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Entries for March, 2008

Wind Power | Grand Ridge Wind Farm

LaSalle County, Illinois is the location for a new 99MW wind farm which will be known as the Grand Ridge Wind Farm. The power capacity will come from 66 GE 1.5MW wind turbines. The project is to cover almost 6,000-acres in Brookfield, Allen and Grand Rapids townships
The wind turbine unit blades at the Grand Ridge […]

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Wind Power | McAdoo Wind Farm

Wind power developer Invenergy Wind LLC is in the process of bringing the McAdoo Wind Farm on-line in Dickens County east of Lubbock, Texas. The wind farm will produce 150MW of power and will be made up of 100 x 1.5MW wind turbines.
Bolstering the project with much needed funding, GE Energy Financial Services have thrown […]

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Biomass | Melbourne Ontario Power Plant

A new biomass and bio-gas facility in Melbourne, Ontario, Canada has been planned for construction by Genco Corporation. The company plans to construct the 11.4MW facility in two stages with the first stage producing 5MW until the remainder comes on-line.
The project falls under the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Pricing scheme which means the power generated will be […]

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Biomass | Steven’s Croft Power Station

The largest wood-fired power station in the UK, Steven’s Croft Power Station, has just been opened in Lockerbie, Scotland. The power station has a 44MW capacity and will burn a mixture of forestry residue and specially grown willow.
A biomass electricity building power station on this scale will have the capability of supplying enough energy to […]

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Biomass | Inner Mongolia Power Plant

China Holdings has executed a development contract for the exclusive right to develop and construct a 50MW biomass-powered generation plant in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. This contract has been lodged through its subsiduary Chine Holdings and the local Ongniute government.
Ongniute has agreed to grant China Power the land rights for up to 133,500 […]

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Wind Power | Aulac Wind Farm

It’s all busy, busy, busy in the province of New Brunswick with another wind farm announcement cheering Premier Shawn Graham no end. Acciona Wind Energy will be constructing the Aulac Wind Farm, a 64.5MW power plant that the company will also own and operate.
The company will also enter into a 25 year powr purchase agreement […]

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