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09.07.2010
More than doubling the amount of solar power currently generated within its service territory, San Diego Gas & Electric’s initiative to provide 100 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission... 09.07.2010 | Eric Lindeman
In support wind energy projects, the Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a transmission upgrade proposed by Central Maine Power to connect a wind farm to its grid and is soliciting proposals for off-shore wind and tidal renewable energy projects... 08.30.2010 | Eric Lindeman
In another move to put additional capacity on its Sunrise Powerlink, San Diego Gas & Electric has signed a second 20-year power purchase agreement with an LS Power subsidiary to procure up to 45 megawatts of solar energy from the proposed Centinela Solar... 08.24.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Solidifying in place as an energy storage learder for utility-scale power management systems, Texas-based Xtreme Power announced last week that it has been selected to supply its “Dynamic Power Resources” for the Tres Amigas SuperStation—the... 08.24.2010
With the prospect of providing access to isolated renewable energy resources in parts of northern and eastern Nevada, NV Energy, Inc., and Great Basin Transmission, LLC, an affiliate of power generation and transmission group LS Power, last week signed a... 08.03.2010 | Eric Lindeman
In its third study on U.S. energy and national security since 2006, CNA’s Military Advisory Board has found that the nation’s current energy posture undermines economic security and poses an urgent threat to national security but, more... 07.27.2010
Hoping to encourage renewable but intermittent energy sources, such as wind and solar, three Senate Democrats have proposed offering up to $1.5 billion in tax credits to storage projects that are connected to the electric grid. Senators Jeff Bingaman... 06.22.2010 | Jeff Beattie
Seeking to address congressional and industry concerns about how to pay for new power lines—especially those needed by new renewable energy generators—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed new rules Thursday that would spread... 06.15.2010
Working in a consortium, Germany’s Siemens Energy and Italy’s Prysmian Powerlink last week received a $614.3 million contract from Transpower, the German unit of Dutch grid operators TenneT, to connect two North Sea offshore wind projects to the... 06.02.2010
Wyoming’s Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy LLC and General Electric and the big winners so far in TransCanada Corp.’s allocation of capacity on its 3,000-megawatt Zephyr transmission project. TransCanada selected Pathfinder for 2,100 MW of that...
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