Milestone in the construction of the Niagara Tunnel

Milestone in the con...

The construction of the Niagara Tunnel – as high as a 4-story building – has reached an important milestone when the tunnel has been completely lined with concrete. Once...

Wind in Argentina: Koluel Kayke II wind farm

Wind in Argentina: K...

IMPSA, the largest Latin American wind turbine manufacturer, will invest $ 81 million in Koluel Kayke II wind farm. IMPSA won approval of a long-term financing of the Corporation Andina...

97% of the Bolivian territory is suitable for solar energy

97% of the Bolivian ...

Bolivia began to develop renewable energies like wind and solar photovoltaic. The first wind farm with Chinese wind turbines will be installed in Tarija. A study released by the Energy...

Alstom joins SSE and strengthened in marine energy

Alstom joins SSE and...

Scotland’s largest producer of marine energy, SSE Renewables and the French manufacturer Alstom announced Tuesday the creation of a joint venture responsible for developing the...

Nicaragua already covers 48% of demand with renewable energy

Nicaragua already co...

Wind, geothermal, hydro and solar power and cover half the energy consumption of Nicaragua. There are plans to install wind turbines in new wind projects. According to The National...

The Emirate of Dubai is diversifying and launching a mega solar project

The Emirate of Dubai...

The Emirate of Dubai is diversifying and launching a mega solar project with the aim of reducing its energy dependence on fossil fuels (including gas). The emirate of Dubai announced...

UN declared 2012 as the year of renewable energy

UN declared 2012 as ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned days before the finalization of the 2011: “The Earth is moving towards an unsustainable energy future, unless urgent measures are...

Widehem Park: the storm ripped the blades of a wind turbine!

Widehem Park: the st...

The website of a newspaper called LaSemaine  reported Thursday a rather unusual incident, highlighting a wind turbine located near the A16 motorway, whose blades were completely “shredded”...



Posts Tagged «Electric Vehicles»

Skoda produces ten units of its first electric car

Skoda produces ten units of its first electric car
Skoda, Volkswagen Group, has produced ten units of its first electric car, the Octavia Green E Line, an electric vehicle with a range of 240 km thanks to lithium batteries. Czech car maker Skoda, Volkswagen Group, has produced ten electric cars...Read More

Nissan sold 20,000 Leaf electric vehicles

Nissan sold 20,000 Leaf electric vehicles
Nissan Motor has reached a sales volume of 20,000 LEAF electric cars in its first year on the market. The electric vehicle with lithium commercially launched December 11, 2011 in the U.S. The Nissan LEAF electric car is the first electric car...Read More

Electric cars will pay no road tax

Electric cars will pay no road tax
Santander will expand next year’s tax rebate of motor vehicles (road tax) for electric vehicles, bonus from 50% to 100%. This was announced last week by the mayor of Santander, Iñigo de la Serna, after receiving the first electric car...Read More

General Motors to redesign lithium battery for electric cars

General Motors to redesign lithium battery for electric cars
General Motors may have to redesign the batteries that power their electric cars and to prevent fire in case of accident. Dan Akerson admit it publicly, if not even a week has passed since the traffic safety agency in the U.S. began its formal...Read More