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Fuel Cell Energy – Beacon Falls Energy Park

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63 Megawatt Preferred Resource Fuel Cell Energy Park Proposed for Beacon Falls, Connecticut — Preferred resource power plant producing energy at market-level pricing while enhancing grid resiliency — Expected to pay up to $90 million in local property and State sales taxes over project life — Generates and maintains local advanced manufacturing jobs as well as construction and service jobs — Ultra-clean, quiet and …

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SUNRUN AND TESLA COLLABORATE TO OFFER CONSUMERS HOME ENERGY STORAGE NATIONWIDE   Tesla Powerwall to be Offered Through Sunrun Subsidiary AEE Solar   Sunrun, the largest dedicated residential solar company in the U.S., today announced its collaboration with Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) to expand access to renewable energy storage systems for homeowners across the country. As part of the …

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Choose Your Electricity Provider?

Here is a novel idea. In some areas of the USA homeowners, renters, and business owners might have a choice of who they buy their electricity from and there could be savings in the mix. While many parts of the country remain locked in with communities and homeowners having no choice as to where they get their utilities from, some …

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Gresham wastewater plant 1st in Northwest to hit energy net zero

Innovative partnership is celebrated on Earth Day for turning waste to watts, saving tax dollars GRESHAM, Ore. – The City of Gresham today celebrated the ingenuity and collaborative spirit that made possible an environmental achievement – engineering the Pacific Northwest’s first energy net zero wastewater treatment plant. Achieving net zero status means that the plant makes about the same amount of electricity as …

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The History of Wind and Hydro Power

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  We think of renewable energy as a modern invention. All over the world there are huge wind turbines and hydroelectric dams generating electricity to power our computers, televisions and increasingly – cars. Today we take a whirlwind look at how our ancestors harnessed both wind and water as an energy source all those thousands of years ago. Wind Energy …

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Renewable Energy Winning Out

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The race for renewable energy has passed a turning point. The world is now adding more capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined. And there’s no going back. The shift occurred in 2013, when the world added 143 gigawatts of renewable electricity capacity, compared with 141 gigawatts in new plants that burn fossil fuels, according to …

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Capturing Clean, Affordable Wind Energy with Power Kites

INTRODUCING KITEGEN Turin, Italy – April 14, 2015.   KiteGen, a young Italian company based in Turin, has found the way to provide affordable clean energy thanks to a powerful and until now unexploited resource: the high altitude winds. After 10 years of continuous research, which led to the development of several prototypes, the KiteGen team has finally managed to …

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Storing Solar Energy

Found this great article to share about a German inventor. Check out this snippet and then click over to get the full scoop. He’s electrified his bicycle. He’s electrified his Porsche. When he introduces his dog, Paula, you almost expect him to tell you that he’s electrified her, too. Not yet, but you never know. The engineer from a small …

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Martifer solar Connects SELF-CONSUMPTION Solar PV Rooftop Plant in El Salvador

Martifer Solar has connected a new solar PV rooftop plant on rooftop in San Salvador, El Salvador, which represents the company’s commitment to grow the market in Central America The PV plant was developed Martifer Solar’s local partner, DESENI and was built for one of El Salvador’s leading distribution companies, DISZASA Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has completed …

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Local Solar Energy In LA

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LA’s SOLAR INITIATIVES ARE HAMPERED BY UNNECESSARY DELAYS; SOLUTIONS WOULD ENABLE LADWP TO CREATE LARGEST LOCAL SOLAR PROGRAM IN U.S.   View image | gettyimages.com Utility could create enough local solar energy in next decade to power 355,000 homes, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate thousands of new jobs in “solar equity hotspot” areas  As LADWP transitions from its reliance on …

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SUNRUN AND ASSOCIA PARTNER TO OFFER SOLAR TO HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS NATIONWIDE

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  World’s Largest HOA Management Firm Enters into First Nationwide Partnership with Leading Home Solar Company    Sunrun, the largest dedicated residential solar company in the United States, today announced a partnership with Associa, the world’s largest community association management firm, which serves more than two million households. This is Associa’s first relationship with a solar provider as it seeks …

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EV Bus Manufacturer Proterra Reaches 1,000,000th Mile in Revenue Service

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Company celebrates major milestone with event honoring transit agency partners as EV pioneers   North America’s leading manufacturer of zero-emissions battery-electric buses, Proterra Inc., recently congratulated its customers on achieving a major milestone for the EV industry: logging one million miles in revenue service.  The company celebrated this achievement with an event at its plant in Greenville, S.C. honoring its …

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Engineers Develop New Yeast Strain to Enhance Biofuel and Biochemical Production

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Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to develop a new, mutant yeast strain that could lead to a more efficient biofuel production process that would make biofuels more economically competitive with conventional fuels. Their findings were published online in the journal Metabolic …

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Farmers urged to ask for biodiesel on National Biodiesel Day

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Iowa Biodiesel Board says on-farm use has room to grow ANKENY, Iowa – St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the only date for celebration this week – at least not for biodiesel supporters. National Biodiesel Day is March 18, and the Iowa Biodiesel Board is taking the opportunity to remind farmers to ask for and use biodiesel as they head into spring …

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Solar PV Systems Preview

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Led by Commercial Systems, 9 Percent of Solar PV Systems in North America Will Have Storage Attached in 2018, IHS Says 700 MW of PV systems to be installed with energy storage attached in North America in 2018, compared to 30 MW in 2014 Wellingborough, U.K. (March 16, 2015) — IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information …

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Biomass Conversion and Solar Energy Conversion Combined

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MADISON, Wis. — In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy. For decades, scientists have been working to harness the energy from sunlight to drive chemical reactions to form fuels such as hydrogen, …

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Global PV Balance-of-System Revenues to Exceed $20 Billion in 2019

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IHS Says Asian markets dominated by niche BoS suppliers lead the market Wellingborough, U.K. (March 4, 2015) — IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced that the global photovoltaic (PV) balance-of-system (BoS) market is forecast to grow at an average rate of 5 percent per year, reaching $21 billion in 2019. China, India …

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Affordable and Ultra-Clean Fuel Cells

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— Ability to capture up to 90 percent of carbon emissions with a scalable solution — Performance milestones reached for coal and natural gas power plant carbon capture — Cost per ton of carbon captured below U.S. Department of Energy target of $40/ton — Added benefit includes destroying smog-producing nitrogen oxide (NOx) DANBURY, Conn., March 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — …

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Big box stores could ditch the grid, use natural gas fuel cells instea

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Study finds potential for reduced carbon emissions and lower power costs RICHLAND, Wash. – Large facilities like big box stores or hospitals could keep the lights on by using a fuel cell that runs off the natural gas that already flows in pipelines below most city streets. Instead of drawing electricity from the power grid, facilities could use natural gas-powered …

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Wind Power For Ohio Factory

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Whirlpool Corporation Announces Plans To Use Wind Turbines To Power Findlay, Ohio Facility Turbines expected to offset an estimated 22% of plant’s energy consumption FINDLAY, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), the world’s largest global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances is building on the company’s 40 years of commitment to sustainability by using wind energy …

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