Renewable Energy Development

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Entries for June, 2008

Biomass | North East Biomass Power Plant

North East Lincolnshire, England is going to have a new 65MW biomass power plant thanks to the approval that has been granted for Helius Energy plc to proceed with construction. The power plant will be built in Stallingborough on the south side of the Humber estuary.
It will be part of a proposed bioenergy development with […]

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Solar Power | Solar Energy Projects On Hold In USA

Solar energy projects on federal lands in Arizona and other Western states have been put on hold by the Bush administration for two years. The pause has been put in place to give researchers a chance to study the environmental impact of such projects.
This has come while there are 125 outstanding applications from solar energy […]

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Geothermal Energy | Menderes Geothermal Elektrik Uretim Power Plant

An announcement has been made by Ormat Technologies that they have entered into a supply contract for a new geothermal power plant that will be constructed in Turkey. The equipment is expected to be delivered within 16 months from the cotract date at a cost of $16 million. The customer is Menderes Geothermal Elektrik Uretim, A.S. which is […]

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Wind Power | Flat Ridge Wind Farm Construction Begins

This is an update on the earlier post about the Flat Ridge Wind Farm with BP Alternative Energy hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of the project in Kansas. This is a 100MW project that is expected to be commercially operational by the end of the year.
The Wind Farm is located approximately 60 miles […]

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Biomass | Stallingborough Power Plant

A proposal for what will be one of UK’s largest biomass power plants has been given the go-ahead by energy minister Malcolm Wicks. The power plant is to be sited in Lincolnshire near Stallingborough and is a project headed by Helius Energy plc and is expected to cost £200m to build.
The facility will be capable […]

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Wind Power | Chateaugay Wind Park

The Chateaugay Wind Park in Franklin County, New York is a propsed wind farm that will consist of 72 turbines and will have a maximum capacity of 108MW. The Chateaugay Wind Park is another wind power development that is being constructed by Noble Environmental Power in the town of Chateaugay.
The electricity produced by the Chateaugay […]

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