Tag: renewable energy

A nine-man squad of business leaders has parachuted into the political fray over renewable energy and energy efficiency with one message — jobs and investment. “Our companies collectively employ over 3,500 Ohioans and we are opposed to permanently freezing the renewable energy standards at 2014 levels,” the nine executives say in a letter to the Ohio Senate […]

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By Kyung M. Song, Seattle Times Seattle’s Principle Power will receive up to $47 million in federal grants for its proposed floating wind farm off Coos Bay, Ore., pushing it closer to generating the nation’s first electricity from offshore West Coast winds. The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday named Principle as one of three offshore […]

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• LNG Production to Commence Summer 2014 • Hess Corporation Awarded Gas Supply Contract • Plum Energy and SST Process Solutions, Inc. Awarded Project Management Contracts • NDLNG Chief Executive Officer to Speak at Williston Basin Petroleum Conference Bismarck, North Dakota (May 7, 2014) – North Dakota LNG, LLC (NDLNG), the newest member of Prairie […]

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After the final session of the 2009-2014 parliamentary mandate was brought to an end on 17 April in Strasbourg, MEPs and would-be-MEPs alongside the candidates for President of the European Commission are now fully in campaign mode until EU voters go to the polls during 22-25 May. The next European legislature will have the challenging […]

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Banking giant Wells Fargo has invested US$100 million of tax equity financing in nine PV projects in North Carolina. Power from the utility-scale projects, built by Strata Solar, will be sold to state utility Progress Energy Carolinas. Strata Solar said three of its projects – Bladenboro, Wagstaff and Nash 58 – exceeded 6MW in capacity, […]

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Seattle, WA – May 1, 2014 – Seattle-based Impact Bioenergy has been awarded a patent for a low-cost below- grade digester that operates on a one-year cycle for facilities like resorts, parks, islands, and farms with a seasonal waste pattern. This is a unique technology, enabling seasonal facilities a way to generate energy from food scraps and organic […]

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Official post from Google Blogs Just because Earth Day is over doesn’t mean we’re done doing good things for the planet. Yesterday we announced our biggest renewable energy purchase yet: an agreement with our Iowa utility partners to supply our data center facilities there with up to 407 megawatts of wind energy. Today, we’re taking another […]

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A new report says the geothermal power market is booming internationally but stagnant at home. The study, released this week by the Geothermal Energy Association, found that worldwide, the geothermal power market has a growth rate of 4-5%, with nearly 700 projects underway around the globe. About 530 megawatts of geothermal power came online in 2013, […]

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By Ryan Randazzo, The Republic | azcentral.com The U.S. military’s increasing use of alternative fuels and electricity sources is making the nation stronger and helping drive down commercial prices for renewable energy, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Thursday in Tempe. Mabus, who oversees a $170 billion annual budget and about 900,000 people, was speaking to the […]

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Strategic investment from Avista Corp. to support growth SEATTLE, WA – April 23, 2014: Plum Energy, LLC, which is engaged in the development  of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) value chains, today announced an investment from Avista Capital, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA).  Avista Corp. is a Spokane, Wash.- based energy company involved in […]

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