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China to focus on developing solar power and wind power
China’s strategic development of new energy resources over the next five years will focus on wind energy, solar energy and biomass power.
Continue readingWind energy Suzlon Turns to Profit
Suzlon, which has installed over 17000 MW of wind power globally, said the wind turbines is expected to grow at a rate of over 15% over the next five years, led by growth in India and in the offshore wind farm segment.
Continue readingIsrael should catch the wind power
There is actually more wind energy hitting Israel than solar, because wind is concentrated solar energy, and because wind can be captured vertically much better than sun, and its capture doesn’t interfere with agriculture.
Continue readingBNDES to finance 70 MW wind energy project in Brazil
The Tramandaí wind farm, a 70 MW wind turbines project installed in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, was fully commissioned in May 2011.
Continue readingBMW launches two electric vehicles
BMW has announced two new electric cars with lithium ion batteries to launch its electric motoring division BMWi.
Continue readingWind energy proposal gains in Florida
A wind power plant farm with 80 wind turbines on the edge of the Florida Everglades is closer to realization with a decision by Palm Beach County.
Continue readingZinc Air Battery for Wind Energy
Juhl Wind Inc., a leader in developing community-based wind power, plans to install the system at its recently acquired Woodstock Hills wind farm.
Continue readingChina’s Silk Road city to develop wind power to protect environment
More than 3,500 square kilometers of wasteland on the edge of oases in the city can be used to build solar power and wind farm facilities.
Continue readingMaking electricity with solar power photovoltaics
MIT researchers have made a button-sized power generator fueled by butane that can run three times longer than a lithium-ion battery of the same weight.
Continue readingE.ON presents feasibility study for Pellworm
“This study is special in that generation, storage, distribution and consumption are for the first time being examined together,” said Professor Jürgen Hussmann of Fachhochschule Westküste.
Continue readingElectric vehicles in 2020 will consume 1% of electricity demand in Spain
The plug-in hybrid and electric cars with lithium ion batteries in 2020 will consume 1% of electricity demand, according to the forecast made by the Government in the document Indicative of Energy Planning.
Continue readingEmcore to Report Third Quarter Results
EMCORE offers concentrating solar power photovoltaic (CPV) systems for solar energy applications as well as offering its high-efficiency GaAs solar cells and CPV components for use in concentrated solar power.
Continue readingWind power is the most ideal energy source
Energy from the wind turbines is clean and free, and it’s not going to leave a big environmental problem for our kids and grandkids to sort out. The same cannot be said for the energy from burning coal.
Continue readingFirst wind farm take place in Azerbaijan
The subject of hearings will be the implementation of 3-stage project of wind power plant construction, environmental issues and climate change.
Continue readingFirst Suzlon S97 Wind Turbines
Established in 1995, Suzlon is today?s India?s market leader in wind energy, contributing over 6,000 MW of the approximately 14,000 MW wind farm installed in the country today.
Continue readingThe U.S. wind power industry experienced a trying year in 2010
New wind farm projects contributed roughly 25% of the new capacity added to the U.S. electrical grid in 2010, compared to 42% in 2009, 43% in 2008, 34% in 2007, 18% in 2006 and 12% in 2005.
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