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California invests $90 million in clean energy manufacturing
California’s Energy Commission yesterday announced a $90 million investment in clean energy manufacturing.
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
A new survey of US wind resources by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory puts the generation potential three times higher than previous estimates.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
EU expects to meet 20% renewables target by 2020
The EU will meet or slightly exceed its 20% renewable energy target by 2020, according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association.