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- New
Ohio Law Expected to Spawn 5,000-7,000 MW
Wind Market
Apr 28, 2008 - Wind energy Weekly
Following unanimous Senate concurrence with
an Ohio House bill, legislation to establish
a 12.5%-by-2025 renewable electricity standard
(RES) is headed to the desk of Governor Ted
Strickland (D). The governor is expected to
sign the bill, but has offered no public statement
regarding the final legislation.
- U.S.
Department of Energy Launches Website with
Energy Saving Tips for Consumers
Apr 22, 2008 - Energy Department Documents
and Publications/ContentWorks
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today
launched a new internet feature which provides
tips to consumers on how to make everyday
Earth Day by making smart energy choices to
save money while protecting the environment.
The interactive web page, at www.energy.gov,
shows consumers steps to use less energy with
household electronics, lighting, and appliances
to save on monthly bills and how to avoid
wasting energy by improving the energy efficiency
of their homes and cars.
- Texas
Study: Benefits of Wind Transmission Outweigh
Costs
Apr 11, 2008 - Michael Goggin - AWEA - renewableenergyworld.com
A long-awaited study identifying the transmission
infrastructure needed to link wind-rich areas
in western Texas with population centers in
the central and eastern parts of the state
concludes that such transmission could be
built at modest cost to ratepayers.
- Large-Scale
Solar Thermal Power Projects Planned for California
Apr 9, 2008 - EERE Network News
The push to develop large concentrating solar
power (CSP) plants in California gained momentum
last week, as FPL Energy filed an application
to build a 250-megawatt CSP plant in the Mojave
Desert and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(PG&E) agreed to buy the power from up to
900 megawatts of CSP projects proposed by
BrightSource Energy, Inc. The FPL Energy project,
called the Beacon Solar Energy Project, will
employ trough-shaped parabolic mirrors to
concentrate the sun's heat, capture the heat
in a fluid such as oil, and then transfer
that heat to a boiler. The boiler generates
steam that drives a turbine to produce electricity.
FPL Energy plans to build, own, and operate
the facility, which will be located on 2,000
acres of land in eastern Kern County. Construction
is slated to begin late next year, and it
will take about two years to build the project,
which will consist of more than 500,000 parabolic
mirrors.
- Southern
California Edison Launches Nation's Largest
Solar Panel Installation
Mar 27, 2008 - Business Wire
Southern California Edison (SCE) today launched
the nation's largest solar cell installation,
a project that will place 250 megawatts of
advanced photovoltaic generating technology
on 65 million square feet of roofs of Southern
California commercial buildings - enough power
to serve approximately 162,000 homes.
- FPL
Energy Advances Solar Strategy; Plans to Build
New Solar Electric Generating Facility in
California
Mar 26, 2008 - Business Wire
FPL Energy, LLC, (NYSE:FPL) already the country's
leading generator of wind and solar thermal
power, announced today an important step in
its strategy to add significantly to its solar
power generating capability.
- Texas
Study: Benefits of Wind Transmission Outweigh
Costs
Apr 11, 2008 - Michael Goggin - AWEA - renewableenergyworld.com
A long-awaited study identifying the transmission
infrastructure needed to link wind-rich areas
in western Texas with population centers in
the central and eastern parts of the state
concludes that such transmission could be
built at modest cost to ratepayers.
- Study
says solar's potential as high as 90%
Mar 5, 2008 - Power News
Ausra Inc., a developer of utility-scale solar
thermal power technology, has announced a
peer-reviewed study showing that over 90%
of the U.S. electric grid and auto fleet's
energy needs could be met by solar thermal
power.
- Oceanlinx
to Provide Wave Energy for Maui
Feb 8, 2008 - RenewableEnergyAccess.com
Oceanlinx Limited, an Australia-based high-tech
company, has formally announced plans to provide
electricity to Maui Electric Company from
Hawaii's first wave energy project. The project
will provide up to 2.7 megawatts (MW) of energy
from two to three floating platforms located
one-half to three-quarters of a mile to the
north of Pauwela Point on the northeast coast
of Maui.
