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But new energy is blowing into Jordan: financing is all in for what will be the Middle East’s largest wind farm – a 117 megawatt Tafila Wind Farm to be built about 100 miles south of Amman. . The consortia of investors released the news that the Tafila Wind Farm is fully financed to its expected cost of $290 million. Jordan Wind Project Company (JWPC) will run the development of the wind farm. MORE
The United States’ government has been handing out loans in order to support renewable energy. The most recent loan was granted to the First Wind Holdings, based in Boston. The project they proposed was for a large-scale wind farm in Hawaii. First Wind has created Kahuku Wind Power to be based in Oahu, Hawaii. Department of Energy has given the company is $117 million. Each wind turbine will generate 2.5 Wind Power MORE
As the United States government is attempting to reduce costs, renewable energy has been a target by many in power. However, this does not mean that growth in the renewable field is not ongoing in the country. Projects in the wind and solar sector are especially popular as of late. Recently BP announced their plan to build a major wind farm in the state of Kansas. The planned wind farm in Kansas will be the largest in the state once it is up and running. MORE
Wind power is a great form of energy; there’s no doubt about that. Fish and Wildlife Service will publish new guidelines for wind farms. Some of these guidelines will be aimed at wind-farm operators, advising them on how to protect wildlife in conjunction with the wind farm. The reason for these new suggestions is because more and more endangered species have been killed in wind turbine blades. MORE
The new roads required to transport wind turbines to installation sites in Turkey can delay projects and add to their costs, but also create hundreds of new construction jobs. An anonymous representative from one of Turkey’s largest wind energy companies says that every new wind project requires new access roads, because the best wind is found in relatively remote, inaccessible terrain, according to the Hurriyet Daily News. Department of Energy. MORE
Germany is Europe’s largest economy and has a growing renewable energy sector. However, the nation had yet to open an offshore wind farm despite other nations in Europe having done the same. Both Great Britain and Denmark are well grounded in the offshore wind farm sector, each of them having hundreds of megawatts of energy coming from turbines at sea. The wind farm has been named the Alpha Ventus project and is being considered a test project. MORE
With energy prices rising and increasing emphasis placed on finding renewable alternatives to the fossil fuels that power the multitudes of cars behind every garage door in America, the whispers of a wind farm coming to the Northeastern coast of North Carolina are being greeted with applause from landowners. The particular environmental requirements necessary to produce substantial outputs of energy are difficult to come by outside of tourist-popular coastal areas. MORE
Middle East's push toward renewable energy spurred by rising oil prices By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Do they know something that they are not telling us, many of which are oil producing countries? It is a clean renewable energy upheaval with international implications that could transform the Arab world from North Africa to the Persian Gulf. Wind farms are being built in Egypt and Tunisia. MORE
Egypt is now close to awarding a contract to build a 1,000 megawatt wind farm, to be up and running in 2016, that it first announced last year. A wind farm this size has few equals worldwide. Egypt has some of the best wind power potential in the world, and its government is beginning to tap into this source of free fuel in earnest, since passing its plan to get 20% of its electricity from renewables by 2020, in order to stave off climate change. MORE
As part of its target of going from its current 550MW of wind to a staggering 2,690MW by 2016 to reach 7,200MW by 2020, Egypt is putting bids out for yet more wind power. A tender for a 200 MW wind farm to be built on the Gulf of Suez, at a cost of $500 million was announced by Energy Minister Hassan Yunis. This would continue progress towards this ambitious goal to tap some of the best wind resources in the world. Gigawatts of Wind Power by 2016 ). MORE
This year the Obama administration in the United States has attempted to streamline the process of approving renewable energy projects across the country. Land has been pre-approved for renewable energy projects, as well as many projects being put on a list for immediate review and potential approval as of August. The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project, slated to be located in Wyoming, was recently given approval by the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. MORE
The most radical overhaul of local planning rules in the last 60 years Industry to work with Government on ensuring that proposals help meet renewables targets London, UK, 12/13/2010: The Localism Bill , published today, is set to usher the most radical overhaul of local planning in the last 60 years, stated RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association. RenewableUK is the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries. MORE
