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International Battery Lithium Ion Cells Pass Rigorous UN Testing
The cells include the 60Ah and 160 Ah iron phosphate as well as the 90Ah and 200Ah nickel cobalt manganese cells.
Continue readingSiemens, Gamesa and GE confirms wind power plants in UK
Siemens confirms it will move ahead with new wind energy facility after government promises to retain port upgrade programme.
Continue readingGE confirms £100m wind power plant in UK
GE announced that it will move forward with its plan to invest £100m to develop offshore wind turbines manufacturing and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the UK.
Continue readingGamesa plans to base the Worldwide Centre of its Offshore Wind Energy business in UK
Gamesa, a world leader in wind turbines technology, intends to choose the United Kingdom as the worldwide centre of its offshore wind power business, and plans to invest up to 150 million euros there by 2014.
Continue readingDenmark?s Rødsand II offshore wind power plant begins operations
One of the world?s largest offshore wind energy plants has begun operations in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. E.ON opened the Rødsand II wind farm, with 90 Siemens offshore wind turbines with a ceremonial act.
Continue readingDesertec Puts Syria on Solar and Wind Power Map
North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions, including Syria, are considered as world-best places to be used as farms to produce electricity out of sunrays or wind energy in desert areas.
Continue readingChavez signs wind energy deal with Portugal
Chavez said Venezuela aims to develop wind farm projects at four sites in the country. Details of the green energy agreement were not immediately available.
Continue readingForewind Consortium announces first construction development of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm
The development of the world?s biggest offshore wind energy project has now been launched. 9,000 to 13,000 megawatts of wind power are planned by 2020.
Continue readingNissan LEAF offline event at Oppama Plant
The launch of Nissan LEAF, the world?s first mass-market, affordable zero-emission electric car, is a true transportation breakthrough.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a 79.2 MW wind farm in Turkey
Located in the northern Aegean region in the Manisa and Balýkesir provinces, Soma I wind farm, which was commissioned in successive tranches, comprises 88 wind turbines supplied by Enercon.
Continue readingE.ON celebrates inauguration of one of the world?s largest Offshore Wind Power Plants in the Baltic Sea
With a capacity of 207 megawatt it will provide enough clean, wind energy for 200,000 homes. The wind turbines, each with capacity of 2.3 MW and rotor diameters of 93 meters, are supplied by Siemens.
Continue readingTurkish company Ateþçelik invests in wind power
Installed wind farm capacity is expected to grow at between 500-1,000 megawatts per year, reaching more than the average growth in power demand of 7.5 percent each year.
Continue readingEthiopia to generate 30 MW from wind energy
Construction of the remaining two phases of the wind turbines project is also well underway. Construction of the full wind farm will cost the country over 210 million Euros.
Continue readingBulgaria?s unambitious energy plan puts green investments at risk
The government has failed to take into account Bulgaria?s excellent wind power potential. EWEA expects the wind turbines industry to install 3,000 MW of wind farm in Bulgaria by 2020.
Continue readingBusinesses back 30% emissions cuts
While many of the EU?s environment ministers are still dithering over a possible move to 30% emissions cuts, it is heartening to see that big businesses are a step ahead.
Continue readingGeorgia?s hydropower ambitions
The country is already a net electricity exporter, thanks to the 1,300 MW of hydro from Inguri. Additional 1,800 MW are now in the pipeline, all of which for export.
Continue readingApollo Solar Energy Announces the Postponement of the 10 GW Ningguo Solar Power Station Project
Apollo Solar Energy announced that the Company has decided to postpone the previously proposed 10 GW Ningguo Solar Power Station Project, including a 2MW Demo Solar Power Station in Ningguo City.
Continue readingLight Commercial Electric Vehicle Field Testing for Collection/Delivery Operations
MMC is the pioneering manufacturer in the field of mass-produced electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries. The company launched the i-MiEV new-generation electric car to the Japanese market.
Continue readingChina speeds up offshore wind energy
The engineering design and construction of what will be the world?s largest offshore wind farm at 1,000 MW is being undertaken by the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
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