The better anode built by Berkeley Lab could contribute to lowering the cost and extending the range of electric vehicles.
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Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing JV in Germany with EnerSys
LTC is especially well positioned in the fast growing markets of hybrid electric electric vehicles and electric cars.
Continue readingA Way to Boost Battery Storage
A stretchy binder material that’s compatible with existing factories could help electric vehicles and portable electronics go 30 percent longer.
Continue readingPSA Velv Electric Vehicles
Known by its French acronym VELV, the light city electric car has been developed with a consortium of French companies.
Continue readingCloud Computing Energy Efficiency
The market for cloud computing services has continued to expand despite a general decline in economic activity in most of the world.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa sells a 60 MW wind farm in Poland
Gamesa, global technological leader in the wind turbines industry, has reached an agreement with Polish power company PGE Energia Odnawialna (PGE EO).
Continue readingSolar Millennium holds inauguration ceremony for the Andasol 3 concentrated solar thermal power plant
Largest concentrated solar energy site on stream. Andasol concentrating solar power plants supply the electricity needs of half a million people. Storage technology enables electricity supply at night.
Continue readingDOE finalizes $1bn in guarantees for Arizona and Nevada concentrated solar power projects
The Tonopah solar thermal is being developed by SolarReserve, in the shape of a 110 MW concentrating solar power tower generating facility with molten salt as the primary heat transfer and storage medium.
Continue readingRare Earth Metals for Cleantech to Reach $1.2 Billion by 2017
Demand for rare earth metals across cleantech applications like wind power, electric cars, solid oxide fuel cells, and energy-efficient lighting is expected to increase significantly by 2017.
Continue readingFirst Suzlon S97 wind turbines arrive in Canada
Fifteen S9702.1MW wind turbines to power the 31.5MW Amherst Wind Farm Project left the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia for installation,
Continue readingSinovel delivers 23 wind turbines to Brazil
Chinese wind power manufacturer Sinovel, is delivering 23 of its SL1500/82 wind turbines to a 34.5 MW wind farm in Sergripe, Brazil, for Engevix subsidiary Desenvix.
Continue readingWind farm contract signed between China and Spain
Gamesa has installed near 3,000 wind turbines at more than 60 wind farm sites across China since 2000. The wind energy company currently has six manufacturing wind power plants in Tianjin and Jilin provinces.
Continue readingSmall Wind Power
Power generation from small wind turbines is an increasingly important part of the broader market for renewable distributed wind energy generation.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: Abengoa to develop three 64 MW wind power plants
The wind farm project will be carried out as a joint venture between Abengoa and Banco Santander Brazil. The wind energy produced by the wind turbines will be sold to Brazil?s National Energy Agency (ANEEL).
Continue readingWind power in Brazil set for rapid expansion within next three years
Ramon Fiestas, Director of the Global Wind Energy Council?s Latin America Committee, Brazil?s rapidly growing wind power industry and its accompanying supply chain are becoming firmly established.
Continue readingIowa State-Texas football game to showcase Power of Wind Energy
Football clash between universities from America?s two leading wind energy states creates ?Wind Bowl?.
Continue readingSolarReserve Completes Financing for Advanced Technology Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project in Nevada
Santander has broad experience in concentrated solar power technology as a leading project finance lender. We are pleased to build on this expertise as an equity participant in this exciting project.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Better for Hawaii Environment than Trains
Electric cars on the other hand will be using electricity from lithium ion batteries that have been charged from power generated earlier in the day from wind turbines.
Continue readingDOE Finalizes $337 Million Loan Guarantee to Mesquite Solar 1 for Innovative Solar Power Plant
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Energy Department finalized a $337 million loan guarantee to Mesquite Solar 1, LLC to support the development of an innovative photovoltaic solar energy plant.
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