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Keys to yesterdays GESI's update released:
Green Energy Solution Industries Announces Conclusion for Renewable Energy Project Funding
"...GESI’s project funding has been confirmed."
"We have secured the funds to complete and pursue this Joint Venture with GESI..."
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=57013188
There it is in black and white, confirmed, completed, concluded. What was this funding agreement again?
"...$50M irrevocable funding, for the construction of a gasification facility which will utilize waste railway ties for production of Green Electricity in Alberta, Canada. "
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=55746757
Say that out loud to yourself right now: $50 MILLION EQUITY FUNDING AGREEMENT!
So, why build a gasification facility to produce electricity?
"...to achieve a projected $9,000,000 (Canadian Dollars) revenue from sales of electricity through peak pricing through direct marketing of the energy by application and participation as a direct wholesale market participant for sales of electricity into the Alberta market."
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=52759118
A $50 million asset coupled with at a potential of $9 million in revenue generated annually...it becomes easier to see the big picture valuation potential for GESI as a long term investment. And this is only taking into consideration one gasification facilty. We haven't even touched on expansion once this first facility is up and running.
Building Turbines Signs Letter of Engagement With the Accounting Firm of MaloneBailey, to Complete Full Financial Audit, With...
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=55958348&symbol=BLDW
BLDW
Building Turbines' New Partner ATG-LED, Announces Sale of Approximately $250,000 to Physicians Center Project, in Houston, TX
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=55938666&symbol=BLDW
Low floater, moves with ease.
Share Structure
Market Value1 $6,198,962 a/o Jan 18, 2013
Shares Outstanding 182,322,416 a/o Sep 30, 2012
Float 10,382,824 a/o Jun 30, 2011
Authorized Shares 500,000,000 a/o Sep 30, 2012
Par Value 0.001
http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BLDW/company-info
BLDW
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DESC - 3 contracts & a new CFO.
In the last 2 weeks, DESC has announced 3 contracts and
hired a new CFO. Things are getting on firm footing over there.
DESC NEWS - signed a contract with Shell Hydrogen LLC !!!!!!! (Not rated) 5 minutes ago Station to Use Advanced Electrolysis Technology for Onsite Hydrogen Generation
WALLINGFORD, Conn., Oct 16, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. (DESC), announced today that its hydrogen technology group has signed a contract with Shell Hydrogen LLC, part of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-B) to install a hydrogen fueling system in the New York City metropolitan area. The contract will showcase Proton's onsite hydrogen generation technology for vehicle fueling.
The fueling system, based on proton exchange membrane electrolysis technology, converts electrical energy and water into hydrogen fuel, to then be stored on-site and safely dispensed into clean and efficient hydrogen- fueled automobiles.
The installation of this system represents another opportunity for Proton to demonstrate the performance of its technology in harsher winter climates. By carefully monitoring this system, the companies will be able to compare the New York area installation's performance against several similar Proton installations located in warmer and colder climates.
As the prime contractor to Shell for this installation, Proton will be responsible for project design, equipment procurement, site preparation, and installation and commissioning. Air Products (APD) will be a major subcontractor on the project and supply the compression, storage and dispensing equipment.
"Working with organizations such as Shell and Air Products to showcase our hydrogen fueling technology is the right kind of collaboration," says Rob Friedland, senior vice president of Proton's Hydrogen Technology Group. "The station will support ongoing efforts to demonstrate the technology in challenging environments, enhance efficiencies and improve the engineering of an integrated system design."
Proton Energy Systems is providing its hydrogen experience and expertise to the project and will supply the fueling system with a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer capable of producing 12 kilograms of hydrogen per day. The electrolyzer is expected to represent in part the future of on-site hydrogen generation for fueling stations with a retail-centric focus.
About Proton/HTG
Proton Energy's Hydrogen Technology Group is part of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. (DESC) . Proton Energy offers state-of-the-art PEM electrolysis-based fueling stations for light and heavy duty vehicles, including automobiles, forklifts, and buses. These stations are simple to install and operate, deliver high purity hydrogen, and can be integrated with renewable power sources to offer a zero emissions transportation fuel. Please contact our fueling team at 203.678.2351 and online at http://www.protonenergy.com/company/hyd-... to learn more.
U.N. approves sanctions. NK Declares = "Act of War"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061014/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear
NK Declares = "Act of War"
Could send Energy stocks through the roof.
Here is the act of War stuff - just heard on the radio and took a while to confirm on the web.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4250732.html
Deloitte's Connecticut Technology Fast 50 Ranking
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-07-2005/0004163695&...
DESC #2 Baby!!!!
