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US Readies to Harvest Wind Power off New England's Coast

7th of June 2013 04:08 GMT

Wind farms will soon be up and running in the waters off New England's coast. The first of them are to be installed close to Massachusetts and Rhode Island, seeing how these areas have been documented to have a wind energy potential that exceeds that of other regions. The construction of these wind farms is th...

Scotland Announces Plans to Build the World's Largest Wave Farm

29th of May 2013 16:41 GMT

In a few years' time, Scotland's Atlantic coastline is to be home to the world's largest wave farm. These waters are well known for constantly moving back and forth, which is why specialists suspect that the farm will be able to deliver a steady supply of environmentally-friendly energy. In fact, t...

China Readies to Build New Mega Dam

22nd of May 2013 14:51 GMT

News from China says that the country is getting ready to build yet another mega dam. Information made available to the general public suggests that, once completed, this dam will be the world's tallest, meaning that it will measure 314 meters (1,030 feet) in height. The dam is expected to be built by a subsi...

Los Angeles Readies to Bid Coal Its Farewell

20th of March 2013 17:41 GMT

This past March 19, the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles went public with the news that the city was to soon bid coal its farewell and turn towards more environmentally friendly sources instead. More precisely, Los Angeles is seriously looking into the possibility of having its energy needs met with the...

California Will Soon House the World's Largest Solar Tower

18th of March 2013 17:11 GMT

Shortly after the Department of Interior in the United States announced that the country was to add 1.1GW to its clean energy capacity, power companies Abengoa and BrightSource Energy made it public news that they were to team up in order to build the world's largest solar tower. Information shared with the pu...