To help further Kansas? wind power potential and grow the economy, Governor Mark Parkinson signed an executive order establishing the Kansas Interagency Working Group for Wind Energy.
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3.2 Million Plug-in Electric Vehicles to be Sold Worldwide by 2015
Battery Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: OEM Strategies, Demand Drivers, Technology Issues, Key Industry Players, and Global Market Forecasts.
Continue readingU.S. Hosts Great Lakes Offshore Wind Energy Workshop In Chicago
The Great Lakes Wind Collaborative is a multi-sector coalition of wind energy stakeholders working to facilitate the sustainable development of wind power in the binational Great Lakes region.
Continue readingPattern Energy Reaches Full Operation at Hatchet Ridge Wind Power in Northern California
Only Utility-Scale California Wind Power Project to Become Operational in 2010.
Continue readingKenya moves to geothermal and wind energy
These include the 300 MW Lake Turkana wind energy plant, the 52 MW Olkaria III geothermal power station extension, and three medium term speed diesel plants, with a combined capacity of 252 MW.
Continue readingMEGAJOULE Inovação Announces WindieTM Upgrade
Megajoule, as Portuguese market leader in wind energy assessment, is strongly committed to promote alternative and sustainable energy solutions.
Continue readingExploring Wind Energy as the Solution to Africa’s Energy Shortages
In a recent survey conducted by IQPC, 64.28% of the 2,754 energy sector respondents have chosen wind power as the principle solution to meet Africa’s growing energy demand.
Continue readingChina on target to achieve wind energy goals
A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd, based in Liaoning province, is entering the US wind energy market by supplying wind turbines to a joint venture that has plans to build a $1.5 billion wind farm in Texas.
Continue readingUS offshore wind energy potential amounts to 4 million MW
Wind turbines can be installed in an offshore area of 830,064 square kilometres. In order to calculate the potential, the study assumed wind turbines for a capacity of 5 MW for each square kilometre of sea.
Continue readingGE?s Wind Turbines Cutting Diesel Generation, Energy Costs for Alaska?s Kodiak Island
?The wind farm project is helping the community grow and hopefully will pave the way for future applications of our wind power technology in Alaska.?
Continue readingSouth Korea will launch massive offshore wind energy project
Following the completion of the first-stage construction of 20 test wind turbines in 2013, instead of 2012, the government will build an “experimental wind farm complex” with 200 five-megawatt wind turbines.
Continue readingDespite peak oil, wind power can drive a green electricity revolution
Indeed, the military report warns that peak oil could cause various impacts, at least on Germany.
Continue readingNissan LEAF Electric Vehicles on display as order books open in Europe
At the forthcoming Paris Motor Show, Nissan will be unveiling for the first time a concept vehicle that offers insight into how Nissan could expand its portfolio of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingLithium Battery Market Will Soar
Himfr forecasts that in the next five years, with lithium ion batteries’ reduced prices and the basic industry development, the electric vehicles battery market will rapidly develop.
Continue readingInterview with European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) CEO Christian Kjaer
In it, Kjaer discusses the forward-looking policies and other factors that are helping wind power drive Europe’s quest to reach ambitious clean energy goals.
Continue readingCannon Power Group Closes $547 Million Power Sales Transaction
The power will be provided from Cannon Power Group’s 262-megawatt (MW) Windy Flats wind energy project in Goldendale, Washington under a long-term power purchase agreement entered into last year by the parties.
Continue readingXcel Energy to be among first to receive Ford Transit Connect Electric
Xcel Energy and a coalition of its customers have been selected to be among the first in the country to receive the all-electric Ford Transit Connect Electric commercial van with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingWind power Energetx could bring 750 jobs to Holland (Michigan)
The Energetx news underscores the ability of wind energy to provide new manufacturing jobs in industrial states like Michigan that have been deeply affected by the recent economic recession and the loss of auto industry.
Continue readingGermany needs more electricity lines
The European continent needs far more electricity lines, a German federal agency said Wednesday, quoting from an EU document to be discussed at a conference in Berlin later this year.
Continue readingCri-Cri, the all-electric aircraft, flew for seven minutes
The Cri-Cri, the first four-engine all-electric plane, is the latest effort to develop a battery-powered aircraft with performance comparable to light, piston-engine airplanes.
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