IID boosts electric grid as state-of-art battery energy storage system comes online

The Imperial Irrigation District energy generating station in California has now been fitted with a new fully-operational 30-megawatt, 20-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery storage system.

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10 Green Halloween Tips

Decorations. Instead of buying materials for decorations, gather supplies, arts and crafts throughout the year. Examples include: Turn stockings with runs into spider-webbing Paint foam peanuts (packing materials) and turn them into worms Clean Styrofoam and make Halloween masks Turn cardboard boxes into tombstones Make other creative decorations from netting from bags of oranges, cotton […]

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Renewable Energy Growing Faster Than Expected

By Chris Tomlinson Worries that wind and solar power would destabilize power grids unproven The International Energy Agency says the world will generate much more renewable energy than previously expected in the next five years, disproving worries that relying more on wind and solar power would destabilize electricity grids. About 28 percent of the world’s […]

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Floating Solar Arrays Point to Bright Future for Clean Energy

The potential of solar power is significant, with the International Energy Agency previously stating that the sun could be the planet’s biggest source of electricity by 2050. In the U.K., the appetite for solar among some is becoming increasingly stronger. “We’re in the middle of what you can only describe as an energy revolution in […]

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Capture every MWh – Wind O&M Dallas program launched for 2017

The program for Wind O&M Dallas 2017, the world’s foremost conference for global wind energy stakeholders has been launched by Wind Energy Update.

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Energy Performance Certificate in London

Following the European Union directive to reduce European carbon emissions, Energy Performance Certificates or EPCs were introduced in 2007 as a necessary requirement for the selling or letting of any property in England or Wales. In order to obtain an EPC certificate in London, a local Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) or Home Inspector (HI) must […]

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Gamesa continues to grow in China

Games has signed new agreements for the supply of 95 MW.

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New milestone in Australian tidal energy

A tidal energy turbine has been installed in the Tamar estuary in Launceston, Tasmania, as part of a project to investigate and optimise the device's performance.

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Scientists Accidentally Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol

By: Tegan Taylor A team of scientists has turned a waste product — carbon dioxide — into a fuel — ethanol — in a relatively simple process. And it happened almost by accident. The US Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists were running a solution of carbon dioxide dissolved in water over a charged […]

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