If we look to successful countries in the world we see the hopeful ambitions of countries like Israel which is blessed with an enormous amount of sun and yet its renewable energy output remains low at about 5%, mostly all of it provided by solar panels. MORE
It ain’t Chicago, but Israel does have a little bit of wind potential on the Golan Heights. A local company called Enlight, which has been active in solar energy, has just received a conditional license to build 34 more wind turbines in the Golan Heights totalling some 58 MW of renewable energy. If executed this will be the country’s largest wind project. MORE
These areas make Australia a hotbed for renewable energy generation. Australia is able to attain massive amounts of energy from solar, wind, geothermal and wave energies. However, Australia currently only attains six percent of their energy needs through renewable energy. One of the greatest issues regarding why Australia has so little contribution from renewable energy is the very sources of the energy. MORE
The alternative energy sector was one of many sectors hit hard by the recent recession. Recently, the United States’ Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, suggested that the U.S. was lagging behind other countries’ investments into alternative energy, namely China. One of the sectors the government has been investing in steadily is wind energy, however. This is partially due to the $1 billion in federal grants which went into wind energy. Wind Power MORE
The Strategic Energy Framework for Northern Ireland 2010 was recently released. The report details Northern Ireland’s goals for their renewable energy sector and moving away from typical fossil fuels. The report also details significant increases in Northern Ireland’s goals for the renewable energy sector. Currently, Northern Ireland has the goal to attain twelve percent of their electricity needs through renewable energy sources by 2012. MORE
The European Commission has earmarked €71 million to support renewable energy projects in Jordan whilst a report highlights the importance of solar power for Lebanon’s future. Whilst the Middle East may be known worldwide for its oil, many nations are now starting to look to renewables for a sustainable source of energy. A report on the state of Lebanon’s energy sector also noted that renewable energy was vital to the country’s future development. MORE
The Middle East’s leading clean energy developer, Masdar has launched the very first renewable energy plant to be built in The Seychelles – the 6MW Port Victoria Wind Farm. Financed by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the 6MW Victoria Wind Farm will generate eight percent of the energy on Mahé Island, where 90 percent of the population lives. That project covers ten percent of the desert country’s energy demand. MORE
Despite fluctuations in the economy renewable energy continues to grow, albeit not as quickly as some may like. The project, Spring Valley Wind, has been accused of being fast-tracked by the government without proper environmental assessments performed. The Bureau of Land Management does in fact own the land the Spring Valley Wind project is expected to be built upon, an 8,565 acre area. Despite the on-going appeal, the Spring Valley Wind project is continuing. MORE
In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated more electricity than their fossil fuel counterparts of coal and natural gas. s first power plant was established in 1882, zero-carbon energy has finally generated more clean terawatt hours. This is thanks to the decreasing cost of renewable energy, making alternative power sources a more feasible and desirable choice. MORE
Pictured here is Kamisu, the semi-offshore wind farm in Japan which was left unharmed by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11. While the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan continues to be severe, following the devastating and massive earthquake earlier last month, it seems that none of the wind farms in the country have been reported damaged. According to Yoshinori Ueda most of the wind farms in Japan are now operational. MORE
Balakrishnan Ramachandran: A study by a research team from the University of Albany, New York has raised concern that wind farms could cause significant rise in ground temperatures. The team studied weather satellite data for the Nolan and Taylor territories of west Texas, which house four of the largest wind farms in the US and found that in the 10 years between 2003 and 2011, night time ground temperatures have risen by 0.72 Wind farms may have warming effect. MORE
Already working on wind farms in Israel, this company launches a full scale solution for wind farms worldwide. Meteo-Logic, a software provider of custom-made accurate weather forecasting, launched yesterday a new service specifically designed to provide the wind farm energy industry with highly accurate localized weather forecasts. Wind farm logic. Cleantech, Science & Technology Energy Efficiency Israel weather wind farms MORE
Expect to see more of these as Suez Cement secures its long term viability in Egypt with private wind farm. Egypt is getting its first privately owned wind farm. The 120MW wind farm will give the company sufficient energy security to ensure that cement supplies for thousands of half-finished block apartment buildings will not abate any time soon. Clean wind powers dirty cement. Post-Revolution Egypt Wants New Wind Farms. MORE