- FERC
approves incentive rates to accommodate renewable
energy projects
Feb 8, 2008 - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Documents and Publications/ContentWorks
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
today granted Xcel Energy Services, Inc.'s
request for incentive transmission rates as
part of its plan for six transmission upgrades
to meet state renewable energy generation
standards and serve increased power demand
in the Upper Midwest.
- Lassoing
Panhandle Wind - Oilman Plans Huge Complex
Feb, 2008 - Gary Stern - energy central
Boone Pickens is nobody's fool. Pickens, who
has a net worth of $2.5 billion and is ranked
as the 131st wealthiest person in the United
States by Forbes, is not prone to invest in
pipe dreams. Then why is Pickens, who runs
BP Capital Management, a private equity firm,
and Mesa Power, building a 4,000-megawatt
wind energy facility in Pampa, Texas, in the
Panhandle section about 70 miles from Amarillo,
which could cost as much as $10 billon?
- U.S.
Wind Power Surges 45%, Again Shatters Records
- AWEA
Jan 21, 2008 - Wind Energy Weekly
Shattering all of its previous records, the
U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244
MW in 2007, expanding the nation’s total wind
power generating capacity by 45% in a single
calendar year and injecting an investment
of over $9 billion into the economy, AWEA
announced January 17.
- Enel,
GE Soar to New Heights at Texas Wind Farm
with Tallest Turbine Towers in US
Jan 10, 2008 - Business Wire
SNYDER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enel SpA,
through its subsidiary Enel North America,
Inc., announced today the completion of a
wind farm in Texas with the tallest utility-scale
wind turbines in the United States as well
as investments by an affiliate of GE Energy
Financial Services, the energy investing unit
of GE (NYSE: GE - News).
- Idaho's
First Geothermal Power Plant is Now Online
Jan 9, 2008 - EERE Network News
U.S. Geothermal Inc. achieved commercial operation
last week at its new geothermal power plant
in Raft River, Idaho, making it the first
commercial geothermal power plant in the state.
Ormat Nevada built the power plant, which
began producing power during a test phase
in late October 2007. After some mechanical
tweaks, the plant was restarted on November
22, 2007, and has continued to produce power
since then. As a result, Idaho Power Company
declared that commercial power operations
began on January 3. So far, the plant output
is around 9 megawatts, but the company expects
the plant to achieve an average annual net
power output of 13 megawatts. The company
currently has a contract to sell Idaho Power
Company up to 10 megawatts of geothermal power,
but is in the process of trying to renegotiate
that contract for the full output of the geothermal
power plant.
- Wind
Energy Center requires transmission line
Jan 6, 2008 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News
- Kevin Bonham Grand Forks Herald, N.D.
The $250 million Langdon Wind Energy Center
near here could not begin to deliver wind
energy throughout eastern North Dakota and
northwestern Minnesota without a new $10 million
transmission line.
- A
Solar Grand Plan
January, 2008 - Ken Zweibel, James Mason and
Vasilis Fthenakis - Scientific American Magazine
By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence
on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions.
- AFA
researchers testing ocean waves for energy
Dec 31, 2007 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional
News - Tom Roeder The Gazette, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Researchers at the Air Force Academy are developing
an idea that could use ocean waves to meet
much of the nation's energy needs.
- Renewable
Energy Growth Boosted in New "Annual Energy
Outlook"
Dec 19, 2007 - EERE Network News
DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA)
is now projecting renewable energy to experience
23% faster growth between now and 2030 than
previously anticipated. The EIA's latest "Annual
Energy Outlook" foresees renewable energy
providing 12.2 quadrillion Btu (quads) of
energy by 2030, up from only 9.9 quads in
last year's outlook. For comparison, total
U.S. energy use was 100 quads in 2006 and
is projected to increase to 123.8 quads by
2030. The EIA projections include hydropower,
which is expected to increase from 2.89 quads
in 2006 to 3 quads in 2015, staying level
after that. In contrast, biomass energy is
projected to increase from 2.97 quads in 2006
to 5.52 quads in 2030, an 86% increase, while
"other renewable energy" is projected to increase
from 0.88 quads in 2006 to 2.49 quads in 2030,
a nearly threefold increase. And this is just
the EIA's reference case, often characterized
as the "business as usual" case; a full EIA
report examining alternative scenarios will
be released early in 2008.
- PG&E
agrees to buy power from Canadian firm's proposed
'wave park'
Dec 18, 2007 - David R. Baker - San Francisco
Chronicle
The dream of generating electricity from the
ocean's waves will take a major step forward
today when Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announces
its support for plans to build the nation's
first commercial wave power plant off the
coast of Northern California, the latest step
in the state's efforts to combat global warming.
- Experimental
Wind-to-Hydrogen System Up and Running
Dec 14, 2006 - NREL Press Release
Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) and the U.S. Department
of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory
today unveiled a unique facility that uses
electricity from wind turbines to produce
and store pure hydrogen, offering what may
become an important new template for future
energy production.
http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2006/485.html
- FPL
and NASA Join Forces to Explore Renewable
Energy Projects
Dec 13, 2007 - Business Wire
From charting a clean energy future to trailblazing
on the space frontier, they are respected
leaders. Now Florida Power & Light Company
and National Aeronautic and Space Administration's
Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC) are teaming
up to jointly explore developing renewable
energy projects. FPL Group owns and operates
the largest solar facility in the world and
Florida Power & Light has the proven energy
expertise in Florida. NASA has the top space
science experts with extensive experience
using solar technology in space. Together
they hope to advance and deploy the use of
large scale solar technology in Florida as
early as 2008.
- More
Farmers Seeing Wind As Cash Crop
Dec 11, 2007 - Chicago Tribune
At a time when most people choose to avoid
the harsh winter winds that roar past corn
stubble and whip up billowing dust clouds
over table-flat fields, farmers in the Thumb
of Michigan now talk about catching the wind
and all the money that comes with it.
- Fortis
and BBVA to Lead $185 Million Senior Secured
Financing for New 164 MW Wind Farm
Nov. 30, 2007 - /PRNewswire/
NEW YORK - Fortis and BBVA, today announced
that they have been selected to be Joint Bookrunners
and Joint Lead Arrangers for a $185 million
Senior Secured Financing that will support
construction and operation of NedPower Mount
Storm LLC (the "Project"), a new 164 MW wind
farm in Grant County, West Virginia. Shell
WindEnergy, a division of Royal Dutch Shell
, one of the largest wind farm owners in the
world, and Dominion one of the largest producers
of energy in the U.S., are sponsoring the
Project and will own it on a 50/50 basis.
Fortis will also act as Administrative Agent
and Security Agent for the Project.
- National
Audubon Society Shows Support for Wind Power
Nov 13, 2006 - Wind Energy Weekly
National Audubon Society Shows Support for
Wind Power Pointing to the link between global
warming and the birds and other wildlife that
scientists assert it will kill, the National
Audubon Society said that it "strongly
supports wind power as a clean alternative
energy source."
http://www.forasenergy.com/article_audubonsociety.php
- Government
of Canada Invests in Canada's Largest Wind
Energy Project
Nov 8, 2007 - Marketwire
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health
and Minister for the Federal Economic Development
Initiative for Northern Ontario, was at the
Prince Wind Energy Farm today to announce
more than $53 million in funding, over ten
years, for the largest wind energy project
in Canada. Minister Clement, speaking on behalf
of the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural
Resources, was joined by Mr. Harry Goldgut,
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of
Brookfield Power, to make the announcement.
- Bush
Administration Aims to Tap into Ocean's Wind
Power
Nov 5, 2007 - The News & Observer
A year after a bitter congressional fight
over offshore drilling for oil and gas, the
Bush administration now wants to tap the ocean's
winds, waves and currents as a source for
alternative energy.
- Rethinking
U.S. Foreign Aid - Make RE, Not War
November/December, 2007 - Frank Zaski - Solar
today
For international security, foreign aid should
include renewable energy and efficiency.
