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A major wind turbine manufacturing plant is planned to be built on the north Lincolnshire coast at Killingholme near Immingham. The proposed development consists of a new quay, with associated onshore facilities to accommodate off-shore wind turbine manufacture, assembly and installation, as well as the associated supply chain factories.
JMP is preparing a Transport Assessment to support a planning application for the plant. Able UK will be making the application to the Infrastructure Plann... [more]
The future of community energy is being pioneered near the small English village of Hatherop where a power station using biogas or 'digester gas' was recently commissioned. Powered by agricultural biomass, including chicken litter, cow dung and pig slurry, residents benefit from this low cost alternative to oil, coal and foreign gas.
Hatherop is one of the first villages in the United Kingdom to benefit from power derived from chicken litter, cow manure and pig slurry. The new animal farm AD... [more]
Working on behalf of Solar Cities Scotland (which is funded through the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund to offer practical advice on low carbon living in Dundee), JMP Consultants has delivered one of the first projects in Scotland to use innovative behavioural change techniques to successfully encourage households to reduce their domestic energy consumption.
JMP’s specially-trained energy advisers engaged on a one-to-one basis with local residents in the city to help them to redu... [more]
A joint development project involving Solarmer Energy and Joel Berman Glass Studios aims to generate solar energy from modular glass panels that are attractive from a design standpoint.
Solarmer Energy develops transparent, flexible solar panels for applications not addressable by conventional solar energy technology. Joel Berman Glass Studios designs and manufactures decorative glass for architecture and design. Together, Solarmer and Joel Berman Glass Studios have jointly developed an attra... [more]
The 138-room Hampton Inn & Suites Jekyll Island opened in January 2010, the first new hotel to be built on the island in 35 years.
New Castle Hotels & Resorts and co-developers Jekyll Ocean Oaks, LLC followed an extensive set of guidelines, adopted by the Jekyll Island Authority, that require development respect and preserve the unique natural environment and historic character of the island.
Developers applied a range of conservation practices throughout the building process, and incorp... [more]
Evergreen Solar, Inc. has announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Key accomplishments during the quarter were:
* Shipped 31.9 MW from Devens facility at an average selling price of $2.32 per watt;
* Improved product gross margins to 11.9% from 7.1% for the third quarter of 2009;
* Reduced total manufacturing cost to $2.05 per watt, down 8.5% from $2.24 per watt for the third quarter of 2009;
* Reduced wafer manufacturing cost to approxim... [more]
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