Wave energy hydropower developer Ocean Power Technologies Inc. has won a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of the next generation of OPT’s PowerBuoy ocean energy hydropower device.
The DOE grant will help fund the scale-up of the power output per PowerBuoy from the current level
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Ventower Industries has broken ground on its 115,000 ft2, state of the art, wind-tower manufacturing facility. Earlier this year, the company’s design, the Ventower, won an advanced-energy manufacturing tax credit under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The company was one of 12 to received support from Michigan’s congressional
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A nonprofit organization advocating for farmers and ranchers recently released a study analyzing available data and cost-benefit studies to assess the effects of legislation aimed at the changing climate and agricultural economies of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. American Farmland Trust or AFT, Washington, D.C., sponsored the research to advance
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A portable mill can machine wind towers that now have diameters from 10 to 14 ft, and to a surface-flatness tolerance of 0.002 in. The Climax CM6000 mill can also create a 60 rms micro finish, exceeding the current requirements of the wind-power industry and in particular tower fabricator Hitachi Canadian
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A family of enclosure lights, including compact LED and fluorescent versions, come in versatile and easy-to-install packages. Panelite LED and Fluorescent Lights, from Pentair Technical Products, Anoka, Minn., are for quick installation in any enclosure. Their efficient design fits easily inside enclosures where space is often a premium. Terminal blocks
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire the semiconductor business of Polovodiče a.s. in the Czech Republic.
The additional production capacity for high-power semiconductors will help ABB to cope with the expected rising demand fueled by growth in renewable energy and efforts to improve energy efficiency.
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division has been awarded a 60-million euro contract in India by state utility Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited.
California, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
When A123Systems saw its shares jump more than 50 percent in a successful Nasdaq debut back in September, some industry insiders expected it would be the first of a bevy of big energy-storage headlines. Instead, energy storage seems to have fallen out of the limelight, getting nothing near
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Plainville, CT – That new twinkle in the eyes of switchgear end-users, consultants and specifiers-people with major concerns or oversight of mission-critical electrical loads-may be elation over the new AKD-20 Low-Voltage Switchgear from GE Consumer & Industrial’s Electrical Distribution business. It is GE’s answer to the widely held assumption held by many oil, gas and commercial construction professionals that greater arc-flash protection comes at the expense of selectivity.
HOUSTON, TX – Results of the first and only direct fish survival study performed on a hydrokinetic turbine show that the technology is extraordinarily fish friendly. The hydrokinetic power turbine utilized for the study was designed and manufactured by Hydro Green Energy, LLC, which also operates the unit at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock
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