- Nevada
Geothermal Announces Large Generation Interconnection
Agreement Signed With Sierra Pacific Power
Company for Up to 75 MW
Nov 19, 2007 - MarketWire
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX VENTURE:
NGP)(OTCBB: NGLPF) today announced that the
Company has executed a Large Generator Interconnection
Agreement (LGIA) with Sierra Pacific Power
Company (SPPC). The LGIA covers up to 75 MW
of new electric generation in two phases from
the Blue Mountain Geothermal resource. The
Agreement was the culmination of SPPC engineering
studies which determined that interconnection
to SPPC's electrical transmission grid was
feasible and subsequent contract negotiations
with NGP. The LGIA costs and schedule are
in line with NGP's plans for the Blue Mountain
Project and allows NGP to continue with development
of Phase I and planning of Phase II power
projects.
- Green
power purchases, state RES legislation to
strain renewables supply--NREL
Oct 31, 2007 - Wind Energy Weekly
A recently released report from the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) highlights
a potential supply and demand mismatch in
renewable energy in the coming years as a
result of renewable energy certificate (RECs)
purchases, utility green pricing program options,
and state renewable electricity standards
(RES).
- Wind
and Solar Energy: Renewable Energy to Create
Thousands of New Jobs
Oct 26, 2007 - Business Wire
Rhone Resch, President of the Solar Energy
Industries Association, and Randy Swisher,
President of the American Wind Energy Association,
guests at separate Executive News Roundtables
sponsored by Energy Policy TV, said the renewable
energy industries will be large creators of
new jobs in the U.S. in the coming years.
Videos of their appearances are available
at no cost on Energy Policy TV's Solar and
Wind Channels, respectively.
- Wind
energy development a boon to rural areas -
Wind farms spell big benefits for small towns
Oct. 25, 2006 - Canadian NewsWire
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – An increasing number
of small rural communities, many facing economic
challenges, are now tapping into one of Canada’s
truly bountiful resource, wind, and reaping
the benefits of harnessing a clean and renewable
power source. Two new case studies released
today by the Canadian Wind Energy Association
(CanWEA) show that wind energy is helping
to boost the economy of rural communities
through local investments, job creation, land
lease fees, new local tax revenues and tourism
income.
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/New_releases/CanWEA_Release_-October25(1).pdf
- Interstate
Transmission Vision for Wind Integration
Oct 9, 2007 - American Electric Power
American Electric Power, working at the request
of, and in partnership with, the American
Wind Energy Association (AWEA), presents a
high-level, conceptual interstate transmission
plan that could provide a basis for discussion
to expand industry infrastructure needs in
the future. AEP believes that expansion of
Extra High Voltage (EHV) interstate transmission
systems provides increased reliability, market
efficiency, environmental optimization and
national security for the benefit of electric
customers across the United States.
- Texas
CREZ Plan Could Become National Model
Oct 8, 2007 - Wind Energy Weekly
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)
on October 2 issued an interim final order
in its high-profile "CREZ" case,
designating five"Competitive Renewable
Energy Zones" in West Texas and the Texas
Panhandle and authorizing development of transmission
lines needed to deliver electricity produced
in those windy areas to customers throughout
Texas.
- Cost
for geothermal, other renewable energies
August 4, 2007 - The Associated Press
Hot rock heat mining could provide energy
at competitive prices, according to a recent
study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Five
solar plants scheduled to come on line
Aug 3, 2007 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News
Every couple years or so, someone announces
the "world's largest solar plant" for the
Mojave Desert, where clouds rarely block the
sun. Why, then, is Victorville moving forward
with a large natural gas-fired plant that
has a small solar component?
http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/technical-articles/generation/solar/tribune-business-news/five-solar-plants-scheduled-to-come-on-line/index.shtml
- Business
sees green in energy savings
Jul 15, 2007 MONICA HATCHER - MiamiHerald.com
In the effort to clean the atmosphere of toxic
carbon pollution, business leaders meeting
Friday at the Summit on Global Climate Change
seemed to agree that going green means more
of the green stuff in the future. ''What's
good for the environment is good for business,''
said Lorraine Bolsinger, a vice president
with GE, who spoke along with business representatives
on two panels at the summit that ends later
Friday.
http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/169802.html
- PG&E,
San Francisco and Golden Gate Energy Combine
Efforts to Explore Tidal Power Options in
SF Bay
June 19, 2007 - PRNewswire
In support of ongoing efforts to increase
California's renewable power supplies and
address climate change, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company today signed an agreement with the
City and County of San Francisco and the Golden
Gate Energy Company to conduct the most comprehensive
study yet undertaken to assess the possibilities
for harnessing the tides in San Francisco
Bay to create a new source of zero- emissions,
renewable electric power for California energy
customers.
