Sainik School joins 'battle' for solar power

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:40 am by Tom Gardner

In the next phase, the school plans to generate 55 kilowatts from solar power. ''Ultimately, we plan to use solar power in our hostels and the academic blocks. We are also exploring the possibility of providing the surplus power generated to the local …

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Sainik School joins 'battle' for solar power

Solar power program fading fast

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:40 am by Tom Gardner

A new program in Yolo County offers those who live and/or work in Yolo County a group-purchase discount for installing solar power and energy efficiency measures in their homes. Interested homeowners use the program to pool their buying power and …

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Solar power program fading fast

Grafton man driven to get electric car

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:39 am by Tom Gardner

Tesla Motors paid off a $451 million government loan nine years early from the sales of its $70,000, highly acclaimed electric car. The Tesla Motor S was rated Motor Trend's 2013 Car of the Year and Automobile Magazine's 2013 Automobile of the Year.

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Grafton man driven to get electric car

Clean Energy and Corporate Tax

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:22 am by Tom Gardner

In the era of shale gas extraction and oil production from giant tar sands, is anyone still investing in clean energy? And close to the West Coast homes of Google and Apple what do company bosses feel about the row over corporate tax avoidance?

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Clean Energy and Corporate Tax

Wind Academy Group ILCC sign cooperative training agreement

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:14 am by Tom Gardner

A cooperative training agreement has been signed that will expand the influence of the wind energy and turbine technology program at Iowa Lakes Community College to the Republic of Turkey. Ethan Hunter, co-Founder and president of Wind Academy …

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Wind Academy Group ILCC sign cooperative training agreement

Mytrah Energy to acquire 60 MW of wind farms

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:14 am by Tom Gardner

The Government announcement to offer generation based incentives of Re 0.50 per unit is also expected to benefit wind energy companies. rishikumar.vundi@thehindu.co.in. Keywords: Mytrah Energy, wind power assets, wind power generation, wind farms, …

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Mytrah Energy to acquire 60 MW of wind farms

A wind wonderland

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 3:14 am by Tom Gardner

Realistically speaking, the Peace Garden State is known much more these days for its oil in the booming Bakken, but production of its vast wind energy is also on the rise of late. A sector of the energy industry that is typically on either a boom or …

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A wind wonderland

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK The High Cost of Low Value Wind Power

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 2:08 am by Tom Gardner

By MS A study published in Regulation magazine finds government-subsidized wind power "represents bad economics and bad energy policy, for at least three reasons. First and foremost, wind generation's production pattern is not only volatile and … THE HOCKEY SCHTICK

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THE HOCKEY SCHTICK The High Cost of Low Value Wind Power

EU firms protest possible punitive duties on Chinese solar products

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 12:49 am by Tom Gardner

The event was organized by the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy (AFASE), a coalition of over 580 companies in the European photovoltaic (PV) industry representing more than 60,000 EU jobs and a turnover of more than 20 billion euros (about 25.9 …

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EU firms protest possible punitive duties on Chinese solar products

Moniz 'This is the crucial decade' to develop renewable energy

Posted: May 25th, 2013 at 12:48 am by Tom Gardner

Newly appointed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz credits natural gas for helping the United States lower carbon dioxide emissions in recent years, characterizing the energy revolution as a gift to the country. “This natural gas boom,” he said, ” is a boon …

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Moniz 'This is the crucial decade' to develop renewable energy