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Samsung-Bosch Venture to Invest in Car-Battery Plants

published: 2011-04-12 15:14
SB LiMotive Co., a 50-50 joint venture between South Korea's Samsung SDI Co. and Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH, will invest $500 million by 2013 to add one or two more car-battery production lines in Korea. Samsung SDI may also exp...  more

Audi A3 e-tron EV Expected in 2013

published: 2011-04-12 14:25
Audi is now talking up a new version of the e-tron that is an electric version of its most popular vehicle, the A3. The new version of the e-tron will be the first EV wearing the Audi crest to hit the commercial market. The vehicl...  more

Google Invests $168M in Solar Energy Project

published: 2011-04-12 14:03
The commitment announced Monday is part of the financing that BrightSource Energy needs to build solar power plant in California's Mojave Desert. BrightSource also has lined up $1.6 billion in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Departme...  more

Vestas to Build World’s Largest Offshore Turbine

published: 2011-04-11 10:43
Vestas, a wind power manufacturer, has announced plans to complete the largest offshore wind turbine. The V164-7.0 MW will be a colossal offshore turbine being designed for the roughest North Sea conditions which is notorious for ...  more

Google, Buffett showing interest in wind power

published: 2011-04-11 10:37
Google and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have shown interest in buying wind turbines to supply power along railroad lines and at computer server farms, two of the world's largest manufacturers said. "Railroads ...  more

GE to build nation's largest solar power plant

published: 2011-04-11 10:27
GE is taking aim at the world's biggest solar company in a bid to expand into a fast-growing renewable energy market. General Electric Co. announced Thursday that it would spend $600 million to build the nation's biggest solar pa...  more