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Fortum and Skellefteå Kraft to Build Fourth Phase of Blaiken Wind Farm

Fortum and Skellefteå Kraft, a Swedish energy company, will build the fourth phase of the Blaiken wind farm in Sweden consisting in total of 9 wind turbines. Skellefteå Kraft will be responsible for the investment of six of the turbines while Fortum will invest in three turbines. The value of Fortum's investment is approximately EUR 10 million. The new wind turbines are expected to start production in 2017.

19 Nov 2015

Invenergy Signs 100MW Wind Power Purchase Agreement with Equinix

Invenergy today announced that it has signed a 100 MW wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Equinix, Inc. to provide the global interconnection and data center company with renewable energy to help support all of its data centers across North America.

17 Nov 2015

Researchers Reduce Carbon Dioxide into Carbon Monoxide with Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes

Using solar or wind power to produce carbon-based fuels, which are commonly called fossil fuels, might seem like a self-defeating approach to making a greener world. But when the starting material is carbon dioxide, which can be dragged out of the air, the approach is as green as it gets. The technology that makes it economically feasible isn't available yet, but a recently published paper presents nice step forward in the effort to not just sequester CO2, but turn it into a useful fuel that is part of a carbon-neutral future.

3 Nov 2015

DONG Energy to Construct 660MW Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm

DONG Energy has today decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain.

30 Oct 2015

Wolverine Enters 20-Year PPA with Exelon for 153MW of New Wind Power Generation

Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. (Wolverine), a not-for-profit generation and transmission electric cooperative, announces today that it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Exelon Generation (Exelon), one of the nation's leading competitive power generators, for 153 megawatts (MW) of new wind generation in Michigan's Thumb region.

30 Oct 2015

EDF EN Canada Honored with CanWEA Wind Energy Project Award

EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, was presented with the Canadian Wind Energy Association’s (CanWEA) Wind Energy Project Award. The award was bestowed jointly to EDF EN Canada and Enbridge Inc. as co-owners of the 300 megawatt (MW) Blackspring Ridge Wind Project located in Alberta.

19 Oct 2015