Energy company E.ON has today announced that the first power had been produced by its Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth. Ian Johnson, Robin Rigg Project Manager, said: “This is fantastic news”.
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Northern Power Systems Launches Canadian Wind Business
The company celebrated its most recent Northwind 100 installation in Kensington, Prince Edward Island where the turbine will completely power the town’s wastewater treatment plant.
Continue readingWind power in Iraq? – MainWind has announced that they completed the installation of 2 wind masts in Iraq
Near the city of Sulaimaniyah the company installed 2 wind measurement masts to collect wind data for the local Government of Sulaimaniyah.
Continue readingBosch and Samsung joint venture for lithium-ion batteries starts operations
Start of production of lithium-ion batteries planned for 2011. The fifty-fifty joint venture ?SB LiMotive Co. Ltd.? of Bosch and Samsung SDI has started its operations on September 1, 2008.
Continue readingReva lanza dos nuevos vehículos eléctricos
El 16 de septiembre de 2009, Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) presentará dos nuevos automóviles eléctricos con clasificación M1 durante la celebración del 63 Salón Internacional del Automóvil de Frankfurt (IAA).
Continue readingGamesa will supply a total of 26 Gamesa G87-2.0 MW wind turbine generators to EUFER
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica has entered into two new agreements with the company ENEL Unión Fenosa Renovables for the supply of twenty-six Gamesa G87-2.0 MW wind turbines (52 MW).
Continue readingGamesa suministrará 26 aerogeneradores a Eufer con 52 MW eólicos
La compañía eólica suministrará a EUFER un total de 26 aerogeneradores correspondientes al modelo Gamesa G87-2.0 MW.
Continue readingDener Ingeniería realiza una instalación fotovoltaica en una nave industrial en Barcelona
La empresa cántabra de energías renovables Dener Ingeniería ha realizado ya la instalación fotovoltaica en la localidad de Sant Feliu de Llobregat, en Barcelona, en una nave industrial.
Continue readingGE Energy vende 101 aerogeneradores en Rumania
General Electric es el segundo fabricante mundial de aerogeneradores y la primera empresa eólica EE UU. En 2008 Rumania sólo tenía 10 megavatios eólicos, pero el panorama cambiará este año.
Continue readingPeugeot lanzara el coche eléctrico i0n a finales de 2010
Peugeot lanzará en 2010 un vehículo eléctrico, el i0n, con baterías de iones de litio y una autonomía de 130 kilómetros entre recargas.
Continue readingGE Wind Energy supply 101 of its 2.5xl wind turbines to CEZ Romania for Cogealac wind farm
GE Energy today signed an agreement to supply up to 101 of its 2.5xl wind turbines to CEZ Romania for Cogealac, the second phase of the Fantanele wind project.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles Commissions Two New Wind Farms in France
EDF Energies Nouvelles (Paris:EEN) announced the commissioning of the Canton de Bonneval and Veulettes wind farms, both located in the northern half of France with respectively 24 MW and 8 MW in installed capacity.
Continue readingPeugeot iOn electric vehicle to debut in Frankfurt
French auto maker Peugeot, has announced that it will present the iOn electric car at this month?s Frankfurt Motor Show. Based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, it is a 4-door all-electric Peugeot.
Continue readingSe presenta oficialmente el Proyecto MOVELE
8 de septiembre, a las 11.00 h., en la explanada interior del Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio se presenta el Proyecto MOVELE por parte del Ministro de Industria, Miguel Sebastián.
Continue readingRamco Energy PLC moves focus offshore
Ramco Energy PLC is to sell off its oil and gas interests and focus solely on its offshore wind power operations. Ramco’s subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) has secured a net 456 MegaWatts of offshore wind farms.
Continue readingShowa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki (Japan)
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. said Monday its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki Prefecture at a cost of 100 billion yen.
Continue readingOerlikon Solar and Tianwei open 46 MW solar thin-film production in China
Oerlikon Solar and Tianwei have completed one of mainland China?s largest thin-film solar panel factories, which in the first phase could produce 500,000 thin-film solar modules totalling 46 MW per year.
Continue readingFirst Solar to Produce Twice as Much as Leading Crystalline Solar Module Suppliers in 2009
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, U.S.-based First Solar Inc. is set to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world?s largest producer of Photovoltaic (PV) cells in 2009, according to iSuppli Corp.
Continue readingTh!nk City, un coche eléctrico para la ciudad
Th!nk City es un vehículo eléctrico, que puede recorrer 180 kilómetros entre recargas. Su velocidad máxima asciende a 105 km/h. La batería tiene 30 kW. Saldrá este año.
Continue readingWant a Better Way to Power Your Car? It’s a Breeze by Lester R. Brown
Why not use the wind-generated electricity to power cars directly? While many residents in some places take a NIMBY view of wind farms, the opposite is true, it’s a PIMBY (Put It in My Backyard) issue.
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