Here is a look at what akes the headlines for elecgtric vehicles and realted technologies worldwide.
Alternative Energy.
UK Readies Wind Farm. 250 turbines producing 750MW will be installed at Gwynt y Môr, Wales, combined with 3 existing wind farms, will provide 4.5 GW to furnish enough power for 680,000 homes by 2012, according to the BBC.
U.S. Tennessee Seeks Alternative Energy. And in the U.S., nation’s largest public utility, Tennessee Valley Authority wants to buy 2,000MW of renewable energy from the wind, sun and possibly could include hydropower, geothermal, ocean, tidal, biomass and other biologically dnewab;e energy, solar power, wind power, geothermal power, tidal energy, ocean energy, erived fuels to supply about 978,000 homes by 2011, according to CNNMoney.
California For & Against Solar Farm. And in California, as proponents gather, so do opponents to the Ausra Inc. solar thermal facility which would quickly bring clean energy but with consequences on the shrinking wildlife, according to the LATimes. And to make tings more complicated, a Californian bill introduced in the state Legislature would require the state utilities to buy one-third of their energy from “clean, renewable sources” by 2020, according to the PaloAltoOnline.
Worldwide Ocean Energy. And the4 Guardian recaps a little bit of history around the harnessing of the ocean power dating back from the French Monsieur Girard in 1799, to modern day across the globe.
Bangladesh Goes Alternative Energy. Bangladesh will produce 5% of their electricity from renewable source by 2015 and 10% by 2020, according to BDNews24.
Celgard Gets $2.3 Million. U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium signed a $2.3 million contract to Polypore International Inc., a Celgard subsidiary for their lithium batteries technology in order to develop and produce microporous membranes, including separators used in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, according to BizJournals. This means good news for automakers, as the consortium is a division of the U.S. Council for Automotive Research, the umbrella organization for collaborative research among Chrysler, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) and General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM)
The world’s vast untapped power are finally getting used intelligently. It’s amazing what this financial crisis and energy shock has done to the alternative energy industry. For once, investments have been made, plants have been constructed, returns on profits have been already reinvested, and to top it, U.S. federal, State, as well as other country’s laws are mandating more renewab;e, clean energy. It doesn’t look as if it can be slowed down anymore, no matter how low gas price goes in the short time.