Progress for renewable energy is often slowed by issues with potential environmental damage, species concerns and funding. When it comes to wind energy, opposition is often concerned with noise, health effects and most often the appearance of the turbines themselves. The company of Banks Renewables have recently proposed to build a small wind farm on moorlands in West Yorkshire. Wind Power MORE
The Energy and Mines World Congress shows that 2019 will be considered the tipping point for solar and wind projects in the mining sector. Now the industry is understanding that renewable energy makes sense and cents. Sustainability goes well beyond renewables. MORE
Africa’s largest wind farm to date is slated to begin construction as soon as a long-delayed financing agreement is completed, according to Wind Power Monthly. No new timetable has been revealed,” Wind Power Monthly reports. Morocco has already installed 147MW of wind power with an additional 975 MW in the pipeline, according to a Wikipedia entry. Image credit: Wind turbine against blue sky , Shutterstock. MORE
Sweden’s Hexicon to supply Malta with 10% of its electricity with a platform-mounting floating wind farm. Despite the fact that the EU is willing to fund renewable energy in its climate laggard states, using cap & trade revenues from the sale of emission allowances, Malta still gets only 1% of its electricity from renewable energy. As an EU member Malta is required to produce at least 10% of its energy from renewables by 2020. MORE
While renewable energy has grown leaps and bounds in the past decade, it is not a recent development. Many of the world’s wind turbines, for instance, have been installed for decades. Take for example the very first commercial wind farm in the United Kingdom opened in 1991. In 1991, Cornwall’s Delabole opened in the month of December, marking it as the first wind farm in the country. However, the wind farm has since made massive changes. MORE
There’s been a big crusade to get big business to adopt renewable energy. You see it every time a major corporation says they’re putting solar panels on their rooftops or buying energy from wind farms. However, small businesses can take advantage of renewable energy in a variety of ways too. Choose a Greener Energy Company You don’t have to put solar panels on your roof or buy a share of a windfarm to receive renewable energy. MORE
Lebanese renewable energy have fallen short of its ambitious goal of reaching 12 percent of Lebanon’s energy needs by the year 2020. But now it is in the middle of building its first wind farm at about 60 MW in the country’s north. . But the country’s first wind project is well under way. This situation may change somewhat when the country’s first wind farm project will produce enough electricity to illuminate 60,000 homes. MORE
The London Array is Masdar’s largest renewable energy project to date, but the government-supported research and development group have no intention of stopping there. With a 20 percent stake in the offshore wind project that will generate enough energy to power half a million UK homes, the group is ready to keep up the momentum. But it won’t be for long as a host of new farms are planned not just in the UK, but also in Germany, Sweden and elsewhere. MORE
A promising offshore wind energy project has languished on the East Coast for 15 years—and its enemies range from a Koch brother to the Kennedys. In 2001, Jim Gordon, a Boston-based energy entrepreneur who played a critical role in the development of natural gas–fired power plants in the 1990s, was searching for a way to produce energy on the East Coast. He began working on what would become the Cape Wind Energy Project in Nantucket Sound, off the Massachusetts shore. MORE
B.Sameer Kumar: When it comes to tapping into alternate sources of energy, solar power has taken a giant leap forward, leaving behind the other forms of renewable energy in the last two decades. While the reasons for this are well known by now, as we move closer to the poles, wind energy proves to be a lot more viable option thanks o the geographic and atmospheric conditions on offer. Viking wind farm approved. MORE
Hot on the heels of the solar contract we covered last year to supply the Israeli Defense Force with the power of the sun, Enlight Renewable Energy (TASE: ENLT) has announced a new project. It will build and run a new wind farm on the windy Golan Heights, the site of Israel’s first wind farm, a now very outdated 10 wind turbines. Compared with the solar potential, Israel’s wind potential is relatively small, just 600 MW. MORE
Morocco and Egypt have strong climate action plans and Jordan has the largest wind farm in the region, but due to their silence, their climate action and their reputations are being undermined. We are asking Arab countries who are leading in renewable energy to take the initiative in moving ahead with an ambitious agreement,” PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance representative and CAN Arab World Coordinator Chakri Said said in a press release. MORE
Wind energy has become widely available across the United States, although a select few states hold the majority of wind farms. Many other states are building their wind capacity, especially in the West. Hawaii is one of the many states increasing the prevalence of wind energy in their state. Hawaii is one of a handful of states which have signed into law strict guidelines regarding reducing their dependence on polluting methods of energy. MORE
