Green Ocean Energy Ltd, the Aberdeen-based renewable energy company, has developed a wave power machine which uniquely attaches to an offshore wind turbine thereby giving combined wind and wave power from one installation. The economics of both machines will be enhanced as the expensive infrastructure such as the foundation and cabling will now be shared. [...]
The first offshore wind energy project to be developed in Canada’s waters may soon become a reality after British Columbia-based renewable energy company NaiKun Wind Energy Group and the Council of the Haida Nation formed a partnership that will operate and maintain the NaiKun wind energy project after construction.
The NaiKun project is to be located [...]
Municipal approval has been received by Greengate Power Corporation (”Greengate”) from Wheatland County for the construction of its 150MW Wintering Hills Wind Project in Central Alberta. With the approval of this permit, Greengate has now received municipal approvals for four of its Alberta wind projects which now totals 700MW.
Greengate expects to begin construction on the [...]
The creation of the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was completed at a conference in Bonn, Germany. About 80 states have so far committed to participate in the organization founded by efforts within the German Federal Environment Ministry. It is expected that nearly half of the participating states will sign the founding treaty.
It is [...]
The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) could become the world’s largest generator of renewable geothermal energy within the next three years due to its accelerated growth since 2007.
EDC is 60 percent controlled by First Gen Corporation, the Philippines’ largest vertically-integrated independent power producer, and is the country’s biggest generator of geothermal energy. It produces 1,199 megawatts [...]
RMT, Inc. (RMT), the leader in wind energy development, engineering, and construction, has completed construction of Michigan Wind 1, located near Ubly, Michigan.
With a total capacity of 69 MW, Michigan Wind 1 is the largest commercial-scale wind farm in Michigan. The wind facility began commercial operation in mid-December, and will produce enough electricity to power [...]
