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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

LG Chem finishes world's biggest electric car battery plant

published: 2011-04-08 11:19
LG Chem said Wednesday that it has completed what it described as the world`s largest battery plant for electric cars, with an annual production capacity of around 100,000 units. The plant began producing batteries for General Mo...  more

Europeans split over EV plug standard

published: 2011-04-08 11:02
Euractiv reports that French and Italian groups have misgivings over the German design of a plug for electric vehicles proposed as a common European standard. The tussle highlights “industrial jealousy”, the report say...  more