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Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. - Faulkner Power Plant Achieves New Output Record
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. - Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX.V: NGP, OTCBB: NGLPF) is pleased to announce that work to replace the damaged power cable systems at the Faulkner 1 plant has enabled all three turbine generator units to be placed into operation and for the Company to re-establish commercial power production. more...
Claflin receives energy grant
Mar 5 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. - Claflin University could realize more than $900,000 in energy savings from a system it plans to purchase using a federal grant, state energy officials say. More...
Benchmark report on cost of electricity generation - from nuclear to tidal - updated for 2010 by Parsons Brinckerhoff
Parsons Brinckerhoff Power - Parsons Brinckerhoff, the international engineering consultant and leading power specialist, has today issued the 2010 update to its Powering the Nation report to reflect recent major changes in the economy and in the power plant market. more...
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Ocean Power Technologies Receives EUR 2.2M EC Grant for Spanish Project
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) - Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) ("OPT" or the "Company") announces the award of EUR 2.2 million under the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), by the EC Directorate responsible for new and renewable sources of energy, energy efficiency and innovation. more...
Siemens acquires stake in Marine Current Turbines
Siemens Energy, Inc. - Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in Britain's Marine Current Turbines, a pioneer in the design and development of tidal current energy turbines. more...
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Diversified Renewables -- Florida Looks to Mine Ocean Energy

By Howard Hanson
Because energy use in the United States is so dominated by fossil fuel combustion -- the Department of Energy estimates that dominance at about 85 percent -- it is not an overstatement to suggest that more...
Filed Under Future & Alternative Generation

Study Says Geothermal Energy Most Efficient and Improving Fastest

By Bill Opalka
A new study says geothermal energy is the most efficient source among renewable energy resources and could become cheaper than fossil fuel-generated energy with a concerted government research effort. more...
Filed Under Future & Alternative Generation

Looking for 200 Gigawatts

By John Kemp
The excellent summary of the ocean power scene by Peter Asmus in Issue 6 of the Energy Central Renewables Topic Center highlighted a number of matters that are of increasing importance as ocean power technology more...
Filed Under Future & Alternative Generation

Canada's Geothermal Potential: Learning from the U.S.

By Craig Aspinall
Canada has literally been a `powerhouse' of energy resources for decades with hydroelectricity, natural gas and oil playing a major role in the nation's economy, but only recently has begun paying serious attention to the more...
Filed Under Future & Alternative Generation

New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz

By Peter Asmus
While the total installed capacity of emerging "second generation" marine hydrokinetic resources -- a category that includes wave, tidal stream, ocean current, ocean thermal and river hydrokinetic resources -- was less than 10 MW at more...
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