Category: Wind

Filipino firm Upgrade Energy Philippines (UGEP) is casting an ambitious target of 700 megawatts for rooftop and ground-mounted solar installations across commercial and industrial (C&I) customers that it is targeting to accomplish by 2028.So far, the first major project delivered by the company as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor has been the 13.811MW solar rooftop installation of Merbau Corporation, the renewable energy development arm of JG Summit Holdings of the…
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Source: https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/28/upgrade-energy-sets-700-mw-solar-development-target-by-2028

Resource-dependent communities are struggling under the leadership of this NDP government.
Crucial energy projects are being scrapped and the ones being built are constantly delayed either by mismanagement or a sea of red tape and drawn-out government bureaucracy. Industry is choosing to leave our province to operate in other jurisdictions taking good jobs and paycheques with them.
This is coming at a time when British Columbia should be an energy leader.
Global electricity demand…
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Source: https://www.wltribune.com/opinion/mlas-corner-bringing-back-prosperity-to-bc-resource-sector-7302521

The initial wind turbine that’s part of America’s first larger-scale offshore commercial wind farm has started delivering power. 

Located 15 miles from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, the Vineyard Wind project’s vanguard blades started turning at 11:52 p.m. Jan. 2, culminating years of planning and construction, according to a news release from the operator. 

The first turbine provided 5 megawatts of electricity to New England’s grid. Once experts finish some…
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Source: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/vineyard-wind-turbine-commercial-project-milestone/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Space is the final frontier, but we don’t usually think of tomatoes going along for the journey.

Tomatoes will be going into space as a part of the Trichoderma Associated Space Tomato Inoculation Experiment (TASTIE).

University of New Mexico Professor of Biology David Hanson said nutrition is a big issue for astronauts. He said they like the earthly connection of the plants, and it is also a big boost to their mental space.

Who has the…
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Source: https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/unm-to-send-tomatoes-into-space-for-tastie-project/amp/

Best-in-class termsOf course interest rates – as well as construction costs – have risen significantly since mid-2022. But potential lenders reckon suitors for GPG Australia can expect best-in-class terms on the debt in the current environment, owing to Macquarie Capital’s nous in the sector accumulated from decades of buy-side work and financings across the globe.GPG Australia’s owners, Spanish utilities company Naturgy and Kuwait Investment Authority’s Wren House Infrastructure,…
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Source: https://www.afr.com/street-talk/maccap-dangles-2b-stapled-debt-package-in-front-of-gpg-suitors-20240128-p5f0j5

OCEAN CITY — Outside the doors of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, two masked protestors stood quietly with posters criticizing U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.).Just inside, two volunteers handed out postcards stating, “Stop Offshore Wind” and “Join Facebook group ‘Protect Ocean City.’”In the auditorium, Worcester County residents…
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Source: https://www.stardem.com/news/local_news/harris-no-offshore-wind-turbines/article_4b0c4556-b954-11ee-99cd-abc0037f9411.html