Rank Company Name City 5-Year % Growth
1 Webloyalty.com Norwalk 25,556%
2 Distributed Energy Systems Corp Wallingford 3,109%
3 Genaissance Pharmaceuticals Inc. New Haven 2,678%
4 Adeptra Norwalk 2,116%
5 mPhase Technologies, Inc. Norwalk 1,561%
6 Enamics Stamford 1,098%
7 igxglobal Rocky Hill 684%
8 Premise Development Corporation Hartford 586%
9 Perimeter Internetworking Milford 540%
10 Open Solutions Inc. Glastonbury 430%
11 Epath Learning New London 400%
12 Electro Energy, Inc. Danbury 322%
13 Vbrick Wallingford 285%
14 DSL.net, Inc. New Haven 285%
15 APS Technology, Inc Cromwell 254%
16 On Site Gas Systems, Inc Newington 238%
17 NYFIX Inc. Stamford 213%
18 Greenfield Online Wilton 194%
19 TriVin, Inc Groton 162%
20 Revonet New Canaan 132%
21 ShopTech Industrial Software Glastonbury 103%
22 HSS, Inc. (Ingenix) Hamden 100%
23 FactSet Research Systems Norwalk 99%
24 TigerNet Systems Stamford 99%
25 DiaSys Corporation Waterbury 98%
26 Competitive Technologies, Inc. Fairfield 95%
27 AutomationSolutions Hartford 91%
28 ATMI, Inc. Danbury 86%
29 NetKey, Inc. Bramford 76%
30 Megadata Corporation Greenwich 66%
31 Inframat Corporation Farmington 65%
32 CAS Medical Systems Inc. Branford 64%
33 SS&C Technologies, Inc. Windsor 60%
34 Alliance Group Services Inc. Westport 58%
35 Bio-Med Devices Guilford 53%
36 FuelCell Energy, Inc. Danbury 52%
37 Nerac, Inc. Tolland 47%
38 General Digital Corporation South Windsor 45%
39 Westbrook Technologies Branford 43%
40 Zygo Corporation Middlefield 40%
41 Hubbell Incorporated Orange 40%
42 Jupitermedia Corporation Darien 38%
43 Daticon, Inc. Norwich 37%
44 Qualtech Systems, Inc. Wethersfield 34%
45 EDGAR Online, Inc. Norwalk 32%
46 Triple Point Technology, Inc. Westport 31%
47 Memry Corporation Bethel 28%
48 Pitney Bowes Inc. Stamford 28%
49 Citizens Communications Stamford 22%
50 Photronics, Inc. Brookfield 19%
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Quebec invests in Wind Power .............
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/RTGAM/20041004/windpower1004
Canada lagging badly on geopower
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&a...
Time to give windmills a spin
Turbines dotting the landscape across Canada
But we still trail Europe in tapping the wind's energy
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid...
A new cash cow for Huron farmers
Wind turbines generate $5,000 per 1.5 acres
No wonder farms are lining up to play host to one
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid...
Coal-to-liquid fuel offers answer to energy woes
By David Dapice
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,262187,00.html?
AMID continuing violence in the Middle East, the issue of energy security is again on the front burner. With oil prices rising to a peak of US$40 (S$68) a barrel, countries have been looking at alternative energy with a greater urgency. This heightened sense of urgency, fortunately, has come at a time when there is evidence that a new approach using existing resources and technology can provide alternative energy to many countries.
A glimmer of good news recently appeared: China signed an agreement with Sasol, a South African energy and chemicals firm, to build two coal-to-liquid fuel plants in China. These plants, costing US$3 billion each, are reported by the Financial Times to jointly produce 60 million tonnes of liquid fuel (440 million barrels) a year. Since China imported 100 million tonnes of oil last year, these plants would give China much control over its domestic energy situation, though its demand is growing fast.
The raw material and capital costs of a barrel of fuel would fall under US$10 and other costs would not bring total costs over US$15.
Coal resources of one trillion tonnes are widely distributed around the world. Many countries, including China, India, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, South Africa, the United States and Australia have extensive coal deposits that would last 100 years or more at current rates of exploitation. But coal is a highly polluting fuel when burned directly and also emits a lot of global-warming carbon dioxide.
The Sasol technology, a third-generation Fischer-Tropsch process, was developed in Germany and used in World War II, and later in South Africa. (Steam and oxygen are passed over coke at high temperatures and pressures; hydrogen and carbon monoxide are produced and then reassembled into liquid fuels.)
It has long been too expensive to compete with standard crude oil. On the plus side, sulphur and other pollutants such as ash and mercury are removed - the sulphur can be sold as a by-product - and carbon dioxide is segregated and can be injected underground. If hydrogen is needed for fuel cells, these plants can also provide it. In the near term, the petrol and diesel produced are high grade and clean, meeting even future 'clean diesel' requirements of the United States.
