Lithium is not just a flavor of the year. It is in high demand for hybrid and electric vehicles, laptops, cell phones and will remain even more so as technology is perfected and consumer demand increases globally.
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Anti-wind power study funded by…surprise!…U.S. fossil group By Chris Madison
Last year, a research company in Denmark produced a controversial report that questioned the credibility of the Danish wind industry, particularly claims that wind energy reduces carbon emissions.
Continue readingHow Much Lithium Does A Battery Really Need? By William Tahil
Median International’s Research Director examines this critical question. 3 kg of raw technical grade Lithium Carbonate will be required per kWh of final usable battery capacity.
Continue readingEl problema de las baterías
Las grandes automotrices del mundo ya ofrecen automóviles eléctricos “cero-emisiones”, con autonomía energética de entre 120 y los 150 kilómetros, es decir, rangos de operación sin necesidad de recargar su batería.
Continue readingIngenieros debatirán en Granada fórmulas para almacenar las energías renovables
Más de trescientos ingenieros de unos 55 países se reunirán desde el martes en Granada con el fin, entre otras cuestiones, de buscar nuevas fórmulas para el almacenamiento de energías renovables con baterías eléctricas.
Continue readingDesertec Becoming a Reality
Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII), the largest solar energy project, has recently gained the support of the US company First Solar and both the Tunisian and Algerian governments.
Continue readingMarty Crotty, new CEO of UpWind Solutions, a Leading 3rd Party Service Provider to the Wind Energy Industry
Crotty?s expertise further positions UpWind as the premier service provider in the wind power industry.
Continue readingSanyo Completes Installation of Solar Parking Lots
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) announces that it has completed installation of two ?Solar Parking Lots,? incorporating solar panels and lithium-ion battery systems.
Continue readingNREL and Alcoa Test Concentrating Solar Power Technology in Colorado
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced that it is jointly testing an advanced solar technology with the U.S. DOE?s NREL with the goal of making Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology competitive in the U.S. by lowering its cost.
Continue readingVestas kept No. 1 in wind power market, Sinovel No. 3
Denmark’s Vestas (VWS.CO) kept its position as the world’s No. 1 supplier of wind turbines in 2009 while two Chinese rivals climbed into the top 5 in terms of market share, according to MAKE Consulting.
Continue readingChina promotes offshore wind energy construction
Last year, 10,129 wind turbines were installed, totaling 13,803 MW, up 124 percent over the previous year. By the end of 2009, China’s total installed wind turbines reached 21,544, amounting to 25,805 MW.
Continue readingPescarmona, Isolux, Emgasud, Eurnekian, PAE and Invap bid for the Argentina wind power
Pescarmona (Impsa), Isolux, Emgasud, Eurnekian, Invap and PAE (Panamerican Energy) became the main suppliers seeking to keep wind energy plants that drove the state company ENARSA tender.
Continue readingTesla tour will visit 15 cities on three continents
Tesla Motors and TAG Heuer head to Zurich as first stop on ?Odyssey of Pioneers? world tour. 37,000-kilometer journey starts in Basel; tour will visit 15 cities on three continents.
Continue readingWind Turbines Sound: The Neighbors Speak By Tom Gray (AWEA)
A story on the new wind energy plants that have sprung up in western Indiana during the past two years provides a useful perspective on the sometimes-mentioned issue of wind turbine sound.
Continue readingMenos subvenciones para la energía solar fotovoltaica en Alemania
La drástica reducción de incentivos gubernamentales y el aumento de la competencia china generan nuevos retos para la industria fotovoltaica germana.
Continue readingWind energy Nordex founds new company in Ireland
Nordex SE is extending its structures in the growing Irish market: the wind power specialist has now founded its own company in in the country.
Continue readingLebanon to reach a 12 percent usage rate of renewable energy by 2020
MENA countries must make substantial changes in the regulatory framework to ensure renewable energy projects can fit the model, and create incentives that would kick-start renewable energy investments.
Continue readingPescarmona, Isolux, Emgasud, Eurnekian, Invap y PAE pujan por la eólica argentina
Pescarmona, Isolux, Emgasud, Eurnekian, Invap y PAE (Panamerican Energy) se convirtieron en las principales oferentes que buscan quedarse con los parques eólicos que sacó a licitación la empresa estatal ENARSA.
Continue reading20.000 millones de aves migratorias, afectadas por el cambio climático
El impacto de la eólica sobre las aves es ínfimo, y positivo a largo plazo, al reducir las emisiones de CO2 y otros gaes contaminantes.
Continue readingWind Energy America has completed the commissioning of the first of two Gamesa wind turbines
Wind Energy America Inc. (“WEA”) (PINKSHEETS: WNEA) (FRANKFURT: 41W) has completed the commissioning of the first of two Gamesa G-52 0.8-megawatt (MW) wind turbines.
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