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GWEC Report Predicts Global Wind Power Generation to Reach 2,300 GW

A recent study report published by Greenpeace International and Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) indicates that wind energy will fulfill around 12% of the worldwide power demand by 2020 and the figure will go up to 22% by 2030.

20 Nov 2010

Canadian Public Buildings Receive Federal Funds for Solar Panel Installation

Two public buildings in Greater Victoria located in British Columbia, Canada, will go green with the installation of solar panels. The Federal funding from British Colombia’s Public Sector Energy Conservation Agreement will provide $109,000 to Royal Roads and $341,750 to Victoria General Hospital.

20 Nov 2010

Ecotricity Unveils Wind Energy Fueled Electric Sports Car

Ecotricity, a green energy company from the UK, has introduced Nemesis, a sports car run on electric power generated from wind energy. The car was planned and constructed in less than two years time by a leading Formula one car engineer’s team from Norfolk, in the UK.

20 Nov 2010

Pakistan and USA Sign Accord to Establish Wind Generation Project in Pakistan

Pakistan and United States have entered into an accord to install a 150 MW wind power production project at a cost of $375 million.

20 Nov 2010

Dow Jones Commences Solar Power Installation at its Facility in New Jersey

Dow Jones and Company, a global news and information providing company has declared the commencing of its solar power installation. The company had earlier announced its plans to install a 4.1 MW solar PV system over its corporate office located in South Brunswick, N.J.

20 Nov 2010

EnergyUnited Signs Solar Power Purchase Agreement with Duke Energy

EnergyUnited, the Statesville-based electric cooperative, has opened its solar power production facility recently. The power produced from the 4,224 solar panels in the solar farm will be enough to provide electricity to nearly 150 to 200 houses.

20 Nov 2010

Thermax to Establish Geothermal Plant in Ladakh

Thermax, a Pune, India-based manufacturing company, has announced its plans to establish a geothermal power project in India with the collaboration of Reykjavik Geothermal, an Iceland-based company.

20 Nov 2010

Spruce Environmental Technologies Installs Solar Power Facility at Its Headquarters

Spruce Environmental Technologies has declared the completion of a solar array installation for the use of its headquarters, located at Ward Hill, Massachusetts. Spruce is engaged in introducing new expertise, methods, services and products for keeping the environment inside the building clean and healthy.

20 Nov 2010

Indian Railways Erect Wind Turbine to Save Energy Costs

The Indian Railways, owned by the government of India, is said to be on the green energy path with great deal of initiatives in implementing renewable energy technologies.

20 Nov 2010

Pall Introduces Research Modeling Scale Crossflow Filtration System

Modeling Scale (RAM) Crossflow Filtration System to help in the research and development of bio-based products, thereby assisting the production of chemicals and fuels from renewable resources.

20 Nov 2010

Tidal Wind Turbine to be Hauled Out of Bay of Fundy

The first anniversary of the deployment of the experimental turbine in the Bay of Fundy is to be observed by Nova Scotia Power and their Partner OpenHydro by bringing the broken 400 ton gigantic tidal power turbine out of the water.

20 Nov 2010

Invenergy to Construct Wind Energy Farm Near Great Falls

Invenergy, a Chicago-based firm has filed an application for obtaining permits for construction of a $50 million, 24 MW Big Otter Wind Energy Project, with an area of 3500 acres, about 20 miles to the southeast of the Great Falls.

19 Nov 2010

Wind Turbine to be Remanufactured by Energy Maintenance Service in DMACC Campus

The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) has signed a contract with a Broad wind Energy company, Energy Maintenance Service (EMS), for the remanufacture and assembling of a wind turbine on the DMACC Ankeny Campus, with construction plans commencing this week.

19 Nov 2010

enXco Signs Power Purchase Agreement with Indianapolis Power + Light Company

enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, and Indianapolis Power and Light Company (IPL), an electric power retailing company, have joined in the groundbreaking celebrations of the Lakefield Wind Project. The 205.5 MW wind project is anticipated to be completed and become fully functional in the fall of 2011.

19 Nov 2010

Duke Energy Signs Accord with EnergyUnlimited to Supply Clean Solar Power

Duke Energy Generation Services declared that it has signed a power purchase accord with EnergyUnited, an energy utility company, from North Carolina, to supply the energy generated from its solar photovoltaic farm located in Taylorsville, N.C.

19 Nov 2010