Hydro in the Headlines
2009-07-02
Syracuse.com
City of Auburn considers raising cap on borrowing for green projects
Last year, the city of Auburn passed a local law that removed the city's borrowing cap for utility projects. The statute was never put on the books because the city apparently learned later that the law also needed to be approved by public...
2009-06-30
Forbes
NY agrees low-cost power for Yahoo,Sunworks builds
LOS ANGELES, June 30 (Reuters) - The New York Power Authority agreed on Tuesday to sell low-cost power to Yahoo Inc to build a data canter and to Sunworks Solar LLC to build a solar panel manufacturing...
2009-06-30
Energy Central
$32M Available for Hyropower Projects
U.S. hydroelectric plants will get $32 million in stimulus funds for efficiency improvements and modernization, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said...
2009-06-29
WRIC ABC-8
Ocean power surges amid tide of energy alternatives
By Mark Clayton Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, Calif., deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation's first major wave-power...
2009-06-28
Energy Central
Small Hydro Plant Provides 'Green' Power
The soggy June morning is gray and heavy with the potential for more rain in Mercer County. But David Brown Kinloch grins as a few scattered drops pelt his...
2009-06-27
Energy Daily
In bid to go green, U.S. can look to Danes
In its bid to boost the share of renewables to a quarter of the U.S. energy mix, Washington can look to Denmark as an example of how to integrate fluctuating green energy...
2009-06-25
PR Web
Taking Tidal Energy Technology to the Next Level
With a speaker line-up that includes key decision makers from Marine Current Turbines, Atlantis Resources Corporation and Open Hydro, the forthcoming 3rd International Tidal Energy Summit 2009 is set to engage the best in the business on how to take tidal energy technology...
2009-06-24
Energy Central
State agency issues renewable-energy grants
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation has awarded grants totaling $681,875 to 17 renewable-energy projects across the state. The grants from the state Renewable Energy Fund were approved by the agency's board of directors at its regular monthly meeting Monday and will mainly go toward...
2009-06-24
RenableEnergyWorld.com
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles
Maine, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Since 1844, when the first tide wheel was built, inventors have been trying to harness the immense power of the ocean with little...
2009-06-23
Boston Globe
Companies to explore hydropower on Mississippi
LA CROSSE, Wis.Two companies are exploring hydropower projects for Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 7 at Dresbach, Minn. Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse wants to construct a 7-turbine system using the dam's defunct auxiliary...