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April 29, 2008
One of Washington’s oldest continuously operating forest products companies, Simpson Tacoma Kraft Co., intends to bring on line a project that would produce renewable biomass energy at its pulp and paper mill in Tacoma, Wash. Simpson would sell the project’s power output to PPM Energy, a leading wind energy, power and gas provider headquartered in Portland, Ore. The project will use cogeneration technology to produce electricity and steam — from two forms of biomass: wood residuals and black liquor from the pulping process. According to the USA Biomass Producers Alliance, the facility would be the largest single cogeneration renewable energy project built in the U.S. in the last decade.
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April 29, 2008
For the second year in a row, the University of Central Oklahoma has purchased more green energy than any other school in the Lone Star Conference. The school bought 26 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable power and earned top honors in the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007-2008 College & University Green Power Challenge. The University of Central Oklahoma purchases 100 percent of its power from wind sources. It also has onsite biodiesel production, works with a performance contractor to increase its energy performance, and uses Energy Star-labeled products. The university’s green power buy is one of the largest by a college or university in the nation and has the equivalent environmental impact of avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions of more than 3,700 vehicles.
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April 29, 2008
After having celebrated a very successful year with their first anniversary, Al Taif Technical Services PJSC (‘Al Taif') has quickly moved to set a new milestone by recently signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rolls-Royce Distributed Generation Systems. Present during the signing at the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi were Al Taif's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Cyril Arar and Managing Director of Rolls-Royce Distributed Generation Systems, Mr. Jim Vickerman. "The MOU signing is significant on many strategic levels. Our aim is to jointly explore potential areas of collaboration and maximize business development opportunities. We look forward to working together with Rolls-Royce in a mutually beneficial setting and in various areas of common interest for both parties." Mr. Jim Vickerman said that with a fast-growing business in the Middle East, Rolls-Royce Distributed Generation Systems, which has significant expertise in the manufacture and maintenance of electrical power and distribution activities in the military sector and other equally demanding fronts, is committed to building on, and accelerating its success through the creation of strategic partnerships.
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April 29, 2008
To meet the UPA administration’s ambitious target of adding fresh capacity of 1,11,000 mw during the 11th Five-Year Plan, the group of ministers (GoM) examining the finances of the power sector has proposed that the government divest up to 49% of its stake in profitable central power sector Companies. They include NTPC, PFC, REC, PGCIL and NHPC. The money raised from the disinvestments would be used to fund power projects, as well as improve outdated transmission & distribution systems in many states. Another significant suggestion made by the GoM is that rural electrification, decentralised distributed generation projects, and micro hydel projects with investments of less than Rs 10 crore each be treated as ‘priority sector lending’ by the banking sector.
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April 29, 2008
Kimberly-Clark's New Milford Mill achieved its energy independence today as K-C employees commemorated the start-up of the Company's new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility. The New Milford Mill's Energy Independence Project uses clean burning natural gas to provide all of the mill's electric and thermal power needs while generating additional power for southwestern Connecticut, one of the tightest and most expensive electric markets in the nation. The CHP facility will help control energy costs for Connecticut residents and businesses while helping to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in the region. It will reduce Kimberly-Clark's demand on the local electric system by 15 megawatts -- freeing up that capacity for other businesses and residents.
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April 29, 2008
The Scottish Government has offered the world’s biggest ever cash prize for innovation in the field of renewable marine-based energy. It is hoped that the £10 million (US$20 million) award will not only contribute to the global energy problem, but will help bolster Scotland’s own clean energy sector which already accounts for 16% of the nation’s generated electricity. Scotland has become a world-leader in alternative energy and the potential wave and tidal capacity in the waters around Scotland is estimated at 21.5 GW – almost ten times Scotland's current installed nuclear capacity, and two times current total installed electricity generating capacity. Studies have shown that tidal generation in the Pentland Firth could provide almost 10% of total UK electricity demand.
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April 28, 2008
The country must invest far more heavily in solar power, including it as a mainstream energy source in the national grid, Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt has said. In a speech to be delivered to a climate change conference today, Mr Hunt will spell out the Coalition's vision for a "solar continent", in which the energy source could be stored and sold on the market like coal-generated, baseload power. "In short, we want to set Australia on a path to being a country where everyone willing to invest is within reach of running a solar home," Mr Hunt will tell the two-day Climate Action Network Australia Conference in Sydney. This would include a national feed-in tariff - a guaranteed rate of pay for solar electricity fed back into the grid by small solar generators, including private households.
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April 28, 2008
Jay Cooper considers himself a conservative businessman, yet he has blackened the roof of his Auburn Honda dealership with one of the priciest green energy technologies: solar panels. After decades as a small-is-beautiful technology aimed largely at virtuous homeowners and off-the-grid types, solar is suddenly going large and at a price that makes business owners salivate. With the solar panels, which began generating electricity last fall, his power costs dropped instantly to $5,000 from $8,000 a month. That bargain is made possible by federal and utility subsidies, the sale of green energy "credits" and, critically, the recent development of financing schemes backed by big institutional investors. Together, those can drive down the effective price of solar-generated electricity more than 70 percent, developers say.
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April 28, 2008
Consumers struggling with high gas prices, rising food costs and falling home values have something new to worry about: Sharply rising electricity rates due to a surge in coal prices over the past year. There is an abundance of coal in the United States, but like many other commodities its price is increasingly dependent on events elsewhere in the world. Snowstorms this winter cut coal production in China and heavy rain flooded mines in Australia — the world's largest coal exporter. Meanwhile, demand for coal to generate electricity and make steel is rising almost everywhere, especially in fast-growing China and India. Facing such steep price increases, utilities nationwide are raising rates and are likely to push for even more dramatic increases in electric rates in the coming months.
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April 26, 2008
Maryland’s solar energy market appears to have a bright future. Gov. Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed into law several bills aimed at lowering the cost of solar energy systems for Maryland homeowners. The incentives were raised to encourage an increase in solar product sales, production and future job opportunities in the solar market. The bill’s tax provisions make the sale of the solar systems exempt from sales or use tax, which is 6 percent of the material cost of solar hardware. Clifford said the increase in the incentive for a solar electric system from $3,000 to $10,000 should stimulate the solar energy market.
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