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Lynn wind farm (Credit: Centrica)

Mitsubishi to invest £100 million in UK wind turbine project

Mitsubishi to invest £100 million in UK wind turbine project

Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe has signed an agreement today with the UK Government signalling its intention to invest up to £100 million in a wind turbine project.

US wind potential higher than previously thought

US wind potential higher than previously thought

A new survey of US wind resources by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory puts the generation potential three times higher than previous estimates.

Credit: NREL

US utilities increase spending on energy efficiency 43%

US utilities increase spending on energy efficiency 43%

US utilities last year increased spending on energy efficiency programmes by 43% reaching $5.3 billion, according to the Consortium for Energy Efficiency.

IBM and Johnson Controls join forces to create smart buildings

IBM and Johnson Controls join forces to create smart buildings

IBM and Johnson Controls have announced plans to join forces to make buildings smarter, reducing energy and water use.

UK opposition party outlines energy policy

UK opposition party outlines energy policy

Leader of the opposition Conservative Party, David Cameron, said his government would inspire consumers to use less when he outlined his vision for the country’s energy policy earlier this week.

Monfragüe sewage treatment plant, Cáceres, Spain. Credit: Naturaleza Fragüe

Putting waste to work could generate 7% of Spain’s electricity

Putting waste to work could generate 7% of Spain’s electricity

Urban solid waste, sludge from water treatment plants and livestock slurry could be used to generate up to 7% of Spain’s electricity, say researchers.

Credit: National Grid

US needs utility engineers, says National Grid

US needs utility engineers, says National Grid

US utilities could be facing a crisis in the next five years unless something is done to attract new engineers to the industry, says National Grid.

$1.4 billion loan for BrightSource Energy’s solar power plant

$1.4 billion loan for BrightSource Energy’s solar power plant

BrightSource Energy is to go ahead with three utility-scale concentrated solar power plants thanks to over $1.37 billion in loan guarantees from the US Department of Energy.

Jonathan Kimball of Missouri University of Science and Technology. (Credit: B. A. Rupert.)

Solar panels work better in parallel, says researcher

Solar panels work better in parallel, says researcher

US researcher Jonathan Kimball says arrays of solar panels could be more energy efficient and reliable if connected in parallel rather than in series.

Credit: Jack Kelly Clark UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resource

New research could yield better biofuel

New research could yield better biofuel

New research in the US could yield better biofuel from oilseed crops like safflower and waste material like orange peel.