The China battery industry as a whole is projected to experience annual growth of 20 percent or greater over the next few years.
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U.S. wind energy market growing, but slower than China
China now tops the United States as the fastest growing wind power market in the world for the first time in four years, according to a report by the Department of Energy?s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Continue readingWind Turbines Price Index Shows No Signs of a Price Recovery
Wind turbines contract prices signed in 2010 for delivery in H2 2010 and H1 2011 continue to point to a significant decline compared to 2008 prices.
Continue readingDOE Announces $188 Million for Small Business Technology Commercialization
Includes $73 million in Recovery Act Investments to Help Small Businesses Bring Clean Energy Ideas to the Marketplace.
Continue readingThe Reality of Solar Panels at 50% Cost
Solar electricity currently costs at least $4/watt fully installed ? 1366 Technologies hopes to bring this cost down to under $2/watt fully installed, a reduction in cost by more than 50 percent.
Continue readingNorth and South America Renewable Energy Policy Handbook 2010
The US also had the largest installed wind energy capacity globally and the third highest solar photovoltaic installed capacity globally, after Spain and Germany.
Continue readingDelmarva Power, NRG Bluewater Wind Agree to Contract Extensions
If approved by the Delaware Public Service Commission, the new deadline for NRG Bluewater Wind to install and begin operating the wind farm would be Dec. 1, 2016. It previously was set at Dec. 1, 2014.
Continue readingXcel Energy Releases Promising Results from Wind-to-Battery Project
Xcel Energy today released preliminary results from its wind-to-battery storage project in Minnesota, and the bottom line is — the technology works.
Continue readingNorthland Power Wind Farm Receives Loan from Investissement Quebec
The wind power project was awarded a contract in 2004 to supply power to Hydro-Québec under a 20 year Power Purchase Agreement.
Continue reading150 kV submarine cable link across the Gulf of Evia will facilitate the development of wind power projects
Nexans wins a 64 million Euros turnkey contract for Greece?s new Nea Makri-Polypotamos high-voltage submarine power link.
Continue readingWorld Motive Lead Acid Battery Market
Lithium-ion batteries compete with lead acid batteries in the electric vehicles battery market. Cost being the only favorable factor for lead acid chemistry.
Continue readingEDC to raise $100M for Philippines wind farm
EDC was looking at raising about $100 million to fund the construction of the wind farm, a project that, he said, would entail investments of as much as $2.7 million per MW.
Continue readingPrinceton Power Systems to Build Next-Generation Large-scale Solar and Energy Storage System
Princeton Power Systems announces that construction will soon begin on an advanced renewable energy system combining solar generation with a lithium-ion battery storage system and smart controls.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance and Daikyo Partner to Develop Electric Vehicles
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Daikyo Incorporated (Daikyo) signed a MOU for widespread acceptance of electric cars with lithium ion batteries by consumers.
Continue readingNew power lines for coal? Unlikely By Michael Goggin
It is becoming increasingly clear that there is little risk that coal power plants will take advantage of the new transmission lines that are needed to put America?s abundant wind energy resources to work creating jobs.
Continue readingECOtality Unveils EV Infrastructure Blueprint for San Diego
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY) will reveal today the first potential locations of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the San Diego region.
Continue readingAnaheim, Calif. Installs First Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint for Electric Vehicles
Coulomb Technologies announced that the City of Anaheim (Calif.) has installed their first ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station for Electric Cars.
Continue readingFisker Karma Made A Successful Debut In Orange County
Fisker Karma, the world?s first eco-chic, eco-friendly, luxury performance car was successfully revealed in Orange County at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine on July 22.
Continue readingDuPont Launches Energain? Separators for High-Performance Lithium Ion Batteries
Nanofiber-based Separators will Help Generate More Power and Longer Battery Life for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles.
Continue readingCyclone Power Technologies Enters Prototyping Phase with Licensee in China
Cyclone Power Technologies announced that its licensee Great Wall Alternative Power Systems Ltd. has completed the first phase of its License Agreement involving.
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