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Korea’s largest solar power plant starts producing electricity
LG Group has completed Korea’s largest solar power plant in Taean, South Chungcheong Province and started producing electricity. The solar power plant with an annual power generating capacity of 19,000 MWh stands on a site measuring about 300,000 sq. m. The 14-megawatt total output capacity is enough to meet the power needs of 8,000 households…
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World’s largest solar power plant is larger than 100 football fields!
Kyocera is fitting out another major solar power plant with photovoltaic modules for the Spanish renewable energy company Avanzalia. When finished, the project will be one of the largest solar power generating facilities world-wide. In August 2008, the plant in the Castile-La Mancha region of the Spanish province of Cuenca will be capable of generating…
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Saibao Chinese electric Car scores US-NCAP 4 stars
Chinese electric Car Saibao jointly developed by China’s Tianjin Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company and Hafei Auto Group recently passed Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)’s 40mph frontal offset impact test. This is the first time a Chinese electric vehicle has passed the test. Saibao, scored US-NCAP (United States New Car Assessment Program) 4 stars. Injury…
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Pacific Gas and Electric to build world’s biggest solar power plants in California
California’s largest utility company- Pacific Gas and Electric has signed deals to build the world’s two biggest solar plants that would supply electricity to 250,000 homes and reestablish the United States as the global leader in solar power, officials said Friday. Pacific Gas and Electric will use the two massive solar facilities to help it…
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Sanyo Commences Operation of HIT solar modules from its New Shiga Factory
Sanyo has completed construction of the Shiga Plant at its Shiga facilities in Japan (Ohtsu City, Shiga Prefecture) which was constructed for the assembly of HIT solar cell modules as part of continuing plans to expand and develop its solar business. The Shiga Plant will have an initial production capacity of 40 MW, and Sanyo…
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Guanting Wind Power Plant to save 50,000 tones of coal each year
A wind power plant has become operational in suburban Beijing, considered a major step towards making 20 percent of the power supply to the city’s Olympic venues during the games wind-generated. With an installed capacity of 64,500 kilowatts, the Guanting Wind Power Plant has 43 domestically developed wind power units at work. The Guanting Wind…
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Inside the Zero-Emission House where all home appliances work with electricity generated by solar and wind energy
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan build a model house called the “Zero-Emission House” in the outdoor car park of the International Media Center (IMC) for coverage by international journalists during the Hokkaido Toyako Summit. This house of the near future is equipped with a photovoltaic power generation system, fuel cells, advanced…
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Green Energy Hi-tech at G8
The Hokkaido Toyako Summit is held at Lake Toya, Hokkaido Prefecture,Japan for the three days from Monday, July 7, 2008. Serving as the venue is The Windsor Hotel Toya, located atop a mountain overlooking Lake Toya. The leaders of eight countries will assemble in the Hotel to discuss a range of challenges facing the global…
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NHK using portable fuel cell power system for live TV broadcast of the Hokkaido Toyako Summit
Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK) is using a portable fuel cell power system and LED lighting equipment on a trial basis for part of the live TV broadcast of the Hokkaido Toyako Summit. The portable fuel cell power system is a direct methanol fuel cell with a pump and a fan. It has an output of…
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LG builds Korea’s biggest solar plant
LG completed construction of the Korea’ biggest solar panel plant, as part of the group’s strategy to make inroads into the alternative energy market. The LG solar plant in Taean county, about 110 kilometers southwest of Seoul, is capable of producing 14 megawatts of electricity a year, equivalent to the demand by some 8,000 homes,…
