Tuesday, May 31, 2016

May 31 Green Energy News

Headline News:

  • The currents of the Bay of Fundy would easily generate enough power for all of Atlantic Canada’s needs, but have been too monstrously strong to be tamed. Now, Cape Sharp Tidal is betting on two turbines it will start installing in June. Each 2-MW turbine weighs 1,000 tonnes. [Globalnews.ca]
A turbine being built for the Cape Sharp Tidal project. Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press.

A turbine being built for the Cape Sharp Tidal project. Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press.

  • UK-based company Renovare Fuels Limited has co-invented technology which can convert landfill gas into high-quality clean energy in the form of liquid diesel and gasoline fuel suitable for all motor vehicles. This would allow landfill operators to sell the fuel for vehicles. [Renewable Energy Focus]
  • The electric bus market has been singled out as a potential game changer for battery development, due to growing e-bus demand and the need for sizeable batteries to power them. A report highlights the prospects of this industry and the significant role being played by China. [Power Technology]
  • Wind energy is growing faster than any other type of energy generation in the USA. The American Wind Energy Association is clearly proud of the results achieved over the last five years: The installed capacity more than doubled over five years, to almost 74 GW at the end of 2015. [Sun & Wind Energy]
  • Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd will set up a 20-MW solar project in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has proposed to install about 50-MW of solar PVs on Attam Pahar, South Andaman and at Kishorie Nagar, North Andaman. [Business Standard]

For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.



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