Archive for July, 2009
NFU VIEW ; JOHN GOODFELLOW – The Journal (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Uk)
year there were several companies promoting anaerobic digestion
plants to produce and collect methane gas that can be then converted
into electricity (Archers fans will know all about these This
type of energy production is commonplace in Europe – particularly
in Germany. Using wastes and farm
We are victims of expensive deception ; VOICE OF THE NORTH – The Journal (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Uk)
DON BROWNLOW’S column, with its firm facts and common sense, was a
welcome breath of fresh air in the wind turbine debate (The Journal,
July 25). Wind turbines are being built simply because the energy companies
receive 100% subsidies for their erection. As Mr Brownlow says,
they require back-up
Controversial biomass plant plans thrown out ; Renewable energy firm is set to appeal – South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Uk)
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a wood-fuelled renewable energy plant at
Barry Docks have been refused following a storm of public
opposition. The scheme by Warrington-based Sunrise Renewables involved building
the biomass plant at Woodham Road, Barry Docks. The plant would have provided electricity to
Call for energy-efficient IT buildings – The Hindu Business Line
, Chairman, TNERC. The information technology industry has to invest in
non-conventional energy sources and “temper the architecture of its
buildings to Indian conditions,” according to Mr S. Kabilan,
Chairman, Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission. Addressing a seminar on energy
News & notes – The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Az)
CORRECTION RAN JULY 30, 2009 A2 * “ACC rate hearing in Nogales,” Wednesday on A10, included the
wrong date for the public-comment meeting on a UniSource Energy
Services rate case. It is Monday, Aug. 17. TUCSON UA in exclusive deal for LED technology Solterra Renewable Technologies announced an
Cloud over Rs 600-cr Dhapa power project [Kolkata ] – The Times Of India
KOLKATA: An American renewable energy firm that had shown interest
in generating power from waste at Dhapa said on Wednesday that it
may dump the Rs 600-crore project unless it is provided land by
October. Astonfield Renewable Resources the Indian unit of US-based
infrastructure major Astonfield
New method developed for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves – The Hindustan Times
Washington, July. 31 — Engineers have developed a new method for
creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called
zeolites, which could increase the energy efficiency of chemical
separations up to 50 times over conventional methods and enable
higher production rates. Researchers led
Plan to make India solar energy leader awaits PM nod – The Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July. 30 — India’s highly ambitious plan to make the
country the global leader in solar energy is ready and awaits the
nod of a council headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change will meet Monday to
approve the programme that will add 20,000
World’s largest solar steam system comes up in Shirdi (Lead) – The Hindustan Times
Shirdi (Maharashtra), July. 30 — Hindu and Muslim pilgrims visiting
the shrine of Sai Baba in this town will be served food cooked with
the help of a solar steam system, inaugurated by New and Renewable
Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Thursday, that officials say is the
world’s largest. The solar
Shirdi gets world’s largest solar steam system – The Hindustan Times
Nasik, July. 30 — New and Renewable Energy Miniser Farooq Abdullah
Thursday inaugurated a large solar steam system at the pilgrim town
of Shirdi, some 90 km from here, which officials say is the world’s
largest that can generate 3,500 kg of steam every day – enough to
cook food for 20,000
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