December 04, 2008
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter December 04, 2008 |
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Los Angeles unveils `world`s largest` municipal solar plan
Los Angeles has unveiled a plan to install 1.3GW of solar power by 2020 in what officials claim is the largest solar project undertaken by any city in the world. Launched last week by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and dubbed `Solar LA`, the initiative will involve a mixture of expanded customer solar installations, city-owned projects, and large-scale solar arrays located outside the city in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and create clean tech jobs. Under the plan, $313m has been earmarked for incentives to encourage rooftop solar installations, and the city has vowed to generously subsidise ... |
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World`s second largest offshore wind farm gets green light
Potential for more than a half million homes to be powered from wind. The world`s second largest offshore wind farm has been given the green light to be built off the coast of North Wales. Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm combined with three other nearby wind farms off the North Wales coast will provide enough clean, green electricity to power the equivalent of 680,000 homes. The 750MW development by Npower Renewables Ltd has been approved by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Comprising of up to 250 turbines, it will lie some eight miles off the coast, ten miles from Llandudno ... |
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