Renewable Energy Today articles from November 2006

Renewable Energy Today archives from November 2006

WOW Energy to supply Dyess with power plant.(Industry Report)
November 1, 2006... WOW Energy, Inc. and Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. will supply a WOWGen renewable energy power plant to produce six megawatts of electrical power for the Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Tex. The WOWGen power plant is part of Siemens'...

Wave Energy Project passes Environmental Assessment.(Industry Report)
November 1, 2006... The Makah Bay Offshore Wave Energy Pilot Project recently completed a Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment process. The project, developed through Finavera Renewables' wave energy division and subsidiary AquaEnergy Group Ltd., is...

Renewable energy groups join forces.(Industry Report)
November 1, 2006... Four renewable energy organizations recently agreed to collaborate to assess the feasibility of increasing the use of renewable energy to 25% of global primary energy supply by the year 2025. The memorandum of understanding entitled Joint...

SDG&E to supply additional solar and geothermal power.(Industry Report)
November 13, 2006... San Diego Gas & Electric signed two new contracts for an additional 120 megawatts of solar and geothermal power for its customers by 2010. SDG&E, which now has approximately 16% of its customers' energy requirements under contract to be...

Study looks at future cost of renewable energy.(Industry Report)
November 13, 2006... Renewable resources could produce 25% of the electricity and motor vehicle fuels used in the US by 2025 at little or no additional cost, according to a Rand Corporation study. Renewable sources currently provide about 6% of all US energy...

Vestas to supply wind turbines to Spain.(International Report)
November 13, 2006... Vestas has received an order from the Spanish developer Parques Eolicos San Lorenzo for 47 units of the V90-2.0 megawatt wind turbine. The order comprises turnkey delivery of two wind power plants, Vestas Online Business Scada system and a...

New Delhi considers renewable energy plan.(International Report)
November 13, 2006... The New Delhi government wants to set up a special economic zone exclusively for renewable energy. Minister of New and Renewable Energy Vilas Muttemwar said roughly $2 billion would be required to establish manufacturing units of poly...

Schott to open second solar receiver manufacturing plant in Spain.(International Report)
November 13, 2006... Solar power company Schott will establish a second manufacturing facility for solar receivers, a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants, in Spain's Sevilla region, doubling its current solar receiver production capacity by...

PPM Klondike III wind project set to open in 2007.(Industry Report)
November 13, 2006... PPM Energy's Klondike III Wind Project near Wasco, Oregon, is expected to generate 221 megawatts of electricity when it opens in 2007. Klondike III will use 44 Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbines and 80 General Electric 1.5 megawatt wind...

Bourne announces new hydropower systems.(Industry Report)
November 15, 2006... Bourne Energy has announced development of three renewable, dam-free, silent and invisible hydropower systems. The OceanStar, TidalStar and RiverStar have the potential to harness California's virtually untapped resources of wave, tidal...

New Jersey' solar power continues to grow.(Industry Report)
November 15, 2006... Monmouth University in Long Branch, New Jersey recently completed positioning a 454-kilowatt solar installation, one of more than 1,840 solar installations across the state. According to a recent report from the New Jersey Board of Public...

Study reveals Americans support renewable energy.(Editorials, Reviews & Asides)
November 15, 2006... Shelton Group, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based communications agency, has released its second study, titled "Energy Pulse 2006," which analyzes American consumers' attitudes toward energy consumption and conservation. The study found that more...

Israeli Ministry won't meet alternative energy target.(International Report)
November 16, 2006... The Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures will not meet the government's target for electricity production from renewable sources, a ministry official said this week. The government calls for 2% (214 megawatts) of electricity to be...

Study says alternative energy could power Europe by 2050.(International Report)
November 16, 2006... A Study commissioned by Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany has shown that a mix of local renewable energy sources combined with imports of solar from the Middle East and North Africa could...

Sharp introduces new photovoltaic modules.(Industry Report)
November 16, 2006... Sharp Corporation will introduce two new thin-film, solar photovoltaic, 90-watt modules to its commercial lineup; the modules will use stacked layers of amorphous silicon and microcrystalline silicon for a conversion efficiency rate up to 40%...

Conferences.(Calendar)
November 16, 2006... Weekly Update ANNUAL EUROPEAN NGV CONFERENCE, June 19-21, 2007, Strasbourg, France (EIN STAFF: 11/16)

BP Solar to expand headquarters, double capacity.(Industry Report)
November 17, 2006... BP Solar will nearly double its current casting and sizing capacity to approximately 150 megawatts at its North American headquarters in Frederick, Maryland, the company recently announced. The $70 million expansion entails construction of...

Maine Ski Resorts purchase renewable energy certificates.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
November 17, 2006... Two of Maine's largest ski resorts have announced plans to offset 100% of their operations' electricity use with energy generated from wind. Sugarloaf and Sunday River will purchase 30 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy...

Renewable Energy Marketing Conference set for San Francisco.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
November 17, 2006... The US Department of Energy, the Center for Resource Solutions, and the US Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that the Renewable Energy Marketing Conference will take place at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco from...

FAU to have ocean energy technology center.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... The Florida Technology, Research and Scholarship Board recently awarded Florida Atlantic University $5 million to establish The Florida Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology. The Center will look at South Florida's ocean currents,...

