A new report released corrects the misinformation being promoted by anti-wind farm activists around Ontario. There is no scientific basis for claims about health impacts from wind turbines.
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Mobile App for Electric Car Charging
?Our goal is to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by giving drivers instant access to the information they need to make range anxiety a figment of the imagination,? said Recargo CEO and founder Brian Kariger
Continue readingAdvanced Energy Storage Technologies
A report covering the analysis of over 40,000 patents granted in the last five years in the field of energy storage technologies for electric vehicles.
Continue readingFinancing for Alta Wind VI & VIII to Continue Build-Out of Nation?s Largest Wind Energy Facility
Terra-Gen Power announced that it has closed a $631 million financing for Alta Wind VI & VIII — two 150 megawatt (?MW?) wind farm projects.
Continue readingSorgenia and KKR to form JV in wind energy sector in France
The French government has set the objective to install 25 GW of wind power, including 6 GW offshore, to meet its obligation under the EU Directive to cover 23% of final energy demand from renewable sources by 2020.
Continue readingChina Closes Strategic Lithium Transaction in Latin America
In the past few years, demand for lithium has exploded along with the growth of lithium-ion battery technology in mobile phones, PDAs, laptops, and most recently electric vehicles.
Continue readingNestlé uses solar power for ice cream factory
Nestlé has taken excellence in ice cream-making one step further with the installation of a unique solar energy system to produce its Coppa del Nonno brand in Italy.
Continue readingMajor Wind Energy Plant in Brazil
The wind farm is in its second phase of development, which entails constructing 61 new wind turbines with a total capacity of nearly 101 megawatts.
Continue readingEuropean Wind Farm Map
The European Wind Farm Map is another first for La Tene Maps. This map is published in association with the European Wind Energy Association.
Continue readingWind Power to Witness Robust Growth in China
China has overtaken United States as the country with the most installed wind farm capacity according to the Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association and the Chinese Wind Energy Association.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas? northern-most located wind turbines
Vestas saw Haeckel Hill as the ideal location to test the commercial viability of wind power in the far north.
Continue readingGlobal Wind Energy Day comes to Brussels
With Global Wind Day just around the corner, it is high time to tell you all about events in Brussels that will be taking place as part of our annual celebration of wind power.
Continue readingPortugal, the quiet wind energy star
At the end of 2010, there were 3,898 MW of wind farm capacity installed in Portugal ? all onshore wind turbines, and mostly in the mountainous, sparsely populated north-east.
Continue readingRooftop Solar Energy
Across the country, the race is on to drive down the cost of solar power. And a new challenge through the U.S. Department of Energy?s SunShot Initiative could help slash the costs even faster.
Continue readingThe Beginning of CPOW and offshore wind energy
In most coastal states on the Atlantic and in the Great Lakes regions, there has been at least some initial conversation happening about the potential for offshore wind power as a renewable energy source.
Continue readingNonprofits form new coalition to support offshore wind energy
A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have agreed to form a new umbrella group, Citizen Partnerships for Offshore Wind (CPOW), to promote offshore wind power.
Continue readingWind energy leaders testify to House panel on need for workable rules to develop wind power and protect wildlife
The land-based wind turbines witnesses also focused on “unworkable” rules recently proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that threaten hundreds of wind farm plants.
Continue readingSiemens helps to put London at the forefront of electric vehicles
Andreas J. Goss, chief executive of Siemens plc and North West Europe cluster, said: “Source London sets the standard for electric car projects, in its ambition, scale and technology.”
Continue readingGlobal Wind Power Day
On 15 June 2011, ‘Global Wind Day’, citizens from around the world can discover the benefits of wind energy while having fun.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa opens its fifth factory in China
Located in Jilin province, the new facility assembles nacelles for Gamesa?s G9X-2.0 MW wind turbines. This new wind power facility rounds out Gamesa?s presence in the Asian giant.
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