The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), announced in October by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), has been developed to promote biomass conversion into energy, without causing the diversion of biomass materials from the current markets.
Germany-based green energy company Juwi, has selected Birmingham to establish its UK subsidiary.
Schott Solar, a Germany-based solar power and photovoltaic parts provider, has established a new sales office in Thessaloniki, Greece, as it plans to improve its South European market.
Draka Holding has proclaimed that the company has received a contract of array cabling from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting for the € 23-million Baltic 2 offshore wind project.
A MH-605 Sea-Hawk Helicopter has been victoriously flown over the River Patuxent by the US Navy in Maryland. The helicopter, belonging to the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron .Two One,used a bio-fuel blend extracted from Camelina seeds.
A $32.4 Geothermal heating plant is to be installed at the University of Missouri’s campus. The university’s Board of Curators has given approval for the project and for the issue of 30 year bonds for financing the project.
Himachal Pradesh’ Nathpa Jhakri Project, which is the nation’s largest hydroelectric project, has surpassed the 6000MU power generation target. It is now generating 178 MU in excess of the target to be achieved as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) offered by the Power Ministry.
The bio-fuels industry’s growth would reach $ 1 trillion in the future and it has brought agriculture into the spotlight, but according to the Food Secure Canada (FSC) officials, this progress would not reduce climate change impacts or produce food for the people.
The previous Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s last task was the inauguration of six small-scale hydro plants in Goias, a Central State, to boost the development of the interior regions of the nation.
According to a State Agency, the Alaska Energy Authority, the state would be engaged in the pursuit of developing a 600 MW hydro project on the Susitna River, to the North of Anchorage.
Spectrolab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing (NYSE:BA), has started the mass production of its newest terrestrial solar cell, the C3MJ+. With an average conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent, C3MJ+ will be the industry’s highest-efficient cell. These (updated triple-junction) devices have an average conversion efficiency of 39.2% at a 500-sun concentration.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
28 Nov 2010
Ecotricity a green energy company has won planning permission to build a solar park adjacent to one of its wind farms in Lincolnshire, thus becoming the latest player to enter the UK solar power market.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
28 Nov 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has contracted a joint venture accord with NTPC, an Indian power generating company, and Kyushu Electric Power Company, a private sector company from Japan, to build and manage 500 MW clean energy projects in India during the ensuing three years.
The government of Kenya has announced its plans to use geothermal as a major power source. The country intends to meet 50% of its energy requirement from geothermal sources by 2018. Currently Kenya relies on hydro power, which has become unpredictable due to erratic and scanty annual rainfall.
Solyndra, a producer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems utilized in rooftop applications of industrial and commercial companies, declared that it has contracted a multi-year sales accord with Sika Services, a roofing materials producing company.