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Japan Says Farewell to Nuclear Power and Welcomes Wind Power

Mike Sandru — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:46:20 +0000

Japan is planning to switch from nuclear power to renewable energy in the near future. This news probably doesn't come as a surprise, given the country's recent nuclear disaster. The population itself is so shaken with the events that two thirds of it are now supporting the government's project to invest in wind and solar power. The idea is to make Japan rely entirely on renewable sources by 2050, which is a pretty high standard from what it has today.

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Vestas Sees Bright Future for Romania's Wind Energy Sector

Mike Sandru — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:06:06 +0000

Vestas, one of the world's largest wind turbine producers, is expecting a boom in wind energy growth in Romania and also believes that the wind energy sector will have a significant progress in the following years. The capital of Romania, Bucharest, will be the place where the company wants to locate its new Eastern European hub.

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France Invests Ten Billion Euros In Their First Offshore Wind Project

Mike Sandru — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:23:02 +0000

The aim is to build 600 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 3,000 megawatts, said French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He did not specify where these plants will be located.

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New Chinese Technology To Reuse Irradiated Nuclear Fuel

Mike Sandru — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:07:11 +0000

According to China Central Television, Chinese scientists have made a discovery in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology stating that the uranium supplies might end soon. China's proven uranium sources will last for only half a century or so, but the technology produced by China National Nuclear Corp gives the country the opportunity to re-use the irradiated nuclear fuel.

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45 Percent of Portugal's Energy Comes from Renewable Sources

Mike Sandru — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:40:25 +0000

Five years ago, Portugal's government promised that by 2010, 45% of the country's energy will come from renewable sources (then, only 17 percent of Portugal's grid came from renewables). Sounds impossible, but it's true.

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Aegir: Scotland's Largest Wave Power Project

Cristi — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:01:26 +0000

Just recently, Scotland-based energy developer Pelamis has signed a joint-venture with the European energy giant Vattenfall, for the huge energy project off Scotland's Shetland Islands. The costs of the project rise to almost $100 million.

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Harvesting Solar Power in Spain With Very Efficient 30 Year Old Technologies

Cristi — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:41:38 +0000

Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables have teamed up to build two 50MW concentrating solar power plants in Spain. With a total investment of around 550 million Euro, Helioenergy 1 & 2 will harvest solar power in the best area in Europe in terms of solar radiation: Ecija Seville in Southern Spain. Helioenergy 1 […]

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GEM Machine Produces Energy and Heat from Garbage

Cristi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:13:48 +0000

The company IST Energy has developed a shipping container called Green Energy Machine (GEM) which can turn trash into electricity and heat. The machine is very useful for office parks, universities, hospitals and town municipality which could get their electricity from their own garbage disposal. A major factor is reduced costs from garbage disposal and as well reduced CO2 emissions from combustion. The machine does pollute as it's using a process called gasification but not as much as combustion.

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