Archive for December, 2009
Clipper windfall – Daily Mail (London, Uk)
THE founder of Clipper Windpower entered into the celebratory spirit
of the New Year by giving away nearly Pounds 150,000 of shares in the wind
turbine maker to friends, family and charity. A stock market filing revealed James GP Dehlsen, who chairs Clipper
Windpower, gave away 86,000 shares in
‘Million dollar tortoises’ shed light on state’s environmental laws – The Sun (San Bernardino, Ca)
They might be the most expensive tortoises to walk the San Bernardino
County desert. A Northern California energy company will pay $25 million to relocate and
protect 25 threatened desert tortoises before it can start building a massive
solar power plant in the northeast part of the county near
McClellan Power & Energy purchases 63 acre site in San Diego County for 2MW solar/wind hybrid project.
Artesia, Calif.—McClellan Power & Energy (MP&E), a division of McClellan Products, Inc. A privately held corporation that designs, builds and manages solar and wind farms, sells commercial and residential wind and solar solutions, today announces the purchase of a 63 Acre site in San Diego County.
No more power lines? – The Christian Science Monitor
Abundant solar and wind power lies across America’s vast plains and deserts, but getting that distant renewable energy to cities without wrecking vistas and raising lawsuits over transmission lines is
a sizable hurdle for green-leaning utility companies. Thousands of miles of towering electrical
Santa Cruz County wind turbine presents conundrum for state regulators – Oakland Tribune (Oakland, Ca)
SANTA CRUZ — The state’s powerful Coastal Commission encourages
California’s seaside communities to embrace clean energy — with a caveat. It’s
got to look good. The regulatory agency has told a Santa Cruz County couple that a wind
turbine planned for their new home in the quaint Pleasure Point
School turbine scheme set for approval – South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Uk)
A SCHEME to build a wind turbine to generate power for a South Wales
school is set to be granted planning permission next week. The project by the Vale of Glamorgan council’s learning and development
department centres on Llangan Primary School, Bridgend. If approved, the
turbine would be built in
CLP India plans Rs 3,600-cr investment in wind power – The Hindu Business Line
Rahul Wadke Mumbai, Dec. 31 CLP Power India plans to invest about Rs 3,600 crore to set up 600 MW of wind power capacity in five States. The investment would be done over the next 18 months. CLP India is a part of CLP Group based in Hong Kong and listed on their local exchange. The group has
Solar Systems Maker Gets Boost From Falling Raw Material Prices – Investor’s Business Daily
Buyers of raw materials always face the choice between locking in long-term prices in contracts or simply buying on the spot market. In the solar energy business, where polysilicon is the most
important raw material, it’s been a good time to be a spot buyer. Solar systems makers compete with chip
CO2 pumped deep underground could make geothermal energy projects more efficient – The Hindustan Times
Washington, December. 30 — Scientists have proposed that carbon
dioxide (CO2) pumped deep underground for storage could be used to make
geothermal energy projects more efficient. According to a report in Discovery News, this combined system could double
the efficiency of geothermal energy
Community’s actions count – The San Luis Obispo County Tribune
Think globally, act locally. That is the mantra of conscientious
personal actions by individuals who care about their environment. Maybe a person can’t do much about coal-burning power plants being built in
China or India, but they can do something about their own actions and about
what happens in
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