Chair Jon Wellinghoff’s clever new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has just ruled that “negawatts” not generated (using demand response ) are to be paid as much money per megawatt reduced as generated electricity is, per megawatt, on the nation’s electricity markets.
Iberdrola subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables plans to install a tidal power project between two islands, Islay and Jura, in the inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. The expected power output of the £40million project will be 10 MW, enough to power twice the number of homes on nearby Islay.
Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is about to become the scene of a major experiment in car cannibalization. A new 500-kilowatt solar installation has just gone online, and the project includes a 50-kilowatt-hour facility demonstrating the potential for used electric vehicle batteries in energy storage.
Among presenters at the recent ARPA-E summit were researchers trying rust to capture carbon dioxide more economically from Ohio State University. Last year’s $5 million grant from ARPA-E had enabled their research to the point where a 250 kilowatt demonstration plant is ready to test how well it works and … [continued]
Sustainable tech is becoming a green job-creating engine for people, and it’s creating new green jobs for robots, too. If the latest research out of the University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania is any indicator, some of those new robots may be able to bend, twist, and reform in … [continued]
Saudi Arabia needs special treatment in the disbursement of funds from the $100 billion climate change adaptation fund, this is the proposal that the country has submitted to the United Nations. Saudi Arabia, the largest oil exporter, says that it faces economic vulnerability due to fluctuations in the global oil prices. Decision … [continued]
Ohio utility FirstEnergy Corp claims it cannot meet the state mandates to get half of its 25% percent renewable electricity mandated by 2025, because there are not enough solar projects or credits within the state. Half the solar carve-out must come from in state. When solar developers build solar projects … [continued]
Greece’s largest electrical utility is on the lookout for a partner to help it the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) solar farm / solar park. The solar photovoltaic farm Public Power Corporation (PPC) wants to build would have a capacity of 200 MW and would be located in the Lignite Center of … [continued]
We know by now that people support clean energy, want governments to promote it more, and think it’s a good idea to make polluting companies pay for the environmental problems they cause. We’ve covered that topic numerous times here on Cleantechnica. But when was the last time you saw a … [continued]
Following up on the fun and interesting wind energy videos I’ve shared in the past couple days, here’s one more, focused on the various benefits of wind energy via local voices and experiences in Logan County, Colorado. The anti-clean energy crowd has to try hard to find problems with wind … [continued]