- Tax
Credits, Transmission Lines Considered Key
For Wind Farms
May 14, 2007 - By Dirk Lammers - The Associated
Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D Companies looking to build
large wind farms and the electrical transmission
lines to carry the power need more stable
tax credits if they're to invest in the alternative
energy source, a Department of Energy official
said Monday.
- Companies
Pursing Ocean Power along the Northern U.S.
Shores
May 2, 2007
EERE Network News - Judging by recent permitting
activity, there is a great deal of interest
in developing wave and tidal energy projects
in northern coastal areas of the United States.
ORPC Alaska, a subsidiary of Ocean Renewable
Power Corporation, LLC (ORPC), announced in
late April that it received preliminary permits
from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) to pursue tidal energy projects in
Alaska's Cook Inlet and Resurrection Bay.
The company has a ways to go, though, as it
plans to build a prototype tidal energy turbine
device next year and build a full-scale prototype
in 2009 before developing the Alaska sites.
Finavera Renewables Inc. has a greater chance
of developing its proposed site near Coos
County, Oregon, since it already has a working
prototype of its AquaBuoy wave energy converter.
Finavera's subsidiary, AquaEnergy Group Ltd.,
was awarded a preliminary permit on Monday
for its proposed 100-megawatt wave energy
plant. Oceanlinx Limited, formerly known as
Energetech, is also interested in the Oregon
coast, and has applied for a preliminary permit
for a site near Florence. Oceanlinx plans
to build a 15-megawatt wave energy plant at
the site.
- Transmission
Loop to Bring 4,200 MW of Wind Energy to Texas
Feb 19, 2007 renewableenergyaccess.com
A consortia backed by Airtricity has committed
to the construction of a 345-kilovolt (kV)
transmission 'loop' in the Texas Panhandle
Plains region: The $1.5 billion 'Panhandle
Loop' will be a 800-mile 'looped' transmission
project bringing 4,200 megawatt (MW) of wind
energy to more than one million homes.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47485
- Massive
hydroelectric project could help with climate
change
Feb 6, 2007 Associated Press
Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams cast
himself as an environmental champion Tuesday,
saying the proposed Lower Churchill hydroelectric
development could help Canada dramatically
reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
- Energy
needs more money in U.S., says federal agency
Jan 24, 2007 Refocus
In 2005, the United States derived 6% of its
energy from renewables, the same level as
in 1973, according to an analysis by the Government
Accountability Office.
http://www.sparksdata.co.uk/refocus/fp_showdoc.asp?docid=83189028&accnum=1&topics=
- Study:
Geothermal energy could meet large part of
U.S. power need
Jan 23, 2007 The Associated Press
The nation could generate a large part
of the electricity it will need in the future
by tapping the enormous amounts of heat energy
locked up in hard rock below the earth's surface,
a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology-led
study indicated Monday.
- State
report touts solar energy's bright future
Jan 20, 2007 - Tribune Business News
Arizona could generate up to 1,000 megawatts
of solar electricity and create 3,000 jobs
by 2020 by supporting solar-energy technologies
and boosting the state's solar-electric industry,
a state report says.
