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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory says a new law laying out rules for building wind farms in North Carolina will help create a diverse supply of energy for the state and boost the economy.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is favoring a scaled-back version of a wind farm in Mohave County. BP Wind Energy North America had proposed building 283 wind turbines on BLM and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land that could produce up to 500 ...

In addition to the 1.3 megawatts of wind power LES gets from its two turbines north of Lincoln, it gets 6 from Elkhorn Ridge Wind Farm, 10 from Laredo Ridge, 10 from Broken Bow and 3 from Crofton Bluffs -- all in Nebraska. One megawatt can power about 750 ...

The 340-megawatt contract capacity available for this remarketing initiative is one of the largest single geothermal remarketing exercises to be pursued in North America, which will extend the operating life of all 10 facilities in the Imperial Valley region of ...

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews) — With the elections over, North Cotabato will again experience power outages starting Friday, an official of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) said. Cotelco general manager Godofredo Homez said their advisory on load curtailment for North Cotabato … Continue

In preparation for another summer of adventuring in the Crown of the Continent, the Glacier Institute is revamping its historic learning center up the North Fork with a new solar energy system. On May 13, crews from Sunelco, Inc., a renewable energy company based in Victor, began installing batteries and large solar panels at the institute’s Big Creek Education Center, a former Forest Service

Colorado company applies for permits to build facility, using the existing dam on the north side of Hamilton. A Colorado firm has begun applying for permits to study the feasibility of a hydroelectric facility on the Lehigh River in Allentown.        

Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the "thin-film interference" phenomenon commonly observed in nature. This can potentially improve the efficiency of thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronic devices

Plug Power is the leading hydrogen fuel cell supplier for materialáhandling operations in North America, with over 90 percent marketáshare. Ballard Power Systems is the exclusive supplier of liquid- andáair-cooled fuel cell stacks for Plug Power's suite of ...

Glycerine Report: This month, the United Soybean Board announced that a new study commissioned by the Minnesota, Nebraska and North and South Dakota soy checkoffs found that biodiesel contributed to a $15 billion increase in soy oil revenues ...

The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations are helping small communities with their water infrastructure needs in southern Oklahoma. In north-central Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation's focus is on power generation, as the Tulsa World's Jarrell Wade reports: ...

A new phrase, “supply shock,” entered the lexicon of the global oil business this week when the International Energy Agency reported that unexpectedly rapid growth in tight oil production from North Dakota and Texas is leading to profound changes in the global energy markets. U.S. oil production which grew by [

A new phrase, “supply shock,” entered the lexicon of the global oil business this week when the International Energy Agency reported that unexpectedly rapid growth in tight oil production from North Dakota and Texas is leading to profound changes in the ...

Snow pack forms from layers of snow that accumulate in geographic regions and high altitudes where the climate includes cold weather for extended periods during the year. Snow packs are an important water resource that feed streams and rivers as they melt. Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North