Squeezing Every Last Drop Of Juice From Hydropower, In Switzerland
Switzerland’s KWO hydropower company has an edge with pumped hydro “water battery,” efficiency improvements, and room to increase capacity.
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The Low Carbon Economy Index: Ambition And Reality
Leading world professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report (Two Degrees Of Separation: Ambition and Reality), an analysis of economic growth rates and greenhouse gas emissions data for G20 economies), this morning. PwC’s sustainability and climate change team says that not only are the … [continued]
Old Iron Mine Repurposed For New Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity
A company called Moriah Hydro Corp. hopes to build a gigantic, 260 megawatt pumped storage hydroelectric facility in upstate New York, and it will use a series of abandoned, interconnected iron mines to do the job. That’s a nifty approach that gets around one of the sticky issues involved in … [continued]
Missouri Environmental Groups Sue Utilities For Disobeying Renewable Energy Compliance Laws
Missouri environmental watchdogs are taking Missouri utilities companies to task over failure to increase power coming from renewables, as was approved by voters on a 2008 ballot initiative. Renew Missouri and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center (on behalf of seven other groups) are suing Ameren Missouri and Empire District Electric … [continued]
California’s Hydroelectricity Production Is Vulnerable to Climate Change
California achieves on average about 15 percent of its electricity generation from hydropower, with 75 percent of this hydroelectricity coming from stations at high elevations. However, as the climate changes, the amount of water storage these stations are capable of will diminish as precipitation turns from snow into rain, … [continued]
Eco Wave Successfully Test Two Wave Energy Devices
Eco Wave Power has successfully completed its April test of a medium-scale wave energy power plant in the Black Sea made up of two different floater shapes, the “Wave Clapper” and the “Power Wing”. “The Black Sea provided Eco Wave Power with real-life conditions necessary for the testing of EWP’s wave … [continued]
Sparsely Populated Nunavut Considers Micro-Nuclear to Cut Fossil Energy Costs
Nunavut in Canada spends an extraordinary amount for energy, far more than most other provinces, and it is all fossil energy. Try as much as a dollar a kilowatt-hour. At wholesale.