But if you’re trying to generate more power via wind farms, there’s nothing like a blustery day in the winter. Last Friday, the wintry weather set a record in Britain as more than 40% of that day’s electricity was generated on wind farms. MORE
In 2011, she’s using her beauty and smarts to build a sustainable renewable energy climate in Pakistan. In Pakistan she works with the Alternative Energy Development Board , the Ministry of the Environment, and with private businessmen focusing on climate change and renewable investments. Paracha started working in development at the United Nations in 2007 where she covered the renewable energy beat around the Middle East, Latin America, and South East Asia. MORE
In 2009, Lebanon pledged to produce 12% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020- is this target optimistic today? Renewables are becoming an important source of discussion in the Middle East, as it should. Vestas estimates renewables accounts for only 0.2 % of power production in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), an embarrassing figure considering the EU’s average is 17% (the highest being Norway with an incredible 103%) and the global average is of around 3%. MORE
Make wind power? In a summary of the policy environment for wind power in Egypt completed after the revolution earlier this year, Reve sums up the policy background to Egypt’s dramatic new post-revolution energy plans, which we have covered at GreenProphet too. Appropriately, for an energy-hungry nation that has been prone to blackouts, they’re big plans. Egypt had its wind potential assessed in 2003. MORE
billion USD) over the next two years to investing in renewable energy harvesting, particularly in off shore wind farms. They hope to find that partner by the end of the year and then reveal the details of their renewable energy plan soon after. VW’s primary focus is expected to be in wind power off the shore in the North Sea with a lesser emphasis on hydro and solar power. Volkswagen is committing enormous resources (read $1.4 MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) LONDON – The world's largest offshore wind farm opened off the southeast coast of England on Thursday, as part of the British government's push to boost renewable energy. Swedish energy company Vattenfall, which constructed the wind farm, said the 100 turbines off the coast of Thanet could, at their peak, produce enough electricity a year to power the equivalent of more than 200,000 homes. MORE
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 17, 2019
The Energy and Mines World Congress shows that 2019 will be considered the tipping point for solar and wind projects in the mining sector. Now the industry is understanding that renewable energy makes sense and cents. Sustainability goes well beyond renewables.
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 6, 2017
A promising offshore wind energy project has languished on the East Coast for 15 years—and its enemies range from a Koch brother to the Kennedys. In 2001, Jim Gordon, a Boston-based energy entrepreneur who played a critical role in the development of natural gas–fired power plants in the 1990s, was searching for a way to produce energy on the East Coast. He began working on what would become the Cape Wind Energy Project in Nantucket Sound, off the Massachusetts shore.
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Green Prophet
APRIL 13, 2020
If we look to successful countries in the world we see the hopeful ambitions of countries like Israel which is blessed with an enormous amount of sun and yet its renewable energy output remains low at about 5%, mostly all of it provided by solar panels.
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 23, 2020
But if you’re trying to generate more power via wind farms, there’s nothing like a blustery day in the winter. Last Friday, the wintry weather set a record in Britain as more than 40% of that day’s electricity was generated on wind farms.
Green Prophet
JULY 19, 2012
Already working on wind farms in Israel, this company launches a full scale solution for wind farms worldwide. Meteo-Logic, a software provider of custom-made accurate weather forecasting, launched yesterday a new service specifically designed to provide the wind farm energy industry with highly accurate localized weather forecasts. Wind farm logic. Cleantech, Science & Technology Energy Efficiency Israel weather wind farms
Green Prophet
JUNE 17, 2013
The Middle East’s leading clean energy developer, Masdar has launched the very first renewable energy plant to be built in The Seychelles – the 6MW Port Victoria Wind Farm. Financed by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the 6MW Victoria Wind Farm will generate eight percent of the energy on Mahé Island, where 90 percent of the population lives. That project covers ten percent of the desert country’s energy demand.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 23, 2012
Egypt is now close to awarding a contract to build a 1,000 megawatt wind farm, to be up and running in 2016, that it first announced last year. A wind farm this size has few equals worldwide. Egypt has some of the best wind power potential in the world, and its government is beginning to tap into this source of free fuel in earnest, since passing its plan to get 20% of its electricity from renewables by 2020, in order to stave off climate change.
