This is being reported as the world’s first mini RC fuel cell helicopter to take flight, but that is debatable since in June 2008 I had previously talked about the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany … [Read more...]
Opportunities Under DOE’s Financial Institutions Partnership Program
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Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a solicitation for one of the most eagerly anticipated Recovery Act energy programs: loan guarantees for renewable energy projects that use commercial technologies. Unlike earlier DOE loan … [Read more...]
Opportunities Under DOE’s Financial Institutions Partnership Program
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Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a solicitation for one of the most eagerly anticipated Recovery Act energy programs: loan guarantees for renewable energy projects that use commercial technologies. Unlike earlier DOE loan … [Read more...]
Pacific Ethanol to Produce Ethanol Again in January
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Pacific Ethanol has announced that it is preparing to resume production of ethanol at its 60 million gallon per year Magic Valley facility located in Burley, Idaho. The company suspended production in February of this year at the Magic Valley … [Read more...]
Iowa Corn Indy Renewed for 2010
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The Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer will return once again to the Iowa Speedway in 2010. The Iowa Corn Growers Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and Pioneer have renewed their sponsorship for the 4th Annual race, to be held on June … [Read more...]
November 23-30
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This week's news round up includes the following companies: Scottish Renewables; Ex IM & Clipper Wind; REpower & Heritage Sustainable Energy; REpower, EDF & RES Canada; enXco; Nordex; RePpower, Alpha Ventus, EWE, E.ON, and Vattenfall; and Mainstream … [Read more...]
Ontario attracts more renewable energy deals
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WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Lewis Reford, CEO of wind developer, Schneider Power, about leveraging its latest merger deal to gain access to the US market; Ontario's wind energy investment climate; and the extent to which Ontario's feed-in tariff … [Read more...]
Long and Wide CNC Machine Blades
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The third generation of a multi-processing equipment, RAPA G3, reduces the machining and finishing time spent on large parts, such as turbine blades. The robotic machine-tool supports a variety of tasks such as scanning, measuring and inspection, and … [Read more...]
First Access the Site, Then Build the Wind Farm
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Wind developers come in all sizes. For those who would like to offset their electric bills with a small turbine or two, local ordinances provide sufficient guidance and permission. But those who would like to install units capable of generating a few … [Read more...]
Kindle Outsells Everything on Amazon…and Other e-Reader News
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Photo via TheCreativePenn On Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we leaned instead towards Buy Nothing Day as a way to get through the mad consumerism of the holiday season. However, there are some relatively greener gadgets out there that, if people … [Read more...]