Johnson Controls-Saft, a global leader in the development and manufacture of advanced lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, will supply the complete battery system for two electric cars.
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Renewable Energy Manifesto shows clear path for the next Welsh Government
Potential economic opportunities underlined. Planning system to promote wind farm projects. Delivery plan for offshore wind energy developments. Generate marine energy, wave energy and tidal energy in the Severn Estuary.
Continue readingU.S. Department of Interior approves Cape Wind Power?s Construction and Operation Plan
U.S. Secretary Ken Salazar announced approval of the first-ever Construction and Operation Plan (COP) for a U.S. offshore wind energy project with over-100 wind turbines.
Continue readingLet No Man Say It Cannot Be Done
We need an economy for the twenty-first century, one that is in sync with the earth and its natural support systems, not one that is destroying them.
Continue readingUS approves first offshore wind power plant with Siemens’ wind turbines
The wind farm is expected to supply around three-quarters of the annual energy requirements of Cape Cod. The wind energy potential off the Atlantic coast is staggering.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles acquires 324 MW of wind energy projects in Mexico
These two wind turbines projects under development are located in southern Mexico, in the highly windy state of Oaxaca, where EDF EN Mexico already operates the La Mata La Ventosa wind farm (67.5 MW).
Continue readingU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AWEA, Wind Farm Developers Sign Agreement to Promote Endangered Species Conservation
Such a plan would outline measures to conserve threatened and endangered species that may be affected by wind power facilities in eight Midwestern states.
Continue readingTed Turner, T. Boone Pickens to Debate Energy Policy in Washington, DC, Today
Two of America?s most prominent supporters of wind energy, Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens, will debate energy policy today at 1 p.m. Eastern at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Continue readingPattern and Samsung Acquire Wind Energy Projects
Pattern and Samsung have made progress to develop 400 MW of wind power in Ontario
Continue readingEight ChargePoint Stations for Electric Vehicles in Santa Cruz, California
Coulomb Technologies announced that Santa Cruz County is the latest area in California to provide ChargePoint® Network electric car with lithium ion batteries (EV) charging services.
Continue readingFisker and China Grand to bring electric vehicles to China
Fisker Automotive, the California manufacturer of premium electric cars with lithium ion batteries, has partnered with the China Grand Automotive Group.
Continue readingDoctors say wind energy and solar power should replace coal
Doctors, nurses and lung specialists in Ontario will launch an expensive advertising campaign to promote wind power and solar energy over the continued use of coal plants in Canada?s most populated province.
Continue reading138 Million Electric Vehicles (Motorcycles and Scooters) by 2017
As electric cars become increasingly familiar around the world, electric motorcycles and scooters are also growing in popularity. The electric vehicles will utilize both lithium ion and lead acid batteries.
Continue readingOcean Energy Safety Advisory Committee Sets Goals, Agenda
The group?s first meeting included presentations from three expert panels on the findings and recommendations of the President?s Commission on the BP Oil Spill.
Continue readingGoogle, Itochu And Sumitomo Join GE As Owners Of World?s Largest Wind Energy Plant In Oregon
The 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat wind power project us under construction near Arlington, Oregon. Construction involves the erection of 338 wind turbines.
Continue readingOffshore wind turbines with much larger blades could cut the cost of generating offshore wind energy by 30%
There is huge potential for offshore wind farm to reduce carbon emissions. Offshore wind energy could be competitive with onshore wind power by 2020.
Continue readingHannover, Days 3 and 4: Offshore wind energy talk, Wrap-up
The offshore wind farm industry in the United States can certainly benefit from lessons learned by the European offshore wind power industry.
Continue readingAs rural economy struggles, wind power provides critical help
The handwriting on the wall is as plain as the census numbers: clean, affordable, homegrown wind turbines can be the salvation of many of America’s rural counties and regions.
Continue readingThe Elecnor Foundation and ETSII hold an electric vehicles seminar
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries are successful due to their low cost, high performance and fast charging capacity.
Continue readingRenault-Nissan Alliance and Catalan Government promotes Electric Cars
The challenge of developing and promoting the use of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries is a strategic one.
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