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Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, received the 2011 Gigaton Prize for its pioneering role in reducing carbon emissions around the world, and leading efforts in the figh...  more

OG&E and Oklahoma State University recently announced an agreement to provide wind power to the Stillwater campus. If the 20-year agreement is approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, OSU will be powered by OG&E wi...  more

Ultra modern-style Swedish retailer Ikea will modernize much of its own power use by expanding an already large project to install solar panels atop its stores in the Southeast. The project will place panels on nearly two dozen st...  more

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced the delivery of Norway's 1,000th i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle. The ceremony to celebrate the delivery of the 1,000th i-MiEV was held in Oslo on December 5 (local time) with p...  more

Days before the one-year anniversary of the world’s first Nissan LEAF delivery on Dec. 11, Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) expands availability of the all-electric LEAF into new U.S. markets. After one year and 20,000 global deliv...  more

NRG Energy announced that Chad S. Plotkin has been named Vice President, Investor Relations, effective January 4, 2012. He will succeed Nahla A. Azmy, who will be leaving the Company to become Managing Director - Investor Relation...  more

Toyota Australia says it will import models such as the Corolla and Camry featuring BMW diesel engines if they become available for the local market. BMW and Toyota last week announced a new collaborationthat would see the German ...  more

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) has teamed up with top German football club FC Bayern Munchen to bring underprivileged Chinese football talents to an international youth tournament next year in Germany. Yin...  more

Toyota, the world leader in hybrid passenger cars and SUVs, introduced the Prius Plug-in Hybrid at the annual Green Drive Expo here today, as the newest member of the Prius Family. Joining the popular third-generation Prius Liftb...  more

Introduction The idea sounds as easy as convincing: Instead of „filling up“ an electric vehicle by cable the driver parks conveniently above the power source when using contactless inductive charging of the battery. The charging ...  more