- Canada's
cutting-edge energy model
Dec 21, 2006 The Christian Science Monitor
ELMIRA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - If you want
a glimpse of this province's energy future,
drive the winding country roads to its eastern
tip, take a left at the sign for the village
of Elmira, and follow the red dirt track to
the right. You can't miss it. Ten wind turbines
stand along the trail, each 26 stories tall,
with blades as long as 125 feet. When workers
finish the last one this month, the new Eastern
Kings Wind Farm will generate 30 megawatts
of electricity - 7.5 percent of the province's
power - by harnessing the strong winds that
buffet the island's northern shore.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1221/p06s01-woam.html
- EPA
Challenges Fortune 500 to Double Use of Green
Power
Dec 4, 2006 GreenBiz.com
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is
asking Fortune 500 companies double their
current level of green power purchasing.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=34332
- U.S.
think tank extols benefits of renewables
November 22, 2006 (Refocus Weekly)
Switching the U.S. economy to run on renewable
energies could save money and reduce pollution,
with visible benefits within a decade, says
a national think tank.
http://www.sparksdata.co.uk/refocus/fp_showdoc.asp?docid=89117068&accnum=1&topics=
- Report:
Renewables Could Create Tens of Thousands
of Jobs
Nov 14, 2006 Wind Energy Weekly
The manufacturing of renewables components
such as wind turbines and solar panels could
create 42,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania and
23,000 new jobs in Ohio if the right federal
and state incentives are put in place, according
to two studies released by the Apollo Alliance.
In addition, the studies found, thousands
of firms in each state could benefit from
the expanded manufacturing activity.
http://www.awea.org/windenergyweekly/WEW1216.html
- Hydropower
and Other Renewables: Best Source of Electricity
for Canadians Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 31, 2006 Minister Lunn Canada NewsWire
"Using additional hydropower capacity could
make a substantial contribution to reducing
greenhouse gases and air pollution both in
the United States and here at home," said
federal minister of Natural Resources Gary
Lunn, addressing delegates at the seventh
Forum on Hydropower. "However, action on regulatory
efficiency is essential to ensure the continued
development of hydropower and other renewables."
http://www.greenjobs.com/Public/IndustryNews/inews02135.htm
- U.S.
coalition wants renewables to provide 50%
of electricity
October 25, 2006 Refocus Weekly
More than 150 organizations and businesses
from 38 states have endorsed the 'Sustainable
Energy Blueprint' for the United States. The
policy document was developed by member groups
of the Sustainable Energy Coalition to outline
"a plausible strategy and timeframe for rapidly
expanding the use of energy efficient and
renewable energy technologies to enable a
dramatic reduction in greenhouse gases, while
simultaneously phasing out nuclear power and
ending most energy imports," explains co-ordinator
Ken Bossong.
http://www.sparksdata.co.uk/refocus/fp_showdoc.asp?docid=29833621&accnum=1&topics=
- Schwarzenegger
Signs Legislation to Complete Million Solar
Roofs Plan
August 22, 2006 - Ed Mendel - Union Tribune
More panels, cleaner power goal
of project
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed a bill that completes his "million
solar roofs plan," a move he says will put California on the cutting edge
of renewable energy while also boosting the economy.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20060822-9999-1n22solar.html
CanWEA
applauds Ontario's call for transmission investments
to support wind energy
Jun 13, 2006 - newswire.ca
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is pleased that the Ontario Government's "Integrated
Power System Plan Directive" to the Ontario Power Authority today called
for strengthening the transmission system to facilitate the development and use
of wind energy where the most significant development opportunities exist. Specifically,
the need for expanded transmission capacity from Bruce County and surrounding
area was identified as a priority.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2006/13/c8953.html
- McGuinty
Government Approves New Green Power Projects Eight
New Wind Projects And One Hydro Project Enough
To Power 250,000 Homes
Nov 21, 2005 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
QUEEN'S PARK - The McGuinty government has approved nine clean, renewable energy
projects that will provide enough power for more than 250,000 homes, Energy Minister
Donna Cansfield announced today.
- Rooftops
Could Support Vast U.S. Market for Solar Power
Mar 1, 2005 - The Energy Foundation
A new study released today by the Energy Foundation, and undertaken by Navigant
Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:NCI), describes the vast market potential for rooftop
solar photovoltaic systems (PV) in the United States. The study, “PV Grid Connected
Market Potential in 2010 Under a Cost Breakthrough Scenario,” provides an estimate
of the market for PV systems in the United States based on available rooftop
space for residential and commercial solar PV.
http://www.ef.org/documents/PV_pressrelease.pdf
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