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• World’s Largest Hydro-Electric Wave Energy Converter Launched (+Video)

  
  CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com — Authority: 502
  An Irish university has launched the world’s largest hydro-electric wave energy converter off the coast of northern Scotland. The so-called Oyster is a mechanically-hinged flap that is embedded into the sea floor — at a depth of about 32 feet (10 meters) — and moves with the motions of the waves. That wave ...
  5 hours ago

• Despite Growth in Wind and Solar, Hydro Accounts for 70% of U.S. Renewable Energy

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 615
  While the use of solar, wind and other renewable energy continues to grow, hydroelectric energy continues to account for the lion’s share of U.S. renewable energy, at 70 percent.Biomass accounts for nearly 15 percent of U.S. renewable energy, while wind accounts for 10 percent and large-scale solar less than 1 ...
  9 hours ago

• Hydro-Quebecs Green Power Export Plans

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 722
  Canadas giant utility is causing some concern among small utilities south of the border with its recent purchase of transmission lines.
  9 hours ago

• Largest Working Hydro-Electric Wave Energy Device in the World Launched

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 629
  The largest working hydro-electric wave energy device was launched by Queen’s University Belfast, Aquamarine Power Ltd. and the Scottish government recently, bringing the global wave energy industry one major move forward. The device is called Oyster . It is the only hydro-electric wave energy device producing ...
  12 hours ago

• Oyster – the world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 436
  The world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device has been officially launched in Scotland. Known as Oyster , the device, stationed at the European Marine Energy Center ( EMEC ) Billia Croo site near Stromness, was installed this year and is, at present, the world’s only hydro-electric wave energy ...
  3 days ago

• Oyster - the worlds largest working hydro-electric wave energy device

  
  Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine — Authority: 709
  Rounding off a big week in renewable energy is news that the world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device has been officially launched in Scotland. Known as Oyster , the device, stationed at the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) Billia Croo site near Stromness, was installed this year and is, at ...
  3 days ago

• Buffalo Sun City, Part Two: Hydro-Powered Solar Silicon Factory Re-Opens in Niagara Falls

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 414
  The tentative greening of Greater Buffalo was a favorite subject of mine in my early days at gbNYC, mostly because Im a sucker for underdogs and any good news -- be it about the ultra-moribund Buffalo Bills or an attempt to remake the city as a solar manufacturing hub -- about Greater Buffalo always kind of counts ...
  6 days ago

• Efforts to slow climate change may put indigenous people at risk

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
  Efforts to slow climate change are putting indigenous people at risk, warns a new report published by Survival International, an indigenous rights group.
  6 days ago

• Distorted IEA Oil Reserve Figures Create Biofuel Opportunities In “White Gold”

  
  Jutia Group — Authority: 581
  The recent revelations of a International Energy Administration whistleblower that the IEA may have distorted key oil projections under intense U.S. pressure is, if true (and whistleblowers rarely come forward to advance their careers), a slow-burning thermonuclear explosion on future global oil production. ...
  1 week ago

• Power Sources and Their Coming Importance To Your Business

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 140
  Do you have your own website? If you do it’s hosted on a server. Do you know where that server is located? Do you know the type of carbon footprint that server has where it is hosted? Do you care? If you do pay attention and you’ll learn something. First of all to find out which datacenter your server is hosted ...
  1 week ago

• Aquamarine launches Oyster wave machine that could power 1400 homes by 2011

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 442
  Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, yesterday launched Aquamarine Power ’s Oyster, which has already been hailed as the biggest hydroelectric wave-energy machine. Various tests conducted at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney near Stromness suggest that the machine, after it’s linked with ...
  1 week ago

• Apex court suspends order on relief to Narmada dam displaced

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday suspended a Madhya Pradesh High Court order directing the state government to give land to the adult children of those displaced by the Indira Sagar dam project on Narmada river.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice J.M. Panchal, while suspending the ...
  1 week ago

• Ford and GM use renewable energy to automobile plants

  
  Electric.co.uk News — Authority: 435
  Ford of Europe has built two more wind turbines to expand the car company’s onsite wind power portfolio throughout Germany and the UK. The 150-meter tall turbines will supply huge electric capacity to Ford’s Genk station in Belgium. Following the construction of a new 1.4/1.6-litre Duratoq TDCi engine production ...
  1 week ago

• UK government removes red tape for onsite renewables

  
  Electric.co.uk News — Authority: 435
  In a bid to completely cut the UK’s carbon gas emissions from buildings, the government set out plans on how it could allow homeowners and businesses to install their own onsite renewable systems without the requirement for any paperwork and planning permission. The hassle-free planning rules may lead to 15ft tall ...
  1 week ago

• Blackout in Brazil: Hydropower and Our Climate Conundrum

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
  It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: being caught in an underground subway in the midst of a power outage. Yet, that is exactly what happened recently when Brazilian commuters in the city of São Paulo were trapped inside trains and literally had to be pulled out of subway cars. In addition to sparking problems in ...
  1 week ago

• The Itaipu Dam

  
  Travel, Work, Life...! — Authority: 123
  The largest hydroelectric dam in the world is the Itaipu Dam. This dam represents the great efforts and accomplishments of two neighboring countries Brazil and Paraguay. The Itaipu Dam’s construction was started in 1975 and it was completed on 1991. The dam was built on the Parana River. It is having 18 power ...
  1 week ago

• I Want A Goat, M—– F—–! (Explicit) Video

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post . The video is explicit, the message is simple: You can transform lives in one of the poorest districts of India by donating a goat. A life-changing experience in India inspired volunteer Debbie Glasband to launch a program to provide an ...
  1 week ago

• First Solar and Ordos Take Key Step Forward in 2GW China Project

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  Cooperation Framework Agreement Signed During China-US Presidential SummitBEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 17, 2009– First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced a Cooperation Framework Agreement with the Chinese government that takes another critical step towards the realization of the world’s largest solar ...
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• KACO NEW ENERGY USA Announces Fully Operational Fourth Inverter Manufacturing Facility

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  The newest energy efficient KACO facility is able to produce 1.1 GW of climate friendly inverters.KACO new energy has moved into its new headquarters. The newest addition to the KACO factory facilities will increase the annual capacity of KACO new energy to 1.1 GW of inverters. The energy efficient new building allows ...
  1 week ago

• Shrink your Water Footprint

  
  Green Blog — Authority: 117
  The best information sources are often your readers. I received an e-mail last week from Jim McGilligan, who has a degree in engineering from the University of Delware, who just came across this article on water and energy titled: "What is your water footprint?" published in the (Lafourche Parish, La.) Daily ...
  2 weeks ago

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