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Siemens to Provide Wind Power for US Nuclear Weapons Plant - DesignBuild Source
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DesignBuild Source German engineering firm Siemens has won a contract from the US federal government to build a wind power facility for America's last remaining nuclear weapons plant. The National Nuclear Security Admini
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World biggest hydroelectric dam planned for Africa - eNCA
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Times of Oman DRC - Work on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a statement said in Paris after talks between DR Congo and international officials. The meeting on th
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OUR VIEW: All sides must be heard in wind farm debate - Muncie Star Press
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So far, none have been built, but zoning regulations are largely in place, and many landowners hope to cash in on the projects once wind turbine construction begins. Plans call for a wind farm in the northeastern and northwestern
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From world's first wind farm to world's longest wheelchair hiking trails - Nashua Telegraph
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"The organization is very proud of its role? in the world's first wind farm, said Don Shumway, CEO of Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center. "It saw itself as contributing to energy te
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Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks - Oil Price - OilPrice.com (registration)
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The idea of geothermal power has been around for ages: Italy built the world's first power plant that generated electricity from the Earth's heat over a hundred years ago. In 1957, New Zealan
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Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks - OilPrice - OilPrice.com (registration)
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The idea of geothermal power has been around for ages: Italy built the world's first power plant that generated electricity from the Earth's heat over a hundred years ago. In 1957, New Zealand
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Kengen to Increase Power Output - AllAfrica.com
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The power will be supplied by the new Olkaria IV geothermal power plant which is part of the 280mw Olkaria complex, the biggest geothermal plant in the world. Njoroge said construction is on course with 50 per cent of the work complete. "We expect th
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Belarus to build windpower plant under EU Green Economy project - News of Belarus
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MINSK, 18 May (BelTA) - A windpower plant will be built near Novogrudok as part of the Belarus-EU international technical assistance project "Green Economy in Belarus?, Minister of Natural Resources and Envir
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SKWID harnesses the power of both the wind and the tide - Gizmag - Gizmag
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The two are connected by a central gearbox/generator, allowing the SKWID to generate power from the currents, the wind, or both. Additionally, the rotation of the tidal turbine can be used to help get the wind turbine spinning, w
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Massive SoCal Wind Turbine Blade Breaks Off - EarthTechling
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A massive blade broke from a Siemens wind turbine this week - and it's not the first time this has happened. The latest incident, which took place at Pattern Energy's Ocotillo wind power plant in Imperial County, Calif., and caused no
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Could Scotland become a global wave and tidal energy leader? - Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)
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The country's wave and tidal energy sector now finds itself in a similar place. At last, large sums of money are beginning to find their way into the sector. The Scottish Government is to be con
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17th May 2013 |
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Siemens wins wind power order from South Africa - PennEnergy (press release)
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PennEnergy (press release) The first wind power order from South Africa was awarded to Siemens by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, Globeleq, and local B-BBEE investors Thebe Investments, Enzani and Usizo for the Jeffrey'
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New 800 MW natural gas-fired power plant begins operations early - Power Engineering Magazine
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The CPV Sentinel Energy Project is located near Desert Hot Springs, amidst wind farms producing 600 MW, five miles northwest of Palm Springs. The project uses the most modern "peaking" technology ava
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Washington Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable Energy - Slate Magazine
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PennEnergy California and Texas might be leading the nation's rollout of solar and wind power, respectively, but Washington, where hydroelectric dams provide over 60 percent of the state's energy, was the
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Xcel Energy proposing two power plants in ND - Prairie Business
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KDLT News The gas peaking plants would be a good complement to wind power, which is intermittent, and therefore not suitable as a source of what is called "base load,? or the power level that a utility must provide for ongoing
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Siemens to supply wind turbines to Sere farm - Mail & Guardian Online
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PennEnergy (press release) Siemens's SA unit has won the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to power utility Eskom's 100 megawatt Sere wind farm, says the German company. Installation of the wind turbines, each reaching a hei
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China approves country's tallest hydroelectric dam - Radio Australia
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Radio Australia China's environment ministry has given approval for construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam, despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, wi
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17th May 2013 |
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Turkey's Biggest Wind Power Plant Begins Operations - Industrial Info Resources - Industrialinfo.com (subscription)
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Industrialinfo.com (subscription) ... country's biggest wind power plant, which has a 143-megawatt (MW) electricity generation capacity. Enerjisa expects output of 524 g
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16th May 2013 |
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Xcel Energy proposing two power plants near Hankinson - In-Forum
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The gas peaking plants would be a good complement to wind power, which is intermittent, and therefore not suitable as a source of what is called "base load,? or the power level that a utility must provide for ongoing electricity demand.
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Dam proposal floated for the Lehigh River in Allentown - Allentown Morning Call
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Allentown Morning Call A Colorado company is interested in constructing a hydroelectric facility on top of the dam located to the north of the Hamilton Street Bridge on the Lehigh River. (Chris Post, SPECIAL TO TH
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