LATEST NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Applied Materials Acquires the Assets of Advent Solar

Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of equipment and services to the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets, including the intellectual property, of Advent Solar, Inc. more...
Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

China Wind Power International Completes First Phase of Wind Farm Build-out

China Wind Power International Corp. (TSX- V: CNW) ("China Wind" or the "Company"), today announced that it has completed the first phase of its five-phase wind farm build-out, with 34 wind turbines representing installed capacity of 49 MW. more...
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GC China Turbine Corp. Announces Close of Financing and Completion of Reverse Acquisition

GC China Turbine Corp. (OTCBB: GCHT) (the "Company" or "GC China") is pleased to announce that pursuant to the previously announced Share Exchange Agreement the company is now the 100% owner of GC Nordic Group and has become a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art 2-bladed wind turbines based in China. more...
Filed under: Wind

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Eneco receives concept permits to build two offshore wind farms

Dutch power utility Eneco has received concept permits from the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands to build two offshore wind farms. more...
Filed under: Wind

Council asks city attorney to review proposed wind turbine ordinance

Willmar City Council members want to know if small wind turbines would be allowed within the city limits even if the city has no ordinance to regulate turbines. more...
Filed under: Wind

Export-Import Bank Adopts Carbon Policy to Encourage Renewable Energy and Climate-Friendly Technologies

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) today became the first Export Credit Agency (ECA) to adopt a comprehensive Carbon Policy to guide its support of United States exports in light of climate change concerns. more...
Filed under: Emissions & Environmental

Company bids for biomass contract

Brookfield Renewable Power has bid to supply electricity to the state's utilities from a biomass boiler it hopes to install at its local paper mill, a next step among several needed to restart the mill, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. more...
Filed under: Biomass

Energy Composites Corporation Signs Agreement to Develop WindFiber Blade Production Facility

Energy Composites Corporation (OTCBB:ENCC) announced that the Company has reached agreement with the City of Wisconsin Rapids, WI to develop two parcels totaling 93 acres into the world's most advanced wind blade facility. more...
Filed under: Wind

Suzlon Completes Silver Sage Windpower Project Two Months Ahead of Schedule

Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the North American subsidiary of Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL), announced the early completion of the Silver Sage Windpower Project, a Duke Energy wind farm in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that is comprised of 20 Suzlon S88-2.1 megawatt wind turbines. more...
Filed under: Wind

Canadian Wind Energy Association applauds B.C.'s progress with wind energy developments and clean energy initiatives

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) recognizes the British Columbia government's progress and commitment to developing clean energy sources to supply the province's electricity needs. more...
Filed under: Wind

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Oregon Convention Center opts for rooftop solar

The Oregon Convention Center has selected SunEdison to build a solar rooftop power system that's projected to fill 12 percent of the building's energy demand when completed in spring 2010. more...
Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

El Dorado County OKs plan to use landfill gas as fuel

El Dorado County plans to boost production of electricity from methane gas at its Union Mine Landfill. more...
Filed under: Biomass

Wind farm forum set for Friday

An informational meeting on a proposed wind farm for a ridge that includes Colonel Holman Mountain is planned for 6 p.m. more...
Filed under: Wind

First Wind rep to present proposed windpower project for town peaks

Townspeople on Thursday can learn what a Bay State wind power company plans for town peaks by attending a Board of Selectmen meeting in the town hall auditorium. more...
Filed under: Wind

Green breeze sweeps Lower Ark Valley

-Southeastern Colorado farmer Lorraine Schleining used to hate the strong, relentless winds that blew in the Lower Arkansas Valley. more...
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Wind turbines up in the air

When in doubt about a potentially explosive public issue: Hire an expert. more...
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Horizon Wind Energy Dedicates Blue Canyon V Wind Farm

With the wind at their backs, officials from Horizon Wind Energy, owned by EDP Renewables, the world's fourth largest wind energy player, gathered on the Slick Hills terrain of southwestern Oklahoma yesterday with state and local dignitaries and project landowners to celebrate the start of operations at Blue Canyon V Wind Farm. more...
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Solar power company drops out of plans for Carrizo Plain in eastern San Luis Obispo County

A 177-megawatt solar thermal power plant proposed for the Carrizo Plain will not be built. more...
Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

