Pavilion Energy Resources (PVRE) has collaborated with LA Wind, an Idaho-based developer of wind farms, to deliver wind turbines worth $100 million for an accelerated wind farm.
The government of Punjab, India, plans to produce about 1,000 MW of green energy from livestock residues by 2015, as large quantities of cattle manure became a main pollutant in the region.
Ireland-based Biotricity, which supplies and installs energy saving systems and wind turbines, has declared its plans to build a biomass facility worth €40 million in Co Offaly, Ireland. The plant will create about 200 job opportunities for construction of the proposed facility and about 65 people will be employed at the facility during the first year of operation.
Campbell Soup is planning with BNB Napoleon, a subsidiary of Exton, Pennsylvania-based BNB Renewable Energy, to construct a solar project worth $21.6 million in Napoleon to supply electric energy for its food production unit.
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global wind industry will go through a low-phase in 2010. This outlook was based on the capacity of new megawatts installed this year.
Amonix, which designs and produces concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy systems, has started construction of a 214,000-square-foot plant located on North Pecos Road in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Abbey Renewables has announced a proposal to construct a £13 million solar farm spanning 35 acres in Wilburton. Nick Sutton, the managing director of the company stated that the project would generate clean electricity to serve the demands of about 1,200 homes and the area could still be used to graze livestock. He added that for the past six months, the company has been planning for the new solar farm that complies with the new government regulation.
Enerkem, a company that converts waste into biofuel, reported that its US-based affiliate has completed the requirements of the US federal environment assessment to get approval for the construction of a waste-to-ethanol plant.
An open-loop geothermal system will be installed in Colorado's Capitol building, which will use a $4.6 million grant from the US Department of Energy under the Energy Recovery Act.
MeyGen, a tidal energy syndicate consisting of International Power, Morgan Stanley, and Atlantis Resources, has entered into a deal with UK-based Crown Estate to construct a tidal power project with a capacity of 400 MW, in the Inner Sound in Pentland Firth of Scotland.
Construction of a 5 MW capacity MicroCSP facility named the Kalaeloa Solar One project, a venture between the State of Hawaii, Keahole Solar Power, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, commenced on October 27, 2010.
Both South Africa and the U.S. are competing to construct two massive solar farms, which would help them in establishing themselves as solar technology hubs. The US could probably claim to be the largest solar project with 1 GW capacity in California’s Blythe for now.
A business partnership which developed the UK’s most energy-efficient dryer for the manufacturing industry has received the highest grade of ‘outstanding’ by the Technology Strategy Board.
OSRAM is presenting a completely updated product range for signage and illuminated advertising at Viscom 2010. New products for the major applications of light boxes and signage letters as well as the new IP-protected Linearlight Flex Protect offer customers flexible and high performance solutions for various applications.
Volvo Trucks are out to develop the world's fastest hybrid truck. The diesel and electric hybrid truck which has been nick named Mean Green is the forerunner for the title of the world's faster hybrid truck.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Nov 2010