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Carbon Expo 2009, the world’s largest climate change fair, neutralized its emissions by 148 tons of CO2 equivalent
GARRIGUES MEDIO AMBIENTE, the GARRIGUES environmental consulting firm, was in charge of offsetting the emissions inventory during this event. For this purpose, the electric power and natural gas consumption of the all of the facilities used throughout the stages of setting up, holding and dismantling the fair, as well as the fossil fuels used for running the equipment and the fluorinated gases ...
By ACCIONA S.A
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XENDEE and Idaho National Laboratory Partner to Develop Zero-Carbon Microgrids in Puerto Rico
XENDEE Corporation, a company focused on microgrid design and decision support software, and Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) Net-Zero Microgrid Program will support the Cooperativa Hidroeléctrica de la Montaña to develop and implement an environmentally and financially sustainable zero-carbon microgrid in Puerto Rico. "Increasingly dangerous climate events have been devastating to Puerto Rico's ...
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Abengoa to develop a hydroelectric plant that will supply clean power to more than 10,000 households in Peru
The project will generate power in a sustainable way, preventing 43,000 tons of CO2 emissions per annum. The project exceeds US$50 million. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, is to construct a 20 MW hydroelectric power plant in the Mamacocha River in ...
By Abengoa
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Promising Investment Opportunities Mobilize the Nascent Southern Cone Solar Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct. 23, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- The budding Southern Cone solar (SCS) market is set to grow steadily over the next few years, as the installed power capacity in the region keeps growing to meet the fast-paced electricity demand. With governments looking to diversify the national generation base and ensure energy security, the solar energy market in the area is fast becoming ...
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Hydroelectric turbines of the future
As a partner of the main plant operators and manufacturers in the world, PXL SEALS has chosen to organise a work group dedicated to sealing and guiding systems within PSPC Innov’Hydro (Structuring Project connected to the Competitiveness Hub). This project specifically brings together GE Renewable (former Alstom Hydro), EDF and other competent players in the hydroelectric sector. Discover ...
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IEA report sets a course for doubling hydroelectricity output by 2050
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Federative Republic of Brazil show in a report released today how to double hydroelectricity production by 2050, an achievement that could prevent annual emissions of up to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 from fossil-fuel plants. The report, Technology Roadmap: ...
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Preparing for large-scale solar deployment
Original story at MIT News Deploying solar power at the scale needed to alleviate climate change will pose serious challenges for today’s electric power system, finds a study performed by researchers at MIT and the Institute for Research and Technology (ITT) at Comillas University in Spain. For example, local power networks will need to handle both incoming and outgoing flows of ...
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