Invisible 12-Hour Energy Storage Project To Chase Oil Shale From Estonia
Estonia is hosting a new cutting edge pumped hydropower energy storage project that deploys mining operations to minimize surface disruption.
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Introducing Samsø, A 100% Wind-Powered Island
Originally published on the Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-Stone. On a small island off the coast of Denmark, a group of potato farmers have turned into power brokers, owning the wind turbines that have made their island a net energy producer. In less than ten years, Samsø went from … [continued]
RWE Dramatically Changing Its Business Model, Making Radical Departure From Conventional Utility Approach
Much has been written about the potential death of utility companies that don’t adapt to the distributed, clean energy revolution that is underway. They’ve been called dinosaurs, obstructionists, dummies, and much more. Well, it seems that German utility RWE, one of the largest utilities in the world, doesn’t want to fall … [continued]
Malta Solar PV Feed-in Tariff, Solar Hot Water, & Energy Efficiency Schemes Announced
Malta is following the lead of many of its European colleagues with a new feed-in tariff for solar PV. It’s also implementing some solar hot water and energy efficiency rebates. Here are more details repost from Solar Love. In an effort to increase its renewable energy generation, Malta has started a photovoltaic … [continued]
4 Solar & 8 Transport Stories Not To Miss
Some clean transport and solar power stories you probably don’t want to miss: Transport The Arrogance Of Space High-Speed Trains Good For Quality Of Life, Economy, Air, Climate, Society… Rail Competitive With Air Between Many US Cities Housing Near Transit = Good Investment (Also see the APTA press release and the Streetsblog story) DIY … [continued]
Renewable Energy Adoption — Not Fast Enough
Here on CleanTechnica, we regularly see article after article trumpeting the advances wind power has made (for example, last year, the rate of installation increased by about 20%) or praising the huge installation of photovoltaic power in Germany, Italy, or even the Czech Republic! While Europe may be the clean … [continued]
Top 10 Solar Power Stories Of 2012
What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here’s my list — chime in below if you think differently or have anything to add. 10. Giant US CSP power plants move along as planned, ready for completion in 2013. While we didn’t see any big CSP power plants … [continued]
Europe Installed Two-Thirds of the World’s New Solar Power in 2011
Two-thirds of newly installed solar power capacity in 2011 was in Europe, or 18.5 GW. Europe’s total solar power capacity now totals 52 GW. That’s enough electricity to power a country with the energy demands of Austria, which is 2% of the European Union’s total electricity needs. The European … [continued]
EU Offshore Wind Having Best Year Ever, but Turbine Orders Slowing
Battling severe economic headwinds, Europe’s wind industry has picked up the pace and substantially increased offshore projects developed in the region. According to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), developers connected 132 turbines to the grid in the first half of this year. Those turbines, which have the cumulative … [continued]
50% Increase in European Offshore Wind Power in 2012
Even though national and regional economies are sputtering across the globe, offshore wind power installations in Europe increased fifty percent in the first half of 2012 compared with the first half of 2011. Over 130 offshore wind turbines were installed in 2012, and 160 more are constructed and waiting for … [continued]