The real question is if these plants can be built and reliably produce fuels for less than US$20 a barrel. Sasol already produces 150,000 barrels a day from coal. (Conversion from natural gas is cheaper and Sasol is in the process of switching its feedstock to gas in South Africa.) Each of the Chinese plants would be four times as large as the existing Sasol plant, and scaling up can involve difficulties. If Sasol can make these larger plants work at the publicised costs, this technology could be used by many other nations - rich and poor - who are willing to forego periods of very cheap oil for more security. (Indeed, even oil-producing Indonesia is looking into a coal-to-liquids plant as it now imports oil.)
This technology also works in converting coal to natural gas at a cost of US$3 to US$3.50 per million BTUs (British thermal units). Since current natural-gas prices in the US are roughly double that, it would appear that coal-to-gas is also an economically viable technology.
The coal-to-liquid technology would compete with the evolving tar-sands technology being expanded in Canada. This technology involves the production, either by mining or extracting with steam, of heavy oil trapped in sand. The heavy oil is then massaged into more valuable fuels. This source already accounts for a quarter of Canada's 3.2 million barrels per day output. It requires natural gas to heat the tar and is energy intensive, but still has production costs of under US$20 a barrel.
Tar-sand reserves are estimated at over 250 billion barrels. These and similar technologies would allow much more plentiful isolated natural-gas reserves, coal and tar sand to be converted into liquid fuels. The long-predicted decline in petroleum production could be delayed for decades or more, and the geopolitics of energy would be rewritten at something close to or below current crude-oil costs.
Is there a downside to rapidly adopting these technologies? Yes, from a global welfare perspective. Now, onshore oil-production costs are usually under US$5 a barrel. If prices are higher, somebody (the country owning the oil or the company producing it) gets the difference between the price and the cost. If we switch to US$15-$20 costs from these other technologies, then there is no surplus of price over cost, or a much smaller one. To use an economic phrase, the 'rent' on oil production is destroyed in a quest for self-sufficiency.
While true, the instability in oil prices - as well as the threat of terrorist disruptions to supply - are such that many nations might be happy to use their own resources to produce this vital input. They are no worse off if oil can be produced at US$20 a barrel, unless the price temporarily plunges below that level as it did in the late 1990s. A stable price and supply prevents very expensive disruptions.
None of this answers critics who are properly concerned with global warming. Subsidies to hybrid or other highly efficient vehicles are probably needed to reduce emissions. In the longer term, fuel cells burning hydrogen and producing only water as a waste product are promising, but still far from being economically feasible.
Overall, the coal-to-liquid technology is only one element of an integrated programme that is needed to deal with fuel security, local pollution and global-warming issues. But, even alone, it could bring an element of stability to world oil prices and thus also to the global economy. In addition, if it redirects efforts from geopolitical competition and even conflict to investment and efficiency, it is a welcome development.
The writer is an associate professor of economics at Tufts University. Rights: YaleGlobal Online, www.yaleglobal.yale.edu
India calls for German support for renewable energy
http://pepei.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&Category=INDUS&PUBLICATI...
16 July 2004 - Indian industry is inviting German businesses to cooperate in setting up joint ventures for tapping the potential in the renewable energy sector.
Pointing that India would require Rs 9000bn ($194bn) investment to achieve the required additional 100 000 MW of energy by 2012, Chairman of industry body FICCI's renewable committee Rakesh Bakshi said "only a miniscule 3.5 per cent of 110 000 MW energy in the country comes from renewable sources".
He said the four thrust areas of Indo-German collaboration in renewable energy could be wind energy, biomass, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal.
The industry also invited German participation in environment market, which is growing at 10-12 per cent with an estimated market size of $13-14bn by 2005.
At an interactive session with German business leaders, Central Pollution Control Board member secretary B Sengupta sought German participation in environmental technology.
"We require German collaboration in direct reduction of iron ore in steel making, clean coal technology, fly-ash control, hazardous waste management and others," he said.
Crystal options for nuclear waste
By Jo Twist
BBC News Online science and technology staff
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3896463.stm
Storing radioactive waste in a safe form is one of the biggest problems facing the nuclear industry.
The UK's Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has talked about a possible renaissance of nuclear power generation as a means to combat global warming.
Many greens are even thinking the unthinkable for the same reason - the evils of climate change could weigh more heavily on the planet than the nuclear dangers they have traditionally warned about.
But any resurgence would also have to include a long-term solution to that waste issue - not just for newly created radioactive products but for all the spent fuel rods and associated materials that have been kept in storage, in various forms, since Britain's Magnox reactor programme began in the 1950s.
People won't accept nuclear power until you deal with waste... It is a problem that lasts for so long, it becomes a moral issue
Science believes it is moving towards that goal - by finding new containment technologies that could lock away even high-level radioactive waste for thousands of years.
