Consumers Have Favorable Views of Electric Cars
Alternative fuel vehicles, particularly battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), are a small but fast-growing segment of the automotive market. Since 2010, when...
View ArticleMitsubishi Sold 36,000 Electric Vehicles
Mitsubishi Motors announced that, to date, it sold a total of 36,000 electric cars worldwide.Since Mitsubishi launched it first electric car in mid-2009, the automaker has averaged roughly 700 EVs sold...
View ArticleBMW has orders for nearly 10,000 of its electric i3 cars
BMW has orders for nearly 10,000 of its i3 electric cars, the first of which were delivered in Germany last week, the company's global sales chief, Ian Robertson, said at the Los Angels Auto Show on...
View Article2013 completions of large concentrated solar power (CSP) plants mark...
Several large, new concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plants are expected to begin commercial operation by the end of 2013, more than doubling the solar thermal generating capacity in the United...
View ArticleDudgeon Offshore Wind farm to base O&M activities from Great Yarmouth
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has decided to go further with Great Yarmouth as the preferred harbour location for the operation and maintenance activities for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.Operations and...
View ArticleAcciona Windpower obtiene siete nuevas certificaciones para sus...
Los pedidos de aerogeneradores ACCIONA Windpower de 3 MW actualmente en curso irán destinados a parques eólicos de Estados Unidos, Canadá, México, Brasil, Chile y Sudáfrica, y se unen a los ya...
View ArticleEnel Green Power construirá un parque eólico de 150 MW en Estados Unidos
El nuevo parque eólico, denominado 'Origin', tendrá una capacidad total instalada de 150 megavatios (MW) y será capaz de generar, aproximadamente, hasta 650 gigavatios/hora (GWh) de electricidad...
View ArticleSolar Photovoltaic (PV), Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) make up 72% of new...
U.S. commissioned 12 utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in October 2012, for a total of 504 MW, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
View ArticleAcciona Windpower obtains seven new certificates for different models of its...
GL Renewables Certification, a leading certification body for renewable energy, has issued seven new certificates for different models of ACCIONA Windpower's AW 3000 turbine (3 MW). This gives a...
View ArticleConcentrated Solar Power BrightSource Energy Names David Ramm as New CEO
Experienced energy executive will guide company's increased focus on international markets for concentrating solar thermal power technology (CSP).BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading provider of...
View ArticleWind energy in Brazil: GE Awarded 545 Megawatts to Power 26 Wind Farms
GE Secured 63 Percent of Total Capacity in Recent Brazil Wind Power Auction. GE Received 10-Year Operations and Maintenance Agreements to Service the Awarded 545 Megawatts on 26 Wind Farms. In Total,...
View ArticleEnel Green Power will build a 150 MW wind farm in the U.S.
The Origin Wind Power Project to be constructed in Oklahoma will have a total installed capacity of 150 MW and will be able to generate up to around 650 GWh of power per year. Construction of the plant...
View ArticleChina builds world's highest photovoltaic power station in Tibet
Construction of Ngari Photovoltaic (PV) Power Station, the world's highest 10-MW PV power station, is complete and test runs are underway.The PV power station in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous...
View ArticleWind power in Mexico: Enel Green Power will build a wind farm in Oaxaca
The construction of the Sureste I – Phase I wind farm in the Mexican state of Oaxaca has begun, adding even more capacity to EGP’s operations in a country where it already had 144 megawatts online.Enel...
View ArticleWind energy in Azerbaijan: Construction of several wind farms to be completed...
Construction of three wind power plants with a total capacity of 135.3 megawatts in Azerbaijan will be completed in 2015.Production of solar cells in Azerbaijan cheapens the process of developing...
View ArticleConcentrated Solar Power (CSP) thermal storage to offer grid stability in...
Concentrated solar power (CSP) in conjunction with thermal storage could provide South Africa with grid stability during peak periods when electricity was most needed.Concentrated solar power (CSP) in...
View ArticleWind Energy for a Cleaner America
Burning fossil fuels to generate electricity pollutes our air, contributes to global warming, and consumes vast amounts of water—harming our rivers and lakes and leaving less water for other uses. In...
View ArticleConcentrated Solar Power (CSP) Stirling-engine Developer Qnergy Acquires...
Qnergy has acquired the assets of US-based concentrating solar thermal power Infinia Corporation Inc. located in Ogden, Utah. Qnergy, an Israeli-based Stirling engine manufacturer and its...
View ArticleConcentrated solar photovoltaic power (CPV) plant to deliver 22 MW in South...
South Africa’s largest concentrated solar photovoltaic power (CPV) plant will be connected to the grid next month, supplying 22 megawatt-peak (MWp) of electricity to Eskom, enough to power...
View ArticleSpain gets 4.7% of its electricity from solar photovoltaic PV, Concentrated...
During October 2013, Solar photovoltaics (PV) represented 3.1% of electricity generation in Spain, with concentrating solar power (CSP) representing another 1.6%, according to figures released by the...
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