French renewable energy corporation EDF Energies Nouvelles announced this week the completion of two wind power plants — Massif du Sud and Lac Alfred — totalling an installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). The two wind power plants are part of a seven-project programme which will eventually end in 1,003.2 MW installed … [continued]
California has set the date and details for a second CO2 emissions allowance auction to be held February 2013, under the state’s cap-and-trade system.
Kazakhstan will institute a greenhouse gas emissions trading system on businesses emitting more than 20,000 tons of CO2 annually, starting January 1, 2013. […]
Canada’s wind industry has added a lot more clean power to the nation’s power supply this year. At a recent conference in Toronto put on by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), it was announced that the industry expects an increase of 20% of new wind power, or 1,200 megawatts … [continued]
Below is an interesting infographic I found from Talentegg.ca about the green jobs market in Canada. Here are some of the most interesting findings (in traditional, bullet-point format: 44% of Canadian environmental employers in the next two years plan to hire in order to boost their workforce or replace … [continued]
Top wind energy news (other than what we’ve covered) from the past week or so: 1. GE’s GE Energy Financial Services unit and Enel Green Power North America have teamed up to commit common equity for a 51% ownership stake in the Chisholm View wind project, one of Oklahoma’s largest wind projects. “The … [continued]
Emissions from power plants in states served by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have fallen to their lowest levels since the CO2 auction program launched in 2009, according to a new report from Environment Northeast.