Green Prophet
JULY 5, 2013
The London Array is Masdar’s largest renewable energy project to date, but the government-supported research and development group have no intention of stopping there. With a 20 percent stake in the offshore wind project that will generate enough energy to power half a million UK homes, the group is ready to keep up the momentum. But it won’t be for long as a host of new farms are planned not just in the UK, but also in Germany, Sweden and elsewhere.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 5, 2011
As part of its target of going from its current 550MW of wind to a staggering 2,690MW by 2016 to reach 7,200MW by 2020, Egypt is putting bids out for yet more wind power. A tender for a 200 MW wind farm to be built on the Gulf of Suez, at a cost of $500 million was announced by Energy Minister Hassan Yunis. This would continue progress towards this ambitious goal to tap some of the best wind resources in the world. Gigawatts of Wind Power by 2016 ).
Eco Auto Ninja
AUGUST 29, 2011
billion USD) over the next two years to investing in renewable energy harvesting, particularly in off shore wind farms. They hope to find that partner by the end of the year and then reveal the details of their renewable energy plan soon after. VW’s primary focus is expected to be in wind power off the shore in the North Sea with a lesser emphasis on hydro and solar power. Volkswagen is committing enormous resources (read $1.4
Green Blog
APRIL 9, 2011
Pictured here is Kamisu, the semi-offshore wind farm in Japan which was left unharmed by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11. While the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan continues to be severe, following the devastating and massive earthquake earlier last month, it seems that none of the wind farms in the country have been reported damaged. According to Yoshinori Ueda most of the wind farms in Japan are now operational.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 28, 2011
Hot on the heels of the solar contract we covered last year to supply the Israeli Defense Force with the power of the sun, Enlight Renewable Energy (TASE: ENLT) has announced a new project. It will build and run a new wind farm on the windy Golan Heights, the site of Israel’s first wind farm, a now very outdated 10 wind turbines. Compared with the solar potential, Israel’s wind potential is relatively small, just 600 MW.
Green Prophet
MAY 7, 2011
Make wind power? In a summary of the policy environment for wind power in Egypt completed after the revolution earlier this year, Reve sums up the policy background to Egypt’s dramatic new post-revolution energy plans, which we have covered at GreenProphet too. Appropriately, for an energy-hungry nation that has been prone to blackouts, they’re big plans. Egypt had its wind potential assessed in 2003.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) LONDON – The world's largest offshore wind farm opened off the southeast coast of England on Thursday, as part of the British government's push to boost renewable energy. Swedish energy company Vattenfall, which constructed the wind farm, said the 100 turbines off the coast of Thanet could, at their peak, produce enough electricity a year to power the equivalent of more than 200,000 homes.
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 19, 2011
In 2011, she’s using her beauty and smarts to build a sustainable renewable energy climate in Pakistan. In Pakistan she works with the Alternative Energy Development Board , the Ministry of the Environment, and with private businessmen focusing on climate change and renewable investments. Paracha started working in development at the United Nations in 2007 where she covered the renewable energy beat around the Middle East, Latin America, and South East Asia.
EcoFriend
MAY 3, 2012
Balakrishnan Ramachandran: A study by a research team from the University of Albany, New York has raised concern that wind farms could cause significant rise in ground temperatures. The team studied weather satellite data for the Nolan and Taylor territories of west Texas, which house four of the largest wind farms in the US and found that in the 10 years between 2003 and 2011, night time ground temperatures have risen by 0.72 Wind farms may have warming effect.
Green Prophet
JULY 1, 2019
There’s been a big crusade to get big business to adopt renewable energy. You see it every time a major corporation says they’re putting solar panels on their rooftops or buying energy from wind farms. However, small businesses can take advantage of renewable energy in a variety of ways too. Choose a Greener Energy Company You don’t have to put solar panels on your roof or buy a share of a windfarm to receive renewable energy.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 20, 2011
The European Commission has earmarked €71 million to support renewable energy projects in Jordan whilst a report highlights the importance of solar power for Lebanon’s future. Whilst the Middle East may be known worldwide for its oil, many nations are now starting to look to renewables for a sustainable source of energy. A report on the state of Lebanon’s energy sector also noted that renewable energy was vital to the country’s future development.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 22, 2012
Africa’s largest wind farm to date is slated to begin construction as soon as a long-delayed financing agreement is completed, according to Wind Power Monthly. No new timetable has been revealed,” Wind Power Monthly reports. Morocco has already installed 147MW of wind power with an additional 975 MW in the pipeline, according to a Wikipedia entry. Image credit: Wind turbine against blue sky , Shutterstock.
