The UT-Austin material?s processing techniques are already readily scalable to electric vehicles to expanding power availability from wind energy and solar power sources.
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Rare earths and wind turbines
The wind energy industry uses a negligible amount of permanent magnets at present.
Continue readingRenewable energy can exceed global demand, according to IPCC
?The report clearly demonstrates that renewable technologies could supply the world with more energy than it would ever need, and at a highly competitive cost,? said Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council.
Continue readingTata Power to add 150 MW wind energy capacity in 2011
Tata Power will install 150 MW of wind power capacity in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu by the year-end.
Continue readingVehicle to grid (V2G) storage and the future of electric cars
Renewable energy sources like solar power and wind energy only generate electricity when the wind blows or the sun is out and that isn’t always when customers need power.
Continue readingWind power to become a pillar of Japanese energy policy
Wind turbines, solar power and biomass should become a new pillar of Japan?s energy policy while recent plans to increase the number of nuclear power plants operating in the nation should be now be dismissed, Kan said.
Continue readingNamibia: Rural Communities Benefit From Solar Power
In Maltahöhe, the group met with community organiser and shop-owner, Veronika Katjikuru. Katjikuru explained that she now saves money and energy by using her solar energy cooker.
Continue readingRenault releases electric vehicles prices and opens online reservations
Renault has profited from the Barcelona Motor Show to reveal its pricelist for electric car Twizy with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingCyclone Power Technologies to Present at Noble Financial Capital Markets
Cyclone Power Technologies is the developer of the award-winning Cyclone Engine, an all-fuel, clean-tech engine with the power and versatility to run everything from solar thermal generators to modern transportation.
Continue readingAquentium Solar Announces Free Solar Energy Analysis in New Mexico
Solar energy is clean, renewable and has vast potential. Generating solar power is pollution free, with panels lasting 25 plus years, with little degradation in performance.
Continue readingWind energy REpower installed wind turbines with a total capacity of 851 MW
The wind power order volume developed positively. REpower installed or supplied wind turbines with a total capacity of 851 MW which was only slightly below the previous year?s level (863 MW).
Continue readingCatch the Wind has sold 20 Vindicator to TransAlta
The installation of the Vindicator® LWS units is expected to begin in July 2011 on a wind farm to be designated by TransAlta. The Vindicator® LWS is a “next generation” wind sensor for utility-scale wind turbines.
Continue readingSmall Wind Power Leader Now Selling in 50 Countries
New York City-based vertical axis wind turbines company, Urban Green Energy, reaches international sales in 50 countries, just after its first full year of sales.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas signs order for 80 MW in Brazil
Vestas has signed a wind power order for a total capacity of 80 MW for wind farm projects in Brazil. The order comprises 40 wind turbines for three wind farm projects: Olho D’agua, Sao Bento do Norte and Farol.
Continue readingSolar energy to power Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles assembly plant
The largest photovoltaic array in Southeast Michigan will be built at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, turning sunlight into electricity to help power the home of the Chevrolet Volt electric car.
Continue readingReVolt Technology gets established in new Portland digs
The company is working on adapting its rechargeable zinc-air technology to electric vehicles, as a cheaper and efficient alternative to lithium-ion technology.
Continue readingEmergency Assistance for Electric Vehicles
Club Assist , the supplier of electric car to motoring clubs worldwide, announced the introduction of its mobile Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) product, a mobile fast- charge system for electric cars.
Continue readingSenegal Turn to Solar Energy
In Senegal, growing electricity shortages are forcing more and more people to turn to one of the country’s greatest renewable energy resources, solar power.
Continue readingNew York State Solar Thermal Incentive Program
NYSERDA and the State of New York have just announced the PON 2149 ?The First Solar Thermal Incentive Program in New York State?.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa 100% wind turbines sales came from outside Spain
Wind power sales (in MWe) expanded by 24% to 579 MW and, for the first time in Gamesa’s history, entirely outside Spain.
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