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PG&E & Brightsource Sign 900-MW Solar Thermal Deal (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 09:01:02
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has entered into a series of contracts with BrightSource Energy, Inc. for solar thermal power projects. The first three contracts are for a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of power to be supplied from three projects. PG&E also signed two contracts for options on an additional 400 MW, which would bring the total amount of power purchased under these five agreements to 900 MW. |
95.4-MW Wind Farm Being Built in Sweden (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 09:01:02
| Renewable Energy Systems Group (RES) and its subsidiary RES Skandinavien AB have announced that they will start construction on the 95.4-megawatt (MW) Havsnas wind farm. RES has developed and will construct and operate the project. |
Brookfield Acquires 18-MW Hydro Plant (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 09:01:02
| Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Twin Cities hydroelectric facility in St. Paul, Minnesota, from Ford Motor Company. The run-of-river facility is located on the Mississippi River and has a total installed capacity of 18 megawatts (MW). |
SeaGen Tidal Unit Installed (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 09:01:02
| Installation has started on the SeaGen project, a tidal powered turbine that generates electricity from tidal currents. The installation at Strangford Lough, off the coast of Northern Ireland, will be the first commercial tidal-stream application anywhere in the world. |
Clean Energy Stocks Fall (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 09:01:02
| Clean energy stocks were unable to escape the uncertainty that has characterized global financial markets in the first three months of 2008 and the performance of the Wilder Hill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX) illustrated the volatility of the sector, according to New Energy Finance. In the first quarter, the NEX fell by 17.9% to 373.72. By contrast, NASDAQ was down by 14.1% and the S&P500 was 9.9% lower. |
Report: Hydrogen-based Vehicle Research Initiative is Making Progress (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 09:01:02
| A public-private effort to develop technologies for more fuel-efficient automobiles and to investigate the feasibility of hydrogen-based vehicles has made significant progress in most research areas, according to a new report from the National Research Council. |
A New Tool For Sodar-Based Wind Assessment Now Commercial (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2008 at 11:00:57
| The first TritonTM sonic wind profiler - a new tool for sodar-based wind assessment - is being shipped today, and more than 15 additional units will ship to customers over the next two months.
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