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All-New Ford Focus Electric: The Most Maintenance-Free Ford Ever

published: 2011-02-10 14:41

When it comes to regularly scheduled maintenance, the Ford Focus Electric will be the easiest car to own that Ford Motor Company has ever built. Because the Focus Electric does not have a conventional piston engine or an autom... more

First Solar Acquires 15-Megawatt Amherstburg II Solar Project from Helios Energy Inc.

published: 2011-02-10 14:37

First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) and Helios Energy Inc. announced that First Solar has completed the acquisition of Helios Energy's Amherstburg II Solar Project, consisting of two separate facilities, which, together, total 15 mega... more

Gamesa India Meets with Suppliers to Share Details of Its Indian Growth Plan and to Strengthen Its Supply Chain

published: 2011-02-10 14:34

Gamesa India recently held a meeting in Chennai with its 52 top suppliers. The purpose of the meeting was to analyse the company's current expansion in the Indian wind market and to convey to suppliers the need for continued joint... more

Powered By GE Turbines, Largest Wind Power Portfolio in Idaho Completed

published: 2011-02-10 14:30

Over 10,000 acres of rural land will now also host Idaho’s largest portfolio of wind farms through a partnership of GE Energy Financial Services—a unit of GE (NYSE: GE)—Exergy Development Group, Atlantic Power Corporation and Reun... more

Epir Technologies Creates Higher-Efficiency Thin-Film Solar Panels

published: 2011-02-09 15:29

In an effort to spur innovation in the field of solar research, the government has worked in recent years to increase funding to domestic solar companies; that funding seems to be paying off as an Illinois-based company announced ... more

Princeton University to Install Powerful Solar Collector Field

published: 2011-02-09 15:22

Princeton University will become a leader in American higher education in solar energy when it installs a 5.3-megawatt solar collector field on 27 acres it owns in West Windsor Township. The system, comprising 16,500 photovoltaic ... more

Positive Signs from the Core Markets for Solar-Thermal Power Plants

published: 2011-02-09 15:18

The solar-thermal power generation sector saw a promising start to 2011. All of the Solar Millennium Group’s core markets showed positive signs: Spain has provided for legal security in the issue of feed-in tariffs for pre-registe... more

Ecotality Wins $2.87m in Bay Area Contracts, Expands the EV Project to the San Francisco Bay Area

published: 2011-02-09 15:08

ECOtality, Inc., specializing in clean electric transportation and storage, announced that it has expanded The EV Project to the San Francisco Bay Area. ECOtality was awarded a $2.87 million contract from the Bay Area Air Quality ... more

Georgia Power and EPRI Study Solar PV Installation on Power Lines

published: 2011-02-09 15:00

Georgia Power and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are conducting an 18-month study to evaluate how solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems may affect the utility's distribution system. Fifty PV systems are being install... more

GE Signs Largest Wind Services Agreement in Europe to Date with Cobra Energia

published: 2011-02-09 14:37

GE has signed a 10-year contract with Spanish wind developer Cobra Energia to provide advanced services for 178 GE wind turbines installed at eight wind farms across Spain. The agreement is GE’s largest wind energy services contra... more

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