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Trina Solar Modules Now Producing Electricity At India’s 2nd Largest Solar Power Project
Trina Solar recently issued a press release boasting of the fact that its solar modules have started feeding electricity to the grid in India from a large-scale project of SB Energy, a joint venture company of Softbank, Foxconn Technology and…
Major New Irish Wind Farms Come Online
The power grid in Ireland and Northern Ireland has received a major green energy boost this week, after three wind power projects came online. Gaelectric will today officially open the Inishative and Cregganconroe wind farms in Northern Ireland, which together…
NB Power announces expansion of Kent Hills wind farm
NB Power has announced an expansion of the Kent Hills wind farm in Albert County. The expansion will see TransAlta build five new wind turbines, in addition to the 50 already on the site, which will add 17.25 megawatts of…
World Bank Commits $54.4 Million To Reliable Electricity & Renewables In Mongolia
The World Bank announced last week that it would contribute $54.4 million in financing to help the Mongolian government address important electricity reliability issues while also supporting the development of the country’s first large-scale solar PV power plant. The landlocked…
Middle East & Africa Wind Capacity Set To Increase By 40 Gigawatts By 2026, Predicts MAKE
New wind power capacity in the Middle East and Africa region in 2016 amounted to 676 megawatts, but MAKE Consulting expects the region’s capacity to skyrocket over the next decade, with an expected 40 gigawatts being installed between 2017 to…
Report: Community Energy Projects Powering 130,000 UK Homes
More than 200 community energy organisations are now operating enough solar, hydro and wind schemes across the UK to power 130,000 homes, a new analysis of the nascent sector has revealed. The first ever Community Energy State of the Sector…
Michigan to Fast-Track Tuscola County Wind-Farm Expansion Project
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a proposal by Consumers Energy Co. to accelerate the expansion of its wind-farm project in Tuscola County. In 2016, the Commission approved Consumers purchasing 19 wind-turbine generators for its Cross Winds Energy…