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EDF Renewable Energy Signs Wind & Solar PPAs To Supply 600 Megawatts
Energy company EDF Renewable Energy has this week reportedly signed two separate Power Purchase Agreements for solar and wind energy projects that together total 600 megawatts. On Wednesday, US independent power producer EDF Renewable Energy announced that it had signed…
450 Megawatts Of Solar Capacity Commissioned At 1 Gigawatt Indian Solar Park
A large-scale solar power park in southern India is slowly reaching its planned capacity of 1 gigawatt as more and more developers commission their projects. The Kurnool solar power park, owned by India’s largest power generating company, has reached an…
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…
California Named US State With Worst Air Quality, Yet Again
The state of California has again been named by the American Lung Association as the US state with the worst air quality — mostly as a result of having the highest ozone/smog levels out of any state in the country,…
Flights Cancelled In Phoenix Because Of Extreme Heat (+118° Fahrenheit)
The intense heat wave that’s been gripping much of the western US in recent days has actually forced the cancellation of a number of flights out of Phoenix, Arizona — owing to the simple fact that the Bombardier CRJ aircraft…
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…
Domestic Appliances Guzzle Far More Energy than Advertised – EU Survey
TVs, dishwashers and fridge freezers have been found to guzzle up to twice as much energy as advertised on their energy labels, in a wide-ranging EU product survey. When tested under real-world conditions, the €400,000, 18-month investigation found widespread overshooting…