Currently, after a period of temporary storage, when the most radioactive products have had a chance to decay, high-level waste from spent nuclear fuel is encased in a borosilicate glass and sealed in stainless steel drums.
But this is really only a short-term solution because the radiation emitted by the waste will slowly attack the integrity of the containers.
The emissions jostle the atoms out of their carefully ordered arrangement within the storage materials. Eventually, this can make the materials swell and crack, allowing highly toxic substances to leak out.
Various research groups are now looking to alternative, ceramic materials that can withstand the bombardment much better.
At the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) in the UK, scientists are seeking guidance from the natural world. They have been examining how the mineral zircon (ZrSiO4) has managed to contain radioactive elements.
"If nature has shown it can store radioactive atoms and that they remain intact, then we should be looking at that," the CMI's Professor Martin Dove told BBC News Online.
Zircon is the ore for cubic zirconium, which can be cut and polished to make gemstones, like artificial diamonds.
Professor Dove, an earth scientist at CMI, said his team had developed computer simulations to show how the atoms in zircon rearranged themselves when they were damaged by radioactive emissions.
They have also done some experimentation to support this - although they have been limited because of strict controls on the testing of radioactive materials.
"The simulations suggest that when zircon gets heavily damaged, inside it there is crystalline damage, but on the outside it looks intact," Professor Dove explained.
Scaling up
The simulations track damage over time. The way the atoms sort themselves looks rather like ants scattering to form a protective ring against an intruder.
This means that radioactive materials should find it much more difficult to escape the crystalline structure than if incorporated into a glass.
There are many who believe nuclear has an important future
The atoms in zircon will actually spontaneously arrange themselves within the damaged area to form a protective shell.
Using magnetic resonance, the atoms that have moved in response to a single radioactive decay can be counted; and X-ray diffraction techniques can show the extent of the damage.
The computer simulations, said Professor Dove, had been made possible because of coding work within the project team that allowed for the modelling of millions of atoms instead of just a few thousand.
The challenge Professor Dove and his team now face is to prove their principle - to fully understand what is going on at the atomic level; and then explore similar materials that could be produced on a much larger industrial scale.
For that, they will need to be permitted to do more "real-world" experiments.
"People won't accept nuclear power until you deal with waste," said Professor Dove. "It is a problem that lasts for so long; it becomes a moral issue. But what we are doing now is setting the agenda for the future."
Maintained access
The Department of Trade and Industry recently said managing the UK's nuclear waste would cost over £47bn in the coming years, and the waste has to be held safely for centuries.
The official regulatory requirement is that any method to house waste must withstand environmental changes, even ice ages.
There are currently over 30 locations holding waste across the UK, with Sellafield storing 98% of the country's most hazardous materials.
It currently houses over 60 tonnes of plutonium in a powder form.
The government's Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CORWM) has been charged with finding a publicly acceptable option for storing radioactive by-products, and is set to report its recommendations to the government by 2006.
One of the issues it will have to consider is how recoverable plutonium should be in any storage solution, either to prevent it from falling into the "wrong hands", or to retrieve it to be used again.
Currently, plutonium is not officially classified as a "waste" material, according to Nirex, the UK's nuclear waste agency.
"Plutonium was going to be used as fuel, but because the government has made no decision on that yet, it is being stored for potential future use," explained Samantha King, waste management research scientist at Nirex.
"[CORWM] will have to determine what proportion of materials, including plutonium, should be managed as waste."
Global Solar Energy Wins R&D 100 Award
http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=UNS&newsid=2369247
Crofter speaks out against Skye wind farm
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=781682004
Enel Buys Five U.S. Hydro Plants
http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=7073
Check out the webpage Solar Access for solar and Alternative energy links
Construction of wind farm begins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3867735.stm
Nova Scotia firm seeks ideal spots for wind power
Last Updated Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:35:17
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/07/05/business/windpower_040705
HALIFAX - A Halifax-based company is planning to spend $24 million to find the ideal locations to produce wind power in Nova Scotia.
Renewable Energy Services Ltd. said Monday it will erect 18 to 20 wind turbines in Digby County, Guysborough County, Cape Breton, Halifax and the South Shore.
The 65-metre high turbines will test for air density and the steadiness of the winds.
"There's an optimal wind speed," the privately-owned company's chief executive Larry LeBlanc said. "You don't want too much … you want wind with good density and it has to be predictable and sustained."
Installation of the towers is expected to begin in the fall. Power generated during the field tests will be used in nearby areas.
