Earthing Systems News
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Alinta Energy’s Newman Power Station Taking Shape with Clarke Energy
Clarke Energy is delivering the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for the new gas fired power generation facility comprising of 14 INNIO Jenbacher J624 gas engines to improve the efficiency and flexibility of Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Newman Power Station in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The additional 60MW of gas-fired generation will support Alinta ...
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HS-Orka, Statoil, IDC and other Icelandic partners drill the world’s hottest geothermal well
IDDP (Iceland Deep Drilling Project) is the name of a scientific project which started in the year 2000. The first well was drilled in in Reykjanes by HS-Orka, 2004-2005 but the well had to be abandoned in 2006. Following that it was decided to move to another drilling field, Krafla in northern Iceland in the year 2009. After drilling down to 2104 mtr the operation had to be terminated when the ...
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Powersystems Announce Electrical Works Contract For Glen Kyllachy Onshore Wind Farm
Powersystems has announced it has been awarded the electrical balance of plant contract by Scottish company RJ Mcleod who are a highly experienced civils contractor based in Dingwall – who have been appointed to construct the 50MW Glen Kyllachy wind farm on behalf of their mutual client Innogy Renewables. Experience in the design and installation of high voltage electrical infrastructure ...
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Technical Program Announced for GRC Annual Meeting & Expo
The Technical Program has been announced for the biggest annual geothermal event of the year. There will be nearly 200 papers presented at the GRC Annual Meeting & Expo being held in Reno, Nevada, USA from October 14-17 for a total of over 66 hours of high quality technical information. The technical sessions cover current important topics for the geothermal energy community: Assessment and ...
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GRC Annual Meeting 2018 - Call for Abstracts Issued
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has issued a call for abstracts for the world’s biggest geothermal energy conference of the year taking place October 14-17, 2018, in Reno, Nevada, USA at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino. The 42nd GRC Annual Meeting will showcase the world-wide availability of a clean, dependable renewable energy that is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ...
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Smith Brothers helps power new Cumbrian wind farm
A 13.2MW wind farm in Cumbria is one step closer to completion following the appointment of Elland based power engineers Smith Brothers. The high voltage electrical experts have been awarded the design and build contract for Hallburn Wind Farm – a prestigious project developed and being constructed by REG Power Management. The renewables giant is in the process of constructing a six ...
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Energy Highways – Renewables offer quick fix for US emissions
The US could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation by 80% below 1990 levels within 15 years just by using renewable sources such as wind and solar energy, according to a former government research chief. The nation could do this using only technologies available right now, and by introducing a national grid system connected by high voltage direct current (HVDC) that could ...
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Investors chip in as renewables rise towards record level
Carbon dioxide levels might be soaring, and governments might be slow to reduce fossil fuel emissions and contain climate change − but the smart money could nevertheless be going into renewable sources such as wind and solar power. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says green energy investments rose by 17% in 2014 to reach a total of $270bn − the first annual increase ...
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Cut carbon now to avoid climate tipping points
An international team of scientists has tried a new approach to addressing the complex argument about the costs of climate change – and, once again, the prediction is that the costs of inaction will be so much greater than paying the bills now. The researchers − from the UK, Switzerland and the US − conclude that policy-makers must apply the brakes and put a high price on ...
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NREL fills key leadership role for energy systems integration
Bryan J. Hannegan will join the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory on June 24 as associate laboratory director for Energy Systems Integration, a critical area of research and development that addresses challenges of integrating clean energy sources into the national energy infrastructure. Hannegan joins NREL from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he ...
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Scottish Borders Council wins new Carbon Trust Scotland Public Sector award
Scottish Borders Council announced as the winner of Carbon TrustScotland's new Public Sector Staff Awareness Campaign Award Scottish Borders Council was announced as the winner of Carbon Trust Scotland's new Public Sector Staff Awareness Campaign Award at the Scottish Energy & Environment Conference (SEEC) held at Murrayfield Stadium inEdinburgh on 5 February 2013. The award aims to ...
By Carbon Trust
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China Sunergy´s First Shipment to Malaysia
NANJING, China, Jan. 31, 2013/PRNewswire/ -- China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN) ("China Sunergy" or the "Company"), a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced that the Company has signed its first solar module contract with Pekat Solar Sdn Bhd, a leading local engineering, procurement and construction company in Malaysia, a subsidiary of Pekat Teknologi Sdn Bhd. The ...
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World population hitting 7 Billion
The number of people in the world is expected to reach 7 billion by the end of October 2011. Our rate of increase continues to slow from the high point of over 2 percent in 1968. Still, this year’s 1.1 percent increase means some 78 million people will be added to the global population in 2011. The human population did not reach 1 billion until the early nineteenth century, and it took ...
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New ESRL computing specialists advance federal efforts to link, improve earth system models
A coupled air-ocean-wave model lets scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory better predict the impact of hurricanes on the Gulf Coast. Researchers working with a NASA atmospheric general circulation model can swap in different chemistry packages, depending on the problem they are studying. People downloading data generated for the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, ...
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ADB, Japan target low-cost, reliable power for poor Mongolian communities
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Japan are funding a pilot project in Mongolia which is expected to pave the way for the delivery of low-cost, reliable electricity to poor, remote communities across the country. The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, financed by Japan and administered by ADB, is providing a $2.4 million grant for the demonstration project to improve electricity ...
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Getting to the bottom of Africa`s carbon figures
In the Republic of the Congo, and most of Central Africa, the carbon cycle has until now remained an under-researched topic. It is not at all clear how much CO2 or other greenhouse gases the area releases into the atmosphere, or how much is absorbed. With the EU research project CarboAfrica, European and African teams have come together to deepen their understanding of the current state of the ...
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