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The web giant said it will invest $100m ($61m ) in Shepherds Flat, which is projected to be the largest wind farm in the world. It will be able to generate 845MW and supply enough energy for 235,000 average US homes when it comes online in 2012. GE Energy Financial Services and Caithness Energy are existing owners of the project near Arlington, Oregon, which will take up about 30 square miles. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2011/04/19/google-blows-100m-on-wind-farm-40092560/?s_cid=938
New Rules On Price Hikes For Energy Firms Gas and electricity suppliers will have to give customers 30 days' notice before increasing prices under new regulations which come into force today. Read on Sky News
A $44 million large-scale battery system proposed for a wind farm in Texas could be a “game-changer” for wind energy, an industry spokesman says. Yet others in the wind power industry and the natural gas power industry, which provides a lot of fill-in power for wind energy, aren’t quite as excited. The 36-gigawatt battery system — the largest known system tied to a wind farm — is slated for installation at the Duke Energy Corp.-owned 153-megawatt Notrees wind project. Such...
Greenpeace published a study on energy consumption and choices made by IT companies including Akamai, Amazon.com (Amazon Web Services), Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo, entitled “How Dirty Is Your Data?”. The study roundly criticizes the sector, especially Facebook, for using “dirty energy” — power produced from hydrocarbon based sources, especially coal — to meet growing IT demand. It also criticized companies for concealing details about their own, overall energy footprint and practices...
In my time as a chronicler of things green and sustainable, I have seen Greenpeace take on several very high-level issues — including a push for sustainable seafood harvesting practices that has helped change the polices of almost 20 high-profile grocery and special food retailers. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/is-the-cloud-green-or-not-greenpeace-scrutinizes-10-giants/17151
Emirate is looking to develop export capacity. Dubai is looking into developing its capacity to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the intention of turning the emirate into a gas trading and transport hub serving the Asian market.We have begun to talk about how we might form a gas hub, said Paul Mason, manager of government-owned Dubai Supply Authority (Dusup), told delegates at the Dubai Global Energy Forum.We have the ability to import LNG but not the ability to export, so that might be the logical next step...
When commodities trading it is often important to understand the commodity you are planning to trade, particularly who makes it, who buys it, and what factors are likely to affect supply and demand. This will frequently drive the price. It pays to do a little homework, especially if you are thinking of trading anything other than oil or gold, which tend to be the most popular commodity spread bet markets. In this article we take a closer look at what has been powering prices for natural gas recently. Natural...
International energy price reporting agency Argus has gained a place in the "The Sunday Times PwC Profit Track 100" for the fourth time, a record-equalling achievement. Only two other companies have appeared in the rankings four times. This annual league table ranks Britain's leading 100 private-sector companies with the fastest-growing profits, based on their latest three years of available accounts. The league table is published in full in today's Sunday Times. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Argus-Equals-Record...
Google has announced yet another major wind power investment and Facebook is dipping its toes into solar power. Google announced yesterday a $100 million investment in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Oregon. The massive wind power facility, expected to be the largest onshore plant in the world upon completion, will generate 845 MW of clean electricity - enough to power more than 235,000 homes. http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=1466
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