Before arriving home with an electric car, customers will need to decide how often and quickly they will need to charge their vehicles and the electricity rate plan that best suits their lifestyle.
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Electric Vehicles for Fleet Markets
Passenger electric cars with lithium ion batteries are expected to be the leading segment in the PEV fleet market over the next five years, with over 80% of total sales in 2015.
Continue readingRenault launches world’s biggest auto industry solar power roof project
Renault is launching the world’s biggest solar energy project in the global automotive industry by installing solar photovoltaic roof panels at its French plants.
Continue readingCounting wind power’s rural economic benefits
Wind energy has transformed rural Sherman County, OR, according to a story in today’s New York Times by Lee van der Voo.
Continue readingDevelopment of rechargeable batteries through nanotechnology
Researchers are testing different ways of improving rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and nanotechnology plays an important role in the development.
Continue readingTour of electric vehicles
Renault is organizing this operation to give potential customers a chance to preview Renault?s electric car with lithium ion batteries in real-life driving conditions ahead of its launch.
Continue readingSiemens Receives Photovoltaic Solar Energy Order in the US
Siemens Energy has been selected by Syncarpha Capital to provide EPC services for a 3-megawatt-peak (MWp), ground-based PV solar power plant in Eastampton, New Jersey.
Continue readingTime to confront the anti-wind power disinformation campaign
Sierra Club Canada released a report today, ?The Real Truth About Wind Energy,? to factually confront the ?truth tour? of Wind Concerns Ontario.
Continue readingHighest ever greenhouse gas emission levels recorded
Wind energy can do more and is ready to be rapidly deployed now in the fight against climate change.
Continue readingThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) backs solar energy
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is backing a drive to increase solar energy capacity in Asia-Pacific by six-fold to 3,000 megawatts by 2013.
Continue readingNew electric car to be part of the research at DTU
In cooperation with companies and research, Risø DTU will test how electric vehicles can be integrated into the electrical system on a large scale.
Continue readingWind Energy Technology Center (WETC) in Tianjin, China
To protect wind power project investments and assure the quality of wind farm plants, SGS Industrial Services works as an independent global project surveyor.
Continue readingGamesa to sell 48 MW wind farm in Poland
Located in the Pomorskie region of northern Poland, the wind energy project will be powered by 24 wind turbines G90-2MW. The wind power project is currently being built by Gamesa.
Continue readingVestas wins 149 MW wind turbines order in Canada
Vestas has secured an order to supply wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 149MW for a wind energy project in Canada.
Continue readingGrid ready for electric vehicles
North America’s power grid is already well prepared for a future filled with electric cars, according to experts attending the Auto21 2011 Conference in Ottawa.
Continue readingBASF is entering the business of electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries
Innovative materials and functional components are prerequisites for safe, efficient and affordable electric vehicles.
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