With this new wind power contract, the expected cwind energy apacity to be installed in the US for this period covered by long-term agreements, increases to 70%.
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Mitsubishi and the Thai Government Agree on Joint Study for Testing of the i-MiEV
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and the government of Thailand announced today that they agreed to start joint study for fleet testing of electric vehicles (EV).
Continue readingAustralia’s First Ever Electric Vehicle Fast Charger to be Installed at Mitsubishi
MMAL has worked with motoring club product and service supply company Club Assist to bring the latest electric car re-charging technology to Australia.
Continue readingNissan Canada Commits 500 Nissan LEAFs for sale to Toronto Atmospheric Fund FleetWise EV300 Partners
Nissan has committed the availability of 500 electric vehicles Nissan LEAFs for sale to TAF partners with initial deliveries beginning in the second half of 2011.
Continue readingLithium One Signs MOU with Emerging Lithium Producer Galaxy Resources to Form Joint Venture at James Bay Lithium Project
The James Bay Project is a significant lithium resource in northwestern Quebec. Lithium One announced a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource last month.
Continue readingSunPower and Iberdrola Renewables Sign Contract to Build 20-Megawatt Solar Power Plant in Arizona
SunPower and Iberdrola Renewables Sign Contract to Build 20-Megawatt Solar Power Plant in Arizona. First Deployment of SunPower Oasis Power Plant Block.
Continue readingIntersolar Europe Munich, June 8 C10, 2011
Intersolar Europe 2011 ¨C trends, innovations and unstoppable growth The world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry presents the industry’s latest products and services for the 20th year running.
Continue readingDeepwater Wind intends doubling the size of its proposed Rhode Island wind farm
Increasing the size of the wind farm, which could drive the projects price tag to $5 billion, would allow the renewable energy firm to sell electricity cheaper.
Continue readingCertification Poised to Drive Small Wind Energy Growth
22 Wind Turbines Now In Queue; Incentive Programs Requiring Certification.
Continue readingChina – Wind energy projects in Huilai involve capital investment of more than 1 billion yuan
Wind power projects in Huilai involve capital investment of more than 1 billion yuan. As well, a 25.6 billion yuan wind farm project by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corp is on schedule for completion.
Continue readingEgyptian group El Sewedy Electric is negotiating with Ghana to install a wind energy project
Sewedy would begin work on the wind farm project in January if granted approval by the Ghanaian government, Ahmed Azouz, head of Sewedy’s office in Ghana, told al-Mal newspaper.
Continue readingVestas receives 43 MW wind energy order for the USA
Vestas has received an order for 24 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in Minnesota, USA.
Continue readingBC Hydro and Chevrolet Charge Into Clean Mobility Future
The partnership is aimed at promoting consumer adoption of plug-in electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries and building awareness of the environmental benefits of the electric cars.
Continue readingWind power industry calls for urgent progress in Cancún climate talks
Wind energy could produce more than 12% of the electricity needed globally by 2020, saving 10 billion tons of CO2 in the process, or 1.5 billion tons per year.
Continue readingVestas? 3rd offshore wind farm opening in just one year
As Belwind nv celebrates the opening of Bligh Bank Offshore Wind Farm today, Vestas marks this its third offshore wind farm inauguration this year.
Continue readingDeepwater Wind Submits Plans to DOI for America’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Deepwater Wind Energy Center (DWEC) would constitute a 200 wind turbines, 1000 MW wind farm project in Rhode Island; estimated to begin construction in 2014.
Continue readingVIDEO from Siemens and Synaptic Digital
The factory will produce nacelles for the company’s 2.3-MW and 3.0-MW wind turbines. The nacelle is the structure atop of a wind turbine tower that holds the electricity generating components.
Continue readingVirus troublemaker put to work in breakthrough batteries
The use of the TMV virus in fabricating batteries can be scaled up to meet industrial production needs. “The process is simple, inexpensive, and renewable”.
Continue readingTax Foundation off base on wind energy, solar power subsidies
Recently the Tax Foundation, a Washington, DC-based organization, issued a report on U.S. energy subsidies with misleading information on incentives for wind power and solar energy.
Continue readingChina plans to build 13,000 km (8,078 miles) of high-speed railway by 2012
Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2009 shows an interior view of the under-construction Wuhan Railway Station Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province.
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