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Northland Power Wind Farm Receives Loan from Investissement Quebec
Northland Power Income Fund announced that Investissement Quebec has agreed to lend $15 million to the construction of Northland’s 100 MW wind farm located in the Gaspesie region of Quebec.
Continue readingCost per watt at First Solar falls to US$0.76 cents
Photovoltaic module manufacturing cost was reduced to $0.76/watt, down $0.05 from the prior quarter and 13% year over year. Annual throughput per line was up 6% quarter over quarter to 59.0 MW.
Continue readingTerra-Gen Power Breaks Ground on World?s Largest Wind Power Project
The Alta wind farm projects will create more than 3,000 domestic manufacturing, construction and operation and maintenance jobs, and contribute more than $1.2 billion to the local economy in Kern County.
Continue readingSenate Should Debate U.S. Green Job Competitiveness
[Texas’s Renewable Electricity Standard], signed into law by Governor George W. Bush in 1999, has helped the state become a major producer of U.S. wind energy, adding almost 10 gigawatts (up from 0.2 in 1999).
Continue readingRussia to build 100 MW wind energy plant
Russia is planning to invest $200 million in the construction of the country’s largest wind farm in its Black Sea Territory of southern Krasnoyarsk.
Continue readingAcciona improves its EBITDA by 38.5% up to reaching 528 Million Euros
Acciona Energy increased by 42.1%, to 741 million Euros and the EBITDA grew 60.1% up to 395 million Euros.
Continue readingRaising Appliance Efficiency: A Big Win for Consumers and the Climate By Lester R. Brown
There are enormous opportunities to use energy more efficiently. Investing in energy efficiency is often far cheaper than expanding the energy supply to meet growing demand.
Continue readingUK: Renewables set to keep household energy bills down
The Statement delivered by Chris Huhne in the House of Commons reconfirmed the Government’s long-term commitment to expanding renewable energy, with the announcement of a Renewables Delivery Plan.
Continue readingWind energy now represents 2.5% of all UK electricity production
Wind power generation increases by almost a third. Wind farm now powering more than two million homes. Energy statistics reveal a 31% increase in wind power generation in 2009.
Continue readingSri Lanka has a potential of about 20,000 MW of wind energy
Ranawaka said a US survey showed the island has a potential of about 20,000MW of wind power. “Now our capacity is 2,500MW. If we can harness 4-5,000MW of wind power we can simply double our capacity.”
Continue readingEnergy Development to invest in geothermal and wind power projects
Tantoco said geothermal projects would comprise the bulk of the investments in new projects that will generate 230 megawatts of electricity.
Continue readingOG&E’s ‘Crossroads’ Wind Farm Gains Regulatory Approval
OG&E announced today that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a new wind farm in northwestern Oklahoma.
Continue readingFossil Fuel Disasters Common in America
A Decade of Tragic Incidents Points to Need for Strong Reforms in Wake of BP Spill.
Continue readingSolarReserve Gets Green Light on Nevada Concentrating Solar Power (100 MW)
SolarReserve?s 100 megawatt power contract with NV Energy will utilize innovative energy storage technology developed and manufactured in the United States.
Continue readingNational Wind Coordinating Collaborative Sage-Grouse Research
Group Seeks Proposals for Research Exploring Impacts of Wind Power Development on Sage-Grouse.
Continue readingMitsubishi launches the first ever electric vehicle drive across Canada
After covering approximately 7,500 kilometres, the Clean Across Canada tour will arrive in Vancouver British Columbia on September 13, 2010 at the annual EV 2010 Conference and Trade Show.
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