In the wind-swept desert of northern Nevada, U.S. Geothermal Inc. has set out to rebuild and nearly triple the output of an obsolete 3.6 MW (net) binary power plant, then add a new facility that will increase total production to 35 MW.
A 60-kilowatt power plant can look kind of small in a world that usually measures generating capacity in thousand-times-bigger increments of megawatts. But the little tidal plant in Eastport represents a giant achievement because it promises so much for the future. Maine is overdependent on
Sanko officially inaugurated the Cevizlik hydropower plant in Turkey, with 100 MW of installed power generating capacity. The power plant uses two Fransic hydroturbines to power the electrical generators. The turbines and generators were supplied and installed by Alstom.
Final tests have shown that the power plant generates 10% more power than agreed in the contract. [...]
SunPower and Arizona Public Service (APS) are going to build the largest solar PV power facility on US government soil, at the Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. The power plant is to have 15 MW of installed capacity, and is to be completed in the summer of 2011.
The new power plant will be able [...]
One of the world’s largest geothermal developers, Ormat, announced this week that it acquired a 50% stake in a power plant near Mammoth Lake, California. Ormat now owns the entire power plant, including the land, power rights, equipment and the right to add additional facilities on surrounding lands.
The state’s largest electricity provider has asked regulators to approve a 20-year agreement to buy power from a planned wood- burning plant in Berlin. Public Service of New Hampshire reached an agreement in June with Laidlaw Energy Group, a New York company that plans to build a power plant on
M+W Group has been awarded a contract to develop a 14.5 MWp solar PV power plant in central Italy, in the province of Macerata. The power plant is expected to be commercially operational and connected to the power grid by the end of this year.
The new power plant will be able to supply about 6000 [...]
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S REMARKS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NEW
COMPACT POWER PLANT, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY, AS
RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE JULY 15, 2010 SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA OBAMA: Hello, everybody. It’s great to be in Holland, Michigan. And
I’m especially
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING OF
THE NEW COMPACT POWER PLANT, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN JULY 15, 2010 SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat. Before I get started,
The Cleusone-Dixence hydropower plant in Switzerland has finally resumed power generation after almost ten years of inactivity. The power plant was formerly shut down due to the need for repairs on the main shaft which transported water from the upper level reservoirs. The crack was at a very difficult place, located inside the shaft structures [...]
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