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ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won several orders collectively worth $42 million to provide power supply infrastructure and equipment for several floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Th...  more

Vestas has received an order for a total 25.5 MW consisting of 30 units of the V52-850 kW wind turbines for the Cabeólica project to be located on the islands of Santiago, Sal, São Vicente and Boavista in Cape Verde. The contract ...  more

Alstom signed strategic agreements with major Russian energy companies to jointly provide power generation products and services for Russia’s power industry in the fields of hydropower generation, thermal power generation, nuclear...  more

As the pioneers of offshore wind Vestas once again makes its mark on the industry by opening a record three offshore wind farms in one year. 2010 has brought along the installation and commissioning of Robin Rigg, Thanet and most ...  more

ABB and Holcim Switzerland have agreed to install ABB’s newly developed heat recovery and electrical power production system at their cement plant in Untervaz, Switzerland. ABB’s state-of-the-art solution is based on the ORC (Orga...  more

Gamesa has signed an agreement with Eolia Renovables de Inversiones to jointly develop several wind energy projects in Mexico, for which Gamesa will supply 100% of the turbines with combined installed capacity of 324 MW. The deal ...  more

In a historic moment for Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and zero emission vehicles, the 100% electric Nissan LEAF was awarded 2011 European Car of the Year. The world’s first mass-marketed, affordable, zero-emission vehicle for the global...  more

The national standards for wind power interconnection will be introduced at the beginning of next year. Cai Jianyun, the professor of tie electrical engineering department in Tsinghua University, said that the framework of the nat...  more

Gamesa has announced its industrial project into Brazil following this morning's signature of a memorandum of intentions with Jacques Wagner, Governor of the State of Bahia, under which the company will build a nacelle plant in Ca...  more

Under its VARTA brand, Johnson Controls Power Solutions EMEA has developed AGM and EFB batteries that can meet the demands of eco-friendly Start-Stop vehicle technology: the VARTA Start-Stop Plusand VARTA Start-Stop batteries are ...  more