Willacy County commissioners on Tuesday tentatively approved an agreement to allow Duke Energy to build a 20,000- to 25,000-acre wind farm east of Sebastian.
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El debate nuclear en EE UU por Carlos Fresneda
Si algo llama la atención del debate nuclear recién abierto en Estados Unidos es precisamente la falta de un ?debate? real, por no hablar de la complacencia o de la desinformación a la que contribuyen los grandes medios.
Continue readingFCC to roll out wind farms at WRG’s UK landfills
Spanish Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), the leading global environmental services, infrastructure and energy group, announces its plans to enter the UK wind power sector.
Continue readingAsit reclama un marco específico para la solar térmica
Ante el fracaso de resultados del PER 2005-2010, ASIT aprueba unánimemente la puesta en marcha, en 2010, de importantes iniciativas para asegurar el crecimiento sostenido y sostenible del Sector Solar Térmico.
Continue readingAmory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse
We speak with Amory Lovins, the co-founder, chairman and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, who has been described as ?one of the Western world?s most influential energy thinkers.?
Continue readingOHSU Opens Electric Car Charging Station
Oregon Health & Science University has installed its first electric vehicles charging station, allowing patients, visitors and staff to recharge their green vehicles while at OHSU.
Continue readingACS inaugura una central termosolar en Badajoz tras invertir 300 millones de euros
ACS puso en marcha en Badajoz una termosolar de 50 megavatios en la que ha invertido unos 300 millones de euros y que supone la primera de las tres que la compañía tiene previsto promover en Extremadura.
Continue readingZAP Receives Order for 100 New Electric Vehicles SUVs from Samyang Optics
Electric vehicle pioneer ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP) has accepted a purchase order from Samyang Optics Co. Ltd. (KSE: 008080.KS) of Korea for 100 electric SUVs.
Continue readingIberdrola prevé invertir 18.000 millones ? en el periodo 2010-2012
Por negocios, 9.000 millones ? se invertirán en energías renovables, 6.300 millones ? en redes y 2.700 millones ? en generación y comercialización.
Continue readingIberdrola projects investments totalling ?18 billion in the three-year period 2010-2012
Iberdrola projects investments totalling ?18 billion in the three-year period 2010-2012 with a goal of pursuing organic growth and consolidating its international expansion.
Continue readingFCC invertirá 114 millones en parques eólicos en vertederos de Reino Unido con 80 MW
FCC invertirá 114 millones de euros en la construcción de parques eólicos en algunos vertederos de entre los más de cien que gestiona en Inglaterra, Escocia y Gales a través de su filial Waste Recycling Group.
Continue readingIberdrola gana 2.800 millones de euros en 2009
El Ebitda crece un 6,3% en el año, hasta los 6.815 millones ?, impulsado por los negocios internacionales, en especial los regulados y renovables, y el beneficio recurrente sube un 7,7%.
Continue readingIberdrola net profit exceeds ?2.8 billion in 2009
Ebitda rose 6.3% to ?6,815 million, driven by international businesses, especially regulated activities and renewables, and net recurring profit rose 7.7%.
Continue readingVehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology takes national stage
The University of Delaware’s vehicle-to-grid technology drove onto the world’s stage at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Friday, Feb. 19, in San Diego.
Continue readingGalaxy Ventures Into Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) Production
Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) (PINK:GALXF) announces positive results from a detailed Pre Feasibility Study (PFS) into downstream processing of battery grade electrolytic manganese dioxide at its Jiangsu site.
Continue readingLG Chem’s Lithium Polymer Battery Sweeps the Electric Vehicles
LG Chem is quickly becoming one of the world’s largest suppliers of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. LG Chem Ltd. will supply hybrid- electric car batteries to Chongqing Changan Automobile Co.
Continue readingEPA, NREL Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Sites
The project will analyze the potential development of wind energy, solar power, or small hydro development at 12 sites. The analysis will include determining the best renewable energy technology for the site.
Continue readingWind Power Grows 31% Globally
Wind energy is now an major player in the global energy market. The industry grew 31-percent in 2009, making it worth about $63 billion. It’s estimated the industry employs half a million people worldwide.
Continue readingOSIsoft Chosen for Two New Experimental REpower MM92 Large-Power Wind Turbines
OSIsoft Chosen as the Data Collection and Analysis Infrastructure Supplier for Two New Experimental REpower MM92 Large-Power Wind Turbines at Gaspe Wind Energy TechnoCentre.
Continue readingFirst Wind Power’s Milford Project Honored with an Excellence in Renewable Energy Award
First Wind, an independent United States wind energy company, selected by readers of RenewableEnergyWorld.com. The Milford Wind Corridor recognized during the Renewable Energy World North American Conference.
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