The maximum speed of the electric vehicles is 135 km, and they can be driven for 160 km with a full lithium ion batteries.
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Wind energy – Federal Appeals Court Sets Hearing Date in GE Patent Dispute with Mitsubishi
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit set February 10, 2011, as the hearing date in which it will hear arguments in GE?s patent dispute against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Continue readingWind energy become part of South Dakota prairie
South Dakota Wind Partners raised the necessary $16 million from South Dakota investors in a unique publicly invested wind farm. Completion of the wind power project is scheduled for April.
Continue readingWind energy REpower is planning to manufacture wind turbines in Asia
REpower Systems AG has revised its outlook for the current financial year. The company now expects total performance between EUR 1.25 billion and EUR 1.35 billion.
Continue readingWind energy in New Zealand – Wind farm turbines arrive in Dunedin
”The first wind turbine is expected to be producing wind power in late February and the whole thing will be functional by April.” TrustPower has resource consent for a 200 MW wind farm.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy is Expected to Reach 120,300 MW by 2015
Geothermal Power and Heat Pump Market is expected to grow from 61,200 MW in 2010 to 120,300 MW in 2015.
Continue readingGCL-Poly Signs Long-Term Contract With Solarfun to Supply 2,500 MW of Wafer and Polysilicon Products
GCL-Poly will provide Solarfun with a total of 2,500 MW wafer and polysilicon products over the next five years.
Continue readingNew solar photovoltaic record in Germany
Record installations in 2010, with about 8,000 MW added. Announced subsidy cuts had caused fears of a demand drop, while there was only a limited slowdown in the second half-year.
Continue readingi-MiEV New-generation Electric Vehicles Goes on Display at Narita Airport
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced that it will be displaying its i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries at Japan’s Narita International Airport.
Continue readingPlant will store 1,000 MW of renewables in Mexico
Under the $4 billion project, a huge accumulator to be built on the US border will inject into the grid wind energy and solar energy produced in both countries.
Continue readingWind energy costs: 744 to 1,500 ?/kw
Denmark reported that the cost of wind power electricity onshore in 2009, excluding risk factors and profit, was calculated to be 30 to 50 ?/MWh.
Continue readingSix Electric Vehicles Predictions for 2011
The last weeks of 2010 were taken up with good news stories ? the latest batch of electric vehicles (EVs) reached their first customers, and there were smiles, handshakes and photo opportunities.
Continue readingStoring the Concentrating Solar Power
Secretary Chu announced that a $1.45 billion loan guarantee for Abengoa Solar Inc.’s Solana concentrated solar energy project, the first solar thermal plant in the U.S. capable of storing energy it generates.
Continue readingThe Facts On Electric Vehicles
Lithium is a finite resource. But unlike petroleum, it can be recycled over and over again. Petroleum you get out of the ground, you burn it once, and it?s gone.
Continue readingUK reveals soaring wind power capacity records
Wind energy was shown to be the massive growth area, with this form of renewable energy rising by 36.9 percent year-on-year.
Continue readingChina calls for collaboration on wind energy
China will become the largest wind power market in the world (in terms of installed capacity) by the end of this year, attracting investments from a group of foreign companies.
Continue readingSunTherm Energy will provide solar thermal technology
Earlier this year, UC Merced professor Shawn Kantor released a study that said renewable energy projects slated for the Central Valley could bring more than 100,000 jobs to the area.
Continue readingSunvalley Solar Progresses on Green Farm Solar Investment Plan in Southern California
Sunvalley Solar Inc., a leading provider of solar power products and services, announced that it continues to make substantial progress on Green Farm Solar Investment Plan in Thermal, Imperial, Coachella and Holtville, CA.
Continue readingFirst ten Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicles Delivered to Kanagawa Prefectural Government
Nissan Motor Company has announced that the first ten electric cars Nissan Leaf with lithium ion batteries in Japan have been delivered to the Kanagawa Prefectural Government.
Continue readingIBM researchers predict batteries that breathe
According to a video posted by the company on YouTube, the batteries will use energy-dense metals that only need to interact with air to recharge and could last ten times as long as the lithium-ion batteries.
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