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EDF Renewable Services, ALLETE Clean Energy Sign Remote Monitoring Contract

EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS), the leading provider of renewable operations and maintenance services in North America, announced today it has entered into a contract with ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE, Inc., to provide 24/7/365 remote monitoring and turbine resets for five of its wind projects located in Oregon, Iowa, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

23 Dec 2015

Canadian Solar Sells 9MW AC Aria Solar Power Plant to Concord Green Energy

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of the 9 MW AC Aria Solar Plant ("Aria") valued at over CAD $65.6 Million (USD $47.2 Million) to One West Holdings Ltd., an affiliate of Concord Green Energy Inc. ("Concord").

23 Dec 2015

VIASPACE Provides Updates on Biomass Electricity Projects Using Giant King Grass

VIASPACE Inc. provides an update on electricity projects being pursued by VIASPACE and partners around the world. Several of the projects have been publicly discussed previously and some are new projects. All of the projects have customer sensitivity and some are completely confidential at the request of the customers. The confidential projects will only be described at a high level.

23 Dec 2015

Declining Sea Ice Increases Precipitation in Arctic Climate System

The melting of sea ice will significantly increase Arctic precipitation, creating a climate feedback comparable to doubling global carbon dioxide, a Dartmouth College-led study finds.

23 Dec 2015

Harmful Algal Blooms are Threat to Aquatic Ecosystems, Public Health

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur naturally, but their outbreaks are influenced by climate change and droughts, nutrient enrichment and manmade factors, such as contaminants from sewage and stormwater discharge, natural resource extraction or agricultural runoff, to name a few. When an outbreak occurs, it causes restrictions on fisheries, recreation and drinking water, and it can have significant economic consequences.

23 Dec 2015

Research Project to Improve Sorghum for Biofuel Gets $13.5 Million U.S. DOE Award

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that it will be part of a major collaborative research project to improve sorghum's productivity under resource-limited conditions.

22 Dec 2015

Eolus North America Obtains Two Wind Power Projects Under Development in Nevada

Eolus has through the recently started subsidiary Eolus North America Inc acquired two wind power projects under development in the state of Nevada.

22 Dec 2015

Study Reveals Increasing Amount of Methane Emissions from Arctic During Cold Months

The amount of methane gas escaping from the ground during the long cold period in the Arctic each year and entering Earth's atmosphere is likely much higher than estimated by current climate change models, concludes a major new study led by San Diego State University.

22 Dec 2015

GE to Supply 43 Wind Turbines for Wind Projects in Franche-Comté

GE Renewable Energy today announced it will provide 43 wind turbines and a full services agreement for two new wind projects in eastern France.

22 Dec 2015

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Dominion Collaborate to Expand Solar Power in Virginia

Dominion Virginia Power and the Commonwealth of Virginia reached an agreement to deploy 110 megawatts of solar power generation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Dominion joined together to announce the multi-year agreement. The Commonwealth will purchase the solar-generated electricity through a long-term agreement with Dominion.

22 Dec 2015

NTNU Researchers Help Develop Smart Grid Solutions for Charging Evs

Norway leads the world in new car sales of electric vehicles, but how will charging all those EVs affect the Norwegian energy supply? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are helping to develop Smart Grid solutions that will ease the crunch caused by powering our transportation with electricity.

22 Dec 2015

Southern Company Obtains 200MW Solar Facility from Recurrent Energy

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in the 200-megawatt (MW) Garland solar facility under construction in California from Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. Southern Power now owns more than 650 MW across nine operating or planned facilities in California.

22 Dec 2015