Wave Energy To Power Portugal

Tags: wave power, energy, electricity, Tagged: 25 September 2008
The launch of the Agucadoura project, one of the first commercial wave power farms has taken place in Povoa do Varzim, Portugal. The first phase project will initially generate 2.25 megawatts (MW) of electricity using three Pelamis Wave Energy Converters (PWEC), which are a semi-...

Suzlon Commits US $5B to Renewable Energy

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 25 September 2008
Suzlon Green Power Ltd. announced a commitment to bring 3,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity to nearly 10 million people with the development of US $5 billion in renewable energy assets over five years, primarily in India and China.

China Recycling Wins 7-MW Waste-to-Energy Project

Tags: gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
China Recycling Energy Corp. (CREG) announced that it has won a contract to recycle waste gas and waste heat into electricity for China Zhonggang Binhai Enterprise Ltd. at a facility in Cangzhou City, China.

Santa Clara University Purchases Over 11 Million Kilowatt-Hours of Clean Renewable Energy

Tags: wind power, renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Santa Clara University’s electricity just got a little greener. The University’s purchase of 11,256 megawatt hours of renewable energy, equal to the annual output of three and a half large-scale wind turbines, represents over one third of the University’s annual electricity use....

Ofgem to publish energy findings

Tags: ofgem, gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 08 October 2008
Energy regulator Ofgem is to publish the findings of a major inquiry into gas and electricity prices.

Beacon Power Tests Megawatt of Flywheel Storage

Tags: electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops products and services to support electricity grid operation, announced that it has built and tested an integrated matrix of ten high-power flywheels that when operated together can absorb and supply a full megawatt (MW...

West Haven Commits to Clean Energy

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Rocky Hill, Conn., September 23, 2008 – The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the city of West Haven, Conn., has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program by committing to purchase at least 20% of its electricity for municipal facilitie...

Half of Global Electricity To Come From Renewables IEA Says

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Nearly 50% of global electricity supplies must come from renewable energy sources in order to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its latest study, “Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies.”

Town of Haddam Commits to Clean Energy

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Rocky Hill, Conn., October 2, 2008 – The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the town of Haddam, Conn., has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program by committing to purchase at least 20% of its electricity for municipal facilities from clean,...

East Hampton Commits to Clean Energy

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 25 September 2008
Rocky Hill, Conn., September 24, 2008 – The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the town of East Hampton, Conn., has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program by committing to purchase at least 20% of its electricity for municipal facilit...

AREVA & Duke Energy Develop Biomass Plants

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 25 September 2008
AREVA and Duke Energy announced the formation of ADAGE, a joint venture that will be dedicated to the development of green biopower energy solutions for U.S. electricity customers. ADAGE will facilitate the development of biopower plants that will use wood waste to produce electr...