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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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, […]
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
