Renewable Energy Development

New projects in solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy, biomass, wave power and tidal energy.

Entries for July, 2008

Solar Energy | FPL Solar Energy Centers

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) have received approval to begin construction of three new solar energy centers by the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). This will make Florida the second largest producer of utility-scale solar power in the United States.
At this stage the three projects are in the early planning stages and so there […]

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Wind Power | Valencia Wind Power Project

A new wind power project has been proposed by Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola Renovables in partnership with Bancaja. The proposal has been made through a newly created company called Sistemas Energeticos de Levante which is jointly owned by the two companies with Iberdrola Group taking a 60% stake and Bancaja the remaining 40%.
The wind […]

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Wind Power | Seven Mile Hill Wind Energy Project

A 99MW wind power project proposed by Pacific Power that is undergoing approval with necessary permits being sought. This project is located in Carbon County, Wyoming between the towns of Hanna and Medicine Bow and is planned for completion in 2008.
Providing engineering, procurement and construction for the project is Tetra Tech, Inc. who has also […]

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Tidal Energy | Edgartown-Nantucket Tidal Energy Plant

An application to develop a new tidal energy platform in Muskeget Channel between Chappaquiddick and Nantucket has been accepted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). It’s a proposal to generate electricity from turbines spun by tidal flow. The turbines would power generators by capturing the energy of the ebbing and surging ocean tides. However, […]

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Tidal Energy | Pulse Tidal Shallow Water Device Pulse Stream 100

A new tidal power device has been developed and is about to be deployed by British renewable energy company Pulse Tidal for testing in the Humber Estuary near Grimsby, England. The big feature of the Pulse Stream 100 is that it is the world’s first shallow water tidal device and can operate in waters where […]

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Tidal Energy | OpenHydro Brings Open-Centre Turbine Online

It has been just over a month now, but OpenHydro has successfully connected its Open-Centre Turbine which is sited at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) test site to the National Grid.
The single 250kW turbine is powerful enough to supply electricity to 100 homes but it paves the way for a significant tidal power development in […]

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