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Grant for Irish Sea power project – Daily Post (Liverpool, Uk)
A MAJOR new electricity link between Wales and Ireland has secured a
pounds 100m grant from the European Commission. The East West Interconnector is being built by Irish energy firm EirGrid to
enhance security of supply in the two countries by enabling movement of power
in both directions. It
Cross-Border Renewables — Baja to California
The high demand in California for electricity from renewable energy is creating opportunities for developers to build projects along the Baja peninsula in Mexico and then export the electricity across the border into California. However, such projects face a series of practical and economic challenges.
Phaesun Builds Telecomm Solar Systems in Burkina Faso
Phaesun GmbH, along with its partner Ikratos Africa is building ten solar power plants in Koudougou Region in Burkina Faso. The installations, which are expected to be finished at the end of March will produce electricity for telecommunications plants. The systems are being built for Telecel Faso, which has up until now covered its network with diesel-powered telecommunications plants so far.
A PLACE FOR NUCLEAR POWER? – The Boston Globe
Weak alarm sounded in `nightmare’ scenario JOHN ROSENTHAL offers naive arguments in his Feb. 27 op-ed “A recurring
nuclear nightmare He condemns nuclear power generation, but fails to mention
that it provides more than 20 percent of our electricity. He criticizes nuclear
safety, but neglects
Int’l firm looks to break into Israeli solar market – The Jerusalem Post
SunRay Renewable Energy announced on Tuesday that it has applied to
the Public Utilities Authority – Electricity for licenses to build seven medium-
sized solar fields on moshavim and kibbutzim. The company plans to erect 65 MW worth of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels and
is interested in the
US-based Indian invents clean power device – The Hindustan Times
New York, Feb. 26 — A team of Silicon Valley based technocrats, led
by an Indian, KR Sridhar launched an energy server on Tuesday, which they
claimed could convert air and virtually any other fuel source into clean
electricity. Among the customers already lined up to buy the ‘Bloom Box’ as it is
Silicon Valley startup makes bold fuel cell claims – Waterloo Region Record
A secretive Silicon Valley startup working on a new way to
produce cleaner energy is taking the wraps off its product: a huge
box of fuel cells that it hopes will allow homes and businesses to
generate their own electricity. The technology from Bloom Energy, already used at major companies
such as
Berkeley Lab Releases Analysis of RE Supply and Transmission Needed to Provide Hypothetical 33% of the West’s Electricity Needs
Feb.23, DENVER — An analysis of the potential renewable resources and transmission that would be required to provide a hypothetical 33 percent of the West’s annual electricity from areas identified as being suitable for large-scale renewable energy development was released today by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
Waste could generate up to 7 percent of electricity in Spain – The Hindustan Times
Washington, Feb. 24 — In a new study, scientists from the University
of Zaragoza have suggested that waste could generate up to 7 percent of
electricity in Spain. The researchers, from the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR), calculated the
energy and economic potential of urban solid waste, sludge
ACORE Member News: BrightSource Gets $1.4 Billion Boost from Stimulus Funds
February 23, 2010 – BrightSource Energy, an ACORE member, received a conditional $1.37 billion loan guarantee for a solar thermal power complex in the Mojave Desert that would ultimately produce nearly 400 megawatts of electricity. This project would almost double the existing generation capacity of solar thermal power in the U.S.
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