Monthly Archives: November 2012
Largest Wind Farm in Canada Commissioned in Québec
Cartier’s Gros-Morne Wind Farm Powered by GE 1.5-77 Turbines GE’s Local Content Fulfillment Critical to Project Success Advanced Services Technology Bringing Clean Power to the Gaspésie Region Cartier Wind Energy announced the operation of its Gros-Morne Phase II wind project, powered by 74 GE (NYSE: GE) 1.5-77 wind turbines and located in the Gaspésie region [...]
Abengoa´s Solar Project Solana reaches 80 % Completion
More than 2000 workers are onsite to construct the solar plant that will be one of the largest in the world. One of Solana´s differentiating advantages is dispatchability, which makes the energy production and supply possible at any time of day or night. – More than 2000 workers are onsite to construct the solar plant [...]
Alabama Utility Makes Two Major Wind Power Purchases
The Alabama Power Company has approval from the state Public Service Commission to purchase more electricity from Midwestern wind projects. The company announced on October 10 that the deal with Buffalo Dunes Wind Project, LLC, mirrors one previously approved with Chisholm View Wind Project, LLC. Combined, the deals add up to 404 megawatts of electricity, [...]
Arizona Schools Save More Than $1.5 Million in Electricity Costs with Tioga Energy
Washington Elementary School District goes solar with SurePath™® SSA Tioga Energy, a leading provider of renewable energy services to commercial, government and non-profit organizations, today announced the completion of a 961 kW solar energy project for two sites in the Washington Elementary School District (WESD). This undertaking will save the WESD more than $1.5 million [...]
IFC and Bank of Jiangsu Promote Sustainable Energy Financing to Support Green Growth in China
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Bank of Jiangsu today launched a risk-sharing facility to support energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects in China’s coastal province of Jiangsu. The risk-sharing facility helps mitigate Bank of Jiangsu’s default risk when financing climate-friendly projects and will promote loans worth 924 million yuan ($144 million) for around [...]
Turning Ethanol Waste into Animal Feed
Hans Van Leeuwen, a professor of civil, construction, and environmental engineering and Iowa State University, and his research team have developed a process that turns a waste from the ethanol production process into animal feed. The goal is to increase the viability of biofuels economically by taking one of their co-products, a food-grade fungi, and [...]
Applied Materials announces New Head of Energy and Environmental Solutions and Display Business Groups
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) announced today plans to combine two business units – Energy and Environmental Solutions (EES) and Display – under one leader. Effective November 29, Ali Salehpour will join Applied as group vice president and general manager of the EES and Display groups. “Trends in mobility and clean energy provide an outstanding [...]
National Lab Report: Cost of Solar Energy Continues Significant Decline
U.S. Solar “Soft Costs” Offer Opportunity for Additional Price Reduction The average cost of going solar in the U.S. continued to decrease significantly in 2011 and through the first half of 2012, according to a report released today by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Solar advocates noted that these findings are the [...]
Yingli Green Energy Announces Largest Module Supply Contract in Company’s History
200 MW of Yingli Solar PV Modules Selected by Fluor Corporation for LS Power’s Centinela Solar Energy Facility in Southern California Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under [...]
Seven PureCell® Systems to generate Clean, Sustainable Power for the Greater Seoul Area
UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, today announced that Samsung Everland has purchased seven PureCell® Model 400 fuel cell systems to be installed at the Korean South East Power Co. Ltd. (KOSEP), a public utility company in the greater Seoul area. The fuel cells, which will be located at KOSEP’s Bundang facility in [...]