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World's First Wave Farm to be in Portugal

Ocean Power Delivery Ltd. (OPD)announced it secured a contract to build the initial phase of the world’s first commercial wave-farm to generate renewable electricity from ocean waves. The purchase order is from a Portuguese consortium, led by Enersis, and the initial phase will consist of three ‘Pelamis’ P-750 machines located 5km off Portugal’s northern coast, near to Pvoa de Varzim. The ?8m project will have an installed capacity of 2.25MW, and is expected to meet the average electricity demand of more than 1,500 Portuguese households whilst displacing more than 6,000 tonnes per year of carbon dioxide emissions from conventional generating plant. A letter of intent has also been issued to order a further 30 Pelamis machines (20MW) before the end of 2006 subject to satisfactory performance of the initial phase. The project is being supplied by Ocean Power Delivery – Portugal S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of OPD with full rights to manufacture Pelamis machines in Portugal. Construction will begin immediately. Richard Yemm, Managing Director of OPD, said: “This is a significant milestone for our company and for wave energy. We see this order as just the first step in developing the Portuguese market, which has the potential to be […]

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Shanghai Seeks Clean Energy Rather Than Coal

Facing an increasing power shortage, the city is seeing an urgent need to optimize its coal-based energy structure and is encouraging the development and use of clean energy. On Tuesday, six local big companies and leading universities established a consortium for clean energy. Among them were Shanghai Huayi Group, Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Tongji University. In addition, the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Territory and the Shanghai Technology and Science Commission came to a memorandum of understanding and built a hydrogen research centre. Under that MoU, the two sides have initiated energy studies in the area of innovative coal and biomass-based electricity, hydrogen production and fuel cells. “Italy has the expertise in clean energy, especially in efficiency and hydrogen. We are glad to work with Shanghai,” said Corrado Clini, director-general of the ministry. Clini revealed that a building demonstrating the use of clean energy would be a showcase in the World Expo Park in Shanghai by 2010 where visitors may see vehicles using fuel cells, a hydrogen- power centre to provide clean energy for air-conditioning systems, warm water and other functional uses. “Energy security and clean energy are very critical for the city’s continued […]

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ABC's Extreme Home Makeover Goes Green

Be sure to watch the season finale episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” on Sunday, May 22 at 7:00PM ET. The two-hour show will highlight a unique renewable energy system, the first of its kind in Arizona. PV Powered of Bend, Oregon, along with Sun Power Corporation (CA), Perfect Power (AZ), Unirac (NM) and The Good Power Company (AZ) were chosen to coordinate, design and install a state-of-the-art, 2kW PV generation system for the deserving family’s new home. The system uses a combination of the highest efficiency inverter (PV Powered) and modules (Sun Power) available today. As an added bonus, Southwest Windpower installed a 1kW wind turbine to augment the home’s PV system. With an abundance of sunshine and wind available in Flagstaff, the home will receive 65-75% of its energy needs through clean, green renewable sources, and the Piestewa Family will see a significant decrease in energy costs. The addition of a grid-connected wind power system made this the first hybrid PV/wind system installed in the state. The deserving new homeowners, the Piestewa Family, consist of the surviving parents and children of Army PFC Lori Piestewa. Lori was killed on March 23, 2003 during an ambush on her […]

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Be sure to watch the season finale episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” on Sunday, May 22 at 7:00PM ET. The two-hour show will highlight a unique renewable energy system, the first of its kind in Arizona. PV Powered of Bend, Oregon, along with Sun Power Corporation (CA), Perfect Power (AZ), Unirac (NM) and The Good Power Company (AZ) were chosen to coordinate, design and install a state-of-the-art, 2kW PV generation system for the deserving family’s new home. The system uses a combination of the highest efficiency inverter (PV Powered) and modules (Sun Power) available today. As an added bonus, Southwest Windpower installed a 1kW wind turbine to augment the home’s PV system. With an abundance of sunshine and wind available in Flagstaff, the home will receive 65-75% of its energy needs through clean, green renewable sources, and the Piestewa Family will see a significant decrease in energy costs. The addition of a grid-connected wind power system made this the first hybrid PV/wind system installed in the state. The deserving new homeowners, the Piestewa Family, consist of the surviving parents and children of Army PFC Lori Piestewa. Lori was killed on March 23, 2003 during an ambush on her […]

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