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Climate Solutions, a Northwest-based nonprofit focused on creating a clean energy economy, has created several videos of companies’, organizations’, and communities’ inspiring stories of energy efficiency. They are also spearheading the Solutions Stories project, which aims to communicate clean energy economy successes in the Northwest. “These stories demonstrate the reality that energy efficiency and building [...]
UK manufacturer of wind turbine towers Mabey Bridge is set to supply 35 towers measuring in at between 65 and 70 metres in length to wind farms in Wales and Scotland. Production of the turbines will begin in mid-February as part of Mabey Bridge’s new 24-hours-per-day work time at its new wind turbine tower manufacturing [...]
Work on the largest Hawai’ian solar project has now been launched by KIUC and REC Solar. The 12-megawatt solar project is to bbe located on Hawai’ian Homelands in Anahola on the northeast side of Kauai. Originally formed in August of 2011, the partnership between the Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC) — the tax exempt development [...]
Britain’s wind sector has reached 6 gigawatts of installed capacity, says trade association RenewableUK, creating enough energy to supply 3,354,893 homes with electricity. The 6GW mark was reached with the completion of the Ormonde offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Cumbria, which is now outputting up to 120 megawatts, enough to power 67,000 [...]
Researchers continue to increase our understanding of our wind resources and wind turbines: Looking to the Atmosphere Reveals Wind Generating Stability (via Planetsave)
A new report released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has made it clear that it believes America is thinking too small when it comes to energy efficiency, and that the country is also crowding out economically beneficial investments in energy efficiency as it focuses on riskier and more expensive bids [...]
On January 6, Austin Energy, along with Austin City Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Village of Webberville Mayor Hector Gonzales, cut the ribbon on a 30-megawatt solar power plant located in Webberville, Texas, making it the largest solar farm in the state. The solar farm is made up of more than 127,000 Trina Solar photovoltaic panels [...]
We’ve covered Solar3D a few times in the past few months. But the company already has another interesting announcement about how its technology is supposed to recude solar production costs. Check it out: New Design to Reduce Solar Manufacturing Costs (via http://greenbuildingelements.com)
