It stands to reason, really.
Forest products company Simpson Investment Co. have announced that they will be building a co-generation power plant at a cost of $100 million at its Tacoma Tideflats paper mill in Washington.
The biomass power plant will burn sawmill and paper mill waste products, debris from logging sites and other wood residuals to [...]
It was reported today that a new biomass power plant would be constructed in China in Changchun, Jilin province. The Huaneng Changchun Biomass power plant will have a maximum capacity of 50MW and is expected to be operational by August 2009.
The fuel source for the biomass power plant will mainly be crop straw with an [...]
New Zealand continues to explore innovative methods of using renewable energy to supplement the traditional fossil fuel fired power plants in the country. Tidal power is the latest renewable energy source that looks to be moving a step closer to becoming reality.
A prototype tidal turbine is being prepared for a trial in New Zealand’s Cook Strait. Christchurch company [...]
A major Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant is being planned for development by Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company. Named Shams1, the CSP plant will have a maximum capacity of 100MW and is expected to cost between $400 – $500 million.
The technology used to produce the electricity will be parabolic trough technology and it will [...]
A new Idaho wind farm has moved a step towards construction in 2009 in Bingham County with developers Ridgeline Energy LLC pleased with the progress. Approval for the 450MW Goshen South Wind Farm has been granted by the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission.
However this means that the application will sit before the Bingham County commissioners for [...]
A planning application has been submitted for a new wave power station on the Isle of Lewis in the UK. The Siadar Bay Wave Energy Project aims to generate 4MW of electricity by harnessing the power in the waves of Siadar Bay.
The project is a joint scheme between npower renewables, one of the UK’s leading [...]
