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Badlands National Park Deploys New Hybrid Wind-Solar Energy Solution

A new hybrid wind-solar energy solution has been deployed at the Pinnacles Entrance of the Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. The wind-energy solution is designed to offer 25% of the power utilized at the Pinnacles complex that incorporates a warehouse, an office and two entrance stations. The hybrid wind-power will be versatile enough to offer power even in variable environmental conditions.

29 Nov 2010

Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field to Develop Wind Farms in Cumberland County

President of Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field, David Stevenson, stated that Cumberland County, located in Pennsylvania, would be a suitable location for small-sized wind energy projects.

29 Nov 2010

Gamesa Announces Collaboration to Develop Offshore Wind Turbine

Gamesa has partnered with research institutions and some companies to develop an offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 15 MW, by the year 2020. The project, called Azimut Offshore Wind Energy 2020, involves 22 research institutions and 11 companies that are specialized in offshore wind power technologies.

29 Nov 2010

Tessera Solar Issues Statement Regarding Calico Solar Project Order

Tessera Solar has released a statement regarding the order from the Chairman of the California Energy Commission (CEC), on the Calico Solar project. The company announced that clerical errors were made in the documents issued by the CEC for the project.

29 Nov 2010

State Government in India Promotes Clean Energy

The government of Tamil Nadu in India has mandated for replacing coal fuel usage with renewable energy, to promote clean energy. In addition, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has imposed obligations to purchase renewable energy to focus on renewable energy usage in industry.

29 Nov 2010

New Analysis Says Biofuel Increases GHG Emissions

Research and Markets has released a new analysis report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from biofuel. The research found that biofuel usage increases the GHG emissions, when considering the impact of land being converted into cropland.

29 Nov 2010

Waste Heap to be Converted into Renewable Energy Plant in Germany

RWE Innogy, and RAG Montan Immobilien announced that they have planned to convert a waste heap into a plant to produce power, by combining wind energy and pumped storage. Both the companies have entered into a letter of intent, under which they will focus on the technical and economic feasibility of combining water and wind as energy supply.

29 Nov 2010

Pakistan to Focus on Local Wind Turbine Development

Pakistan’s Engineering Development Board (EDB) said that there is a need for manufacturing wind turbines locally in the country.

29 Nov 2010

New Joint Venture to Develop 500 MW of Renewable Energy Projects in India

NTPC, Kyuden International and Asian Development Bank have signed an agreement to form a joint venture firm, which will develop renewable energy projects of about 500 MW of total capacity. The clean technology projects will be established in India over three years of time.

29 Nov 2010

ABB Wins Wind Farm Transmission Link Order in Belgium

ABB announced that it has received an order from Belgium-based C-Power to connect a wind farm with the mainland grid. Under the $125 million order, ABB will provide the transmission link for the Thornton Bank wind farm.

29 Nov 2010

Estonian Government Approves New Renewable Energy Plan

The renewable energy activity plan in Estonia through the year 2020 has been approved by its government. As a result, the contribution of renewable energy to the total power consumption in the country will increase by 25%.

29 Nov 2010

Bahrain Goes Green with Plan for a Wind Power Plant

National Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain announced that a wind energy plant will be built in the country to generate electricity. A Japanese company has tested the wind velocity of Bahrain and will present the evaluation report shortly.

29 Nov 2010

New Mexico’s Utility Company Announces Research to Use Solar Energy Efficiently

The largest utility company of New Mexico, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), has announced a collaboration with scientists for developing a new way to use solar energy efficiently. Scientists will develop a way to access solar energy as per the need even during night, and save the energy when it is not needed.

29 Nov 2010

Used Oil Gets Converted into Biodiesel in Louisiana

Operation REACH, and AmeriCorps have started a new program called Golfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project, to convert used oil into biodiesel. Under the project, students from high school and college collect used oil from the restaurants in Louisiana.

29 Nov 2010

Plantation Energy Inks Contract to Supply Biomass Fuel Pellets

Plantation Energy announced that it has entered into a four-year, $70 million deal with the Japan-based trading company, Mitsui, for the supply of biomass fuel pellets. Plantation Energy said that the contract has provided a secure future for its plant in Down Road, which produces and exports wood pellets.

29 Nov 2010