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Will support implementation of US-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, will dedicate a senior staff member for South Africa in 2013, aiming to leverage the country’s position as a business hub and strategic U.S. partner into new investment opportunities for American and African companies. In the past two years […]
Google’s wind-powered data center
By SFGate: The amount of electricity sucked down by data centers has been one of the tech world’s dirty little non-secrets for years. Packed with equipment running nonstop, data centers can use more energy than many small towns. And they’re only as green as the local power grid that feeds them. If the grid relies […]
Trina Solar’s Jifan Gao Receives Solar Industry Award 2012
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, announced that the Company’s founder and CEO, Mr. Jifan Gao, has received the Solar Industry Award 2012. Mr. Gao has been selected by a panel of PV industry experts in recognition of his excellence in leadership […]
Apple’s North Carolina Data Center To Be 100 Percent Green Energy
By Device News: It appears that Apple’s existing solar and fuel cell network is just not enough to power the company’s North Carolina data center. Currently the Cupertino-based company produces 60 percent of the electricity used to power the data center. Apple is in the works of expanding to another 200+ acres in Catawba County […]
Kenya: KTDA to Build Hydropower and Geothermal Stations
By Lola Okulo, All Africa: ENYA Tea Development Agency has started investing in small hydro power projects with a target to produce a total of 20MW in three years time, the management has said. KTDA whose core business is in tea marketing announced on Tuesday that it is “actively pursuing” 10 sites in various parts […]
$1.25 Million for renewable energy projects made available to home and businesses owners
Montpelier, Vermont – The Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) announced today that the Clean Energy Development Fund Board has approved the allocation of an additional $1.25 million to support the installation of solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and small wind energy projects for home owners, communities, and businesses across Vermont through the Small Scale Renewable Energy […]
California Solar Energy Solutions Provider Launches Guide to Help Consumers Get Started with Solar Power
Kurios Energy, a California solar power solutions provider for the Central Valley and Bay Area in California, announced today it is releasing a new guide to help consumers easily make the transition to solar power. The book, 10 Steps to Going Solar: Learn How Solar Saves Money, Increases Home Value and Maximizes Tax Benefits, is available for free […]
Environmental Regulations Kindle the Southeast Asian Automotive Biofuels Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan
Sourced from agricultural products such as plant-based oils, animal fats and ethanol from naturally occurring sugar sources, biofuels are renewable chemicals and an environment-friendly alternative to crude oil-based fuels. Biodiesels emit fewer pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons, which conventional fuels such as petrol and diesel release in large quantities […]
Fluor to Design, Build, Operate, and Maintain 170MW Centinela Solar Energy Facility in California
By EC&M: Fluor Corp. recently announced that Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, a member of LS Power Group, has awarded the company a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoing operations and maintenance services for its new nominal 170MWt solar photovoltaic (PV) facility located in Southern California. Fluor […]
LS Power Completes Financing of Centinela Solar Energy
LS Power announced today that it had completed financing and authorized construction of the Centinela Solar Energy Project, a 170 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar farm, near El Centro, California. The Centinela Solar Energy Project, to be constructed on more than 1,600 acres of land, will utilize solar photovoltaic technology to directly convert sunlight to electricity. […]
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