Archive for June, 2009
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16 June 2009
The Japanese company Nippon Yusen KK (NYK) has launched the visionary Super Eco Ship design. Planned for a 2030 launch the cargo ship will be powered by 40 MW fuel cells, with onboard solar and wind energy generating systems.
The carbon dioxide emissions from the ship will be reduced some 69% from from 195 g/TEU-miles, for [...]
Category: Mobility
Econcern core activities taken over by Eneco
15 June 2009
At the request of the administrators, the court in Utrecht pronounced today the bankruptcy of Econcern N.V., Ecostream International B.V. and Evelop International B.V.
Further, the Amsterdam court granted on 12 June 2009 suspension of payments to Betronic Hybrid Circuits B.V. and Betronic Nederland B.V.
Finally, the court in Utrecht on 12 June 2009 pronounced the [...]
Location of Vestas turbines for Swedish project determined
15 June 2009
In 2008, Vestas received an order for 100 MW for Sweden from Vattenfall Vindkraft Sverige AB, cf. company announcement No. 41/2008 of 28 August 2008. It has now been decided that almost 80 MW of the total order will be located in Stor-Rotliden, in the Åsele region in the northern part of Sweden. The Stor-Rotliden [...]
Category: Energy, Wind energy
Enercon delivers eight wind turbines to Kvalheim Kraft
15 June 2009
At the 5th wind energy conference hosted by the German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Oslo last March, Norwegian wind power company Kvalheim Kraft AS signed a contract with ENERCON for the delivery of eight E-70 wind turbines with 64 metres hub height.
ENERCON will build the 2.3 MW turbines in the Mehuken wind farm on the [...]
Category: Energy, Wind energy
Shell first to sell gasoline blended with advanced biofuel
14 June 2009
Customers at a Shell service station will become the first in the world to fill their tanks with gasoline containing advanced biofuel made from wheat straw.
For one month starting June 10, the regular gasoline purchased at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Canada will contain 10% cellulosic ethanol. The biofuel is produced locally [...]
Category: Mobility
“Filling station of the future” Cooperation between RWE and APCOA
14 June 2009
The RWE Group and APCOA Autoparking GmbH are entering into a partnership in the area of electric mobility. The two companies are launching a joint roll-out of charging points for electric cars in publicly accessible parking areas. This will make it possible for drivers to recharge their electric vehicles very conveniently, for example while they [...]
Category: Mobility
2009 BP Statistical Review of World Energy
13 June 2009
In a climate of unprecedented turbulence, global energy markets followed the same extreme pattern as the world economy in general during 2008.
Prices first rose to record highs as economic growth boomed in the first half of the year. Then they collapsed as the global economy abruptly reversed and plunged into recession in the wake of [...]
Category: Energy, Solar energy, Wind energy
Hywind: Siemens and StatoilHydro install first floating wind turbine
13 June 2009
StatoilHydro and Siemens installed the world’s first large-scale floating wind turbine. The turbine is located approximately 12 km south east of Karmøy in Norway at a water depth of about 220 meters. The Hywind project was developed by StatoilHydro, and Siemens supplied the SWT-2.3 MW wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 82 meters. Over [...]
Category: Energy, Wind energy
New FuelCell Hybrid Bus introduced by Daimler
10 June 2009
The new Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid bus had its world premiere this week at the UITP Congress in Vienna (the World Congress of the International Association of Public Transport). This fuel cell hybrid bus is the first representative of the new generation of fuel cell models from Daimler Buses.
The new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid draws on [...]
Category: Mobility
Smart grid The Future of the electric power industry
7 June 2009
More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation’s electricity distribution system, an aging spider web of power lines, is poised to move into the digital age.
The “smart grid” has become the buzz of the electric power industry in the US. President Barack Obama says it’s essential to boost development [...]
Category: Energy
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