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 16, 2013
Lebanese renewable energy have fallen short of its ambitious goal of reaching 12 percent of Lebanon’s energy needs by the year 2020. But now it is in the middle of building its first wind farm at about 60 MW in the country’s north. . But the country’s first wind project is well under way. This situation may change somewhat when the country’s first wind farm project will produce enough electricity to illuminate 60,000 homes.
Green Prophet
JUNE 5, 2012
In 2009, Lebanon pledged to produce 12% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020- is this target optimistic today? Renewables are becoming an important source of discussion in the Middle East, as it should. Vestas estimates renewables accounts for only 0.2 % of power production in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), an embarrassing figure considering the EU’s average is 17% (the highest being Norway with an incredible 103%) and the global average is of around 3%.
Green Prophet
JUNE 14, 2011
Expect to see more of these as Suez Cement secures its long term viability in Egypt with private wind farm. Egypt is getting its first privately owned wind farm. The 120MW wind farm will give the company sufficient energy security to ensure that cement supplies for thousands of half-finished block apartment buildings will not abate any time soon. Clean wind powers dirty cement. Post-Revolution Egypt Wants New Wind Farms.
Eco Friendly Daily
APRIL 29, 2013
Wind energy has become widely available across the United States, although a select few states hold the majority of wind farms. Many other states are building their wind capacity, especially in the West. Hawaii is one of the many states increasing the prevalence of wind energy in their state. Hawaii is one of a handful of states which have signed into law strict guidelines regarding reducing their dependence on polluting methods of energy.
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 23, 2013
It ain’t Chicago, but Israel does have a little bit of wind potential on the Golan Heights. A local company called Enlight, which has been active in solar energy, has just received a conditional license to build 34 more wind turbines in the Golan Heights totalling some 58 MW of renewable energy. If executed this will be the country’s largest wind project.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 1, 2013
But new energy is blowing into Jordan: financing is all in for what will be the Middle East’s largest wind farm – a 117 megawatt Tafila Wind Farm to be built about 100 miles south of Amman. . The consortia of investors released the news that the Tafila Wind Farm is fully financed to its expected cost of $290 million. Jordan Wind Project Company (JWPC) will run the development of the wind farm.
AGreenLiving
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated more electricity than their fossil fuel counterparts of coal and natural gas. s first power plant was established in 1882, zero-carbon energy has finally generated more clean terawatt hours. This is thanks to the decreasing cost of renewable energy, making alternative power sources a more feasible and desirable choice.
Eco Friendly Daily
JULY 28, 2013
These areas make Australia a hotbed for renewable energy generation. Australia is able to attain massive amounts of energy from solar, wind, geothermal and wave energies. However, Australia currently only attains six percent of their energy needs through renewable energy. One of the greatest issues regarding why Australia has so little contribution from renewable energy is the very sources of the energy.
Green Blog
AUGUST 18, 2011
With energy prices rising and increasing emphasis placed on finding renewable alternatives to the fossil fuels that power the multitudes of cars behind every garage door in America, the whispers of a wind farm coming to the Northeastern coast of North Carolina are being greeted with applause from landowners. The particular environmental requirements necessary to produce substantial outputs of energy are difficult to come by outside of tourist-popular coastal areas.
Eco Friendly Daily
MAY 30, 2013
As the United States government is attempting to reduce costs, renewable energy has been a target by many in power. However, this does not mean that growth in the renewable field is not ongoing in the country. Projects in the wind and solar sector are especially popular as of late. Recently BP announced their plan to build a major wind farm in the state of Kansas. The planned wind farm in Kansas will be the largest in the state once it is up and running.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
Sweden’s Hexicon to supply Malta with 10% of its electricity with a platform-mounting floating wind farm. Despite the fact that the EU is willing to fund renewable energy in its climate laggard states, using cap & trade revenues from the sale of emission allowances, Malta still gets only 1% of its electricity from renewable energy. As an EU member Malta is required to produce at least 10% of its energy from renewables by 2020.
Eco Friendly Daily
AUGUST 15, 2013
Germany is Europe’s largest economy and has a growing renewable energy sector. However, the nation had yet to open an offshore wind farm despite other nations in Europe having done the same. Both Great Britain and Denmark are well grounded in the offshore wind farm sector, each of them having hundreds of megawatts of energy coming from turbines at sea. The wind farm has been named the Alpha Ventus project and is being considered a test project.
