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Bank plan to fund a hydro plant in Warburton

Cam Walker

This article comes from the Yarra Valley Leader, journalist: Elaine Phelan. A HYDRO-ELECTRIC plant proposed for Warburton has the potential to generate enough energy to power 50 houses. The $450,000 plant would be on Warburton Golf Course and use water from Ythan Creek. A portion of the electricity created by the plant would be used to power the golf course with the remainder being fed into the grid. Funds generated by selling electricity to the grid would be re-invested in community projects. The initiative has won $50,000 from the Upper Yarra Community Enterprise, a Community Bank franchisee of the Bendigo … Continue reading Bank plan to fund a hydro plant in Warburton

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Germany to Store Wind Power in Mountains

Cam Walker

The following comes from Cleantech news, author is Susan Kraemer. In an interesting marriage of clean and dirty tech, Deutsche Welle is reporting that the state government of Lower Saxony in Germany is looking into repurposing old abandoned coal mines inside the Harz mountains as pumped storage for wind power. The idea has attracted approval not only from environmentalists in the region, who like the invisibility of the storage, but also from former coal miners, who like the idea of the disused coal mines being put to good use as a kind of “green battery” for wind power. “The tradition … Continue reading Germany to Store Wind Power in Mountains

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world wide installed capacity from renewables passes nuclear

Cam Walker

This comes from GreenPages. World First: Report on New Energy Capacity Shows Renewable Supersedes Nuclear In 2010, for the first time, worldwide cumulative installed capacity from wind turbines, biomass, waste-to-energy, and solar power surpassed installed nuclear capacity. Even before the disaster in Fukushima, the world’s nuclear industry was in clear decline, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute. The report, which Worldwatch commissioned months before the Fukushima crisis began, paints a bleak picture of an aging industry unable to keep pace with its renewable energy competitors. “The industry was arguably on life support before Fukushima. When the history … Continue reading world wide installed capacity from renewables passes nuclear