I just came across a company, you might find interesting.
http://www.nevadageothermal.com/
Mitsubishi sets up hydrogen business venture in Canada
http://quotes.freerealtime.com/dl/frt/N?art=C2004070100183x8864&SA=Latest%20News
Tenneco Automotive Works With Industry Consortium to Develop Integrated Automotive Fuel Cell Power System
http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=TEN&newsid=2352123
Merrimack, N.H.-based firm works to help lower cost of solar energy
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?SearchID=73176317875360&Avis=NS&Dato=2...
Town first on LI to use wind power
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liwind0701,0,5908770.story?coll=ny-liminute-headline....
Scotland too reliant on wind for energy
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=751322004
JAMES REYNOLDS
ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT
Key points
• Committee says too much reliance on wind power for renewable targets
• Members say more concentration on wave and tidal power needed
• Executive target of 40% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020
Key quote
"New technologies such as wave and tidal power have been neglected and all the investment has gone into developing onshore wind farms. This policy is hugely controversial in rural Scotland, where communities have felt under siege from a proliferation of planning applications for wind farms" - Murdo Fraser, Energy Committee member
Story in full ENERGY policy in Scotland is far too reliant on onshore wind farms to try and meet the country’s renewable targets and should instead shift the focus to other forms of green electricity generation such as wave and tidal power, a report has stated.
The new report, by Holyrood’s Enterprise Committee, severely criticises the Executive’s approach to renewables and calls for a more balanced approach to energy policy to ensure Scotland becomes a leading economy for the development and production of marine renewables.
Just as the advantage Scotland held in the development of wind technology 25 to 30 years ago was allowed to let slip to competing economies such as Denmark, so the same could happen with wave and tidal technologies (in which Scotland is currently leading the way) without greater incentives, the report stated.
Committee convener Alasdair Morrison said: "It is clear the Executive will meet its target of 18 per cent of electricity production from renewable sources by 2010.
"However, almost all of this comes from onshore wind. This is neither sustainable nor sensible."
To solve the problem, which the report said was "unintentionally working against the development of renewable energy sources other than wind", it calls on the Executive to create a comprehensive Scottish energy policy in co-operation with Westminster.
This would shift the focus from large onshore wind farms to other forms of renewable power. The main tool for doing this should be a change to the current Renewable Obligation schemes to provide the incentives lacking.
The report said: "Opportunities and potential benefits ... are so great that the Executive should be prepared to invest significantly in the sector. It should be treated as a priority sector ... and the full range of business support mechanisms should be brought to bear on its development."
It also warned the Executive’s long-term target of 40 per cent of electricity coming from renewables by 2020 must not be met entirely from large-scale onshore wind farms. Substantial shortcomings in the current planning system for wind farms were also highlighted, and the Executive was again chided for a lack of guidance and leadership.
The report called for the Executive to develop a national strategic framework for wind farm applications, and to discuss with local councils how this could be achieved at a local level.
Several organisations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Green Party, have been calling for such a framework for more than a year now, but were informed each time by the Executive that the current system was satisfactory.
Although he did not address many of the criticisms in the report, deputy enterprise minister Lewis McDonald said the Executive supported and promoted a range of green energy developments, including tidal, wave, biomass and solar power.
He said: "There is more wind energy development in Scotland at the moment because the technology is more advanced.
"We are confident we can meet our 18 per cent target of electricity from renewable sources by 2010 mainly through wind and hydro, and expect other renewable energy developments to come forward in due course."
Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser, a member of the committee, claimed the report contained serious criticisms of the Executive.
He said: "New technologies such as wave and tidal power have been neglected and all the investment has gone into developing onshore wind farms.
"This policy is hugely controversial in rural Scotland, where communities have felt under siege from a proliferation of planning applications for wind farms."
Fuel Piles’ Power Output Exceeds 90%
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/1/2004&Cat=9&Num=27
TEHRAN (PIN) — Deputy minister of energy for energy affairs stated that fuel piles enjoyed a higher electricity output than thermal power plants which exceeded 90 percent. The output of thermal power plants is only 45 percent.
Hamid Chitchian added that a fuel pile strategic committee has been established since one and a half years ago where all universities and concerned governmental institutes are sharing ideas.
“Fuel piles operate just opposite to electrolysis machines; that is, during electrolysis water is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen. However, fuel piles combine oxygen in the air with hydrogen injected into the pile, producing energy and water,” he said.
Report out to turn tide on energy focus
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=749332004
THE SCOTTISH Executive was today urged to switch its alternative energy focus from wind farms to wave power.
The Scottish Parliament’s enterprise committee claimed marine technologies had the potential to create thousands of jobs.
It said the Executive was on course to meet its target of generating 18 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2010.
And it called on the Executive and Westminster to develop a fully-fledged Scottish energy policy to meet future energy needs.
In its Renewable Energy report today, the committee concluded the benefits of renewable energy were so great the Executive should invest significantly in the sector.
