The US has a strong market share in wind power technology, but is still in fourth place, report finds.
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Offshore wind energy: £425M wind-farm financing pact set
Lincs Wind Farm Ltd, a JV between Centrica, DONG Energy (DONG) and Siemens, has finalized agreements to provide non-recourse project finance facilities for the 270MW Lincs offshore wind turbines.
Continue readingWind Energy in Ireland Builds Strong Community Spirit
He dove headfirst into the wind turbines industry and identified possible wind farm sites across Ireland. One of these was in Collon.
Continue readingSuzlon signs EoI to develop 2,500 MW of wind power capacity
Wind turbines manufacturer Suzlon Group signed an expression of interest (EoI) with the government of Karnataka to develop 2,500 megawatt (MW) of new wind farm capacity in the state between 2012 and 2017.
Continue readingIBM Smarter Cities Technology Helps NYC Envision Solar Power Leadership
IBM is helping New York City (NYC) become a global leader in urban solar energy market analysis and sustainability through an innovative agreement with CUNY Ventures.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic Cells Tap Underwater Solar Energy
Preliminary results at a maximum depth of 9.1 meters reveal output to be 7 watts per square meter of solar cells, sufficient to demonstrate there is useful solar power to be harvested.
Continue readingSolar Power Rises in the Mideast, North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa are ripe for renewable energy investment, particularly in the solar energy sector and specifically in terms of concentrated solar power, CSP.
Continue readingEndesa presents charger that enables electric vehicles to return power- Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)
The new charge point features V2G (vehicle to grid) and V2H (vehicle to home) technology allowing whether to consume the electricity stored in their electric car, power their home or even return the surplus.
Continue readingWeizmann Institute solar technology to convert greenhouse gas into fuel
The Weizmann technology makes use of concentrated solar energy to dissociate carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) and oxygen (O2)
Continue readingHigh efficiency Concentrated Solar Power Conversion (60%) by Improved MHD
Concentrating Solar Power Utility is a Solar-Thermal Power Technology Development Stage Company.
Continue readingIn May 734 electric vehicles were sold in Spain
In the first five months of this year, deliveries of electric vehicles without CO2 emissions and lithium ion batteries totaled 1,650, including electric cars and other electric vehicles.
Continue readingIEA report finds cost of wind energy dropping as technology improves
Estimates of the future cost of onshore wind farm have often been the result of an iterative process that incorporates historical trends, learning curve analysis, expert elicitation, and engineering
Continue readingEthiopia to Study Potential for $250 Million Wind Farm
Ethiopia is to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a 250 million US dollar wind power plant in Assela using a 1 million dollar loan from the African Development Fund.
Continue readingHonda electric car gets 118 mpg
Electric vehicles, Toprak said, won’t sell en masse until customers know they will ultimately save enough to take a risk on new technology.
Continue reading80 Percent of Electric Vehicles Will Include Advanced Telematics Systems by 2017
Automobile manufacturers began to introduce mass marketed plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2010. Most of these electric cars include at least basic telematics systems
Continue readingLucky Boy Silver Corp. Changes Name to National Graphite Corp.
The rise of the Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles has caused great excitement in the graphite industry in recent times.
Continue readingDeveloping Asia needs low carbon path to growth
He cited the energy development plans of India and China, which include developing solar power and wind energy.
Continue readingLow cost technology fueling expansion of wind energy and solar power
One of the ways Kenya can embrace the green economy is through use of renewable sources of energy such as solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingWill the Chinese wind power dragon falter?
Chinese wind energy sector has surged too, with over 62 GW of wind farm now installed, making it the world?s number one in wind turbines.
Continue readingABS Completes Feasibility Study of Floating Wind Turbines off US Coasts
ABS is pleased to be working with the BSEE to help determine the viability of offshore wind energy installations for the US.
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