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Scotland sets up $83 million low-carbon fund
Jan 22, 2018 (UPI)
Scottish Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said a fund aimed at gaining an edge in low-carbon innovation is open for business. "We have, first and fo...
The wave power farm off Mutriku could improve its efficiency
Jan 03, 2018 (SPX)
"It is important to find out how the wave power farm is actually performing, to analyse how the technology used is behaving, and to observe what deficiencies or...
Turkey gets European loan for renewable energy
Dec 28, 2017 (UPI)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it provided the loan to the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey, known by its Turkish initials TSKB,...
Oil-rich Alberta sees momentum for wind energy
Dec 14, 2017 (UPI)
Along with much of the Canadian economy, Alberta is adding layers of diversity with low-carbon ambitions. Solar power in the province doubled in 2015 thanks in ...
Construction to start on $160 million Kennedy Energy Park in North Queensland
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
The first sod of soil will be turned at a ceremony on Monday 11 December. The ceremony marks the start of work on the innovative $160 million Kennedy Park Energ...
U.S. wind turbines getting taller and more efficient
Nov 30, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Energy Information Administration found that the average height and power generating capacity for wind turbines installed in the country are taller and...
New wind farm in service off the British coast
Nov 22, 2017 (UPI)
The Dudgeon wind farm is about 25 miles off the coast of Norfolk. Its turbines, with a combined capacity of 402 megawatts, can meet the energy demands of around...
End tax credits for wind energy, Tennessee Republican says
Nov 15, 2017 (UPI)
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., spoke on the floor in support of ending a wind production tax credit by the end of the year as part of a broader tax overhau...
New York sets high bar for wind energy
Oct 26, 2017 (UPI)
New York ranks 11th in the nation in terms of installed wind energy capacity and is the 15th windiest. As of 2014, the state had 20 wind energy projects in serv...
Construction to begin on $160 million Industry Leading Hybrid Renewable Energy Project
Oct 20, 2017 (SPX)
Kennedy Energy Park (Kennedy) will be the first wind, solar and storage hybrid generator connected to the Australian national electricity network via a single c...
First floating wind farm starts operation in Scotland
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
The 30MW Hywind farm, operated by Norwegian oil group Statoil in partnership with Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company Masdar, is located 25 kilometres (16 mile...
A kite that might fly
Oct 18, 2017 (SPX)
The results confirm that there is abundant wind energy up there that could feasibly be harnessed, bringing the possibility of high-altitude power generation a s...
Scotland outreach to Canada yields wind energy investment
Oct 17, 2017 (UPI)
Canadian renewable energy developer Boralex and Britain's Infinergy committed through a joint venture agreed to invest in a network of onshore wind farms with a...
OX2 hands over Ajos wind farm to IKEA Finland
Oct 10, 2017 (SPX)
"The renewal of the Kemi Ajos wind farm has been an important project for us on our path to gain energy independence. The IKEA vision is to create a better ever...
Huge energy potential in open ocean wind farms in the North Atlantic
Oct 10, 2017 (SPX)
Because wind speeds are higher on average over ocean than over land, wind turbines in the open ocean could in theory intercept more than five times as much ener...
Wind farms in Atlantic could power the world: study
Oct 09, 2017 (AFP)
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science found that higher wind speeds over the open seas could produce five times as much energy as wind turbines ov...
Germany gets economic lift with wind energy
Sep 22, 2017 (UPI)
German energy company E.ON, with support from Norway's Statoil, hosted a ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Arkona offshore wind farm, which for...
French energy company to build wind power sector in India
Sep 20, 2017 (UPI)
The company formed a partnership with the Abraaj investment group to develop as much as 1 gigawatt of wind power in the Indian energy sector. "Energy demand is ...
Finding better wind energy potential with the new European Wind Atlas
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
Recently, the Global Wind Atlas has been published and brought into use for assessment methods. But these, along with those associated with the European Wind At...
Kimberly-Clark next U.S. company to draw more on renewables
Sep 14, 2017 (UPI)
The company, which has its headquarters in Texas, announced it has agreed to purchase 245 megawatts worth of electricity from two new wind power projects in Tex...
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