Tour aims to stoke ideas for renewable energy
(Kitchener/Waterloo Record: Thu, 17 Apr) WATERLOO REGION (Apr 17, 2008) -- See how a house can harness renewable energy on a Saturday tour of green homes. Visit local homes powered by solar, geothermal and wind energy and a house made with strawbales.

PRESS: Hungary's PannErgy raises budget for geothermal projects to EUR500 mln
(Interfax: Fri, 18 Apr) BUDAPEST. APRIL 18. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Hungarian listed alternative energy company PannErgy is planning to increase the budget of its program to build geothermal power plants from the original EUR 350 mln to EUR 500 mln, due to high demand experienced from cities across the country, the daily Vilaggazdasag reported Friday.

Massive turbine rotor replaced at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
(The Beaver County Times: Sat, 19 Apr) SHIPPINGPORT — For a first time in 21 years, workers removed the massive rotor from a high-pressure steam turbine Thursday at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station’s Unit 2 reactor as part of scheduled maintenance during a refueling outage.

Renewable Energy facts - peak oil
(North Denver News: Tue, 15 Apr) Renewable Energy facts - 2007 year data • Renewable electricity generation capacity reached an estimated 240 gigawatts (GW) worldwide in 2007, an increase of 50 percent over 2004. • Renewables represent 5 percent of global power capacity and 3.4 percent of global power generation. Renewable energy generated as much electric power worldwide in 2006 as one-quarter of the world’s nuclear power ...