GE Metcap To Double Output Of Hybrid Power Plant
A deal struck earlier this year between GE and Turkish energy company Metcap Energy Investments to expand renewable energy development in the Middle East is now bearing fruit, with Turkish officials signing an agreement to double the output of the world’s first Integrated Renewables Combined-Cycle (IRCC) power plant.
Funding Aims To Reduce Solar Installation Costs
The U.S. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy says it will release $7 million in funds under the SunShot Incubator program directed at developing tools and approaches to reduce non-hardware costs related to going solar.
32MW Long Island Solar Farm Completed
The completion and commissioning of the Long Island Solar Farm (LISF) Project in New York State, the largest solar panel array in the eastern U.S., was celebrated last week.
Origin Energy Buying Electricity From Gunning Wind Farm
Origin Energy has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, entering into a long-term power purchase agreement to buy electricity from Acciona’s Gunning Wind Farm.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 49 – November 23, 2011
In this episode, Virginia covers Australia’s top solar postcodes, Energy Matters announced a winner of this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, big solar gets a big break in Canberra and the World Bank financing a massive solar farm in Morocco.
World Bank To Help Finance 500MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant
The World Bank has announced it will step in to help Morocco finance the 500 megawatt Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant, a project key to the country’s national Solar Power Plan of achieving 2000 megawatts (MW) of installed solar energy capacity by 2020.
Solar Powered Wave Gliders Headed For Australia
A few days ago, Liquid Robotics launched four of its solar assisted unmanned Wave Gliders on a journey across the Pacific Ocean – with two of the units headed for Australia.
Suntech Celebrates With Australian Competition
Suntech is in its tenth year of manufacturing solar panels and as part of the company’s celebrations is running two competitions in Australia
Australia’s Top 10 Small Scale Solar Power System Postcodes
Over half a million small scale solar power systems are now installed around Australia, adding up to more than a million kilowatts of solar electricity generation capacity. Is your postcode among the top ten for solar in the country?
Harnessing Solar Energy To Create Gas From Wastewater
U.S. solar tech company, HyperSolar Inc., states it has developed a process for creating natural gas from wastewater using solar power and has filed for a patent of the technology.
