Simply put, the EU wants to turn itself into a low-carbon economy. Easier said than done as EU energy ministers begin discussing plans on liberalizing the market, using more renewables, and other...
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I saw this article today about a group questioning former US Vice President and recent Oscar awardee Al Gore's energy bills. Shouting hypocrite! the group said that Gore's Belle Meade home is...
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Filed in archive Wind
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
I recently reported the UK breaching the 2 GW wind power mark. It looks like they are not stopping at all. This month, UK Secretary of State Alistair Darling approved the first offshore wind farm...
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Filed in archive by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
The Waldpolenz Solar park is roughly the size of 200 soccer fields placed side by side. But more than just two hundred arenas, it is the biggest solar power facility at a capacity of 40 MW. That's...
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I would have to take a look again but I think this was the same company that I reported a while back. The technology involved is a pump system for desalination with the added bonus of producing...
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Filed in archive Wind
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
The Japanese prefecture of Hyogo has just signed a contract with Repower Systems AG for the supply of ten turbines to add to the 43 turbines that have been installed and is supplying almost 70 MW of...
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Filed in archive Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
This I do not understand. With the second largest hydro-electric potential in the world, Nepal is also a country where a great percentage of the population does not enjoy the benefits of electricity....
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New Zealand is upping the tempo as far as renewable energies are concerned. Contact Energy, a New Zealand based gas company has invested $1.4 Billion in renewable energy resources, particularly a 260...
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Imperium Renewables Inc. will produce biodiesel in its facilities in Hawaii, the NE United States very soon. The actual date has not been made public but the company foresees the operation of the...
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Filed in archive Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
Solon AG has joint ventured with Econcern of the Netherlands to form SOL Holdings AG, a company that will set up silicon production facilities in France. It will be engaged in solar polysilicon, at a...
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Filed in archive Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
Solar semiconductor recently purchased a Solar PV Module manufacturing line from P.Energy S.A.S. of Italy. This manufacturing module will produce 50 MW of solar cells including standard and custom...
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Filed in archive Wind
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
Just this month, Scottish Power announced its plan of putting up a 3 MW wave farm that will come on stream by 2008. The wave farm will be located in Orkney, one of the sites that have great potential...
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I saw this article describing how Brazil has evolved from a petroleum-based economy to an energy independent and net exporter of biofuels. Catch that article here. But I am kind of apprehensive to the...
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Filed in archive Wind
by Reden Rodriguez on February 27, 2007
wind, like solar energy, has risen from the stigma that it once created, that of too high a capital cost to be viable enough to operate. Over the past 10 years, the cost of wind-generated electricity...
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The texas Primary Energy-Efficiency Program is known as the Standard Offer Program. Its goal is to meet 10% of power demand growth through conservation projects, and is funded through small payments...
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I know this one for a fact. If you purchase energy-efficient home improvements or hybrid vehicles, you can claim tax credits for them at the end of the fiscal year. What is more helpful is the fact...
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It looks like nobody knows since the government (as represented by the Prime Minster) and her forestry Minster are at "sixes and sevens" at the basic forestry facts in New Zealand. It looks...
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Here is a piece of local news that matters. Pollution is growing at three sites in the Suffolk area (click this link to read the article). Is your community growing as a polluter?......
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The good that has come out of the bad. New species have been discovered in the Antarctic Ice Shelf that had collapsed over the last 12 years. There are so many discoveries where scientists once could...
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Florida is one of the known US states that does not have a renewable energy platform yet. 22 other states have had their own versions of a new energy policy framework, but not Florida. This is because...
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If you are governor of a state where more than 50% of your power comes from coal, would you say that in less than 20 years you would develop as much as 25% of your total power from renewables...
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Women of stature and power is a tremendous turn-on for most men. I am sure the headstrong Senator Dianne Feinstein has had her fair share of ardent admirers. The smart and tough lady is keen on many...
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I did not hear Al Gore answer news reporter's questions on what he was wearing (what was he wearing anyway?). But it is such a delight to see "greenies" on main-stream television....
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This news articlereports about members of the rainforest Action Network advocacy group, dressed as billionaires, protesting in front of the Merrill Lynch office at the Citigroup Center, NY, for what...
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