But the report said the drive for renewable energy had so far concentrated almost exclusively on promoting onshore wind power. And that was unintentionally working against the development of other energy sources.
Committee convener Alasdair Morgan MSP said: "The focus on wind power is depriving other technologies such as tidal and wave power of much-needed investment."
The committee also called for a national strategic framework for wind farm applications.
It said there was a proliferation of large onshore, wind farm proposals concentrated in sensitive geographical areas and the planning system was struggling to cope.
Further wind farms would be necessary, it warned, but there were major weaknesses in the current planning system and a lack of guidance from the Executive.
Entegris Inc. Quick Quote: ENTG 11.27 (+0.01)
Entegris' John Goodman Elected United States Fuel Cell Council Policy Committee Chair
http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=ENTG&newsid=2351097
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To Demonstrate its Direct Methanol Fuel Cell / Rechargeable Battery
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Canadian Renewable Fuels Association: Another First For
Biodiesel
http://www2.ccnmatthews.com/scripts/ccn-release.pl?/current/0630009n.html
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USWF.
USWF being heavily pumped in spam mail this night..
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Disclosure..:
Growth Report (the spammer) announce they received 100,000 free trading shares for sending out the profile.
Third party delivered the 100K shares.
Third party is Momentum Traders.
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FPL Energy Announces Plans for New Wind Farm in Oklahoma
http://www.energyinfosource.com/aoi/news-details.cfm?id=22036&FLink=&tf=1
June 28, 2004
FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group, today announced it will build, own and operate a new wind farm in Oklahoma capable of generating up to 106.5 megawatts. It will sell the electricity output to Public Service Company of Oklahoma, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of American Electric Power, under a long-term contract.
FPL Energy expects to construct up to 71 1.5-megawatt wind turbines on more than 3,800 acres near Weatherford in Custer County, Oklahoma. The turbines will have a generating capacity of up to 106.5 megawatts, providing enough electricity to power more than 31,000 homes. When complete, the Weatherford Wind Energy Center will be the largest wind farm in Oklahoma.
"The Weatherford project represents another important milestone in the disciplined growth of our wind portfolio and will be an excellent complement to our existing assets in the region," said Jim Robo, president of FPL Energy. "We are pleased to be bringing an additional source of clean, renewable power to Oklahoma and look forward to partnering with Public Service Company of Oklahoma on this project.
The company said the project is contingent on the extension of the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC), which expired at the end of 2003. Construction of the project will begin only after an extension of the PTC is approved by Congress and certain other approvals are obtained.
The Weatherford Wind Energy Center will be FPL Energy's second wind farm in Oklahoma. In 2003, the company began commercial operation at the 102-megawatt Oklahoma Wind Energy Center located near Woodward in northwest Oklahoma
U.S. Windfarming, Inc. Operates as America's Only Publicly Traded Wind Energy Company
A Paradigm Shift in Energy Production and Distribution for the United States
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news_financial.mhtml
CHICAGO, June 28, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- U.S. Wind Farming, Inc. (Pink Sheets:USWF) is an emerging public renewable energy developer and operator establishing Small Distributed (15-Megawatts) Wind Turbine Agricultural Renewable Energy Cooperatives on farmers' properties nationwide. U.S. Wind Farming, Inc. is "America's only publicly traded wind energy company."
The Products and Resources
USWF expects to utilize the resources of GE Wind Energy, a division of General Electric, to provide the industry's finest available 1.5 -- 2.5 megawatt wind turbines. GE's Wind Turbines are UL Rated for 30 years (soon to be 50 years), with factory-authorized maintenance service packages available.
GE Wind Energy is one of the world's leading wind energy companies and wind turbine suppliers. With over 6,100 worldwide wind turbine installations comprising more than 4,000 MW of capacity, the company's knowledge and expertise spans more than two decades.
USWF expects to utilize Rosendin Electric, Inc. for construction, operation and maintenance of the projects. Rosendin Electric has been the industry leader in high voltage work over the past 40 years specializing in Major Wind Turbine Farms design/construction/maintenance nationwide.
USWF expects to utilize Vaisala Group to employ a state-of-the-art Wind Resource Monitoring Program utilizing technologies such as Ultrasonic Wind Sensors, Acoustic Interferometer Tomography and Radio Acoustic ("Doppler Scattering") Sounding Systems.
USWF expects to coat the propellers, nacelles and towers of its wind turbines with a specialized material from Applied Research Corporation. Applied Research has developed a proprietary Continuous-Filament Basalt Fiber and Ceramic Resonance Composite Coating for the wind energy marketplace worldwide. This Continuous-Filament Basalt Fiber and Ceramic Resonance Composite provides considerable ultra violet radiation and corrosion protection ensuring reduced maintenance for these components during the 30-50 year life span of the wind turbines.
