Posts tagged: renewable energy

Over Half of Germany’s Renewable Energy Owned By Citizens & Farmers

Courtesy: Thomas Kohler/treehugger.com   Germany‘s promotion of renewable energy rightly gets singled out for its effectiveness, most often by me as an example of how to do things well versus the fits and starts method of promotion common in the US. Over at Wind-Works, Paul Gipe points out another interesting facet of the German renewable [...]

Saturday January 14th, 2012 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Inexpensive Clean Energy for New Jersey High-Rise

Courtesy: toonaripost.com American DG Energy, a leading On?Site Utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, healthcare, housing and athletic facilities, has reached an agreement to supply clean energy to Governor Paterson Towers, a 225 unit, 30 story, residential high-rise, located in Paterson, New Jersey. Under the terms of the agreement, Governor Paterson [...]

Friday January 13th, 2012 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Former Real Estate Company Moves Into Clean Energy Production

Cal-Bay International, Inc. has announced the company has finalized the process of revising the company’s real estate and land lease acquisition business plan along with the future direction for the production of “Alternative Fuels & Clean Energy” from subsidiary companies. The company is moving forward with the previously planned acquisition of an established Land Development [...]

Wednesday January 11th, 2012 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

China’s State Grid And BYD Launch World’s Largest Battery Energy Storage Station

ZHANGBEI, CHINA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have finished construction on what may be the world’s largest battery energy storage station. this large utility-scale project, located in Zhangbei, Hebei Province, combines 140 Mega-Watts of renewable energy generation (both wind & solar), 36 Mega-Watt-Hours (MWh) of energy storage and a smart [...]

Tuesday January 10th, 2012 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Germany: Solar Power Output Increases by 60 Percent in 2011

By:  Shamsiah Ali-Oettinger The German Solar Industry Association (BSW) has announced that German solar power producers have increased electricity output this year by 60 percent over 2010 to 18 billion kWh. This is more than three percent of total power output volumes. The solar sector has already produced enough electricity to power approximately 5.1 million [...]

Tuesday January 3rd, 2012 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »