The study for wave power off of the central coast will take three years and is part of PG&E’s wave energy program. The company is also looking to develop a smaller project in northern California, off the coast of Humboldt County. Together the studies will cost more than $7 million, a spokesman with PG& E said
"The market research firm forecasts that the global small wind market will expand to $412 million in revenue by 2013 from $203 million this year, a compound annual growth rate of nearly 20 percent"
nine European countries have pledged to create a “supergrid” in the North Sea to encourage the growth of offshore wind power.
That's an early positive coming out of Copenhagen.
According to singer Andy Williams, December is “the most wonderful time of the year.” I would have to agree with him because of the joy that Christmas and the New Year bring, but it’s also the perfect time to go skiing or snowboarding at your favorite ski resort!
When you’re riding those ski lifts, zooming down the slopes and feeling the cool brisk air numb your face, do you ever stop to think about whether or not the ski resort is eco-friendly? I don’t mean literally stop (because that could be dangerous), but have you ever wondered if the resort cares about habitat protection, surrounding watersheds, global warming, alternative energy and other environmental practices?
Well the people of the Ski Area Citizens Coalition really do care about the above green topics, and they care so much that they compiled tons of research and statistics to make a 2009/2010 environmental report card for 83 ski resorts across the west. Here’s what the ski resorts were evaluated on:
Luckily for all 83 ski resorts, none of them failed, although 15 did receive a grade of D.
So, who were the top 10 greenest ski resorts?
You can also check out the Worst 10 Ski Resorts to see who wasn’t green enough.
I think it’s very cool that the Ski Area Citizens Coalition rated the top green resorts. It proves that even though it may be snowing outside, things can still be very green!
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nown as Oyster, the device has been officially launched by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond MP, MSP at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
It is currently the world's only hydro-electric wave energy device producing power and is now producing power by pumping high pressure water to its onshore hydro-electric turbine. This will be fed into the National Grid to power homes in Orkney and beyond. A farm of 20 Oysters would provide enough energy to power 9,000 three bedroom family homes.
"Calmac has come up with a storage system called IceBank that uses the energy generated at off-peak night-time hours to make ice."
"a bigger potential is offshore wind energy"
South Africa will receive $500 million from the CTF (Climate Investment Funds) to support its goals of generating four percent of the country’s electricity needs from renewable energy by 2013, improving energy efficiency by 12 percent by 2015 and providing 1 million households with solar water heating over the next five years. In support of the government’s strategies, the CTF financing will focus on scaling up grid-connected solar thermal power, utility-scale wind power development, solar water heaters, and demand-side energy efficiency. It is expected that the new investments will mobilize additional financing of about 1$ billion from bilateral and multilateral funders, as well as the private sector.
Lately, business in the US has had a positive effect on EDPR's stock price. They outperformed market expectations, posting a 19% rise in 9-month profit. This is influenced by their new wind turbines that are predominantly being installed in the United States.
