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Garrad Hassan announces availability of GH SCADA for Mitsubishi's MWT92 2.4MW Turbine (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Garrad Hassan has developed an interface between the GH SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) solution and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MWT92 2.4 MW turbine. This interface and the GH SCADA solution are currently being utilized to monitor and control the prototype MWT92/2.4, undergoing long-term testing at MHI's Yokohama site. |
Majority of Americans Favor Solar on New Homes (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| According to a recent Roper survey commissioned by Sharp Electronics Corporation, nearly 90 percent of Americans think that solar electricity should be an option for all new home construction, up significantly from one year ago (79 percent). Three-quarters of survey respondents perceive solar power to be more important than ever, evidence that Americans recognize the value of solar as a clean, renewable form of energy. |
Garrad Hassan selected by Airtricity to provide GH SCADA for its Roscoe Wind Farm (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Garrad Hassan has recently been selected by Airtricity to provide its GH SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) solution for monitoring and control of the 209 MW Roscoe wind farm in Texas. The project is currently under construction and is located near the town of Roscoe, 45 miles southwest of Abilene. In addition to providing the SCADA system for the 209 Mitsubishi MWT-1000A turbines, Garrad Hassan America will be providing control system network design, installation and commissioning for the site. |
New York Seminar on Carbon Trading Offered (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Due to the success of Global Change Associates conferences and webinars, we are now offering three hour seminars in New York. This year over 550 people have attended our conferences, seminars and webinars in New York and San Francisco |
Satellite Housing Completes Its First Solar Affordable Housing Development (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Satellite Housing, Inc. completed its first solar power installation for Acalanes Court, a 17-unit affordable housing development in Walnut Creek, California, utilizing Borrego Solar's Berkeley team. The 35 kW photovoltaic system services the building's common utility load, producing approximately 4200 kWh of electricity per month. |
Solar Night Industries offers Builders their Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit for Renewable Energy in New Home Construction (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Solar Night Industries (OTC: SLND.PK) offers builders their Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit for Renewable Energy in New Home Construction. The design behind the Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit is to cost-effectively provide Builders a renewable energy option for a new home at a reduction of the cost of the addition of a new, post-construction PV solar energy system. This allows future homeowners the opportunity to easily, and affordably add a solar modern energy system at their leisure. The Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit includes all the necessary internal components needed for a Builder to pre-wire the home while under construction, saving incremental parts and labor costs--versus a retrofit system--of over $4,000. |
Mitsubishi Electric Develops Silicon Solar Cell with 18% Conversion Efficiency Rate (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation President and CEO Setsuhiro Shimomura announced today the company's achievement of a world record photoelectric conversion efficiency rate of 18.0% in a 150mm square practical use multi-crystalline silicon solar cell, an improvement of 1.2% over its previous models. |
AES Expands Wind Generation Operations to 1,000 MW in the U.S. (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| The AES Corporation is expanding its wind generation business in the U.S. to 1,000 megawatts (MW) through the acquisition of two wind farm projects totaling 186 MW from GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric.
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Chevron and Texas A&M Form Strategic Biofuels Research Alliance (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:33
| Chevron Corporation and the Texas A&M Agriculture and Engineering BioEnergy Alliance (Texas A&M BioEnergy Alliance) have entered into a strategic research agreement to accelerate the production and conversion of crops for manufacturing ethanol and other biofuels from cellulose. |
Great River Energy Issues RFP Seeking Renewable Energy Resources (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:34
| Great River Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources and other power generation resources with low or no net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. |
Duke Energy Acquires Tierra Energy's Wind Development Business (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:34
| Duke Energy has acquired the wind power development business of Tierra Energy, a leading wind power development company located in Austin, Texas, from Energy Investors Funds for an undisclosed amount. |
Solar EnerTech Signs PV Sales Agreement with Italian Distributor (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:34
| Solar EnerTech Corp. signed a five-year sales and distribution agreement with ErgonSolair-WonlexTech Group, an Italian solar products distributor, which is a result of trial purchases and recent visits undertaken by the Italian company at Solar EnerTech's Jin Qiao Technology Park manufacturing facility. |
Helping Tongans Turn Coconuts into Biodiesel (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 09:03:34
| Brigham Young University (BYU) student engineers returned from Tonga last week after successfully demonstrating to locals a better way to produce fuel -- showing that it can, in fact, grow on trees. More potent than pina coladas, the coconut oil biodiesel fuel the student team produced from modified chemical reactors, could, after further development, have the potential to help the South Pacific island nation's economy and mitigate soaring fuel prices. |
Centex Homes Offers Sharp Solar Energy Systems in New Home Development in Naples, Florida (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| Centex Homes will offer solar energy systems from Sharp, the world's leading provider of solar cells, on 89 homes in The Quarry, a new community north of Naples, Florida. Sharp solar systems will be offered on several single-family and estate homes in two "solar neighborhoods" within The Quarry community, designed to augment the power supplied to each home from the grid. |
A New International Climate Change Framework for U.S. Energy Security (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| Yesterday President Bush announced U.S. support for an effort to develop a new post-2012 framework on climate change by the end of 2008. The plan recognizes that climate change must be addressed in a way that enhances energy security and promotes economic growth. |
NH Senate Passes Update to State's Net Metering Law (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| The New Hampshire Senate passed a revision to the state's net metering laws on Thursday that will raise the size of eligible renewable energy systems to 100-kilowatts (kW). The bill now moves to the Public Utilities Commission for review before ending up on the governor's desk. |
Airtricity Opens 124 MW Forest Creek Wind Farm in West Texas (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| Airtricity North America officially opened its 124-megawatt (MW) wind farm yesterday at Forest Creek, West Texas. TXU Wholesale, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., will purchase the electricity generated by the wind farm, which entered commercial operation in March 2007. |
HECO Picks Hoku Solar for Negotiations to Provide PV Power at Facility (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) is entering negotiations with Hoku Solar, Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. to install a photovoltaic (PV) power system on the roof at a HECO facility. |
We Energies Signs Agreement with Alliant Energy WindConnect (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| We Energies has selected Alliant Energy WindConnect as the general contractor for the Blue Sky Green Field wind project in northeast Fond du Lac County. We Energies expects this investment in renewable energy to total approximately $300 million. |
Missouri GA Passes Easy Connection Act for Renewable Energy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 06-01-2007 at 06:04:27
| The Missouri General Assembly's passage of the Easy Connection Act (ECA) establishes uniform procedures to allow Missourians to connect a small renewable energy system to the electric grid in a quick, safe, and reliable manner. |
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