After the new Alto do Marco (12 MW) wind farm is online in Portugal, now Enel Green Power?s total wind energy installed capacity in this country has reached 191 MW.
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Renovalia and First Reserve sign $150m wind energy JV
Spanish renewable energy firm hails investment as major step in its plan to lead wind power market.
Continue readingCanadian Wind Energy Experiences Record Year
Wind power in Canada will experience a record year in 2011, with approximately 1.4 GW of new installed wind farm capacity projected to come online.
Continue readingSolvay’s products used for the electric vehicles Bluecar®
We are developing with our business partners new ® grades to push the performance of the Li-ion batteries to new limits.
Continue readingParis rolls out fleet of electric cars for sharing
Paris today launches an electric car-sharing programme, similar to the city’s bike rental scheme, in an attempt to cut air and noise pollution.
Continue readingPlugless Power? Wireless Electric Car Charging Technology
Evatran, the leading developer of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles, has signed contracts with six high-profile commercial participants
Continue readingExtracting strategic minerals for green economy from geothermal energy plants
A facility that is being built in the USA produces zinc, manganese and especially lithium from fluids used for geothermal energy electricity generation
Continue readingADB grants $48 mn loan to Reliance Power’s solar energy project in Rajasthan
Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank would provide USD 48 million (Rs 250 crore) loan to Reliance Power for its concentrated solar power project in Rajasthan.
Continue readingSolar Energy Will Supply One-Third of Global Energy by 2060
A new study by the IEA predicts that solar energy from solar energy photovoltaics, concentrating solar power and solar thermal hot water will account for one-third of overall global energy consumption by 2060.
Continue readingCape Verde eyes 50% wind energy by 2020
The 32 wind turbines wind power project would generate over 28 MW of electricity and ease Cape Verde?s reliance on imported fossil fuels.
Continue readingSolar power producers fully prepared for US ruling
Chinese photovoltaic (PV) solar energy companies are well-prepared for the preliminary ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that these enterprises are harming the US industry.
Continue readingChina on course to double wind energy capacity
China’s wind farm capacity has neared 40 GW. During the first ten months this year, wind turbines generated 58.3 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 57 percent year-on-year.
Continue reading20 MW wind turbines are soon feasible
In 2020 wind turbines will reach a capacity of 20 MW. This is the conclusion of a feasibility study conducted within Europe?s Upwind wind power project .
Continue readingParis to launch electric vehicles program Autolib
Autolib makes its debut Monday and officials want the self-service electric cars to be as much a part of Paris life as the Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame Cathedral.
Continue readingBrightSource adds energy storage to future concentrated solar power PPA
BrightSource Energy, which is currently constructing a 370 MW concentrating solar thermal power project near the California-Nevada border, has announced it has added the ability to store solar energy.
Continue readingUnited States houses more than 2,980,295 megawatts of geothermal energy
In America’s renewable energy sector, geothermal energy has been much slower in developing itself compared to the solar power and wind energy industries.
Continue readingSafe Air Shipment of Lithium Ion Batteries
PRBA delivers a safe, efficient, and essential power source for portable electronic equipment such as notebook computers, cell phones, power tools, PDAs, and MP3 players, as well as hybrid and electric vehicles.
Continue readingGreenCar Hawaii launches electric vehicles sharing project
Hawaii’s first car share company is offering rentals of electric cars at an Oahu hotel.
Continue readingQatar, Spain sign deal for solar energy research projects
The Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) has signed a deal with Spanish counterparts to develop joint solar power research projects.
Continue readingIndia solar power prices break new ground
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) invited bids for these solar energy photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in the month of August 2011.
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