Europe's offshore wind industry booming as costs fall
The Guardian: On a sunny October morning, our boat passes the run-down relicts of Liverpool’s maritime past and heads down the river Mersey and into the Irish Sea. As we steam offshore, I see in the distance a cluster of tall structures that soon reveal themselves to be towers of a wind turbine array. Arriving at the windfarm, six miles offshore, the turbines rise as high as 650ft, taller than the tallest church in the world. Each of the turbines’ three shiny metallic rotor blades is nearly 300ft long.
“A single rotation of an eight-megawatt turbine will cover the daily electricity consumption of an average British household,” says Benj Sykes, vice president of Dong Energy Wind Power, the company that is constructing and co-owns this wind project, as the boat rocks in five-foot swells. Cont'd...
Solar & Wind Cheaper To Replace Coal In UK Than Biomass
Joshua S Hill for CleanTechnica: Â A new study has concluded that transitioning to wind and solar power would be a cheaper option for the United Kingdom to replace its coal fleet than using biomass electricity generation.
According to a new study published this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and conducted by London-based Vivid Economics, which examined the full system costs of renewable energy technologies like wind and solar in comparison to biomass as a replacement for the UKs coal fleet, wind and solar came out as the cheaper option.
The UK already uses a lot of biomass for electricity generation, with the report concluding that "biomass supplies the lions share" of the countrys renewable electricity generation. However, as the authors of the report note:
"…recent science shows that many forms of biomass produce more carbon emissions than fossil fuels like coal and natural gas-especially biomass from forests-increasing carbon pollution precisely when the United Kingdom aims to rapidly decarbonise its electricity sector."  Cont'd...
Centre for Incubation, Innovation, Research & Consultancy - (CIIRC), Jyothy Institute of Technology & ALTA Energy Technologies Private Ltd has signed a strategic partnership agreement to strengthen their collaboration around existing R&D projects.
"CIIRC" is actively engaged in research in the domains of autonomous systems, water, energy & environment, micro & nanotechnology, affordable biomedical devices, biopolymers, ancient Indian sciences, biosensors, biofuels, energy materials, big data analytics, VLSI, Embedded Systems, etc
ZEN ECOSYSTEMS LAUNCHES FASTEST-PAYBACK ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Zen HQ delivers unprecedented cost reductions and simplicity, rolls out with National Stores
Ideal Power Announces Fabrication of First Double-Sided B-TRAN™ Power Semiconductor Devices
Ideal Power announces that their B-TRAN™ device has been successfully fabricated
Digitization and the Evolving Utility: The Song Remains the Same
Energy suppliers face change. New forms of alternative energies, new network technologies and the transition to the digital world all present challenges. There are lessons to be learned about how to make the new world work.
Will the World Do Enough to Improve the Use of Sustainable Energy by 2020?
The need for renewable energy is high, but governments need to commit to salvation of the future. Short-term goals shouldnt come at the cost of our future.
sonnen Provides Resiliency for New Affordable Zero Energy Housing Development in Rural Vermont
sonnen celebrates a milestone today at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the McKnight Lane Affordable Housing Development in Waltham, Vermont, the first net-zero, low-income rental housing development in the country.
PVinsights: Solar panel prices stabilize amid the rising upstream prices
After a long streak of losses, solar panel prices eventually stabilize this week. Major module manufacturers have been squeezed by the rapidly increasing prices of cells and wafers so as to leave the solar panel prices unchanged, although they are actually planning to adjust their prices upwards, particularly in the regions where solar panel prices were mostly suppressed, such as China and India. Although the demand improves globally, it is still fragile. As a result of a mild demand recovery, major module makers hesitate to raise the prices immediately, leading the solar panel prices to stabilize this week.
Swell Energy Launches the EnergyShield
Americas First Home Energy Security Plan Available for Just $1 Per Day
"Zero Emissions. Zero Compromise." - New Campaign Highlights Excitement and Benefits of Fuel Cell Vehicles
The new "Zero Emissions. Zero Compromise." campaign emphasizes the driving excitement of emissions-free fuel cell vehicles and the important roles that fuel cells and hydrogen play by fostering technological innovation, curbing emissions, and increasing U.S. energy independence.
Full Spectrum Stresses Importance of Private Wireless Data Networks for Cybersecurity
The grid is undergoing a revolution due to the introduction of new energy resources like solar & wind. In order to gain control of these resources and maintain supply & demand of electricity, utilities need to radically increase the number of grid control points while minimizing security vulnerabilities presented by automation & interconnectivity.
8minutenergy Initiates Development Platform Capital Raise and Investment Opportunity into Over 500 MW of Projects With Long Term PPAs and $1 Billion Enterprise Value
8minutenergy announces it is initiating a capital raising process to support the development of its 5.5 GW utility-scale solar PV project pipeline with BofA Merrill Lynch as its financial advisor.
Idaho company debuts solar power sidewalks
Nicholas K. Geranios for AP: Scott Brusaw has a vision for the nation's roads.
He believes the solar-powered glass pavers his company makes could transform thousands of miles of pavement into a new energy source.
His business, Solar Roadways, recently unveiled its first public installation, in a downtown plaza in this northern Idaho resort town. It's 150 square feet of hexagon-shaped solar panels that people can walk and bicycle on.
The company is working on proof that the panels, for which it has a patent, are strong enough and have enough traction to handle motor vehicles, including semitrailers.
"Our plan is to replace all the asphalt and concrete," said Brusaw, noting concrete occupies over 48,000 square miles in the U.S. "If you cover it with solar panels, we can make three times our energy needs."
Solar Roadways is among a growing number of companies embracing renewable energy as the U.S. aims to reduce carbon emissions by one-third from 2005 levels by 2030. Cont'd...
Second Tranche of Ballard-Powered Fuel Cell Buses Commissioned in China
Ballard Power Systems today announced the commissioning and deployment of 10 fuel cell-powered buses in the City of Yunfu, in the Province of Guangdong, China.
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