At the moment, electric cars may not emit greenhouse gases themselves, but the coal-fired power plants that provide the necessary electricity that fuels those cars do. Fortunately some are looking for solutions for future electrical driving without coal-fired power plants that fuels the EVs.
A report from the Danish Energy Association states that wind energy is set to be the big technological winner in Europe over the next 10 years. As the EU countries getting more serious of meeting the EU renewable energy targets of 20% renewable energy by the year 2020, wind energy is set to be a bigger contributor to the green energy mix than solar and hydro power combined.
Last year Toyota committed itself to produce a hydrogen fuel cell car by the year 2015. Latest updates from the company state that they are on track to release it’s first hydrogen fuel cell car by the year 2015. They also announced that they will drastically lower the price of the car. Where other hydrogen fuel cell cars can reach numbers with seven figures, Toyota says to put it on the market for a small 50,000 dollars.
Solar panel installer Energieker and lithium battery supplier M2 Power introduce a system where customers are not dependent on the local grid anymore. The solution is based on an innovative configuration and is being tested at the New Energy Docks in Amsterdam. A PowerRouter connects the panels on the rooftop of the New Energy Docks with the lithium batteries (LiFePO4) and the 230V grid. This is the first of its kind in the Netherlands where the PowerRouter is being used in such a manner.
Last month the La Florida plant was completed in Spain. With this plant the nation’s solar power production is now comparable to the output of a nuclear power station. The La Florida plant is also the largest solar power station in the world, and with this plant, Spain overtakes the US as the biggest solar generator in the world.
Plans are underway to turn the famous Dutch dikes into tidal power generators. The dikes were originally built to protect the people and low lands of the Netherlands, but now a committee of various government representatives is looking into the possibility to create a more pleasant and more natural land behind the dikes, and a way of generating power.
The first demonstration of a new space propulsion technology, the Japanese solar sail, went exactly according to plan. The Japanese solar sail-powered ‘space yacht’, called Ikaros, is a solar powered craft with 46-foot sails. The sails are outfitted with ultra-thin solar cells.
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