The Future
USWF enlists farmers to "Harvest the Power of the Wind" by installing these 15-Megawatt Small Distributed Wind Turbine Agricultural Renewable Energy Cooperatives on their properties creating a 30-year annuity paid to the farmer without disturbing their ongoing agricultural operation. Each Cooperative will typically produce enough electricity to run roughly 4,500 typical homes and can provide the farmer with up to $100,000 in annual income for 30 years. Each Cooperative provides USWF with over $800,000 in net revenue annually or over $24,000,000 for the course of the 30-year fixed-rate renewable energy contract.
USWF anticipates installing 180-megawatts of renewable power generation each year providing an additional $9 million in net revenue each year. USWF negotiates with the nation's electrical utilities for fixed-rate 30-year contracts to purchase the Agricultural Renewable Energy Cooperative's electricity generated from "Harvesting the Power of the Wind" on each farmer's property.
The Cooperatives harness the energy from the wind and sell it to the agricultural community's local electrical utility and other major utilities seeking renewable energy to meet their renewable energy and fixed long-term non-fossil fuel requirements. By utilizing these Small Distributed (15-Megawatts) Wind Turbine Agricultural Renewable Energy Cooperatives, the farmers will strengthen the Electrical Infrastructure, while providing clean energy, and reducing dependence on foreign oil and gas.
Each Agricultural Renewable Energy Cooperative provides its member/investors a fixed-rate 30-year tax-free income of 7% per annum utilizing State and Federal Tax Credits, Renewable Energy Production Tax Credits and Green Credits.
US Wind Farming, Inc.'s President and CEO, William Telander, was recently featured on the new Sunday morning financial show filmed at the American Stock Exchange called "Let's Talk Stock."
"The show is dedicated exclusively to public companies that bear looking into," says producer Bernard Cerrone.
On every show, a variety of movers and shakers are on board to give investors insight into what they are up to. U.S. Wind Farming, Inc. offers a very informative web site http://www.uswindfarming.com with links to this show and further information regarding this paradigm shift in energy production and the delivery of that power in the future.
Nuvera and Takagi Join to Develop Fuel Cell Systems for Japanese Market
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-29-2004/0002201471&...
First Geothermal Power Plant Comes On Stream
Tehran Times Energy Desk
TEHRAN (MNA) -— Following the completion of drilling operation of the first geothermal well in Meshkinshahr, Iran’s first geothermal power plant came on stream, news reports said here on Monday.
Being the first of the five series to be drilled in the northwestern region, the well provides required thermal power for the power plant by making use of the earth’s internal heat, Iran’s Petroenergy Information News (PIN) reported.
The report also noted that the first surveys for the construction of the power plant, the second of its kind in the Middle East, was carried out by Italy’s Electricity Company some 20 years ago.
Capable of producing two megawatts of electricity, the power plant can produce up to 100 megawatts of electricity by drilling more wells, the report also explained.
The useful lives of geothermal power plants are estimated to be 30 years but there are currently power plants in Italy that are 94 years old, the report further commented.
Intermagnetics' Superpower Subsidiary Begins Construction Phase of HTS Cable Project for New York Utility
http://www.energyinfosource.com/aoi/news-details.cfm?id=22042&FLink=&tf=8
CNE: 140MW of renewable energy by 2007 - Nicaragua
Monday, June 28, 2004 16:49
Nicaragua's energy commission CNE plans to bring online about 140MW of renewable power by 2007 through investments estimated at some US$185mn, CNE president Raúl Solórzano told BNamericas.
The projects include a US$100mn, 66MW geothermal project, two 20MW wind projects valued at approximately US$22mn each and a US$40mn, 30-50MW hydroelectric project, he said.
Local company San Jacinto Power has just started construction on the three-stage geothermal project in the Managua department. The first two stages consist of four 5MW turbines. Completion of the first 10MW stage is scheduled for December and a subsequent 10MW is expected to come online by December 2006. In the third stage, an additional 46MW will be added through two 23MW turbines by end-2006 or early 2007.
Two separate wind development project companies, which Solórzano did not name, are currently making financing arrangements and have secured at least a portion of the capital needed through northern European companies where the technology for wind generation machinery is abundant, he said.
The two wind projects are expected to be in operations in about one and a half years.
Wind and run-of-the-river projects are attracting interest from many companies. But investors are waiting for the government to detail specific regulations that would characterize the projects as non-dispatchable, allowing them to inject power into the system without having a prior agreement with the system operator on the amount of electricity or when it is delivered.
"We have investors in wind energy that are not only interested in these projects, they are just waiting for [the non-dispatchable] regulations to be passed," Solórzano said, adding that he expects the regulations to be passed in the upcoming month.
The Honduran consortium Emce is developing the 30-50MW hydro project and is likely to decide the project's location "within the next few weeks," he said. Operations are set to begin in 2-2.5 years.