Navajo Receives First Wind Turbines for China Lao Gaixian Wind Project

Navajo Wind Energy Corp. (the "Company" and formerly Caliber Energy Inc.) (PINKSHEETS: CLBN) announces today that it has taken delivery of 10 of the 53 wind turbines per the manufacturing supply agreement with China Lao Gaixian Wind L.P., represented by PCA Wind Power OA Inc., for its 120.80 MW wind farm project in Liaoning Province, China (the "China Lao Gaixian Project"). more...
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WPL tests biomass at Cassville power plant

Wisconsin Power & Light has started testing various types of biomass to fuel its Nelson Dewey power plant at Cassville, along the Mississippi River in Grant County. more...
Filed under: Biomass

 

CALENDAR

 

New Ideas in Solar

Nov 12, 2009 - 1:00 pm Eastern - Your location

As the solar market in the United States expands, it will be increasingly impacted by technologies and policies that today lie on the periphery. This webinar will look toward the future of the U.S. solar market by showcasing innovative developments more...

Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

3rd Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit

Nov 11, 2009 - Nov 12, 2009 - Sevilla SPAIN

The 3rd Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit Europe will take place in Sevilla (Spain) on November 11th and 12th with over 450 attendees. With the event, we have organized two site visits which will take place on Nov 10th and more...

Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

2nd Annual Solar Energy Investment & Finance Summit

Nov 12, 2009 - Nov 13, 2009 - San Francisco , CA - USA

The solar industry's premier investment and finance meeting point is back for its 2nd blockbusting year bringing solar developers together with government officials, the financing community, attorneys and utilities to discuss how to successfully secure investment and finance in a more...

Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

2nd Thin Film Solar Summit US

Dec 1, 2009 - Dec 2, 2009 - San Francisco, CA - USA

The DOE and the biggest thin-film companies First Solar, Uni-Solar, Ersol, SCHOTT … will discuss ways to secure finance; latest technological advances and cost reduction for thin-film manufacturing. Over 300 senior experts are expected under one roof as the conference more...

Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

Balance of Systems & Balance of Plants Conference + Expo

Dec 3, 2009 - Dec 4, 2009 - San Diego , CA - USA

Balance of Systems/Balance of Plants can now make up to 50% of your overall plant costs! more...

Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

Distributed Solar Development and Finance Tutorial

Nov 16, 2009 - Nov 18, 2009 - San Francisco, CA - USA

The times may be tough, but an exciting new phase of the solar market is brewing, fueled by Feed-in Tariffs, Residential PPAs, Renewable Energy Financing Districts and On-Bill Financing. Are you prepared to profit from the potential of the explosive more...

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ARTICLES

Solar India and its Parallel Universe

By Braham Singh -
One can be driven to distraction trying to reconcile the buzz around Indian pronouncements on things solar, with a parallel universe of ground realities. more...
Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic

Maine's new CFL recycling program: Should manufacturers pay?

By Alexandra Behringer -
Maine is the first state in the United States to require manufacturers of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to pay for collection and recycling of more...
Filed under: Emissions & Environmental

Energy Economics and Some Energy Myths for the 21st Century

By Ferdinand E. Banks - The title of this contribution is almost identical to the one I used for a paper that I published in the OPEC Bulletin ten years more...
Filed under: Gas

Digging for Coal Will Gradually End in Digging Our Own Graves

By Ramanathan Menon -
The 'God Almighty' or 'Mother Nature' had given us an enchanting planet, a planet that had everything in its surface for the humankind to live more...
Filed under: Coal

BLM: The Colossal Snafu of the 21st Century

By Fred Kesinger -
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has come under harsh criticism during the last part of 2008 and the early part of 2009 for creating more...
Filed under: Solar Photovoltaic
 
 

ENERGY BLOGS

How to order your project finance models for power plants - get 50% discount via PayPal

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Show-Me the Way

Blogger Photo By Bill Opalka - I first met Tom Carnahan last spring on a renewable energy tour that made a stopover in his native Missouri. more...

How to help your government and people solve life-threatening and property-damaging events

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As an export or an import?

Blogger Photo By Jim Brumm - LNG's Potential Luster - Liquefied natural gas has lost some luster. But its shine may soon return. While deflated natural more...

A father's letter to his children - encouraging to dream and succeed in life

Blogger Photo By Marcial Ocampo - A father's letter to his children - encouraging to dream and succeed in life Dear Mark, Eric, Patrick, Francis & more...

F.I.T. Feed In Transportation better than Net-Metering

Blogger Photo By Jim Stack -      Many people have heard about the famous Feed In Tariff in Germany. That is where you get paid more...
 

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