Study says Massachusetts could lead in solar industry.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... Massachusetts has one of the best chances among US locations for making solar energy an economic success, according to a recently released study by the Topline Strategy Group. According to Jonathan Klein, founder and general partner of...

Acciona starts construction on Australian wind farm.(International Report)
November 21, 2006... Acciona Energy has started construction on the Waubra wind farm in Victoria, Australia. The facility will be the largest of the 154 farms the company has installed around the world. Waubra will produce 192 megawatts from 128 wind turbines...

PowerLight makes progress on headquarters' solar project in Korea.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... PowerLight Corporation announced today the completion of the first phase of its one megawatt solar power project at company headquarters in Gwangju, Korea. Located 200 miles south of Seoul, the solar photovoltaic project was designed,...

Applied Ventures invests in Solaicx.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... Applied Ventures recently invested $3 million in Solaicx, a solar wafer manufacturer whose crystal-growing equipment is expected to be up to five times more productive than traditional continuous systems. Solaicx' technology, based on...

ITER aims to harness sun's energy.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... Nations representing half the world's population signed a $12.8 billion pact Tuesday for a nuclear fusion reactor that could "revolutionize global energy use for future generations." The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor...

Hitachi signs cooperation agreement with prism Solar Technologies.(Industry Report)
November 22, 2006... Hitachi recently announced it has signed a cooperation agreement with Prism Solar Technologies. Under the agreement PST will market Hitachi's proprietary bifacial photovoltaic cells and manufacture modules for sale under the Hitachi brand name...

SCE increases renewable energy contracts.(Industry Report)
November 22, 2006... Southern California Edison last week signed seven new long-term contracts with independent renewable energy power producers in geothermal, biomass and wind energy. The utility will now submit the agreements to the California Public Utilities...

Suntech to supply solar modules to Spain's PV Park.(International Report)
November 22, 2006... Suntech Power Holdings Co. will supply solar modules with a total output of 23.2 megawatts to Atersa for installation in the Photovoltaic Grid Connection Park in the Extremadura region of Spain. It is expected that the solar modules will be...

Canada's largest wind farm completed.(International Report)
November 28, 2006... Brookfield Power recently completed both phases of Ontario, Canada's 189 megawatts Prince Wind Energy Project, making it the largest wind farm in the country. Prince Wind is comprised of 126 wind turbines extending over nearly 20,000...

Telvent supplies systems to renewable energy projects.(International Report)
November 28, 2006... Telvent Supplies Systems to Renewable Energy Projects Telvent recently signed two contracts, worth more than $1.3 million, to supply and install distributed control systems for Abengoa Bioenergy's bioethanol facility in Lacq, Southern...

Malaysian government launches solar panel program.(International Report)
November 28, 2006... Residents of Subang Jaya, Malaysia, can start applying to install solar energy panel technology on their homes, the result of a recently announced government program. The National Suria 1000 program aims to install solar photovoltaic roofs...

University of Delaware to establish sustainable energy program.(Industry Report)
November 28, 2006... A five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the University of Delaware to establish a new graduate program in sustainable energy from solar hydrogen. The award is a part of the NSF's Integrative Graduate...

CTC and TECO-Westinghouse to collaborate on wind turbines.(Industry Report)
November 28, 2006... Composite Technology Corporation and TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company recently signed an agreement to manufacture, research, and further develop the DeWind range of wind turbines. The proposed agreement indicates that TECO-Westinghouse will...

Crest Energy aims to establish wind turbines in Kaipara Harbor.(International Report)
November 28, 2006... Crest Energy has applied to the Northland Regional Council for consent to set 22 meter turbines on the seafloor along the Kaipara Harbor on the western side of the New Zealand's North Island. The $402 million proposal to generate...

Nova Scotia Power says consumers will pay for renewable energy targets.(International Report)
November 29, 2006... Nova Scotia Power, the Canadian province's largest electrical utility, is forecasting higher power bills for consumers if it is forced to comply with new government targets requiring NSP to produce at least 20% of its power from wind, solar and...

DSWA to sell landfill gas waste.(Industry Report)
November 29, 2006... Two solid-waste landfills, owned and operated by the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, will use methane gas generated from decomposing organic waste to produce renewable energy. Constellation NewEnergy has signed a 10-year agreement to...

DOE: many states leaning towards renewable energy.(Industry Report)
November 29, 2006... Renewable energy is gaining ground in many states as voters and governors push electric utilities to generate a set percentage of electricity from clean sources such as wind and solar power. In Washington state, voters approved a measure...

Canada's Ontario renewable energy takes SOP applications.(International Report)
November 30, 2006... The Ontario Power Authority started taking applications Nov. 22 for the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program. RESOP aims to make it easier for operators of small renewable energy generating facilities to contribute to Ontario's...

New Zealand's MRP breaks ground on geothermal energy plant.(International Report)
November 30, 2006... Construction on a 90-megawatt, $275 million geothermal power plant in New Zealand got underway this week in Kawrau, New Zealand. Mighty River Power owns and will operate the plant. Kawerau is the first stage in the company's plans to develop...

DuPont makes bio-based product from renewable resources.(Industry Report)
November 30, 2006... DuPont Tate and Lyle Bio Products announced the first commercial shipments of Bio-PDO from its $100 million facility in Loudon, Tennessee, which produces 1:3-propanediol (Bio-PDO) from corn sugar, a renewable resource. "Bio-PDO is a...