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World?s First 24/7 Solar Power Plant Powers 75,000 Homes
2016-06-21 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco Watch: SolarReserve`s Crescent Dunes Project in Tonopah, Nevada is quietly providing clean, green solar energy to 75,000 homes in the Silver State even when the sun isn`t shining. Crescent Dunes is the first utility-scale facility in the world to use molten salt for power energy storage capabilities, a technology also known as concentrated solar. With a concentrated solar plant such as Crescent Dunes--including other plants like it around the world--more than 10,000 movable mirrors, or heliostats,...
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Californias Last Nuclear Power Plant Could Close
2016-06-21 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: California, among the first states to embrace nuclear energy in the 1950s, may be breaking things off for good. Under a proposal announced on Tuesday, Pacific Gas and Electric would shutter the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the states last operating nuclear facility, and would compensate for the lost output with technologies that do not emit greenhouse gases, including renewable energy. The proposal, part of an agreement with environmental and labor groups, is intended to help meet Californias aggressive...
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PSEG Invests in Switching Station, Power Plant for Resiliency
2016-06-15 21:43:00| Transmission & Distribution World
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac joined PSEG Chairman and CEO Ralph Izzo for a groundbreaking and dedication event read more
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Beni Suef Combined Cycle Power Plant
2016-06-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Beni Suef is a new combined-cycle natural gas power plant being built by Siemens for the Egyptian Government, as a part of the Egypt Megaproject. The 4.8GW power plant will be located in Beni Suef in the southern part of the country, approximately 11
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Sustainable energy: inside Icelands geothermal power plant
2016-05-29 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thanks to its position on a volatile section of the Mid-Atlantic ridge, Iceland is a world leader in the the use of geothermal energy, and of the six geothermal power plants in Iceland, Hellisheii (pronounced het-li-shay-thee) is the newest and largest. Fully operational since 2010, it sits on the mossy slopes of the Hengill volcano in the south-west of the country; a green and placid-looking landscape that belies the turbulent geological activity rumbling beneath it. To access the potential...
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