Renewable Energy Development

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Entries for February, 2009

Wind Power | Turbines For Irish Households

A new proposal has been put forward by the Irish Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan that could see up to 4,000 households getting paid to generate electricity using wind power.
In the scheme homeowners are being encouraged to install their own micro-generation units which will enable them to generate electricity to power their own homes and [...]

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Solar Energy | Development of Solar Shingles

Dow Chemical Co. through their Dow Solar Solutions are putting a great deal of their resources, scientific research and money into the development of the development of solar shingles.
Thermoplastic solar roof shingles will use thin film photovoltaic technology to produce a product that could be available to the North American public by 2011. Dow hopes [...]

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Future of Renewable Energy With Passage of 401(K) Tax Credit

Saw the following press release by the Renewable Energy Task Force projecting what could be in store for the US if the 401(K) Tax Credit was used for a renewable energy fund. 
An unusual alliance of business, trade association and environmental groups are calling on President Barack Obama, Congress and the Senate to implement a tax credit incentive for [...]

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Wind Power | Simpson Ridge Wind Farm

Plans for a proposed new wind farm that will be developed by Horizon Wind Energy have been approved by the Carbon County Planning Commission. The wind farm has been slated to be built between Hanna and Medicine Bow, Wyoming.
The proposal puts the size of the wind farm at 154 turbines, but there have been concerns from [...]

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Biomass | Brig y Cwm Project

American waste firm Covanta Energy has announced that it plans to construct a 70-MW biomass power plant in Merthyr, Wales creating energy from waste. The target date for operations to begin is 2014.
The Brig y Cwm project, will consume approximately 825,000 tons of waste per year. The estimated cost of the plant is approximately £400 [...]

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