Nissan LEAF? is the world’s first mass-marketed all-electric car made for the real-world driving needs of consumers and was recently named the 2011 World Car of the Year.
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Global Solar Power Cells and Modules Market to Reach $89.8 Billion by 2017
Business opportunities in the solar photovoltaic cells market is especially guided by solar energy’s wide range of benefits such as the ability to provide accessibility to remote areas.
Continue readingEtrion Completes 10 MW Solar Energy Project in Italy
Etrion Corporation (?Etrion? or the ?Company?) (TSX: ETX) (OMX: ETX), an independent solar power producer, announces the completion of the Helios ITA-3 solar photovoltaic project in Puglia, Italy.
Continue readingEksim Group plans a third wind farm with Nordex wind turbines in Turkey
Nordex has received the next wind energy order from the Eksim Yatirim Group. The Amasya wind power project involves a total of 16 wind turbines.
Continue readingDOE finalizes $852 million loan to support concentrating solar thermal power plant
The Genesis Solar Project is a 250 MW parabolic trough concentrating solar power facility that will increase the nation’s currently installed CSP capacity by about 50 percent.
Continue readingChina to release plan on solar energy
The goal is included in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) for renewable energy, which is expected to be released soon by the State Council.
Continue reading1,928.8 MW of wind energy contracted at Brazilian auctions
Wind power was the largest contributor of new power capacity contracted at Brazil?s two power auctions last week. Out of a total of 3.9 GW of contracted projects, 1,929 MW went to wind farm developers.
Continue readingU.S. Solar Energy Industry Was Net Global Exporter by $1.9B in 2010
Examines all mainstream solar power technologies types individually and aggregated ? photovoltaics, concentrating solar power (CSP), and solar heating and cooling (SHC).
Continue readingChina eyes 3 GW rooftop solar energy capacity by 2015
China is targeting 3 gigawatts of roof-mounted solar power generating capacity by 2015 and 25 GW by 2020.
Continue readingWind energy industry in China hits turning point
The first half of the year saw a sharp decline in business for wind turbines producers, affecting listed companies such as Sinovel Wind Group Co, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co, and Dongfang Electric Corp.
Continue readingA123 Systems to Supply its Nanophosphate Technology-Based Lithium Ion Battery
A123 Systems has signed a long-term supply deal with ALTe to supply its Nanophosphate technology-based complete lithium ion battery packs for integration into ALTe?s range-extended hybrid electric vehicles.
Continue readingDTE Energy signs $485 million contract to purchase wind power
DTE Energy has announced a contract to purchase 120MW from a wind farm in Tuscola, Bay and Saginaw counties. The $485 million contract with Tuscola Bay Wind was approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
Continue readingWind power – In June 2011, worldwide wind energy capacity reached 215 GW
18,4 GW of new wind farm installations in first half of 2011, 43,9 GW of wind energy expected for the full year. In June 2011, worldwide wind turbines capacity reached 215 GW.
Continue readingDatang Power Announces 2011 Interim Results
the Group proceeded steadfastly, with five farm projects of a total capacity of 986 MW, two wind power projects with a total capacity of 96 MW; and two photovoltaic solar power generation projects with 40 MW.
Continue readingIberdrola begins process to install 400 MW offshore wind farm in Germany
Iberdrola has begun a process to install a 400 MW wind energy plant in the Baltic Sea off the German coast. The wind power project, called Wikinger, is the company’s first offshore wind turbines plant in Germany.
Continue readingCoalition of governors calls for focus on wind energy development
Both parties? candidates told how wind power creates jobs and U.S. manufacturing.
Continue reading$852 Million Loan Guarantee Approved For Genesis Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project
The US DoE has announced final approval of a $852 million loan guarantee for a major concentrated solar power (CSP) project, part of the DOE’s plan to double the installed capacity of utility-scale solar energy.
Continue readingHaiti – Cité Soleil, illuminated by solar power
A program aiming the installation of solar energy with photovoltaic street lights, project “Light and Safety”, envisages the installation by the end of the year, of 208 solar street lights.
Continue readingPolitical Will Prevents the Dawning of the Long-Predicted Solar Age
Well, it was a man named Augustin Bernard Mouchot, speaking in Paris after he had successfully demonstrated an early industrial application of solar thermal energy – as long ago as 1880.
Continue readingKarnataka plans 80 MW solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal power projects
KREDL has allocated 30 MW for Concentrating Solar Thermal Projects and 50 MW for Solar Energy Photovoltaics projects.
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