Archive for the 'Renewable Energy' Category
GE Wins $1.4 billion Wind Farm Contract
Posted on December 12, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy, Wind Engergy | Leave a Comment
Power company Caithness Energy has given General Electric a $1.4 billion contract to supply wind turbines and 10 years’ worth of maintenance for an Oregon wind farm, GE announced.
The massive 845-megawatt wind farm, Shepherds Flat, will be located near Arlington, Oregon, but span approximately 30 square miles and cover parts of Oregon’s Gilliam and Morrow Counties.
GE [...]
PNE Wind Aims to Generate 25 Percent of Sales in U.S: CEO
Posted on November 10, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy, Wind Engergy | Leave a Comment
German wind park developer PNE Wind aims to generate a quarter of its sales in the United States in three year’s time, its chief executive told Reuters.
“Our goal is to generate 25 percent of sales there in three years,” Martin Billhardt said in an interview. The company does not provide a regional breakdown of sales, [...]
Brazilian Wind Power Gets a Boost
Posted on November 9, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy, Wind Engergy | Leave a Comment
Early this decade, a drought in Brazil that cut water to the country’s hydroelectric dams prompted severe energy shortages. The crisis, which ravaged the country’s economy and led to electricity rationing, underscored Brazil’s pressing need to diversify away from water power.
One result of that introspection will climax on Dec. 14, when the Brazilian government conducts [...]
Electricity That’s Cheaper Than Free
Posted on November 4, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy | Leave a Comment
Would you believe that there are places and times when power companies generate so much renewable energy that they give it away?
In west Texas and Illinois, when the wind blows at night and nuclear plants run around-the-clock, power generators produce more electricity than people need. This oversupply “has forced electricity prices into the negative range,” [...]
Canada’s Largest Solar Farm Opens in Ontario
Posted on October 21, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy, solar powered | Leave a Comment
Canada’s largest solar farm is now producing power in the township of Stone Mills, near Napanee – paving the way for Ontario to become a solar power leader in North America.
This new green energy supply will help support Ontario’s elimination of dirty, coal-fired generation, which is Canada’s single largest climate change initiative. With two more [...]
U.N. Calls for More Sophisticated Biofuels Debate
Posted on October 20, 2009 - Filed Under Biofuel, Renewable Energy | Leave a Comment
Countries must adopt a much more sophisticated approach to developing biofuels as a green energy option if they are to benefit the economy, the environment and society as a whole, the United Nations said.
Biofuels are mostly produced from food crops including wheat, maize, sugar cane and vegetable oils, and advocates have hailed them as an [...]
Climate Change May Mean Slower Winds
Posted on October 16, 2009 - Filed Under Climate, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Wind Engergy | Leave a Comment
The wind power industry requires stiff gusts. Global warming may not deliver.
This summer scientists published the first study that comprehensively explored the effect of climate change on wind speeds in the U.S. The report was not encouraging. Three decades’ worth of data seemed to point to a future where global warminglowers wind speeds enough to handicap [...]
German Solar Cube House Wins DC Decathlon
Posted on October 16, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy, solar powered | Leave a Comment
On the final, rainy, day of judging at the fourth Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC, I found myself busting a move with the German team in their solar house. Maybe that was what pushed them over the top.
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that Team Germany from Technische Universität Darmstadt had won the competition, coming [...]
LG Makes a Solar Powered E-Book
Posted on October 15, 2009 - Filed Under Eco Freindly, Environmental Friendly, Green Technology, Renewable Energy, solar powered | Leave a Comment
Sony and Amazon have e-books on the market. LG is trying to do them one better by releasing one with an integrated solar panel.
The integrated thin-film solar panel is around 9.6 percent efficient and adds about 20 grams to the weight of the e-book, according to Tech-On!, a website that covers Asian technologies. Put the e-book [...]
Plan Connects U.S. Grids to Transport Solar, Wind
Posted on October 14, 2009 - Filed Under Renewable Energy, Wind Engergy, solar powered | Leave a Comment
A proposal to use superconducting cables to transport renewable energy across the United States will be unveiled Tuesday.
The Tres Amigas Project would act as a hub to connect the three major electricity grids in the U.S. and a conduit for solar and wind power, according to a press release. New Mexico governor and former energy secretary [...]
