The drive system for Enercon wind energy converters is based on a simple principle: fewer rotating components reduce mechanical stress while at the same time increasing the equipment?s technical service life.
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China Three Gorges wins stake in Portuguese EDP
EDP has a strong presence in the wind energy, with wind farm plants in many countries and a contract to buy wind turbines from wind power Vestas.
Continue readingConcentrated Solar Power: its potential contribution
Concentrated solar thermal power generation costs are on a par with photovoltaics and offshore wind energy , but are significantly more expensive than onshore wind power.
Continue readingRenault announces 21 Electric Vehicles dealers
Renault has revealed which of its UK dealers will be selling its new electric vehicles (EVs).
Continue readingKandi Electric Car Shines at Haikou International New Energy Electric Vehicle Equipment Exhibition
Kandi and State Grid demonstrated the latest Express Battery-Changing technology for electric vehicles, which became the focus of attention at the exhibition.
Continue readingAhlstrom: lithium ion batteries for electric cars
Porous Power Technologies makes electrode separators that reduce the cost and improve the safety, performance, efficiency and life of lithium-ion batteries, particularly large-format cells for electric vehicles.
Continue readingShell’s Nigeria oil spill
A world without oil and without nuclear energy based on renewable energies such as wind energy, concentrated solar power, photovoltaic and electric vehicles, it is possible and necessary. A new disaster shows the need.
Continue readingSEACOR Marine and Windcat Workboats Group Announce Wind Power Investment
SEACOR Marine LCC announced today that it has invested in Windcat Workboats Holdings Ltd, a European operator of wind farm utility vessels.
Continue readingIberdrola and Gamesa ink deal for wind power supply
Iberdrola and Gamesa Eólica have signed a new wind energy supply and maintenance framework agreement, extending their current collaboration through to 2022.
Continue readingGamesa lands wind energy contract to supply 200 MW in Egypt
Gamesa has signed a wind power contract with Egypt’s New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) to deliver 200 MW of wind turbines to wind farm projects in the Gulf of El-Zayt, on the nation’s Red Sea coast.
Continue readingHigh school students get final signoff to install 100-kW wind turbine
The wind turbine will be incorporated into school curriculum and serve as a demonstration site for the community as they explore wind energy in the community.
Continue readingAre these comments Robert Bryce doesn’t want you to see?
Comments from American Wind Energy Association and others on an anti-wind power op-ed by Robert Bryce at FoxNews.com disappeared overnight.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power Solar Millennium: Volker Böhm appointed insolvency administrator
Concentrated solar thermal power plant developer Solar Millennium AG filed insolvency on Wednesday with the District Court of Furth.
Continue readingSunPower to buy Total’s solar energy unit for $165 mln
Solar power products maker SunPower Corp. (SPWRA: News ) said it would acquire Tenesol SA, a global solar provider headquartered in La Tour de Salvagny, France, for $165.4 million in cash.
Continue readingAcquisition of 1.75 GW of Solar Millennium concentrated solar thermal projects to be delayed
Solarhybrid notes that the closing of the agreements is subject to certain terms, including rights to photovoltaic solar energy instead of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology.
Continue readingOffshore Wind Power USA: February 22 – 24,Boston, Massachusetts
Offshore Wind Power USA 2012 will enable you to connect and network with the major players in offshore wind globally, all of whom are focusing on the USA as the prime market.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2012
The number of lithium ion batteries plug-in hybrid and electric cars sold and the variety of options for consumers will expand rapidly.
Continue readingHigh Prices Will Limit Sales of Electric Vehicles in 2012
Many potential buyers will hold off on purchases of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries during 2012 due to the premium pricing of the electric cars, according to a new white paper from Pike Research.
Continue readingTracking Solar Power across the USA
A comprehensive databook on solar energy trends across the USA, Tracking Solar Energy across the USA is updated monthly and available either as an individual report or an annual subscription.
Continue readingRare earth metals in wind power, solar energy and electric cars
The U.S. DOE released the 2011 Critical Materials Strategy that examines the role that rare earth metals play in clean energy technologies such as wind energy, electric vehicles and solar power.
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