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Wind farms in Hawaii and Mexico start turning
The construction of two new wind farms in Hawaii and Mexico has been completed and the turbines are turning. First Wind last week announced the start of commercial operations at its 21 MW Kaheawa Wind II project in West Maui. The wind farm, which completes the Kaheawa project that first went online in 2006, features […]
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Hertz and IKEA move ahead with solar installations
Car hire company Hertz and furniture retailer IKEA are moving ahead with major solar photovoltaic installations in the US. Hertz announced yesterday that it will start construction on two new solar installations at Newark and John F. Kennedy International Airports, which serve New York city and its surroundings. As part of its ongoing solar energy […]
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UK government looks for advice on helping independent generators
The UK government last week launched an appeal for advice on how to address the barriers facing small independent renewable generators looking to join the country’s energy market. The call for evidence will look specifically at Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), which independent generators require to guarantee they have a buyer for the power they will […]
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Global renewable power generation to grow 40%, says IEA
Renewable power generation around the world will grow by more than 40% over the next five years, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Despite economic uncertainty, power generation from on- and offshore wind, solar photovoltaics, concentrating solar power, bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower, wave and tidal power generation will reach almost 6400 TWh […]
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UK government’s ‘green’ ICT strategy saves £1.3 million
Adopting greener ICT practices and principles such as improving the energy efficiency of data centres has saved the UK government an estimated £1.26 million in costs over the 12 months to March. The government’s green ICT strategy also saved an estimated 232,000 tonnes of CO2, according to the first annual progress report on the strategy […]
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UK government’s £1 billion CCS competition closes for bids
The UK government’s £1 billion carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition closed for bids yesterday after “significant interest”, according to officials. The ‘CCS Commercialisation Programme’ was launched in April to support the design, construction and operation of a large-scale CCS demonstration project following the failure of the previous competition to agree terms with the last […]
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UK home solar panel installation numbers soar
UK installations of domestic solar photovoltaic and other renewable power systems soared to their highest level since the start of the government’s feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme. According to the latest figures from energy regulator Ofgem, more than 248,000 microgeneration installations have been registered under the scheme since it began in April 2010 with a total […]
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London’s largest solar panel installation reaches half way point
The project to install London’s largest solar panel array on the roof of the new Blackfriars station spanning the River Thames has reached the half way point. Today the 2200th solar panel out of a total of 4400 Panasonic modules will be installed on the new station roof by contractors Solarcentury. Network Rail is building […]
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Two US solar manufacturers file for bankruptcy
US solar panel developers Konarka Technologies and Abound Solar have filed for bankruptcy in recent days. Konarka Technologies, based in Lowell in Massachusetts and Nuremberg in Germany, was a leading developer of thin-film solar photovoltaic technologies. The company was founded by president and CEO Howard Berke and Nobel Prize Laureate Alan Heeger, who is one […]
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Lord Deben tipped to take over as Committee on Climate Change chair
John Gummer, now Lord Deben, has been put forward by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey as the preferred candidate to succeed Lord Turner as chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). The former Environment Secretary, who served under the Conservative administration between 1993 and 1997, was dubbed “the best Environment Secretary we’ve […]
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