AES Secures Financing from Barclays for 22-MW Wind Project in Scotland
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe AES Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wind Energy (North Rhins) Limited has secured long-term financing to construct and operate the 22-megawatt (MW) North Rhins wind farm in Scotland, UK.
Raser Adds 50,000 Acres to Resource Portfolio
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffRaser Technologies Inc. announced that it has expanded its geothermal resources by acquiring 17 new lease parcels covering more than 50,000 acres of geothermal, surface and other rights in Utah as a part of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ...
Venezuela Gets First 100-MW Wind Project
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffGamesa Corporacion Tecnologica has reached an agreement with Venezuelan energy group Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) for the supply of 76 AE61-1320 kilowatt wind turbine generators, amounting to a total power of 100 megawatts (MW).
Covanta Completes Acquisition of Biomass Facilities in Maine
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffCovanta Holding Corporation announced that its purchase of two biomass energy facilities from co-owners Ridgewood Maine, L.L.C. and Indeck Energy Services, Inc. has been completed.
Technology Wrap-up: The Most-read Technology Stories of 2008
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIt's been another great year for renewable energy and the technology advances that have been made are astounding. As always, this year we at RenewableEnergyWorld.com tried to stay on top of all the new developments and bring them to ...
It’s Always SunNE in Portland
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffA few months back, Worldchanging ally JP Kemmick traveled to Portland, Ore., to visit a group of college students working on a neighborhood-based renewable energy project. The non-profit organization Northwest Neighborhood Energy was starting a project ...
Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas, Week 12
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffEditor's note: This post is part of a series. We'll be releasing one of Worldchanging ally Andy Lubershane's original comics each week until the end of the year. While many of the issues covered in the ...
MSF’s Top Ten – How Disconnection Affects Public Health
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Health | Comments OffIt’s hard to look forward to something as difficult and sad as Medicine Sans Frontieres top ten list of global humanitarian crises. I noted last year that this appears to be the season for top ten ...
Small-Scale Smart Grid in Massachusetts
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffA recent occurrence in a small New England town has us thinking that a working future for the smart garage -- a concept which promises symbiotic energy-sharing links between buildings, plug-in hybrid vehicles and the energy ...
Quinnipiac adds silent wind power
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Wall Street Green Trading Summit 8 Breaks New Ground
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe 8th Annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit continues to set the stage for new environmental market topics each year. Next year's summit will break new ground in forestry and environmental software. This leading edge event promises to continue to ...
Obama’s Green Economy
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIs it a bail-out or a build-up? That's the question being put to federal lawmakers right now as they try to grapple with the nation's economic woes and with how to allocate its depleting resources.
OPTA & Leighton Contractors To Develop Wave Power Stations
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffOcean Power Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd (OPTA), a subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) announced that it has signed an agreement with Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (Leighton) to develop wave power projects off the east and south coasts of ...
PG&E & Sempra Sign 10-MW Thin-film PPA
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with El Dorado Energy LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sempra Generation, to purchase 10 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic solar energy from Sempra Generation's new El ...
Ghost Pine Wind Project Sold
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFinavera Renewables Inc. has completed a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Ghost Pine Wind Farm LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of a major U.S. utility, for the sale of its 75-megawatt (MW) Ghost Pine Wind Project in Alberta, Canada for ...
US $80B in Contracts Awarded by DOE
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on December 18, 2008, the award of new Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) to sixteen Energy Service Companies (ESCOs). These contracts could result in up to US $80 ...
Sopogy, Inypsa & Omniwatt Announce 50-MW MicroCSP Plant
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSopogy Inc. has entered into a solar power agreement with Spanish solar project developer Inypsa Informes y Proyectos S.A. and German solar project financer Omniwatt to develop a 50-megawatt (MW) MicroCSP solar power plant by December 1, 2010 in Toledo, ...
PV Costs Set to Plunge for 2009/10
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe cost of photovoltaic electricity is due to plummet in 2009, according to a new analysis by New Energy Finance. Its latest "Silicon and Wafer Price Index" shows average silicon contract prices falling by more than 30% in 2009, compared ...
Recession and Innovation
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffAt the close of a year that's been a tough one, I've been inspired by people around me to remember that it's often times like these – when things are at their worst – that potential ...
Decolonizing Architecture – Scenarios for the Transformation of Israeli Settlements
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Arts, Green News | Comments OffWhile in Brussels a few days ago, I made a beeline for the Bozar to see an exhibition with a very promising title: Decolonizing Architecture. The show was way better and more subtle than I could have ...