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Bureau Veritas Chosen as Compliance Manager for the Department of Interior - Bureau of Land Management on Genesis Solar Energy Project
Bureau Veritas is pleased to announce its selection as Compliance Manager by the Department of Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Genesis Solar Energy Project in Riverside County, California. The Genesis Solar Energy facility will be a 250-megawatt solar energy plant built, owned, and operated by NextEra™, generating enough electricity to power nearly 88,000 homes. As ...
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Robots Saving Labor Costs At Solar Energy Plants
A team of robots in California is hard at work installing and cleaning 45-pound solar panels. The robot named Spot moves along rows of panels cleaning off the entire months’ worth of dirt and grime, and then dries them off with a squeegee. Cleaning and installing solar panels is monotonous work, and it is rather hot out there all day in the sun. Not to these workers, they are not too hot ...
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OPDE Group surpasses the EUR 160m turnover mark in 2007
• In the first quarter of 2008, the solar photovoltaic group’s surpassed the 130 million euro turnover mark, making this year’s forecasted turnover at 320 million Euros: doubling last year’s figures.• The Group’s progress since its official establishment four years ago has been noteworthy, having reached a total power of 53 Mw, in promotion and construction, by the end of 2007, which is 18% of ...
By Mecasolar
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Jordan’s national renewable energy strategy – Get involved
Jordan has made impressive progress in implementing its renewable energy strategy, which is underpinned by a supportive regulatory framework, a defined project pipeline and funding assistance from the GCC countries. Solar & Wind Projects Jordan is a specialized conference addressing the implementation of strategies to finance, construct and operate solar and wind projects in Jordan. An ...
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Houston awarded $50,000 from EPA for solar project
The City of Houston has been awarded $50,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to help develop a solar energy plant on the site of a former landfill. Funding for the project is part of more than $500,000 in grants announced today by EPA for 16 Brownfields Sustainability Pilots nationwide. “EPA continues to use the brownfields program to stimulate both environmental and economic ...
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Iberdrola Renewables Signs Deal for Solar Energy Plant in Arizona
PORTLAND, Ore. - Salt River Project and Iberdrola Renewables have signed a 25-year power purchase agreement for 20 megawatts of solar photovoltaic energy from a Pinal County facility. SRP will purchase all of the solar energy produced at the Copper Crossing Solar Ranch, which is expected to be online by June 2011. The solar energy will be produced using photovoltaic panels and will produce an ...
By Iberdrola
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DSM inaugurates Solar Technologies Demonstration Center in India
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company, today inaugurated its Solar Technologies Demonstration Center at its DSM Engineering Plastics facility in Pune, India. This state-of-the-art solar technology center has been built to demonstrate and showcase the performance of DSM's innovations in solar technology and will also reduce the plant’s CO2 footprint by using the ...
By DSM
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FPL Unveils First Solar-Plus-Storage System In The U.S. That Can Increase Solar Power Plant Output
Florida Power & Light Company recently unveiled a new, cutting-edge solar-plus-storage system that is believed to be the first in the country to fully integrate battery technology with a major solar power plant in a way that increases the plant's overall energy output. By incorporating this new technology into the FPL Citrus Solar Energy Center, a solar power plant that was built in 2016, FPL ...
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Official inauguration of the wind farm in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian government on October 15, 2013 officially opened the Ashegoda power-generating complex, which is among the largest wind farms in sub-Saharan Africa with a capacity of 120 MW. This inauguration will be a landmark in the development of renewable energy in Africa. With planned annual production of 400 GWh, this new complex, located in Mekele, Ethiopia, will save 300,000 tonnes of CO2 ...
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California ISO Garners National Award For Innovative Solar Plant Test
The California ISO received a national regulatory award for its groundbreaking work in demonstrating that solar energy plants can offer power grid resiliency, opening new horizons for integrating large amounts of renewable resources into electric systems. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recognized the ISO, along with its partners in the project, National ...
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Carpevigo AG offers fixed rate capital investment in the solar energy field
CARPEVIGO AG / Carpevigo AG offers fixed rate capital investment in the solar energy field processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Investment opportunity renewable energies 8% interest rate at a duration of two years Holzkirchen / Germany, May 17, 2010 - Carpevigo AG of Germany (ISIN DE000A0LR6B6), a contractor and operator of ...
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US Concentrated Solar Power Industry receives its biggest boost yet by American DoE
2011 will go down In the CSP history books as an excellent year. Following announcements for 2 loan guarantees in late 2010 to construct Ivanpah (a tower CSP plant by BrightSource Energy) and Solana (a parabolic trough with 7 hours storage by Abengoa), 2011 has come with an unprecedented levels of support by the DoE for the CSP industry. One of the companies who have recently secured DoE ...
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technological Leap at Noor Ouarzazate III
The Noor Ouarzazate III concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, part of the largest solar complex on Earth, is already in service in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and almost ready to enter commercial operation. Rated at 150 MW, it differs from two adjacent plants, Noor Ouarzazate I and Noor Ouarzazate II, already in operation, thanks to its novel technology: Noor Ouarzazate III uses a power tower with ...
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First ever PV Plants Map South Africa unveiled today
DNI and GHI data, plus the size and location of 18 PV projects detailed in the PV Plants Map South Africa 2012 By Jack Ahearne, PV Insider Researchers at PV Insider have completed work on the PV Plants Map South Africa 2012, which details the size and location of 18 PV projects that successfully won bids in the first round of the South African renewable energy program. This includes large-scale ...
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IEG: Key energy, great expectations for solar power
Solar energy production in Italy should triple by 2030, urged on by new objectives approved by the European Union, which could lead our country to raise the National Energy Strategy´s renewable energy targets. Key Energy . the international solar power and sustainable mobility show, organized by Italian Exhibition Group and staged at Rimini Expo Centre from 6th to 9th November 2018, - will ...
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MITIE Group PLC - Preliminary Results
MITIE Group PLC Preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 31 March 2011 Good results and strong growth aspirations 2011 2010 Growth GBPm GBPm % Revenue 1,891.4 1,720.1 10.0 Operating profit before other items1 ...
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NREL study shows power grid can accommodate large increase in wind and solar generation
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today released an initial study assessing the operational impacts and economics of increased contributions from wind and solar energy producers on the power grid. The Western Wind and Solar Integration Study examines the benefits and challenges of integrating enough wind and solar energy capacity into the grid to produce 35 percent of its ...
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Emerson to apply Ovation technology at first U.S. commercial-scale solar power facility with fully integrated energy storage
Ovation platform’s integrated control and diagnostics will deliver operations and maintenance efficiencies at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant Emerson Process Management has been awarded a contract to apply its Ovation expert control system at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. When it comes online at the end of 2013, this 110-MW concentrated solar power ...
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Leclanché and Government of St. Kitts Agree to Build Largest Solar Generation Plus Storage Project in Caribbean
The largest solar generation plus energy storage project ever to be built in the Caribbean has been announced by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, the state-owned St. Kitts Electric Company (SKELEC) and Leclanché SA, one of the world's leading energy storage companies.The Honorable Ian Patches Liburd, St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Public Infrastructure, Post, Urban Development and ...
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SolarReserve lends insight on hybrid solar power solutions for baseload power
SolarReserve to speak on the integration of photovoltaic (PV) and advanced solar thermal (CSP) technology for cost-competitive 24/7 baseload power. SANTA MONICA, California, October 03, 2014 – SolarReserve, a leading global developer of large-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal storage technology, will offer insights on the future of hybrid solar energy technology ...
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