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HSEO Launches Web Page to Share Information on New Round of Renewable Projects
The Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) launched a web page recenty to provide information, as it becomes publicly available, on the 13 solar-plus-storage and three standalone storage projects announced by the Hawaiian Electric Companies as part of the largest renewable energy procurement ever undertaken in Hawaii. The development of the web page is part of the HSEO's ongoing effort to keep ...
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First wave energy project provokes federal-state clash
The Washington state Department of Ecology has filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, for reconsideration of a decision that FERC made last month to grant five-year environmental approval for a wave energy project at Makah Bay, in far western Washington state. The license is the first ever issued by the Commission for a wave, tidal or current energy project in the ...
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Pike to be Subcontractor to Fluor for Clean Line Energy 800-Mile Transmission Line
Pike Electric Corporation (NYSE: PIKE), one of the nation's leading energy solutions providers, announced today that it will be a subcontractor to Fluor (NYSE: FLR) for the proposed Plains & Eastern Clean Line LLC project, which is an 800-mile high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line from Oklahoma to Tennessee and is currently in the development and permitting stages. Fluor, ...
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Infocast`s Siting and Permitting Energy Projects in the West
Infocast is pleased to present Siting and Permitting Renewable Energy Projects in the West, taking place December 7-9, 2011 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, CA. The timing couldn't be better! As western states raise their Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), and more renewable energy is required in the power generation mix, it's more important than ever to have the critical tools you need ...
By Infocast
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We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service Announce State's Largest Renewable Energy Project
We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, the largest utilities in WEC Energy Group, are proposing to purchase the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, a planned 465-megawatt solar and battery storage project in south-central Wisconsin. If approved, the project would be the largest renewable energy project in the state.The Koshkonong Solar Energy Center would feature 300 MW of solar generation and 165 ...
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Natcore Technology to Serve as Technical Advisor For 1,000 MW Solar Facility in Middle East
Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Malta-based developer of international renewable energy projects under which Natcore would serve as the science and technology advisor for a large vertically-integrated project in the Middle East. The 1,000 MW project would comprise: A solar array consisting of 100 individual solar power plants, ...
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$10 Million DOE Program to Improve Planning, Siting, and Permitting for Renewable Energy Projects
This week (Sept 12), the U.S. Department of Energy announced that applications can now be submitted for a $10 million funding and technical assistance program to expand state and local government capacity to support the planning, siting, and permitting of large-scale renewable energy projects on private land. This opportunity is part of DOE's new Renewable Energy Siting through Technical ...
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FPL awards $39,000 in grants to teachers across Florida to fund renewable energy projects
Thirty-seven teachers across the state of Florida have just received a combined $39,000 in grants from Florida Power & Light Company's 2012 Renewable Energy Teacher Grant program. The grants will fund classroom projects to teach students about renewable energy sources and uses. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120301/FL62738LOGO ) Teachers received awards ranging from $500 to ...
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Salesforce funds wind energy project, expands business in Chicago
San Francisco based Salesforce, a cloud computing mammoth providing sales cloud, service cloud, and marketing cloud services to clients, has reportedly made plans to support a wind farm construction project in McLean County, in a bid to enhance its reach in the Chicago region. Astonishingly, this renewable energy project has been in the planning phase for the last 10 years, claim sources. ...
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Bigger than you think – The hidden reserves of clean energy projects
Energy analysts are used to calculating the lifetime value of underground fossil fuel reserves. When it comes to renewable energy assets, however, they look at annual capacity and output, ignoring potential lifetime production. A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published today, has – for the first time – placed US and Brazilian wind and bioenergy projects on a basis ...
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Innovation slashes UK offshore costs to ease pain of new CCL rules
The UK's removal of Climate Change Levy (CCL) exemptions for renewable energy projects puts further pressure on developers to improve on the latest record-low offtake prices of GBP114-119/MWh through large scale deployment of the most advanced turbine and grid technology. UK Chancellor George Osborne announced in July that renewable energy projects would no longer receive Climate Change Levy ...
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First-of-its-Kind New York State Initiative Pays Residents in Communities Hosting Wind or Solar Farms to Combat Climate Change
The New York State Public Service Commission recently (Feb 11) approved a Host Community Benefit Program that provides bill credits directly to residential electric customers in municipalities in which major renewable energy facilities are located, thus incentivizing more clean energy projects to be developed across the state to support the combatting of climate change. The program will provide ...
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Argentina Joins International Energy Partnership
Argentina today became a formal partner of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). Argentina is the thirty-first country to become a partner of the REEEP, an international public-private partnership that promotes policies and regulations in support of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Argentina joins Brazil, Chile, Guatemala and Mexico as the fifth Latin American ...
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Pattern´s Ocotillo Wind Project Prevails in Federal District Court
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that the Federal District Court for the Southern District of California ruled in favor of the Ocotillo Wind project and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in two separate suits before the Court. The Court granted Pattern's and the BLM's summary judgment motions in a case brought by the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation and in a ...
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Interior Department Advances Three Key Solar Projects in California
The Department of the Interior announced this week it has approved two solar projects with a third nearing final completion on public lands in Riverside County, Calif., underscoring the Department's commitment to promoting onshore renewable energy production. The three projects will generate roughly 1 gigawatt of power and are the first projects approved under the Desert Renewable Energy ...
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ACWA Power Wins First Ever Utility Scale Renewable Energy Project in Saudi Arabia
ACWA Power, the Saudi, global leader in developing, constructing and operating power generation and desalination water plants in 11 countries, has won Skaka IPP PV solar project, the first utility scale Renewable Energy plant at the oil capital, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This plant is the first of what will be a series of procurement within the Saudi national renewables program, aiming to ...
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Solar Water Plc part of UK Trade delegation to Saudi Arabia
From 18-20 March 2019, Solar Water Plc took part in a Renewable Energy Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia. Our CEO, David Reavley, supported by the British Embassy and the Department for International Trade, presented the Solar WaterTMsolution during a business roundtable at the Council of Saudi Chambers, as well as at a networking reception at the British Embassy attended by key business and ...
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Iona Capital invests in three Newbridge Energy wood chip CHP units in Wales
UK energy and environmental investment company Newbridge Energy will install three wood chip-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) units in northern Wales. The move comes after the company reported receiving a "multi-million pound" investment from Iona Capital. The three units, to be situated in the town of Ruthin, will have a combined capacity of 3MWe and 12MWh, and they are expected to come ...
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Community hall powered by sun, wind and soil
A new community hall in Woolsery has become one of the first halls in the South West to be powered by three forms of renewable energy technology. Woolfardisworthy Sports and Community Hall will be a low-carbon building, powered by heat and light generated by the sun, the wind and geothermal energy. Solar panels on the south-facing roof and a 15-metre tall wind turbine now provide electricity. ...
By EDF Energy
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New Caledonia: EIB funding for environmental projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a subsidised line of credit with Banque Calédonienne d’Investissement (BCI) for an amount of EUR 5m, which will be onlent for projects in the environmental and renewable energy sectors. BCI will submit allocation requests to the EIB for part-financing of investment loans advanced for environmental and renewable energy projects. In order to qualify ...
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