EDP Renovaveis SA, the renewable- energy unit of Portuguese utility EDP-Energias de Portugal SA, said it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for a 99- megawatt wind farm in the U.S. market.
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Ioxus Increases Energy Density By 115 Percent with New Hybrid Capacitor
Ioxus is One of Only Two Companies Worldwide With Hybrid Capacitor Technology in General Production.
Continue readingInternational Battery Receives Grant from Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to Develop a Bulk Energy Storage System
International Battery has received an $800,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to design, manufacture and test an 800 kilowatt-hour bulk energy storage system.
Continue readingChina Pursues Wind Energy
China will aggressively pursue clean energy policies for the foreseeable future, driven mostly by the desire to reduce its dependence on overseas energy supplies, according to U.S. experts.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa awards prizes to two patents
Gamesa awards prizes to two patents for improving electricity output/recouping energy losses and blade inserts, which allowed it to develop a segmented blade for its G10X-4,5 MW wind turbine.
Continue readingChery to boost development of electric vehicles
Chery Automobile will cooperate with Cybernaut China, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, Potevio and Huatai Insurance to boost development of electric vehicles.
Continue reading3.8 GWp of new solar photovoltaic installations in Germany in 2009
It is anticipated that these amendments will have their long-term effects on industry developments and annual installations will limit to around 5 GWp by 2014.
Continue readingWestern Isles fear over wind power connection
In 2008, a bid for a 181 wind turbines wind farm on Barvas Moor in the north of Lewis was turned down by the Scottish government.
Continue readingWisconsin Wind Power Project Seeks Purchase Power Agreement
Ridge Wind Energy LLC, a wind power development company located in Verona, Wisconsin is in advanced planning stages of developing a wind farm in southwestern Wisconsin.
Continue readingGL Garrad Hassan chosen for SMart Wind’s ‘Hornsea’ wind energy project
The ‘Hornsea’ project is scheduled to deliver 4,000 MW of offshore wind power capacity by 2020.
Continue readingIndia has a lifetime opportunity to build the Concentrating Solar Power industry like China did in the wind energy
India has the potential to become a global manufacturing hub for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) manufacturing.
Continue readingInvenergy to build 24 MW wind energy plant in Montana
Invenergy has applied for a permit to build a $50 million, 24-megawatt wind farm southeast of Great Falls.
Continue readingLG Chem – Lithium ion batteries for the electric vehicles revolution
The massive LG Chem electric vehicle lithium ion batteries plant and R&D facility in Daejeon makes clear that the company intends to maintain its position as the leader in electric vehicles.
Continue readingWillett Kempton – The world?s wind resource for electric power is larger than the total energy need of humanity
Wind energy output could be stabilized if wind turbines were located in a meteorologically designed configuration and electrically connected.
Continue readingFuture wind turbines go offshore ? deep and floating
DeepWind combines several research fields, in particular wind energy, the offshore environment and materials technology.
Continue readingSolar Power Rising at Dow Jones Facility in New Jersey
The installation is part of a project to construct a solar-power system that at 4.1 megawatts will be one of the largest installations for solar power at a single commercial site in the U.S.
Continue readingVolkswagen gears up in race to electric vehicles
“Electric vehicles are the right direction for future mobility,” said Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group China.
Continue readingChina – Electric vehicles to spark market
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries are the only area where Chinese automobile companies are likely to play a leading role in the global market.
Continue readingElectrification Coalition Praises GE Electric Vehicles Announcement
Robbie Diamond, President and CEO of the Electrification Coalition (EC), strongly praised GE for its announcement of plans to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles for its own fleet and Fleet Services business.
Continue readingChu in Ireland: A Case Study in Wind Power
Ireland?s aggressive goals for integrating large percentages of wind energy onto the power grid make it an interesting case study for the United States and other countries.
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