It also boasts the first outdoor demonstration site of large scale, cutting-edge solar, wind energy, electric vehicles and energy efficiency technologies that is open to the public.
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German American Wind Power Conference on June 28
In regard to wind energy, Texas is the most important state in the U.S. and has been leading the American wind turbines market with a cumulative installed wind farm capacity of 10,085 MW.
Continue reading85 percent of US customers want an electric car
Electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries may just be entering the market, but most US consumers are ready to buy them
Continue readingSaft to Supply Advanced Batteries to the Beijing Electric Vehicles
Johnson Controls-Saft, a global leader in the development and manufacture of advanced lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, will supply the complete battery system for two electric cars.
Continue readingSuzlon receives 50.4 MW wind power order from Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals
Suzlon Group has signed a wind energy order with Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC) to set up wind farm projects totaling 24 wind turbines in Gujarat.
Continue readingVestas receives 104 MW wind energy order in Canada
Vestas has received a 104 MW wind power order for 58 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm project in Canada.
Continue readingWind Works signs contract with Repower for installation of 30 MW wind energy
Wind Works Power has signed a contract with REpower for the delivery of 15 REpower MM92 wind turbines for three wind farm plants totaling 30 MW of installed wind power.
Continue readingGoogle, Itochu And Sumitomo Join GE As Owners Of World?s Largest Wind Energy Plant In Oregon
The 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat wind power project us under construction near Arlington, Oregon. Construction involves the erection of 338 wind turbines.
Continue readingDTE Energy Announces Site Selection For Three Wind Energy Farms
It is expected that approximately 50 wind turbines will be needed to generate the wind power at the wind farm plants.
Continue readingHannover, Days 3 and 4: Offshore wind energy talk, Wrap-up
The offshore wind farm industry in the United States can certainly benefit from lessons learned by the European offshore wind power industry.
Continue readingGeneral Motors Leads in Electric Vehicles Patents
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index tracks the granting of U.S. patents in solar energy, wind power, hybrid/electric vehicles, tidal/wave energy, geothermal energy, biomass/biofuels and clean, renewable energy.
Continue readingFree Home and Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Available with the Addition of Six New Cities
ChargePoint Network Expands into Baltimore, Tampa, Boston, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Monterey; Free Home and Public Charging Stations for Electric Cars Available.
Continue readingSuzlon ? GL Renewables mark decade of excellence in wind power
Suzlon Group, one of the world?s leading wind turbines companies, and GL Renewables Certification, a wind energy certification body, marked ten years of collaboration in a ceremony at the Wind Power India,
Continue readingVestas plans to set up wind energy plant in Angola in 2012
The CEO of Vestas in Portugal, Mário de Graviria Forbian, said in Luanda that in 2012 his company planned to set up an industrial unit for production of wind turbines for wind power plants in Angola.
Continue readingTotal acquires solar power Tenesol
Tenesol, which was created in 1983, is a top-tier solar energy operator in Europe, leader in the French market for large industrial and commercial photovoltaic rooftop solutions.
Continue readingNREL Team Investigates Secondary Uses for Electric Vehicles Batteries
The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), industry and academia are teaming to give lithium ion batteries from electric cars a ?second life.?
Continue readingIEA: More wind energy and other renewables needed to replace oil
Wind power must see an annual average growth rate of 17% and solar power 22% to meet their 2020 targets. Global installed wind farm capacity at the end of 2010 was about 197 GW.
Continue readingAccelerating the Transition to Renewable Energy Technologies
That cover a range of technologies, including energy efficient buildings and appliances, renewable energy sources, electric vehicles and smart grids.
Continue readingYes, wind energy and wave power are renewable; New Scientist pulls a Charlie Sheen
Joe Romm, on his Climate Progress blog, along with help from scientists at NASA, Stanford University, and California State University, carries a detailed critique of both the New Scientist article and the original paper.
Continue readingClaim that offshore wind energy causes beached whales ‘bad reporting’
One of the whale study’s co-authors, in an e-mail to Media Matters, commented, No one is saying that there won’t be any potential disturbance from the installation or operation of wind turbines.
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