Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a system that tells electric vehicles when to start and stop re-charging based upon existing stress in the grid.
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Continental enters lithium ion batteries partnership for electric car
Continental has announced it is partnering with lithium-ion battery specialist Akasol Engineering in order to develop the next generation of lithium-ion technology for electric vehicles.
Continue readingJyoti Structures Bags Contract For Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant
Jyoti Structures Ltd. said its joint venture company had bagged a contract for Rs.551 crore from Godawari Green Energy Ltd. to set up a 50-MW concentrating solar thermal power plant in Jaisalmer.
Continue readingSunPower to support South Africa solar energy developers
SA has allocated 1,850 MW for onshore wind energy, 1,450 MW for solar energy photovoltaic, 200 MW for concentrated solar thermal power, biomass (12,5MW), biogas (12,5MW), landfill gas (25MW) and small hydro (75MW).
Continue readingChina’s Goldwind signs $200 million U.S. wind energy deal
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co. (XJNGF, 2208.HK) said Monday that it will build a $200 million wind farm in Illinois.
Continue readingFirst Combined Wind Power and Solar Energy Facility in North America
Western Wind Energy Corp. – Commercial Operations Begin at First Combined Wind Turbines and Solar Power Facility in North America.
Continue readingNordex enters Romania with wind energy projects totalling 20 megawatts
Nordex believes in the growth potential of wind power in Eastern Europe. As an example of this, business in Romania is now also moving forward for the wind turbines manufacturer.
Continue readingRight campaign against renewable energy and green jobs in the U.S.
The right hates the wind energy and solar power. The Republicans love coal and nuclear power.
Continue readingLondon Design Festival showcases electricity pylons of the future
Europe?s grids are ageing and nearly 50% of them need replacing. At the same time the energies of the future ? renewable energies like wind energy ? are coming online.
Continue readingABB to build pilot solar energy plants in South Africa
ABB recently invested in Novatec Solar, a leading provider of Linear Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology, which uses flat mirrors to concentrate the sun?s energy onto a receiver to produce steam.
Continue readingSiemens To End Nuclear Power Business
Siemens AG’s Kraftwerk Union AG built some of the world’s largest nuclear reactor in the latter part of the last century. Siemens also produces gas turbines and equipment used to produce solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingJapan plans floating wind farm near Fukushima nuclear power plant
The country plans to install six wind turbines near Fukushima nuclear energy plant. Wind energy accounts for less than 1 percent of Japan’s power demand.
Continue readingCost of solar power installations dropping
The cost of solar energy systems in the United States has declined significantly in the last two years with the drop in photovoltaic module prices, a report says.
Continue readingGL Garrad Hassan expert authors new book – ‘Innovation in Wind Turbine Design’
Anyone interested in the technical aspects of both the past developments and the exciting future of wind turbines should read this book carefully and be inspired.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power – Sopogy wins 2011 GoingGreen Global 200 award
Sopogy, the world leader in micro concentrated solar thermal power (MicroCSP), has been named a GoingGreen Global 200 award winner for the third year running.
Continue readingGE Technology Leadership at Railway Interchange
Established more than 100 years ago, GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a global technology leader and supplier to the railroad, marine, drilling, mining and wind energy industries.
Continue readingSiemens renounces nuclear activity, promotes wind energy and solar power
Germany wants to boost the share of the country’s power needs generated by renewable energy to 35 percent. Siemens produces equipment used to produce solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingPerfect storm sank solar energy Solyndra
The International Energy Agency projects that solar power will grow steadily, producing nearly a quarter of the world’s electricity within four decades.
Continue readingThe Truth about Clean Energy Jobs
Department awarded a loan guarantee to build the Kahuku wind energy plant in Hawaii. Those wind turbines were built in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The wind power project also features a state of the art energy storage system.
Continue readingCanada has enormous geothermal energy resources
Canada has enormous geothermal power resources that could supply the country with a renewable and clean source of power even though currently Canada has no geothermal electrical production.
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