Dominion (NYSE: D) commended legislation signed by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell that establishes the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority.
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Cheap and green
Zero-carbon, renewable energy which is cost-competitive with fossil fuel generated sources is surely the Holy Grail of the engineering world.
Continue readingVirginia: Offshore Wind Energy Bills Into Law
The Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition Legislative Package Passed the Virginia General Assembly Unanimously.
Continue readingEDF commissions an 18 MW wind farm in Greece
EDF Energies Nouvelles continues its wind energy expansion in Europe and announces the commissioning of the 18 MW Skopies wind farm in Greece.
Continue readingWind power uses a radar for protection of migratory birds
For the first time, a radar system is employed to avoid harming migratory birds, in a Texan wind farm consisting of 118, 2.4 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Pricing Demonstrates Viability of Electrification
The LEAF is an affordable car, far more so when fuel cost savings over the life of the vehicle are taken into account.
Continue readingLEO Motors Receives Purchase Order for 1,170 Scooters
This represents the first mass purchase order to Leo Motors, which has until now been a development stage company, since its inception.
Continue readingMIT Report Progress on Development for Lithium-Air Batteries
Researchers at MIT have taken a step closer towards a technology that could lead to lightweight batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists.
Continue readingJamaican government exploring new wind power sites
The Jamaican government will be exploring 22 new wind energy sites, to add wind generated electricity to the existing Wigton Wind farm 1, and the soon to be completed US$49 million Wigton 2, in Southern Manchester.
Continue readingMore transmission lines needed to realize wind power plants
In the near term, companies are opting to harness wind power closer to existing transmission lines, usually near urban areas, to avoid the lengthy and costly process of building new lines.
Continue readingSmith Electric U.S. Taps $22 Million in Funding
Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corporation will receive $32 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to produce all-electric, zero emissions trucks.
Continue readingJapanese start buying affordable electric vehicles
Japan’s first mass-market electric car went on sale in showrooms as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to Begin Sales of the i-MiEV.
Continue readingV2G (vehicle-to-grid): Electric vehicles give power back to grid
The V2G concept is that battery, hybrid, and electric vehicles all can send power to the electric grid, power that all three already generate internally.
Continue readingThe Koch-funded ?ClimateGate? Echo Chamber
In November 2009, anonymous hackers illegally obtained and disseminated thousands of personal emails from climate scientists housed on the server of the University of East Anglia.
Continue readingThe ?Danish Study? on Wind Power and Koch Industries
Just a few months after the “Spanish Study” was released, a similar play was conducted with another study linked to the Koch web.
Continue readingThe ?Spanish Study? on Green Jobs and Koch Industries
A report appeared in spring of 2009 called the “Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources” by Gabriel Calzada Alvarez.
Continue readingAMSC Receives Its Largest Grid Interconnection System Order to Date
D-VAR(R) Solutions Connecting More Than One-Third of Australia’s Wind Power to the Power Grid.
Continue readingPresident Obama turns back to energy; can RES be next? By Chris Madison (AWEA)
Obama delivered an energy speech at nearby Andrews Air Force, appearing against a backdrop of a military aircraft, perhaps to emphasize that energy security equals national security.
Continue readingExposing the dirty money behind the ?Danish Study? and ?Spanish Study? on Wind Power
Greenpeace has published a report showing that Koch Industries, a little know U.S. energy conglomerate, has been funding research and lobbying by other interest groups opposed to climate change legislation.
Continue readingBC Hydro selects four new projects under Clean Power Call
BC Hydro has selected the second group of projects to be awarded electricity purchase agreements under the Clean Power Call as the Crown Corporation continues to partner with innovative power producers.
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