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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.
By Sean Griffey • Jan. 31, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 30, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 30, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 30, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 30, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 30, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 27, 2012 -
Advanced Biofuels Industry Details 2012 Priorities
Executives from the advanced biofuels industry discuss their 2012 priorities.
Jan. 27, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 24, 2012 -
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...
Jan. 23, 2012 -
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...
Jan. 23, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 20, 2012 -
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...
Jan. 20, 2012 -
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.
Jan. 20, 2012 -
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 -
SunPower breaks ground on 13.78 MW solar plant at Naval Air Weapons Station
SunPower Corp. broke ground on a 13.78-MW solar photovoltaic power system at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The plant is expected to create 140 jobs during construction, and generate the equivalent of more than 30 percent of NAWS China Lake’s annual energy load, helpin...
Jan. 18, 2012 -
Solar Frontier selected by enXco for 100 MW California power plant
Solar Frontier and enXco , an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, signed a module supply agreement for up to 150 MW peak of Solar Frontier’s CIS solar modules. A firm order for 26 MWp was completed and delivered in the last quarter of 2011 for the Catalina Solar Project located in Kern C...
Jan. 17, 2012 -
Impressions of the Wind Tower Trade War
On the heels of accusations that the Chinese government is subsidizing its solar panel manufacturers so they can sell at below-market prices in the U.S., the U.S.-based Wind Tower Trade Coalition petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission to investigate Chinese and Vietnamese tower makers for similar practices.
Jan. 17, 2012 -
US Shale Gas Development May Be Tough To Copy
The unique structure of the US natural gas industry enabled development and rapid deployment of new shale gas technology, and the lack of that structure is complicating efforts of other countries to follow suit.
Jan. 17, 2012 -
3 GW of Solar in China in 2012?
China is looking to develop solar photovoltaic projects with a “total installed capacity of 3 gigawatts in 2012,” China Securities Journal quoted Liu Tienan, head of the National Energy Administration (NEA) as saying at a national energy work conference on Wednesday, according to the...
Jan. 13, 2012 -
Solyndra’s Remaining Employees Hoping for $500K in Bonuses
The corpse of bankrupt Solyndra continues to throw off taxpayer and venture cash to executives. Solyndra looks to pay its remaining staff an additional $500,000 in bonuses, according to reports in The Mercury News and The San Jose Business Journal. The attorneys for Solyndra (that would be Pac...
Jan. 13, 2012 -
Why Warren Buffett is Buying Wind and Vestas is Laying People Off
Denmark-based Vestas, the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, will cut 2,335 jobs worldwide as part of a corporate streamlining and is readying an additional 1,600 U.S. wind hardware manufacturing jobs in expectation of Congress failing to extend the wind industry’s vital pr...
Jan. 13, 2012 -
NC solar farm delivers power to Duke
Under a 20 year contract with Duke Energy, North Carolina based Strata Solar opened a 22,000-panel solar farm capable of generating 5 megawatts of electricty.
Jan. 13, 2012 -
PG&E to double renewable energy capacity
In terms of meeting California’s renewable energy goals, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) had a good year in 2011 thanks to the addition of wind and solar projects. PG&E added more than 220 MW of clean energy to its generation mix in 2011 and is off to a good start in 2012 w...
Jan. 12, 2012
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