Headline News:
- Principle Power’s 2-MW WindFloat prototype floating turbine, installed 5 km off Portugal, completed five years of testing. The company said the prototype has met or exceeded all design expectations. Despite high waves and winds, WindFloat delivered 17 GWh of electricity. [reNews]
Windfloat turbine. Principle Power image.
- A raft of new companies have pledged to source 100% renewable energy as part of a RE100 initiative that will be galvanised by a government-led push to promote the renewables revolution to 1,000 businesses. The new campaign is led by Denmark and Germany. [edie.net]
- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced today it will participate in the US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s auction for a commercial offshore wind energy lease off the coast of Long Island. [Long Island Exchange]
- Appalachian Power announced an agreement to buy of 120 MW of new wind generation. The 20-year purchased power agreement will bring its total wind generation to 495 MW. A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources will provide the power from a planned Indiana wind farm. [WCYB]
- According to analysis published this week by Australia’s Clean Energy Council, momentum is building for the country’s renewable energy sector. To meet the 2020 target, approximately 6000 MW of new capacity must be installed; 10,600 MW of projects have been approved, and more is coming. [CleanTechnica]
For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.
from Green Energy Times http://www.greenenergytimes.net/2016/06/03/june-3-green-energy-news-4/
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