100 electric cars rolled down Israeli roads on their way to employees of Better Place, a U.S. startup poised to do big business supplying electric car with lithium ion batteries and charging infrastructure in Israel.
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Suzlon S9X wind turbines exceeds 1 GW in global wind farm orders
Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth leading and India’s largest wind power manufacturer, announced that it has secured over 1 GW of wind energy orders for its S9X suite of wind turbines.
Continue readingMIT Study Shows Electric Vehicles Can Lower Operational Costs
The researchers have examined the fleets of electric trucks as a part of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems. V2G or vehicle-to-grid with electric cars and lithium ion batteries are being tested by utility companies.
Continue readingSolar energy to light up Africa
Africa is not yet a significant player in the field of hard solar science, which includes areas such as photovoltaic technologies, concentrated solar power and solar fuels research such as artificial photosynthesis.
Continue readingShanghai offshore wind farm with 6 MW wind turbines
Sinovel, China’s largest wind power maker, will put a set of 6-megawatt wind turbines into operation. The move is a milestone in tapping offshore wind energy in China.
Continue readingOffshore wind power in the Mid-Atlantic
American Wind Energy Association applauds Secretary Salazar for moving offshore wind farm development forward.
Continue readingWind energy in Brazil: Fuhrländer to Sell $524 Million of Wind Turbines
Fuhrländer, a German wind power, expects to sign about 900 million reais worth of sales wind farm in Brazil.
Continue readingBrightsource Energy to design South African concentrated solar power plant
Sasol looks forward to the completion of the FEED study by one of the world’s leading concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) technology provider.
Continue readingRenault delivers first electric car Fluence ZE in London
Fluence ZE is the second of Renault’s four-strong ZE electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries to reach the market.
Continue readingSiemens wins contract for US army?s largest photovoltaic solar energy system
The PV solar power system is the primary component of the energy savings performance contract (ESPC) to be implemented by the Building Technologies Division of Siemens Industry, Inc.
Continue reading3TIER Releases 2011 Wind Energy Performance Map of Europe
The wind power performance maps were created by comparing hourly data for 2011 with hourly wind conditions averaged over the period 1981-2010 from 3TIER’s continually updated European meteorological dataset.
Continue readingLeasing Process for Commercial Wind Power Development Offshore Virginia
The bureau is publishing a Call for Information and Nominations to identify industry interest in locations within the Virginia Wind Energy Area for commercial wind farm leases.
Continue readingVirginia next step for offshore wind energy
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is moving forward with the next step in offshore wind power development off the Virginia coast, Gov. Bob McDonnell and federal officials announced.
Continue readingenXco Service Corporation Signs O&M Agreement With TPW Petersburg Wind Farm
The TPW Petersburg Wind Farm, acquired by Gestamp, consists of 27 GE Wind 1.5 MW XLE – ESS wind turbines. Wind energy produced will be delivered to Omaha Public Power District (OPPD).
Continue readingWind power: Republican governors push for PTC extension; Senators express support
Republican governors Terry Branstad of Iowa and Sam Brownback of Kansas provided some very specific support for the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue readingAbengoa and JGC’s concentrating thermal solar power plant, Solacor 1, comes online
The concentrated solar power plant will produce the solar energy equivalent of that needed to power approximately 26,000 homes.
Continue readingGamesa’s wind energy orders for the G97-2.0 MW wind turbines total 356 MW
Europe accounted for the largest share of wind farm orders (40%), followed by China (28%) and the US (26.4%). Gamesa entered into a new wind power market: Canada, where it signed a contract to deliver its first 10 MW.
Continue readingClouds over Spain’s wind energy and solar power as aid cut
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government passed a decree to “temporarily suspend” subsidies for all new wind power and solar energy (photovoltaic and concentrating solar power).
Continue reading2011: A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come
Since the 1970s, each subsequent decade has gotten hotter?and 9 of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred in the twenty-first century.
Continue readingGDT Tek Closes Escrow on 109 Acres of Prime Solar Energy Farm Land
Also plans to use its own waste heat to electricity technology combined with solar concentrating power panels on a portion of the land.
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