy storage systems for a range of end uses from electric car to portable power.
Continue readingUS Batteries Market to reach $16.4 billion in 2012
US demand for primary and secondary batteries will increase 2.0 percent annually to $16.4 billion in 2012.
Continue readingSaft Baterías abordará la descentralización de la red eléctrica en la feria EPE 2009
Joaquín Chacón explicará cómo incorporar las energías renovables en el mix eléctrico gracias al almacenamiento energético, en el Encuentro Internacional sobre Energía y Electrónica que se celebrará en Barcelona.
Continue readingWant a Better Way to Power Your Car? It’s a Breeze by Lester R. Brown
Why not use the wind-generated electricity to power cars directly? While many residents in some places take a NIMBY view of wind farms, the opposite is true, it’s a PIMBY (Put It in My Backyard) issue.
Continue readingTh!nk City, un coche eléctrico para la ciudad
Th!nk City es un vehículo eléctrico, que puede recorrer 180 kilómetros entre recargas. Su velocidad máxima asciende a 105 km/h. La batería tiene 30 kW. Saldrá este año.
Continue readingReva Launching Two New Electric Cars
On Wednesday 16th September 2009 Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) will be unveiling two new M1 classified electric vehicles at the 63rd Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA).
Continue readingEl impacto ambiental de la energía eólica por José Santamarta
Cuando se aborda el impacto ambiental de una fuente de energía ha de estudiarse el ciclo completo. Entre todas las fuentes energéticas, la eólica, junto con la solar directa, es la menos dañina.
Continue readingLa energía eólica despega en América Latina
Hasta el momento, los 769 MW de potencia instalada en la región representan menos del 0,5% mundial, pero en 2009 se instalarán 1.200 MW eólicos y un mínimo de 1.500 MW en 2010.
Continue readingWind Turbine Systems & Components Market in the US
Demand for wind turbine systems and components is expected to increase 6.8 percent per year to $10.1 billion in 2012.
Continue readingLooking out to sea by Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
Offshore wind energy technology is making the transition from a concept with massive potential to a fast-evolving industry with increasing investment and political support.
Continue readingREpower new Technical Center in Osterrönfeld (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) celebrates the topping-out ceremony for its new Technical Center in Osterrönfeld, Rendsburg-Eckernförde.
Continue readingMiguel Mirones (CEOE) apoya el plan eólico de Cantabria
Empresarios, sindicatos, universidades y ecologistas (Greenpeace, entre otras ONG) apoyan el Plan Eólico y la eólica. La CEOE ha desbaratado todas las críticas del PP regional.
Continue readingSouth Dakota Wind Farm Puts Smart Grid Technology to Work to Yield a Greater Harvest
Basin Electric Power Cooperative?s New Wind Farm Creates Jobs, Puts GE?s ecomagination Transformers and Wind Turbines to Work, Maximizing Cleaner Power Delivered by Every Rotation of the Turbine Blade.
Continue readingWind power in Czech Republic: 150 MW in 2009 and 1,200 MW by 2020
There is 150 MW wind power installed in in Czech Republic. The government foresees wind installations of 1,200 MW by 2020, claiming that this is the maximum the limited transmission network could cope with.
Continue readingEmpresarios, sindicatos, universidades y ecologistas (Greenpeace) apoyan el Plan Eólico de Cantabria
La CEOE ha desbaratado todas las críticas del PP regional y la campaña orquestada por oscuros intereses contra la eólica, la renovable con menos impacto ambiental entre todas las fuentes energía.
Continue readingNuevo paso en la cooperación entre Mitsubishi y PSA Peugeot Citroën en vehículos eléctricos
La empresa francesa PSA Peugeot Citroën comercializará en Europa el vehículo eléctrico de Mitsubishi i-MiEV.
Continue readingToday, solar thermal power plants already provide over a million people with electricity
Solar thermal power plants: Over 500 experts expected at leading conference in Berlin. Desert power projects a central topic at SolarPACES 2009.
Continue readingEE UU avalará por 535 millones de dólares a la empresa fotovoltaica Solyndra
El vicepresidente de EE UU, Joseph Biden, anunció que el gobierno dará un aval por valor de 535 millones de dólares a la empresa Solyndra para la construcción de una fabrica de paneles solares fotovoltaicos.
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