Huuuuuge Solar Energy Buy For UGE
This solar energy acquisition by the US company UGE could be huuuuuuuge, to borrow a phrase from a unique presidential candidate.
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Another Big Blow For Big Coal: Solar PPAs Coming To China
New China solar venture could blow the market wide open with the country’s first ever power purchase agreements, from UGE and Blue Sky Energy Efficiency.
Micro Wind Turbines Get $1.3 Million From Energy Department
Look out, gasoline: here comes micro wind. Four US micro wind turbine companies are splitting a new $1.3 million grant aimed at cutting costs.
Meet Polar Rover: The Wind-Powered Explorer Of Antarctica
By Fang Guo The use of autonomous robots for polar exploration is not an unheard of subject, but what about a research vehicle that is powered completely with renewable energy? Now that would be something to brag about! Turns out researchers have already started to utilize this impressive combination of technologies. … [continued]
Fueling Stations of the Future Here Now
Wind and solar energy are being harnessed and integrated with electric vehicle chargers, heralding the coming end of the “Fossil Fuel Era” and the onset of a new age of sustainable, renewable power and fuel for transport. Two news items this past week– one regarding the Sanya Skypump and another regarding Envision Solar Trees– foreshadow what’s to come.
You Can So Drive a Car with a Windmill on It… Almost!
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney once famously said that “you can’t drive a car with a windmill on it,” but he might want to take a trip to Spain before he fully commits to the position that wind-powered vehicles are beyond the realm of the possible. The city of Barcelona happens … [continued]
