Better Place, Zug, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent for system for electrically connecting lithium ion batteries to electric cars.
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ACS sells Spain wind energy and concentrated solar power portfolio
ACS Group has sold a chunk of its wind power business to a private equity firm for $850 million.
Continue readingMalta national strategy for the introduction of electric vehicles
About 100 electric car charging points will be set up in strategic places around Malta by next year in a bid to encourage motorists to invest in such electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingFinancing issues for Solar Power Projects in India
Solar energy is booming worldwide and India aims to be one of the largest player in the Asian Contrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic along with China and Japan.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Infrastructure China Summit
Chinese government and auto makers are pushing hard to achieve countrywide mass adoption of electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingHuge potential in Indian solar power market
Indian government is taking steps towards implementing large concentrated solar power projects and is poised to position itself as one of the world?s major solar energy photovoltaic industry.
Continue readingGE Invests in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Company
GE’s first concentrated solar energy project is a 530-megawatt plant in Turkey that will include 50 megawatts of eSolar’s concentrating solar thermal technology; will also integrate 22 MW of wind energy.
Continue readingWind energy in Ecuador: the first wind farm will make by Chinese companies
Goldwind or Hidrochina installed the wind turbines in wind power plant Villonaco in Loja. The wind turbines will be paid by oil and Chinese loans.
Continue readingMitsubishi have opened up a solar power charging station for electric vehicles
Mitsubishi i electric cars with lithium ion batteries are now being reserved by prospective owners through a pre-order process available at i.mitsubishicars.com.
Continue readingVehicle to Grid (V2G) system for electric cars Leaf
Nissan recently introduced a system that allows the electricity produced by the lithium-ion batteries in the electric vehicles Nissan Leaf to be transferred to households, a Vehicle to Grid (V2G).
Continue readingThree new wind power plants planned for Ireland
The two companies have also signed a Letter of Intent to co-develop Gaelectric’s remaining wind energy projects in Ireland and the US. Chinese XEMC Group is a manufacturer of direct drive wind turbines.
Continue reading$102 Million to Record Hill Wind Farm, LLC for Maine Wind Energy Project
Wind Power Project Expected to Fund Approximately 200 Jobs and Provide Improvements to Wind Turbines.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas receives 202 MW wind turbines order in USA
Vestas has received a 202 MW wind power order from E.ON Climate & Renewables North America for 112 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in USA.
Continue readingSix GOP presidential hopefuls join leading Iowa Republicans in endorsing wind energy
Gingrich called wind power a piece of his American energy program, and said he favors a 10-year extension of the PTC, to avoid the ?up-and-down effect? on renewable energy development when the policy changes.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power: California approves 570 MW hybrid natural gas-solar thermal plant
The California Energy Commission approved the construction of a proposed 570-megawatt concentrated solar energy hybrid plant in Los Angeles County.
Continue readingWind energy in Honduras: the first wind farm in September
The wind power plant will have 51 wind turbines with 120 MW of Gamesa in the first phase and construction and engineering is done for Iberdrola for Wind Energy Mesoamerica.
Continue readingAndalusia has ten concentrated solar thermal power plants
Andalusia is the Spanish Autonomous Community with more concentrated solar energy plants, with ten Concentrating Solar Power facilities, according to the Spanish Association of Solar Thermal Industry (Protermosolar).
Continue readingGemasolar’s solar thermal plant exceeds expectations
The concentrating solar power plant is owned by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between the engineering and technology group SENER, and Masdar.
Continue readingChina to Double Solar Energy Capacity This Year
China will double its solar power capacity and is likely to reach 2 gigawatts (gW) by the end of the year.
Continue readingResult of DTU?s tender for rental of test stands for wind turbines
From May to July 2011, the Technical University of Denmark carried out a tender for the wind turbine test stands at the test centre at Østerild and the test station at Høvsøre.
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