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Houston – Economy

Houston is recognized worldwide for its energy industry—particularly for oil and natural gas—as well as for biomedical research and aeronautics. Renewable energy sources—wind and solar—are also growing economic bases in Houston. The ship channel is also a large part of Houston’s economic base. Because of these strengths, Houston is designated as a beta world city [...]

Gray County Wind Farm – Introduction

Gray County Wind Farm near Montezuma, Kansas is the largest wind farm in Kansas and the largest in the United States not mandated by a state regulatory commission. The site consists of 170 Vestas V-47 wind turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 112 MW. Each turbine tower is 217 feet high, with blades 77 [...]

Grid energy storage – Forms

Batteries Battery storage was used in the early days of direct-current electric power networks, and is appearing again. Battery systems connected to large solid-state converters have been used to stabilize power distribution networks. For example in Puerto Rico a system with a capacity of 20 megawatts for 15 minutes is used to stabilize the frequency [...]

EDF Energies Nouvelles – Introduction

EDF Energies Nouvelles is a French renewable energy corporation, half owned by French electric utility Électricité de France. It was formed in 2004 from its predecessor SIIF Energies and was floated on the Paris stock exchange in 2006. EDF En is primarily involved in the production of wind power in Europe and the United States, [...]

Energy Policy Act of 2005 – Provisions

General provisions *Under an amendment in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Section 406, authorizes loan guarantees for innovative technologies that avoid greenhouse gases, which might include advanced nuclear reactor designs, such as pebble bed modular reactors (PBMRs) as well as clean coal and renewable energy; *Increases the amount of biofuel (usually ethanol) [...]

John Twidell – Introduction

John Twidell is Director of the AMSET Centre Ltd. and is a visiting lecturer at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, and the School of Aeronautics and Engineering, City University, London. He is Editor Emeritus of the academic journal ”Wind Engineering”. He co-edited the 2009 book ”Offshore Wind Power”. Professor Twidell previously held the [...]

East Riding of Yorkshire – Renewable energy

The UK government has set a target to generate 10% of the UK’s electricity from renewable energy sources by 2010. The Energy White Paper (2003) sets out the Government’s aspiration to double that figure to 20% by 2020. It has additionally signed up to the legally binding Kyoto Protocol, which requires a reduction of greenhouse [...]

Nicholas H. Carter – Political positions

In the past, Carter has been both a registered Republican and Democrat. One of Carter’s main issues is to reduce partisanship in Congress and work across party lines to attain solutions to national problems. He supports funding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and working toward universal healthcare, while opposing the current involvement of lobbyists [...]

Clarkstown, New York – Clarkstown Going Green

Clarkstown has not only taken steps towards “”going green”” by conducting energy audits, purchasing Energy Star office equipment and using green cleaning products in town facilities, steps also included; *2005 – Purchasing 10% of the energy used by town government from wind and solar sources. *2006 – Passing a tree preservation law. *2007 – Purchasing [...]

Westar Energy – Latest news

*”September 2006” – Westar announces plans to build new 345 KV transmission line from Wichita to Hutchinson to Salina *”October 2006” – Westar Energy partners with Apogee Interactive to provide energy calculators on Website. *”March 2007” – Westar Energy breaks ground on Emporia Energy Center. A natural gas-fired peaking plant. *”April 2007” – CEO Jim [...]

Blue Canyon Wind Farm – Introduction

Blue Canyon Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in Oklahoma, United States. The project, located in the Slick Hills north of Lawton, consists of three phases. The first phase consists of 45 NEG Micon 1.65& MW wind turbines, with a collective nameplate capacity of 74.25& MW. It began commercial operations in December 2003. The [...]

Offshore Marine Management – Offshore Windfarms

The company acts in such capacities as Consultant, Owner’s engineer and Supplier for offshore windfarm projects for the Renewable Energy sector Offshore Marine Management has contributed to much of the UK’s Offshore wind farm installed capacity, often working on Submarine power cable laying and installation. Offshore MM have worked on the following Windfarm projects: *Barrow [...]

Energy in Germany – Energy policy

Government policy emphasizes conservation and the development of renewable sources, such as solar, wind, biomass, water, and geothermal power. As a result of energy saving measures, energy efficiency (the amount of energy required to produce a unit of gross domestic product) has been improving since the beginning of the 1970s. The government has set the [...]

Low carbon power generation – Organizations

* American Wind Energy Association * BP Solar * Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program at MIT * Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum * [http://www.uk-cpi.com The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)]* * Clipper Windpower * Committee on Regional Electric Power Coordination * Edison Mission Group * Energy Information Administration * European Wind Energy Association * GE [...]

Jamestown, New York – Proposed power plant

Jamestown is the site of a proposed coal-burning power plant, for which Praxair, Inc. is seeking a subsidy from the United States Department of Energy. The plant, which would have an estimated cost of over $500 million, has been criticized by environmentalists and area residents. A study by an environmental consulting firm concluded that the [...]

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