Micro Wind Power News
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USDA Launches Pilot Program to Deploy Renewable Energy Infrastructure to People in Rural Towns
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack this week (Jan 19) announced that the Department is making up to $10 million available to help people living in rural towns develop community renewable energy projects that will help them cut their energy costs and contribute to the nationwide effort to reduce pollution that contributes to climate change. These funds will be targeted to ...
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Dutch Start Up is Working on a Revolutionary Wind Turbine
The Archimedes, one Dutch Startup, is working on a roof Micro Wind Turbine. This solution would be able to solve two main problems of installation for residential use. Till Today, This market segment was unexplored because of high payback period of investment, due to Low efficiency and Noise gererated when turbine ...
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DNV GL maps wind energy production potential in Zambia, Tanzania and The Maldives for World Bank ESMAP project
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has created the preliminary wind atlases for Zambia, Tanzania and The Maldives, as part of phase 1 of an Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) project funded by the World Bank. The project aims to reveal the true extent of wind energy production potential in each of the three countries. ...
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Ground breaking trial at world`s second largest offshore wind farm concludes
A two year trial to collect wind speed data at sea, using innovative laser-based measurement devices mounted on floating buoys, has concluded. RWE Innogy, together with the Carbon Trust's Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, tested the Light Detection and Ranging units (LIDAR) technology at what is soon to become the world’s second largest offshore wind farm. The 576MW, 160 turbine ...
By Carbon Trust
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Micro wind turbines and wildlife: integrating plaplanning with ecology
The ecological impacts of micro wind turbines (up to 50 kW) are treated in a diverse way by different local authorities in the UK during the planning approval process, research suggests. The study calls for ecologists, policymakers, planners and industry representatives to improve the integration of ecological information within planning, and for greater guidance for local authorities on the ...
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Micro Grid Focus 2013 Will Focus on Asia’s Islands on June 27-28 in Hainan, China
Renewable Energy Association of Hainan Province and CBI BIZ announced a call for papers, and will raise special symposium topics for the Micro Grid Focus 2013. The conference is scheduled for June 27th-28th at Pullman Sanya Bay Resort & Spa in Sanya City of China’s island province Hainan. Gathering senior engineers and managing directors, the Micro Grid Focus 2013 will cover microgrid ...
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Microgrid Market, Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 - 2022) - Focus on Renewable Power Generation, Solar Photo-voltaics, Wind Micro-Turbines, Battery, Energy Storage & Control Systems, By Types, Components & Technologies
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Microgrid Market, Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 – 2022) – Focus on Renewable Power Generation, Solar Photo-voltaics, Wind Micro-Turbines, Battery, Energy Storage & Control Systems, By Types, Components & Technologies ...
By ReportLinker
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Experts question Madagascar`s bid to tap wind energy
Madagascar is aiming to plug its energy gap and reduce its carbon emissions by encouraging a major investment in large-scale wind-turbines, the country's interim president, Andry Rajoelina, has announced. "An additional 50 megawatts [from wind power] could be available by the end of the year," he said last month (11 January). Unofficial figures put the cost of the initiative at US$80 million. ...
By SciDev.Net
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Smart grids and renewables to power India`s remote areas
India has begun setting up computerised ‘smart’ mini—grids powered with renewable energy sources to provide electricity in inaccessible areas. India’s ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) this month (1 July) commissioned the country’s first 'renewable energy-based smart mini-grid system' at Gurgaon, outside New Delhi. The computerised electricity ...
By SciDev.Net
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O2 gets better connected on carbon
O2 has been recertified with the Carbon Trust Standard for successfully measuring, managing and improving carbon efficiency across its business by nearly 18%1, based on turnover. O2 was the first mobile network operator to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in January 2009. In the last two years the company has honed its energy efficiency strategies even further to cut carbon emissions by ...
By Carbon Trust
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