“Our car is very different from a gasoline car in that it uses no gasoline, it’s all electric, lithium battery and with a proprietary battery management system by Hybrid Technologies,” Ron Cerven said.
Ron Cerven is a project development engineer at Hybrid Technologies, a research and development company focusing on electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries. [...]
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Sputnik Engineering GmbH has transferred its operations from Stockach to Neuhausen, Germany. Sputnik Engineering plans to manufacture a total of 275 megawatts of inverters this year at the new facility.
The facility at Neuhausen provides of room for further expansion. This will allow Sputnik scope for handling short-term fluctuations in demand, according to the company.
“Germany remains [...]
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A majority of Americans say they are willing to pay slightly higher electricity bills to help curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to a survey released today by the consulting firm Deloitte.
More than 36 percent of respondents said they would accept a 5 percent increase, and 17 percent of respondents would accept a [...]
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RWE, Enel and E.ON were the three biggest emitters of CO2 in 2005-2007, mainly due to heavy reliance on coal and lignite for power generation, according to Carbon Market Data, an independent market research firm.
Electricity firms top EU CO2-polluters list
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Batteries from technology firm Saft will provide a vital energy buffer for Terracon Energy GmbH’s “Energy Container” for renewable energy applications.
The systems guarantee a peak output of 10 kW and a continuous output of 5 kW. Efficient use of renewable energy sources alone enables it to produce 5-15 megawatt-hours annually.
The Saft Sunica.plus rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) [...]
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Engineers, trade unions, farmers and house builders today backed a campaign by Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association to introduce a “feed-in tariff” system that would improve Britain’s take-up of renewable energy.
Ahead of a crucial House of Commons vote on Wednesday, which aims to add a feed-in tariff to the energy bill [...]
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Cable company Nexans has been awarded a contract by StatoilHydro ASA to supply the submarine cables for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm project, located around 20 kilometer (km) offshore from Sheringham, on England’s north Norfolk coast. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement and construction of two 22km, 145 kilovolt (kV) XLPE submarine export cables, [...]
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Europe’s industrial energy users are proposing significant changes to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in an effort to avoid paying higher electricity prices. But the Commission and electricity producers say the plans would undermine the EU’s carbon market and send the wrong signals to consumers.
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LinksDossier: EU Emissions Trading Scheme
News: Power sector to reap further [...]
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A host of initiatives across Europe has led to an explosion in interest into how — and where — smart grids will be implemented and deployed.
According to Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, a leading voice in the Electricity industry, “It is clear that dramatic change is coming in the future for the electric utility industry…the way energy [...]
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The development of a new generation of large-scale, low-cost solar thermal power plants is the focus of a joint research agreement signed between Algeria and Germany. Researchers will be sharing data and expertise to speed up the market introduction of large-scale solar thermal plants. The plants could supply up to 200 [...]
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