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Geothermal Energy | Potential Geothermal Source At Akutan, Alaska

It may be possible that a new geothermal power plant will be developed in Akutan, Alaska if the electro-magnetic probes being used by a geophysical survey team indicates that a nearby geothermal resource is significant enough to produceinexpensive and reliable geothermal energy.
Currently, the city’s power cost is over 32 cents per kilowatt / hour which [...]

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Geothermal Energy | Hatch Geothermal Power Plant Renamed From Thermo

A recent update has been made regarding a Utah geothermal power plant that was previously known as the Thermo power plant.
The Hatch Geothermal Power Plant in Beaver County, Utah has been brought online and has begun to deliver power to the City of Anaheim in California. The company behind the power is Raser Technologies Inc. and [...]

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Solar Energy | Austin City Solar Array

A planned solar development expected to be worth in the vicinity of $180 million has been given the go-ahead by the Austin City Council who has authorized Austin Energy to seek an agreement with a San Francisco company.
The Gemini Solar Development Co. will build a 300-acre solar array in Webberville and it will have the [...]

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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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Wind Power | Stetson Wind Farm

The second major wind farm in Maine is about to be brought online with a capacity of 57MW which means that it will produce enough electricity to power around 23,500 homes.
The Stetson Wind Farm sits on top of the Stetson mountains on the long ridgeline in eastern Maine and has been completed by First Wind.
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Biomass | Milltown Power Plant

A state-of-the-art 28 megawatt biomass-to-electricity facility is to be built by Liberty Green Renewables just to the north of Milltown in Crawford County, Indiana. The project is scheduled to begin in around 20 months time with engineering and other work that needs to be completed before construction can begin.
The plant will be fed by woody [...]

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