Bdew More Than 10 Billion Kwh Of Wind Power Produced In January 2015

With more than 10 billion kWh of wind power produced (including 0.2 billion from offshore wind) January 2015 saw a new record, beating the previous record of 9.6 billion kWh set in December 2014, the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry (BDEW) informed. This confirms earlier information by the Renewable Energy Industry Institute M"unster (IWR). Wind power production in January already equalled roughly a fifth of the total wind power...

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Cpuc Adopts Solar Friendly Rate For Commercial Industrial Customers

WASHINGTON, DC - In a decision applauded by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved a solar-friendly rate for medium and large commercial and industrial customers in both Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Southern California Edison's (SCE) service territories. The CPUC approved a decision which approved the "Option R" rate as proposed by SEIA. This optional tariff...

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6 Big Oil Companies Jump On Renewable Energy Bandwagon

Has somebody besides noticed the swarm of TV advertising for Companies who are now responding to the Green Initiative? Honest, the "Big Oil Companies". * Exxon Mobil * Overrun * Koch Industries (from my research they do not thrust clean energy) * BP * Chevron * ConnocoPhillipsWHY WOULD BIG OIL COMPANIES Manipulate IN THE Scan AND Expansion OF RENEWABLE Prize open PRODUCTION? (That was the thought I started asking for myself) My Cheap and Put an...

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Option Power House Solutionswas a tumultuous year for everyone mainly due to the volatile value of one commodity oil. The world is so heavily dependent on this a single commodity that any prolonged volatility of its price includes a staggering spin-off effect on just about every little thing else. Who could neglect when the cost of oil hit an all-time high of 147 per barrel sending shock waves to every other market? And speculation that it would...

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Solar And Wind Energy Are Finally Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels In The United States

Solar and wind energy have long struggled to compete with conventional energy sources on two fronts: dispatch and cost. However, new U.S. industry data outlined in the New York Times reveals the cost of these renewable energy sources has fallen dramatically in the last five years, making them competitive with -- and sometimes even undercutting -- fossil fuel-sourced energy.Read the rest of Solar and Wind Energy are Finally Cheaper than Fossil Fuels...

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Reducing In Offshore Cable Installation Times

In a bid to cut the time and considerable cost of offshore wind farm deployment, subsea connector specialist, FIRST SUBSEA, is launching a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles, and top tension connector for floating wind turbines. The most labour intensive and time-consuming element of cable installation into an offshore wind monopile is its connection and termination. First Subsea has streamlined the process with its combination...

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New Bmwi Smart Energy Support Programme For High Intermittent Renewables Regions

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has published the details of a new support programme called "Showcase Smart Energy - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition (SINTEG)". The programme provides support for R&D projects that develop and demonstrate large-scale solutions for a reliable and efficient energy supply in model regions with a high degree of intermittent renewable energy. By providing financial aid of up to...

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The Undiscussed Supply Chain

Below is the original, longer version of my latest Guardian Comment is Free piece, Extracting a disaster.The extraction of uranium is dangerous, leaves a toxic legacy for millions of years in vulnerable parts of the world, and is hardly conducted in an ethical fashion, yet British ministers - while sourcing FSC timber - are complacent about the supply-chain consequences of their enthusiasm for nuclear new build. The Government is in a hurry to get...

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