GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), in partnership with Horizon Wind Energy LLC, –owned by EDP Renewables (NYSE Euronext: EDPR) — is investing $117 million in an Oklahoma wind farm.
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Sanyo to Install ?Solar Parking Lot? and Provide ?eneloop bikes? in Setagaya, Tokyo
Promoting Smart Energy Systems by combining solar panels, rechargeable batteries, & electric hybrid bicycles.
Continue readingEnel Green Power adds further 1,000 MW of wind power in Mexico
Enel Green Power, a unit of the Enel Group, through its subsidiary Enel Latin America, B.V., announced a project development agreement with SoWiTec Energias Renovables de Mexico Ltda.
Continue readingSanyo has won two customers for its lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles
Sanyo Electric Co., the world’s biggest maker of rechargeable batteries, has won at least two customers for its lithium-ion batteries for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Continue readingNavistar-Modec to Produce all-Electric Commercial Trucks in Indiana
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) and one of its wholly owned affiliates has signed a joint venture agreement with Modec Limited of the United Kingdom to create the Navistar-Modec EV Alliance, LLC.
Continue readingEDF commissions a 38 MW wind farm in Scotland
EDF Energies Nouvelles (Paris:EEN) announces the commissioning of the Longpark wind farm in Scotland, with an installed capacity of 38 MW.
Continue readingThe word at offshore wind workshop is ‘Let’s get moving’ By Carl Levesque
Some developments that were announced at this workshop suggest that offshore wind energy in the U.S. does seem to be rapidly approaching the moment when it becomes a reality
Continue readingSe aprueban 2.339 MW, pero? por Valeriano Ruiz
Es obligado comentar los últimos acontecimientos respecto a la inclusión en el registro de preasignación de nuevas plantas de solar termoeléctrica hasta totalizar una potencia de 2339 MW, de acuerdo con el RDL 06/09.
Continue readingLa Junta y Renault impulsarán los vehículos eléctricos en Andalucía
A principios de enero la Junta firmará un convenio de colaboración para impulsar el desarrollo y la implantación del vehículo eléctrico en algunas de las ciudades con más potencial turístico de Andalucía.
Continue readingRenault y Athlon Car ponen coches eléctricos a disposición de sus clientes
Renault y la compañía de leasing Athlon Car, perteneciente al grupo financiero Rabobank, han acordado ofrecer vehículos eléctricos a sus clientes comunes, informaron ambas empresas en un comunicado.
Continue readingPortugal promueve los vehículos eléctricos
Portugal, con un importante desarrollo de la energía eólica y sin combustibles fósiles, impulsa el coche eléctrico para reducir la dependencia energética y las emisiones de CO2.
Continue readingStudy finds no widespread impact of wind power projects on surrounding residential property values
Wind energy facilities does not have a pervasive or widespread adverse effect on the property values of nearby homes.
Continue readingBaterías recargables para vehículos eléctricos por José Santamarta
La electricidad no se almacena. ¿Verdadero o falso? Falso. La electricidad se almacena en las centrales de bombeo, que ayudan a gestionar la red, y en las baterías, entre otros procedimientos.
Continue readingIndia se compromete por primera vez a reducir sus emisiones de CO2
India se ha negado a aceptar un pacto vinculante para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero pero se ha comprometido a reducir la intensidad entre un 20 y un 25% entre 2005 y 2020.
Continue readingDelaware and Rhode Island Governors Address Offshore Wind Power Workshop
Governors Jack Markell of Delaware and Donald L. Carcieri of Rhode Island addressed the American Wind Energy Association Offshore Wind Power Workshop, which is bringing over 730 experts participants together in Boston.
Continue readingLa eólica aportó casi cuatro mil millones de euros al PIB en España en 2008
Los efectos de la crisis financiera internacional que estallaba con toda su crudeza en el otoño de 2008 no se hicieron notar en el desarrollo del sector eólico en España en 2008.
Continue readingGE’s Most Advanced Wind Turbine Marks French Debut
GE (NYSE: GE), French developer and energy producer Valorem SAS, as well as BL Finance have officially opened a new wind farm in the Picardy Region, north of Paris, on November 27, 2009.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Power Workshop in Boston
AWEA welcomed Massachusetts Secretary for Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles and Long Island Power Authority President and CEO Kevin S. Law as they kicked off the AWEA Offshore Wind Power Workshop in Boston.
Continue readingScratch another complaint about wind energy off the list By Chris Madison
DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds that proximity to wind energy facilities “does not have a pervasive or widespread adverse effect on the property values of nearby homes.”
Continue readingWind industry urges more speed on recovery plan funding
The ?565 million allocated to new offshore wind energy projects would be a welcome boost for growth in the new offshore wind industry, but to be fully effective the funds need to be allocated quickly.
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