These projects contribute to the target of bringing online 150-180MW of renewable energy in Nicaragua by 2008, he said
RUSSIA, FRANCE DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ENERGY SOURCES
MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko has discussed the outlook for developing modern energy sources with general administrator of the French Atomic Energy Commission Alain Bugat.
The meeting was held on Monday, the ministry's said in a press release.
The parties discussed the prospects of using fuel elements as a new source of energy, hydrogen to produce electricity, as well as renewable sources, that include solar, wind, hydraulic, geo-thermal energy, as well as energy of biomass, mining gas, and low-potential thermal energy of different environments.
These resources are inexhaustible and environmentally safe, which determines their intensive use, the statement reads.
Both countries are engaged in research in these spheres, the ministry pointed out.
According to its estimates, the technical potential of renewables is about 4.6 bln tons of equivalent fuel annually, that is, five times more energy products that Russia consumes. Their economic potential has increased significantly since traditional fuel has become more expensive, while equipment for renewable power production has become cheaper in recent years.
Specialists calculate that in 2010 renewable sources can help put into operation about 1,000 MW electricity and 1,200 MW thermal capacities, which will require adequate state support, as well as joint Russian-French developments.
Congressmen push for wind power study
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/9026972.htm
'Green' homes starting to flower despite cost
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/bal-re.green27jun27,0,7903729.story?coll=bal-realest...
Inventors harness energy in the babbling brooks of Europe
Czech inventor Miroslav Sedlacek happened on a workable idea while relaxing by a Morovian brook -- turning the energy of swirling eddies into electricity
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/bizfocus/archives/2004/06/27/2003176762
SunTechnics and SunPower Sign Distribution Partnership for High-Efficiency Solar Power Modules
http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=CY&newsid=2344128
Solar energy to power Swiss football (soccer stadium)
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=511&sid=5025379
The sun may have failed to shine on Switzerland’s Euro 2004 campaign, but the nation’s footballers will be looking to harness its energy now they are back on home soil.
The largest solar panel ever mounted on a football ground is being built at the new national stadium, which is currently under construction in the capital, Bern.
The biggest part of the building project was officially completed on Friday and the stadium is on schedule to be inaugurated in 400 days time.
Half of the roof has been finished, and workers have begun work on the inside of the site. The grass will also be sown on the playing field this autumn.
The stadium complex will house offices, shops, apartments and two schools. Around 80 per cent of the office and commercial space has been already rented out.
Initial scepticism
The solar installation on the roof itself is costing SFr10 million ($8 million) and will produce enough power to cover the annual energy consumption of around 300 households.
“It is a pioneering project, and we hope to be able to give solar energy a boost,” said Sebastian Vogler, a spokesman of BKW FMB Energy, which is behind the project.
The company is Switzerland’s leading producer of solar energy. It also operates the country’s biggest solar power station in the northwestern Jura mountains.
Vogler told swissinfo that the scheme faced a fair bit of scepticism when it was first touted – from both the stadium owners and nearby residents.
But the project has the stamp of approval from the main promoters of solar energy in western Switzerland.
“It will become a landmark because of its sheer size,” said Jacques Bonvin of Courant Vert.
“People don’t really need to be persuaded [of the benefits of solar power]; what is far more difficult is to get the message across to politicians,” he added.
Pioneers
Switzerland has been at the forefront of solar energy in Europe for the past 20 years. The first house with solar panels was built in the southern Ticino region in 1982.
Efforts to promote solar energy have also gained ground in other European countries, as well as in China and Japan.
Portugal plans to put the world’s biggest solar power station on line in 2009, built at a cost of €250million (SFr379 million) and creating 1,150 jobs.
The project at the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a little more modest, but it will produce more than one megawatt of energy and set a new record: it will be the world’s biggest solar installation at a sports facility.
Showcase project
BKW FMB Energy plans to use it as a showcase for the economic, technical and environmental benefits of solar energy.
An estimated 12-15,000 people a day are expected to visit the stadium, its restaurants, shops and conference rooms.
The installation is being completed in two stages. During the first phase, around 8,000 square metres of solar panels will produce a maximum of 850 kilowatts.
The second stage will see a further 4,000 square metres of panels added, generating an additional 450 kilowatts.
Details of the sales strategy for “1to1 Energy Sun Star” have yet to be announced, but the company said it already had pledges from more than 50 interested parties to buy solar energy.
Answering challenge of a warming planet
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-ed.le.qmwarming26jun26,0,2455022.story?coll=bal-op...
It's a slow dawn for green and clean solar power
Its increased use depends on one factor: Can its costs compete with electricity from power stations?
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/techscience/story/0,4386,258370,00.html?
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