Eco Friendly Daily
MARCH 25, 2014
The alternative energy sector was one of many sectors hit hard by the recent recession. Recently, the United States’ Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, suggested that the U.S. was lagging behind other countries’ investments into alternative energy, namely China. One of the sectors the government has been investing in steadily is wind energy, however. This is partially due to the $1 billion in federal grants which went into wind energy. Wind Power
Eco Friendly Daily
MARCH 18, 2013
While renewable energy has grown leaps and bounds in the past decade, it is not a recent development. Many of the world’s wind turbines, for instance, have been installed for decades. Take for example the very first commercial wind farm in the United Kingdom opened in 1991. In 1991, Cornwall’s Delabole opened in the month of December, marking it as the first wind farm in the country. However, the wind farm has since made massive changes.
Eco Friendly Daily
JULY 24, 2013
The United States’ government has been handing out loans in order to support renewable energy. The most recent loan was granted to the First Wind Holdings, based in Boston. The project they proposed was for a large-scale wind farm in Hawaii. First Wind has created Kahuku Wind Power to be based in Oahu, Hawaii. Department of Energy has given the company is $117 million. Each wind turbine will generate 2.5 Wind Power
EcoFriend
APRIL 5, 2012
B.Sameer Kumar: When it comes to tapping into alternate sources of energy, solar power has taken a giant leap forward, leaving behind the other forms of renewable energy in the last two decades. While the reasons for this are well known by now, as we move closer to the poles, wind energy proves to be a lot more viable option thanks o the geographic and atmospheric conditions on offer. Viking wind farm approved.
Eco Friendly Daily
OCTOBER 18, 2013
This year the Obama administration in the United States has attempted to streamline the process of approving renewable energy projects across the country. Land has been pre-approved for renewable energy projects, as well as many projects being put on a list for immediate review and potential approval as of August. The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project, slated to be located in Wyoming, was recently given approval by the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 13, 2010
The most radical overhaul of local planning rules in the last 60 years Industry to work with Government on ensuring that proposals help meet renewables targets London, UK, 12/13/2010: The Localism Bill , published today, is set to usher the most radical overhaul of local planning in the last 60 years, stated RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association. RenewableUK is the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries.
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 12, 2011
Middle East's push toward renewable energy spurred by rising oil prices By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Do they know something that they are not telling us, many of which are oil producing countries? It is a clean renewable energy upheaval with international implications that could transform the Arab world from North Africa to the Persian Gulf. Wind farms are being built in Egypt and Tunisia.
Green Prophet
MAY 6, 2011
The new roads required to transport wind turbines to installation sites in Turkey can delay projects and add to their costs, but also create hundreds of new construction jobs. An anonymous representative from one of Turkey’s largest wind energy companies says that every new wind project requires new access roads, because the best wind is found in relatively remote, inaccessible terrain, according to the Hurriyet Daily News. Department of Energy.
Eco Friendly Daily
AUGUST 28, 2013
The Strategic Energy Framework for Northern Ireland 2010 was recently released. The report details Northern Ireland’s goals for their renewable energy sector and moving away from typical fossil fuels. The report also details significant increases in Northern Ireland’s goals for the renewable energy sector. Currently, Northern Ireland has the goal to attain twelve percent of their electricity needs through renewable energy sources by 2012.
Eco Friendly Daily
APRIL 15, 2014
Progress for renewable energy is often slowed by issues with potential environmental damage, species concerns and funding. When it comes to wind energy, opposition is often concerned with noise, health effects and most often the appearance of the turbines themselves. The company of Banks Renewables have recently proposed to build a small wind farm on moorlands in West Yorkshire. Wind Power
Eco Friendly Daily
MAY 23, 2014
Despite fluctuations in the economy renewable energy continues to grow, albeit not as quickly as some may like. The project, Spring Valley Wind, has been accused of being fast-tracked by the government without proper environmental assessments performed. The Bureau of Land Management does in fact own the land the Spring Valley Wind project is expected to be built upon, an 8,565 acre area. Despite the on-going appeal, the Spring Valley Wind project is continuing.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 9, 2015
Morocco and Egypt have strong climate action plans and Jordan has the largest wind farm in the region, but due to their silence, their climate action and their reputations are being undermined. We are asking Arab countries who are leading in renewable energy to take the initiative in moving ahead with an ambitious agreement,” PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance representative and CAN Arab World Coordinator Chakri Said said in a press release.
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