Industry News
- Facebook Plans IPO Filing as Early as Next Week - Bloomberg
- Dow Posts First Losing Week of '12, but Is Still Up for Year - New York Times
- Greece, creditors laboriously piece together debt deal - Reuters
- Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings - Reuters
- Obama administration expands foreclosure prevention program - CNNMoney
- World stocks dip as US GDP falls short - Reuters
- Netflix video game rental idea is axed - SlashGear
- Eastman Chemical to buy Solutia for about $3.4 billion - Los Angeles Times
Energy Industry News
IBM Releases New Smart Grid Software
IBM is a leader in providing softwares and services for the smart grid. In a recent … [Read More...]
Asia Pacific Adopting Smart Meters
The region of Asia Pacific is fast catching up in the smart meters industry. According … [Read More...]
Echelon to Provide Services for Denmark’s Smart Grid
Echelon Corporation has recently announced that it has been chosen to provide services … [Read More...]
India Looks at Turning Snow into Hydropower
It is a known fact that northern India has an abundance of snow, which till now the … [Read More...]
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Feds OK building plan for Mass. ocean wind farm
Feds OK building plan for Mass. ocean wind farm BOSTON -- A federal agency approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, clearing the way for work to begin on America's first offshore wind farm as early as this fall, U.S. Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar announced Tuesday. Approval by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement … [Read More...]
Engineers designate test site for wave energy
Engineers designate test site for wave energy After an extensive two-year outreach effort to glean input from community members, fishermen, wave energy technology developers, and scientists, Oregon State University (OSU) engineers have identified a final site for a floating berth about two miles northwest of Yaquina Head designed to test various wave energy buoys and devices. Read more on Newport … [Read More...]
Obama visit spotlights Reno’s growing reputation as a clean energy hub
Obama visit spotlights Reno's growing reputation as a clean energy hub The economy may have been issue No. 1 during President Obama’s Town Hall meeting Thursday in Reno. Read more on Reno Gazette-Journal … [Read More...]
USDA Highlights Rural Renewable Electricity Potential
USDA Highlights Rural Renewable Electricity Potential Many rural communities are not utilizing nearby renewable energy sources despite the fact that renewable sources for electricity such as wind, solar and geothermal are considered most abundant and practical in rural areas, according to a new USDA report on the topic. Read more on DTN / The Progressive Farmer … [Read More...]
Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative awards solar project contract
Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative awards solar project contract The Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative (CVEC) announced the award of its solar photovoltaic (PV) project to American Capital Energy (ACE) at a meeting in Barnstable Thursday morning, April 21. Read more on The Martha's Vineyard Times … [Read More...]
Suzlon bags order for 50.4 MW wind energy projects in Gujarat
Suzlon bags order for 50.4 MW wind energy projects in Gujarat New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Wind turbine maker Suzlon today said it has bagged an order to set up wind energy projects having a capacity of 50.4 MW in Gujarat.The order has been awarded by the Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC)."The projects, utilising 24 units of Suzlon''s S88?2.1 MW wind turbine, will be set up in wind … [Read More...]
BOEMRE official lashes out at ’sniping’ over oil drilling permit delays
BOEMRE official lashes out at ’sniping’ over oil drilling permit delays Earlier this week, Michael Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) lashed out at critics of his agency’s dealings with offshore drilling permits since the BP oil spill last year. Read more on Daily Caller via Yahoo! News … [Read More...]
New Generation Biofuels to Participate in the 4th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo
New Generation Biofuels to Participate in the 4th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo COLUMBIA, MD--(Marketwire - Apr 21, 2011) - New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. ( OTCQB : NGBF ) ( PINKSHEETS : NGBF ), a clean energy company developing and deploying novel technologies to produce cleaner, renewable biofuels, announced today, the eve of Earth Day, that the Company will participate … [Read More...]
Suzlon Energy bags 50.4 megawatt order
Suzlon Energy bags 50.4 megawatt order India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy Wednesday said it has bagged order to set up, operate and maintain wind energy projects of 50.4 MW from Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals (GSFC). Read more on Calcutta News … [Read More...]
Five Northwest lenders chosen for efficiency loan program
Five Northwest lenders chosen for efficiency loan program share: digg facebook twitter Five of 18 lenders that the federal government chose for a new pilot home energy efficiency program are in the Northwest. The two-year PowerSaver program will offer Federal Housing Administration-backed loans of up to ,000 for such efficiency improvements as adding insulation, solar panels and geothermal systems, … [Read More...]
Constellation Energy Powers Chicago Cubs with Renewable Energy Certificates, Offers Green Energy and Savings to …
Constellation Energy Powers Chicago Cubs with Renewable Energy Certificates, Offers Green Energy and Savings to ... CHICAGO--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Constellation Energy , a leading competitive electricity supplier, today announced it will commemorate Earth Day by powering the Chicago Cubs’ April 23 game against ... Read more on Business Wire Finance Press Releases UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance … [Read More...]
Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible
Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible Read more on SpaceRef … [Read More...]
Researchers use the ocean to recharge their batteries
Researchers use the ocean to recharge their batteries When people think of harvesting energy from the oceans, it's typically in the form of wave or tidal power, in which the motion of the water drives the production of electricity. A paper in Nano Letters suggests an alternate way to turn the ocean into power: using the fact that it's salty. There have been a few ideas about how to extract energy … [Read More...]
SolarCraft Expands Solar for City of Sonoma: Public Works Corporation Yard Goes Green
SolarCraft Expands Solar for City of Sonoma: Public Works Corporation Yard Goes Green Novato and Sonoma-based SolarCraft announced today that they have completed installation of a 23.9 kW solar electric system at City of Sonoma Public Works Corporation Yard, Sonoma, CA. This is the second major solar energy installation for the City of Sonoma that SolarCraft has been selected to install. Read more … [Read More...]
Bulgaria’s New Renewable Energy Act Cools Down Investors’ Hopes
Bulgaria's New Renewable Energy Act Cools Down Investors' Hopes Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted a controversial draft of the long-anticipated Renewable Energy Act that seems to be designed to reign in the staggering growth of solar and wind energy projects. Until now, the state was obliged to purchase electricity produced from renewable energy generators at high, fixed prices, which has led to a … [Read More...]
