Construction has now started on one of the UK's largest (32MWp )solar farms at the site of a former World War II airfield in Suffolk. Lark Energy developed the project, working closely with landowner, Navigator Land LLP. The solar farm ...
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The production version of the BMW i8 has been unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show. A revolution for both the brand and for production supercars, the 2+2-seat carbonfibre-reinforced-plastic scissor-door flagship ‘i’ model ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, and the City of Roseville, California, have signed ...
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Diageo North America celebrated the completion of a more than $120M investment in its largest bottling facility in Plainfield, IL. The Plainfield facility packages some of Diageo's leading brands, including Smirnoff No. 21, Smirnoff ...
July 4,2013-Ontario's clean energy economy continues to grow as the Ontario Power Authority(OPA)offers 951 new Small Feed-in Tariff(FIT)renewable energy contracts.These contracts represent 146.5MW of power,enough to power more than 21,000 ...
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Rising energy costs are driving food and drink processors towards green solutions, with a 53% jump in the number of on-site renewable electricity projects in the sector last year, SmartestEnergy has claimed. The company, which claims to ...
Walmart announced the completion of eight new solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in Massachusetts with an event at its Walpole store, demonstrating the store’s solar array for state and local officials, environmental leaders and other ...
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Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C., data center. And Google has placed data ...
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Electrical Business has just learned Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC, formerly Electricity Sector Council [ESC]) is conducting its 2013 Conference and Inaugural Awards Gala at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto, Ont., November ...
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Folding cartons designer and manufacturer Curtis Packaging has offset the projected greenhouse gas emissions from its operations in 2013 by helping to support a NativeEnergy project providing water filters to households in rural Kenya. ...
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Work on the conversion of Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Atikokan Generating Station (GS) to use biomass is underway. “This is an exciting and important initiative,” said Tom Mitchell, OPG president and CEO. “We ...
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Cape Breton is now “well-positioned to be a leader” in biomass energy with the announcement today that the Harbourside biomass plant in Sydney is proceeding to the next phase in the Community Feed-in Tariff program (COMFIT). ...
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The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed the publication of the UK Renewables Roadmap. The Roadmap identifies the key renewable energy technologies that will enable the UK to fulfil its 2020 15% renewable energy target. Generation ...
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As a World’s first, no less than 300m2 of dye sensitized solar cells will be integrated to the facade of the EPFL’s Convention Center. This prototype will constitute the first application of such technology to a public building. ...
Tags: Stained Glass Solar Windows, Swiss Tech Convention Center, Decoration
Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems, has announced the installation of its solar cogeneration system at the Clover Stornetta Farms' dairy processing plant in Petaluma, California, in the US. According to ...
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