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Solar Trade War: It Just Doesn’t Matter
Greentech Media's Eric Wesoff concludes that fighting China on solar-panel manufacturing is pointless.
By Sean Griffey • Feb. 6, 2012 -
Wind Energy: Over 21% of New Power Capacity in 2011
Wind capacity in Europe grew enough in 2011 to equal 6.3% of the E.U.'s usage.
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Movie Takes an Honest Look at Complicated Subject: Wind Power
The documentary "Windfall" doesn't shy from examining wind power's problems along with its benefits.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012 -
Bringing Ultracapacitors to the China Wind Industry
An Chinese entrepreneur dives into the market for a better way to power blade pitch.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012 -
Most States Have Renewable Portfolio Standards
The standards drive increases in generation capacity powered by renewable resources.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012 -
NH utility fighting forced divestiture
Public Service says that it usually delivers power it generates at below-market prices and customers can choose their source anyway.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012 -
Real-Life Grid Security Bungles (and 5 Steps To Banish Them)
Security veteran Ernie Hayden has scary stories about lax security found during utility site visits.
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Federal Leasing Slowdown Costing Jobs, Money
A collapse in oil and gas leasing on federally owned land in six western states is costing the U.S. economy jobs and federal royalties as well as limiting access to domestic energy resources, a recent oil-industry-backed study says.
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Global Natural Gas Production Doubled Between 1980 and 2010
Global dry natural gas production increased 110 percent between 1980 and 2010, from 53 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) to 112 Tcf.
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DOE Projections Detail the Potential of Water Energy
New assessments of U.S. wave energy and tidal current energy illustrates the vast potential of the resources.
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DOE provides detailed offshore wind resource maps
Wind Powering America (a DOE initiative) publishes a series maps showing the potential to generate electricity from offshore wind resources in the United States.
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Can The East River Power New York City?
A new tidal energy project located in New York City's East River has the potential to create electricity that would be one of the first commercial installations of "hydrokinetic" projects in the US.
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VT school wins solar array from GMP
Green Mountain Power is working with a local VT school to install a 2.5 kW solar array.
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Buffett's utility heads into renewables
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company is moving into the unregulated renewables market with a new company, MidAmerican Renewables.
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Nuclear future commission delivers final report to DOE
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future released its final report to the U.S. Energy Secretary, detailing comprehensive recommendations for creating a safe, long-term solution for managing and disposing of the nation's spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
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Advanced Biofuels Industry Details 2012 Priorities
Executives from the advanced biofuels industry discuss their 2012 priorities.
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Wells Fargo adds to $2.7B clean energy projects
Equity financing, provided by Wells Fargo, is complete for a 53.5 MW multi-site solar project in New Mexico -- one of largest photovoltaic solar power projects in the United States.
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Land-based wind farm producing for PHI unit
Pepco Holdings, Inc. announced its subsidiary Delmarva Power will receive 38 MW of wind energy and associated renewable energy credits from the recently completed Chestnut Flats wind facility in south central Pennsylvania. The 38-MW land-based wind farm is owned by enXco , an EDF Energies Nouv...
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TVA activates wind power to grid
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has added 535 MW of renewable power from four wind farms in Kansas, Illinois and Iowa. The following projects are actively delivering renewable wind power to the TVA power grid: 201 MW from ENEL Green Power's Caney River wind farm in Elk County, Kan. 15...
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Arctic oil and natural gas resources
Despite the size of the Arctic's potential oil and natural gas resources, consideration of these resources as commercially viable is relatively recent.
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OG&E completes Crossroads Wind Farm Project
OG&E completed the Crossroads Wind Farm in northwestern Oklahoma. The project was a partnership between OG&E, Siemens and Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. The $451 million project was approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and adds 227.5 MW of renewable generating capac...
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Managing intermittency key to wind power integration
New forecasting adn price shifting techniques may be the answer to help energy companies overcome intermittency issues associated with wind power.
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SDG&E to Expand Local Solar Market, Increase Customer Acces
San Diego Gas & Electric has filed with the California Public Utilities Commission for approval of its new solar proposal called "connected.....to the sun."
Jan. 18, 2012 -
GE solar technology to fuel Invenergy's Grand Ridge Solar Project
GE agreed to supply 23 MW of advanced solar equipment to Invenergy. Invenergy will install the solar equipment at its Grand Ridge Solar project, now under construction in Illinois.
Jan. 18, 2012
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