Key state permit approved for construction of California?s first commercial-scale molten salt solar power tower; thermal energy storage technology will provide firm, reliable power.
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City of McKinney to Get Electric Vehicle Charging Stations from TXU Energy
The City of McKinney will receive rebates from TXU Energy to install four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and to convert several city vehicles to electric vehicles under the TXU Energy EV Accelerator ProgramSM.
Continue readingToronto Zoo Orders Electric Vehicles!
Revolution Motor Group Inc. (RMG) is pleased to announce that the Toronto Zoo has purchased 6 Vantage Electric Vehicles.
Continue readingWind energy may benefit crops
Researchers at the Ames Laboratory and the University of Colorado find that wind turbines help channel beneficial breezes over nearby plants
Continue readingAzure Dynamics’ Ford Transit Connect Electric LEAD Customer Program Exceeds Expectations with Record Order
Tenth LEAD customer places record order of 30 electric vehicles. LEAD program attracted nearly 150 sales from ten customers and orders continue to be accepted from the general market.
Continue readingHonda Launched Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program
President and CEO, Tetsuo Iwamura, conducting the first public test drive of a Fit EV prototype and an Accord Sedan test vehicle outfitted with a new two-motor plug-in hybrid system.
Continue readingHonda Starts Lease Sales of the EV-neo Electric Scooter
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will start lease sales of the EV-neo electric scooter on Friday, December 24, 2010.
Continue readingRick Hendrick Buys First Volt Offered for Public Sale
The electric car, bearing the vehicle identification number BU10002, was sold for $225,000 through an online auction that closed Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Continue readingInvenergy Power Purchase Agreements With ComEd and Ameren Illinois to Supply Wind and Solar Power to Illinois
20-Year Agreements Will Create Illinois Jobs, Help State Meet Its Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Continue readingGC China Completes Shipments of 23 Wind Turbines to Tianhe Wind Power Development
GC China Turbine Corp. (OTCBB: GCHT) (the ‘Company’ or ‘GC China’), a leading Chinese manufacturer of twin blade wind turbines, announced that it has shipped 23 turbines to Tianhe Wind Power Development Co.
Continue readingNorthland Power Announces the Sale of Its Mont Miller Wind Farm
Northland Power Income Fund announced today that it has agreed to sell its 54 MW Mont Miller wind farm located near Murdochville, Quebec to NextEra Energy Canada.
Continue readingNIB finances Ringkjøbing Landbobank’s wind power programme in Jutland, Denmark
NIB’s loan will help finance some of the approximately 160 wind turbines to be distributed to the 28 new wind farm plants included in the municipality of Ringkøbing-Skjern’s wind power plan.
Continue readingSuzlon crosses 15 gigawatt of wind energy installations worldwide
Global wind energy potential is estimated at 72,000 gigawatt, more than four times the current world energy consumption and we have barely scraped the surface,’ said Tulsi R. Tanti.
Continue readingMaster Investment Company orders another 49 MW from wind power Vestas China
Vestas, the global leader in wind energy, has received another order of 49 MW from Master Investment Company Ltd., who placed its first-ever wind turbines order with Vestas in April earlier this year.
Continue readingPattern Energy Announces MetLife Investment in Hatchet Ridge Wind Power Project in California
Hatchet Ridge Wind is the only commercial-scale wind energy project in California to reach operation this year. Hatchet Ridge Wind farm began full operation on October 27, 2010.
Continue readingWind energy in Italy: new wind farm in Catanzaro
The first 44 MW of a total of 64 MW of wind power capacity enters service at the Maida San Floro wind farm, in Catanzaro, Italy. The wind farm consists of 32 wind turbines with a capacity of 2 MW each.
Continue readingCommercial Sector Drives U.S. Solar Market with 38 Percent Growth in Third Quarter
Solar Costs Continue Decline According to Latest U.S. Solar Market InsightTM Report.
Continue readingAcciona Energy Bails On Australia’sConcentrating Solar Power Flagships Program
According to a Bloomberg report, Spanish firm Acciona Energy has pulled out of Australia’s $1.5 billion concentrated solar energy flagships program.
Continue readingPalen concentrating solar power project achieves license from California Energy Commission
Important milestone for the Solar Millennium Group?s second concentrated solar energy plant location in California. Initial construction work has already started at the world?s largest solar energy location in Blythe.
Continue readingWind Power Market in CEE Breezes Ahead
With the traditional wind power markets in Europe approaching saturation, wind turbines manufacturers and wind farm project developers are looking for new frontiers.
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