Acting as advisor to this project is the Tokyo Institute of Technology, which is aiming to develop Smart Grid systems that employ electric vehicles and the lithium-ion batteries used to power them.
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Israel inaugurates solar power project
IC Green Projects says 2 megwatt solar energy project ? country’s largest private solar field ? to supply power to residents of southern Israel.
Continue readingThe potential of concentrated solar energy
Concentrating solar power could meet 10% of electricity demand, according to an esteemed American study, although the wider development of this technology will require the construction of several power plants for back-up
Continue readingEU funding for offshore wind energy research centre
40 million euros were allocated for the construction of an experimental centre for offshore wind power technologies in the Scottish Aberdeen Bay, where up to 11 demonstration wind turbines can be installed.
Continue readingChina?s Push Into Wind Energy Worries U.S. Industry
This year only 5,500 MW of new capacity has been added in the U.S. That is only about half of last year?s total ? and far less than the 17,600 MW, or more, being installed this year in China.
Continue readingVestas receives 51 MW wind power order in Germany
Another wind energy order for 17 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines. The Groß Eilstorf Wind Farm is located in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Continue readingVestas receives 66 MW wind energy order in Italy
Vestas has received an order for 22 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines for Bisaccia Wind Farm. With WinBis, the EGL Group is entering the wind power generation sector.
Continue readingS&P Equity forecasts photovoltaic capacity to increase 39% to 23.8 GW in 2011
S&P Equity expects solar cell capacity to reach 17.1GW in 2010, increasing 39% to 23.8GW in 2011. The average price of polysilicon will end 2011 at around US$60 per kilogram, down about 21% from current spot market.
Continue readingHuayi Electric Company – Bid-winning of Wind Power Projects
Huayi Wind Energy and the Company will carry out the contract negotiations with owners of the aforesaid projects as soon as possible.
Continue readingTunisia launches feasibility study to set up a 60 MW wind energy plant
Mr. Nafaa Baccari, head of the wind power service at the agency, said that this study is part of the program for self-generating electricity from wind energy.
Continue readingChina – Energy plan to focus on electric vehicles
Analysts said that developing electric cars is the best way for China to save energy, reduce its oil imports, and tackle environmental problems.
Continue readingChina to continue to subsidize purchases of electric vehicles in 2011
China now offers a maximum of 60,000 yuan subsidy for the purchase of electric cars with lithium ion batteries and a maximum of 50,000 yuan for the purchase of hybrid electric vehicles.
Continue readingSolar Energy Compared to Nuclear and Coal
CdTe thin film solar power (using cadmium telluride) takes ten times less PV material to make 1 kilowatt hour of electricity, than nuclear uses of uranium, to make an identical 1 kilowatt hour of electricity.
Continue readingHiked wind energy production in Sweden
China’s ZPMC may set up wind power factory in Sweden. During 2010 Sweden produced one third more wind power than the year before. A total of 289 new wind turbines helped produce 2,000 megawatts.
Continue readingTurkey?s Parliament approved renewables law
Turkey?s Parliament approved a law Wednesday on regulating the renewable energy resources market in Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported.
Continue readingTengy to conduct studies on the establishment of a wind power generation plant in Fiji
The state owned radio Fiji Broadcasting Commission reported that Tengy had been given permission by the Fiji government to conduct studies on the establishment of a wind energy generation plant in Fiji.
Continue readingWind power could meet 12% of international power demand by 2020 and up to 22% by 2030
Reviewing a year?s worth of work can focus the mind on important developments. That seems especially true for wind energy, which in 2010 was embraced by Ikea, Google, Bacardi and the US Army.
Continue readingTrina Solar Announces India Solar Power Plant Completion with Lanco Solar
Trina Solar was the exclusive supplier of the high performance PV modules to power the solar plant located in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Continue readingHot air still blowing on wind power
Comprehensive studies show no significant health impacts from wind turbines noise with standard setbacks.
Continue readingXtreme Power and Xcel Energy Partner With SolarTAC on Utility-Scale ?Solar-to-Battery? Distribution
The SolarTAC site will include facilities for testing both photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies, including access to the grid.
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