By Nicolas Zart The great thing about air events is that airplanes can come from far away. The not so great thing is that if the event is far, you too have to travel to it. But this year’s 2018 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh was well worth the travel, as it attempted to show a clearer…
By [email protected] Odyssey Energy Solutions, a Colorado-based renewable energy investment platform, is seeking $500 million for a pipeline of 550 mini-grids across Africa, Asia and Latin America. If funded, the projects could add up to 150 megawatts of solar capacity and 275,000 connections across 21 countries, including Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of Congo,…
By Alex Spatuzza in Rio de Janeiro The current rules bar imports of turbines smaller than 2.5MW into Brazil, but the market is moving toward larger machines Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By Michelle Froese By Craig Walker Contributor A public hearing on Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation’s (LEEDCo) Icebreaker Wind project was held in July at Cleveland City Hall Council Chambers before the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB). Icebreaker Wind is the first proposed freshwater wind farm in North America, about 8 to 10 miles off…
By [email protected] Turbine manufacturer wins conditional agreement for undisclosed project Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Michelle Froese Xcel Energy celebrated the construction of its newest 150-MW wind facility in central North Dakota. The event featured local landowners, company representatives, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, and other state and local officials. Xcel Energy’s Foxtail Wind project will provide low-cost wind energy to nearly 80,000 homes when it’s completed next year. The…
By Karl-Erik Stromsta in New York The offshore turbine supplier is on the hunt for deals in Europe, Asia and the US Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By [email protected] Sunrun has firmly secured its leadership position in the U.S. residential solar market. But that wasn’t enough to impress the stock market following the company’s second-quarter earnings call. Last quarter, Sunrun logged the largest quarterly installation volume in the company’s history. With 91 megawatts deployed serving more than 12,000 customers, Sunrun beat guidance…
By Sam McEachern Amid a growing scrutiny for fuel economy and emissions testing, Japan has found Mazda and two other companies cleared vehicles for fuel economy and emissions even though tests occurred in invalid conditions. Mazda, Suzuki, and Yamaha each apologized for conducting invalid testing on their cars over the past few years, […] The…
By [email protected] (Sean Szymkowski) The 2019 Toyota Prius C gets a price increase. The IIHS compares Tesla’s Autopilot to other “self-driving” systems. We provide a guide to electric-car incentives and tax credits by state. And how Superchargers may defend Tesla against oncoming competition. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. For 2019, the…
By National Wind Watch Commissioners said little concerning the Henry County Planning Commission’s “no recommendation” on the controversial Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) ordinance. But opponents said plenty – as much as they could squeeze into the 15-minute public comment section of Wednesday’s meeting. Well-known wind turbine opponents Kenon Gray, Susie Eichhorn, Peg Stefandel and…
By National Wind Watch The sea2shore transmission cable, installed by National Grid as part of the Block Island Wind Farm project, can now be seen about 25 feet from Town Beach at low tide. The cable, which is yellow and black, was getting some attention on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 8. The cable connects…
By National Wind Watch The Town Trustees in East Hampton will continue to debate the potential landing of a wind farm cable in Wainscott next week, as Deepwater Wind, the offshore wind company proposing the South Fork Wind Farm roughly 30 miles off the coast of Montauk, announced last week it will begin a seafloor…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Competitors are coming for Tesla. Just as the young company begins to ramp up production of its bread-and-butter Model 3 to what CEO Elon Musk has called sustainable levels, Tesla’s European rivals are beginning to roll out their own electric cars. That has some investors worried about whether the upstart…
By Alexandre Spatuzza in Sao Paulo Grid capacity issues mean transmission tendering will be completed before more renewable generation is contracted, industry sources expect Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com