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Homes for Haitians? the solution is across the street from the UN
On Wednesday, March 31, ministers and leaders from around the world will gather at the United Nations for the UN Haitian Donors conference to pledge millions of dollars to the Haiti reconstruction efforts. But while millions are being pledged, the Haitian homeless are still living in tents and under sheets of plastic, exposed to the elements and violent crime and growing frustrated. At the same ...
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Holiday giving Campaign to benefit solar cookers in Haiti
Clean Currents today announced it is partnering with Solar Cookers International for its annual holiday giving campaign. From now through January 12, 2011, which is the one-year anniversary of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Clean Currents will donate a portion of proceeds from every residential wind power enrollment to the purchase and distribution of solar cookers in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. ...
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NaiKun Wind Releases Second Quarter Financial Results
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NKW) (the "Company' or "NaiKun Wind") today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011, a fiscal period during which the Company maintained the expenditure level achieved through its restructuring and continued to progress the new strategies it began during the last quarter of fiscal 2010. The Company also announced on ...
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Law allows New Yorkers to sell more green power to utilities
New York Governor David Paterson has announced an agreement with the Legislature on energy legislation that will authorize increased development of renewable energy with a process called net metering. Net metering allows electricity customers with qualified renewable energy systems to sell excess electricity back to their local utility. The bill will expand the state's net metering law and lead ...
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Knockaneden wind farm global wind day 2015
Knockaneden wind farm in Ireland, owned by Caherciveen Wind Ltd and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, welcomed three local schools to the wind farm yesterday to celebrate Global Wind Day 2015. The pupils, from St. Finians, Filemore and Coars primary schools, were given a tour of the wind farm which has been in commercial operation since 2012. Mainstream staff provided the pupils with ...
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E.ON Climate & Renewables secures financing for Texas wind farm
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced today it has secured institutional equity financing of approximately $167.7 millionand a commitment to fund expected capital contributions of approximately $55.9 millionfrom a group of investors that includes JPM Capital Corporation (J.P. Morgan) and Wells Fargo Wind Holdings LLC (Wells Fargo) in exchange for a partial interest in ...
By E.ON AG
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Clean currents announces `Wind Powered Baltimore Week`
Maryland based Clean Currents is hosting Wind Powered Baltimore Week October 15 – 21st, 2012 to celebrate Baltimore’s growing community of businesses, non-profits, and homes powered by wind. The week long recognition of green energy powered organizations includes events, promotions, and kicks off this year’s Green Neighborhood Challenge. Over 35 businesses and community groups ...
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E.ON Climate & Renewables Secures Financing for Indiana Wind Farm
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced today it has secured institutional equity financing of approximately $174.9 million and a commitment to fund further capital contributions from a group of investors that includes JPM Capital Corporation (J.P. Morgan) and Wells Fargo Wind Holdings LLC (Wells Fargo) in exchange for a partial interest in EC&R's Wildcat I Wind Farm. ...
By E.ON AG
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GE targets net zero energy homes by 2015
GE announced this week that by 2015 it is developing a turn-key product portfolio that will empower consumers to build – both new home builders and existing homeowners – to efficiently consume, manage and generate electricity to enable an overall net zero annual energy cost. In addition to GE’s current portfolio of energy-efficient lighting and appliances products and demand response technology ...
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Study finds no widespread impact of wind power projects on surrounding residential property values in the US
Over 30,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity are installed across the United States and an increasing number of communities are considering new wind power facilities. Given these developments, there is an urgent need to empirically investigate typical community concerns about wind energy and thereby provide stakeholders involved in the wind project siting process a common base of knowledge. A ...
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WWEA: Fostering Wind Power Deployment in Pakistan through capacity building, WWEA warns against introduction of auctions
End of December, the World Wind Energy Association, in partnership with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Pakistan, launched the policy paper “Accelerating Wind Power Deployment in Pakistan: Capacity Building and Policy Options” on the occasion of a wind energy seminar held in Islamabad. Third in a series, the policy paper not only discusses barriers to wind market growth but provides also ...
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E.ON opens the world`s largest wind farm
E.ON has put the world’s largest wind farm into operation in the United States. After a construction period of just over two years, 627 wind turbines with an installed capacity of approx. 780 MW are now operating in Roscoe, Texas. They can generate electricity for more than 230,000 homes. The wind farm consists of four sections and covers an area of no less than 400 km², twice the size of a city ...
By E.ON AG
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London Array consortium welcomes Government move to increase support for offshore wind
The companies behind London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, have welcomed the UK Government’s proposal to increase its incentives to build offshore wind farms. DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar, which make up the joint venture, were reacting to the Government’s energy proposals. The Government proposes to increase the number of Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) available for ...
By E.ON AG
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Infocast`s Freshwater Wind 2011 Summit Returns
Infocast returns this year with its 2nd Annual Edition of the Freshwater Wind 2011 Summit at the Doubletree Hotel - Dearborn in Detroit MI, July 18-20, 2011 and the timing couldn't be better! Spurred by LEEDCo's enormous 30-MW Ohio 2012 wind project with expectations of 1000-MW of capacity in Lake Erie by 2020, potentially producing enough power for 200K homes, Great Lakes wind energy is on the ...
By Infocast
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LED street light bulb can save 10,000 Euros each year
Leading European street lighting suppliers Joliet Technology introduce a specially designed street lamp bulb to replace existing sodium bulbs with standard E40 screw in fitting. Ideal for outdoor lighting, parks, parking areas and footpaths this revolutionary lamp bulb simply replaces existing bulbs. The ten year life of the bulb allows users to replace sodium lamp bulbs as they burn out and ...
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Pennsylvania Wind Farm Starts Spinning Power
MAHANOY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (ENS) - Governor Edward Rendell flipped the switch that started the turbines of Pennsylvania’s newest wind farm today. 'This is an exciting day for Pennsylvania,' said the governor, standing atop Locust Ridge in Schuylkill County. 'This project shows the kind of growth we can achieve by committing ourselves to clean and renewable energy, and by making the ...
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Northland Power acquires majority equity stake in North Sea offshore wind farms from RWE Innogy
Northland Power Inc., ("Northland") Toronto, and RWE Innogy GmbH, Essen, have signed an agreement for Northland to acquire an 85% equity stake in three offshore wind projects, consisting of Nordsee One, a 332 megawatt (MW) project currently in advanced development, as well as Nordsee Two and Nordsee Three, which are in early stages of development. The cooperation between Northland, an independent ...
By RWE AG
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Canada on track to install more than 1,500 MW of new wind energy capacity in a record setting 2012
Canada will enjoy another record year for wind energy development in 2012 with the addition of approximately 1,500 MW of new installed capacity, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). The projection was highlighted in the five-year industry forecast published today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) at Europe's largest wind energy conference in Copenhagen. ...
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US now world leader in wind power production, says AWEA
US wind capacity is expected to increase 45% in 2008 although Congress' failure to extend the production tax credit (PTC) for the renewable energy industry threatens to derail further development, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Total US installed wind power capacity now stands at 19,549MW, up 2,726MW from the end of 2007, making the US the world leader in wind ...
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LED lighting technology goes underground
Leading European street lighting suppliers Joliet Technology introduce a specially designed lamp unit for tunnel and underground lighting applications.Switching to LED street lights offers up to 80% savings on power consumption and ensures a complete return on investment in less than 17 months with colossal savings over the 10 year life of the product. Resultant reductions in harmful Co2 and So2 ...
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