A joint initiative to combat climate change is being undertaken by the Unites States and Australia. The two countries will collaborate on research into solar energy with the hope of cutting the costs of harnessing it to the levels of conventional fossil fuels within the next five years.
Both South Africa and the U.S. are competing to construct two massive solar farms, which would help them in establishing themselves as solar technology hubs. The US could probably claim to be the largest solar project with 1 GW capacity in California’s Blythe for now.
The results of the national elections on Tuesday and subsequent advance of Republican politicians will make it even more difficult for the U.S. clean energy industry over the coming years. However with the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick being re-elected the state should not have a problem with its growing cleantech cluster.
Third quarter investments in cleantech venture capital funding in 2010 have suffered as per a report from Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureSource.
Gerry Brownlee, Energy and Resources and Economic Development Minister, in a recent interview said that soon a positive decision will be taken over the resource consent application made by Contact Energy.
Vattenfall has declared that it will invest over $1.38 billion in the proposed DanTysk offshore project which is expected to come up in the North Sea and will be located 40 miles west of Sylt, a German Island.
University of Nottingham has announced its decision to go green with wind turbine installations. The University has plans of installing three wind turbines over the banks of the Trent River to generate enough electricity for use in its main campus.
TradeWind Energy, a Lenexa, Kan-based company, is currently in the process of gathering weather conditions related data and performing field surveys for its proposed Chisholm View Wind Project over the fields in the northeast part of Garfield County.
IMPSA, a global company offering incorporated solutions for renewable energy projects, declared that it has entered into an accord with the government of the province of La Rioja, to double up the current wind generation capability of Arauco Wind Farm owned by the government.
Construction work for the $560 million worth wind farm is expected to begin in 2011 at Mt Emerald in Queensland, Australia. This 220 MW project will be located in the southwest of Mareeba. The farm will feature nearly 80 wind turbines.
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