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World Solar Power Record In 2013
Jun 18 2014 04:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
In the last 2 years, countries around the world, . . . have added almost as much new solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity, . . . as had been added since the invention of the solar cell. Nearly 38,000 megawatts of PV came online in 2013, a new annual rec...
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World Record: 2 Megawatt Solar Microinverters
Aug 14 2013 10:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Enphase's largest 2-megawatt (AC) microinverter solar project at . . . Ontario, Canada's Vine Fresh Produce, used more than . . . 9,000 microinverters with more than . . . 9,000 Jinko solar modules mounted on greenhouses. “With the improved M2...
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World Offshore Wind
Nov 06 2013 01:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Offshore wind power installations, . . . 1,080 megawatts of generating capacity was added in the 1st half of the year. . . . The world total should exceed 7,100 megawatts, by years end. Although still small compared with the roughly . . . 300,000 mega...
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World Largest Floating Solar Farm
Mar 01 2016 09:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
United Kingdom, $8.3 million project just weeks away from completion, . . . 23,000 solar panels will be floated on a reservoir, 3-1-2016 Source: World largest floating Solar Farm
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World Future Energy Summit 2015
Jul 25 2015 03:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
Renewable energy plans in Egypt and Dubai ABB World Future Energy Summit 2015
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World 100% Renewable Energy?
Jul 31 2015 04:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
Recent advancements in renewable technologies, and . . . rapid cost reductions, . . . have accelerated deployment of renewable energy, . . . such as wind and solar photovoltaics (PV). Renewables have started becoming a mainstream energy source, . ....
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Workplace Charging Is Coming
Feb 01 2013 01:20 AM | eds in Green Energy
Electric Vehicles can help save the U.S. energy, economic, and . . . environmental security, transitioning to electric(hybrid-electric) drive vehicles . . . could reduce U.S. foreign oil dependence by more than . . . 80% and greenhouse gas emissio...
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Women: Win $10,000.-
Jun 26 2012 04:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
The C3E Awards will recognize women’s mid-career leadership and . . . accomplishments in clean energy. MIT will award prizes in 6 categories at the 2012 Symposium, . . . along with cash awards of $10,000 each. Source: How to Win $10,000.-
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Wireless Solar Power
Jan 21 2013 03:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
MPowerd's LUCI, . . . solar powered lamp, weighs 4 oz, and . . . collapse's for storage ior traveling. Place the lantern in the sun for 4-6 hours, . . . for up to 12 hours of light. Source: Luci-info-sheet.pdf
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Winter Solar Oven Cooking
Oct 17 2012 02:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Solar cooker used primarily in the hot summer months . . . (thus avoiding turning on the oven and heating up the house), . . . See how it performs, in Winters sub-freezing temps.
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Wine-Making: Solar + Storage Microgrid
May 07 2016 04:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
Stone Edge Farm, a winery in Sonoma, California, . . . Solar + Storage Microgrid provides the ability to: . . . . . . Self-consume the solar, . . . . . . Peak shaving, and . . . . . . Load shifting. While the microgrid is grid-tied, . . . it is capab...
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Windl New World Record For Crowdfunding
Sep 25 2013 09:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Raising €1.3 million in just 13 hours, . . . 1700 Dutch households buy . . . 6,648shares in a V80 2-MW wind turbine, for . . . €200 a share, worth around, . . . 500 kWh/share per year. 2013-09-24 Source: Dutch Wind
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Wind: Washington State’S Energy Storage
Jan 19 2015 06:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
3 Wind Farms, in Washington state, will have, . . . Modular Energy Storage Architecture (MESA) 1 project, . . . two 1-MW, 500-MWhr lithium-ion battery based systems at one substation. This is the first of 4 energy projects, . . . that Washington state...
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Wind: Totally Powers Facebooks New Data Center
Nov 13 2013 08:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
Facebook has a goal to have 1/4 of its global data center energy consumption, . . . come from clean power by 2015. Google, Apple, Microsoft, eBay and . . . many others are experimenting with various ways, . . . to add in clean power, too. Using clean...
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Wind: The Cheapest Energy Source
Aug 13 2013 11:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
Contrary to popular belief, . . . wind power is the cheapest energy option across the globe. . . . In fact, last year, the US installed more wind power capacity . . . than from any other energy source. The news comes from a recent report prepared by ....
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Wind: More Energy, Less Cost, No Pollution
Aug 27 2013 01:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Wind prices are extremely competitive right now, . . . offering lower costs than other possible resources, . . . like natural gas plants. Proposed wind farms in: . . . North Dakota and Minnesota could generate . . . . . . 600 megawatts of wind energy,...
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Wind: Bladeless Turbines?
Mar 27 2014 04:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Saphon Energy has created a new bladeless wind turbine, . . . with 1/2 the cost and double the efficiency. 2014-03-27 Source: Wind: Bladeless turbines
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Wind: 10,900 Megawatts In 2013
Feb 07 2014 12:00 AM | eds in Green Energy
The American Wind Energy Association in its quarterly market reports, . . . a whopping 10,900 megawatts in the 4th quarter. Together with projects set in motion earlier in the year, some . . . 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity, . . . was under co...
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Wind: 1/2 Price Of Coal And Gas
Jul 28 2014 10:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Denmark wants to be fossil-fuel free by 2050. It's governments new analysis, is that onshore wind power, . . . when new turbines become operational in 2016, . . . will be 1/2 the cost of both coal and natural gas. The study didn’t factor in the e...
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Wind Turbine Without Blades?
Aug 04 2012 06:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
“the sailboat is one of the oldest wind conversion systems and to date, it is the only system capable of capturing and converting the totality of the wind kinetic energy into mechanical power.” “Innovation isn’t just a question of cleverness. It is...
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Wind Turbine And Solar Concentrator
Nov 22 2013 06:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
SmartWind RoofBlaster 2013-11-22 Source: Hybrid Energy
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Wind Tree
Mar 01 2015 03:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
This wind tree power generator, . . . is designed for a urban environment and wind pattern. Since the urban wind is not very strong, but is turbulent, this is the reason, . . . why the turbines, only need a small amount of wind to get started. A typica...
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Wind Saves Water
Apr 22 2015 01:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Everyone knows that Wind Turbines save Carbon, . . . but, did you know that Wind Turbines also save Water? 04-22-2015 Source: Wind Saves Water
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Wind Rescues Ny Nuclear Plant
Dec 16 2015 08:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
New York's, Indian Point 3 plant, . . . automatically shut down at 7 p.m., . . . because of an electrical disturbance, but, wind turbines, compensated for the loss of the reactor. 12-16-2015 Source: Wind Rescues NY Nuclear Plant
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Wind Replacing Fossil Fuel "baseload Power...
Sep 18 2013 05:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, . . . wind power in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) . . . . . . all of Kansas and Oklahoma, plus parts of . . . . . . New Mexico, . . . . . . Texas, . . . . . . Arkansas, . . . . . . Louisiana, ....
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