Renewable Energy Development

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Entries for March, 2008

Wind Power | Taconite Ridge I Energy Center

Minnesota Power is in the process of constructing the 25MW Taconite Ridge I Energy Center. This is the first commercial wind energy facility to be sited in northeastern Minnesota is in St Louis County.
The facility will be comprised of 10 Clipper wind turbines, each with a wind capacity of 2.5MW. A bonus for Minnesota Power lies […]

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Solar Energy | Ashalim, Negev Desert Solar Power Plant

The Israeli National Infrastructures Ministry has been working towards delivering 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy by the year 2020. Central to this promise has been a planned 250MW solar power station near Ashalim in the western Negev desert. The Israeli Government has officially called for tenders from energy companies with the understanding that the power […]

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Wind Power | Navajo Nation Wind Project

A joint venture partnership has been signed between the Navajo Nation and Boston company Citizens Energy Corp to develop 500MW of wind energy on its lands.
Citizens is a renewable energy and power transmission specialist and the Navajo Nation are represented by their wholesale energy company, Dine Power Authority. Under the terms of their agreement, the […]

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Geothermal Energy | Carson Lake Power Plant

Nevada Power Co. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Resources, have announced that it plans to build a geothermal power plant at Carson Lake, near Fallon. The project is planned to proceed as a joint ownership agreement with Reno company Ormat Technologies. The plant will have a capcity of 30MW which will give […]

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Biomass | Nikopol Power Plant, Bulgaria

A new biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant is being planned for the town of Nikopol on the Danube River sitting in the north of Bulgaria, right on the Bulgaria/Romania border. The biomass power plant will have a capacity of 15MW with a further 45MW available for heating.
The project will cost Bulgarian energy and construction […]

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Solar Energy | Coventry Solar Farm

Allco Renewable Energy has announced that is about to sign a letter of intent with the Town of Coventry, Rhode Island to build a $45 million solar energy farm on the former Picillo pig farm.
According to Bill Fischer, spokesman for Allco, the Coventry Solar Farm will consist of hundreds of 3-foot by 5-foot solar panels that […]

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