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Snohomish PUD Receives $10 Million from DOE for Tidal Energy Project

The Snohomish PUD (Public Utility District) has received a $10-million funding from the DOE (Department of Energy) towards a tidal energy generation project.

14 Sep 2010

Alstom Receives Crucial €200-million order for Whitelee Wind Farm Capacity Extension

Alstom has closed a €200-million order from SPR (Scottish Power Renewables), an Iberdrola Renovables subsidiary, a Spanish energy group, towards building an extension of 217 MW capacity to the existing Whitelee wind farm located in Scotland.

14 Sep 2010

DEP PA Arranges Solar Tour to Introduce Novel Solar Technologies

Department of Environmental Protection of Pennsylvania has plans to organize tours to solar facilities that are situated in Northeast Pennsylvania. John Hanger, Secretary of Department of Environmental Protection, said that the tours were mainly arranged to showcase the solar industry in Pennsylvania.

14 Sep 2010

Bujagali Hydropower Project to Commence Power Production Next Year

The Bujagali Hydropower Project (HPP), a 250 MW hydro power generating facility built over river Nile close to Jinja, a town in Uganda by Bujagali Energy Limited (BEL) is planning to connect 50 MW of its energy production to the national grid next year.

14 Sep 2010

Corning’s Specialty Glass With Micromorph Technology Delivers 11.9% Efficiency

Corning Photovoltaic Glass Technologies and Oerlikon Solar have declared the 11.9% stable solar conversion competence achieved in a research -size silicon tandem photovoltaic cell.

14 Sep 2010

Damlapinar Hydropower at Turkey Commences Commercial Operations

The power project built with an investment of over US$65M is owned and controlled by AES-IC Ictas Energy a joint venture of AES Corporation which owns 51% equity in it.

14 Sep 2010

Helix Wind to Install Wind Turbines Over OMRF Rooftop

Mike Morgan, OMRF’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, said that his organization is convinced about the operating performance of the Helix Wind turbines.

13 Sep 2010

Hybrid Photovoltaic Thermal Systems Gain Popularity Due to Versatile Usage

Solar energy is normally understood as reining Sun’s energy by using photovoltaic panels and change a part of its radiation into electric power and such solar systems does not normally utilize the thermal energy of the radiation.

13 Sep 2010

Fulcrum BioEnergy Plans to Use Post Sorted MSW to Produce Ethanol

The proposed Sierra BioFuels plant situated about 20 miles east or Reno, Nevada will produce approximately 10.5 million gallons of ethanol annually by converting 90,000 tons of post sorted MSW

13 Sep 2010

Honeywell Introduces PowerShield PV270 to Increase the Performance of Backsheets

The PowerShield line of backsheets manufactured by the company will now include PowerShield PV270, that is 30% lighter in weight than most of the conventional backing systems utilized in solar module while it continue to offer similar level security and insulation offered by conventional backing materials.

13 Sep 2010