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Feds name Cape Wind panel

A federal panel charged with assessing Cape Wind's impact on dozens of historic sites includes an architect, an anthropologist and a Texan who runs one of the nation's largest beer distributors. more...
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Juhl Wind Expands Wind Farm Service & Maintenance Business

Juhl Wind Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: JUHL), the Leader in Community Wind Power, today announced today that the Company's wholly-owned service subsidiary recently added a contract to provide the full operations and maintenance to the Woodstock Hills wind farm located in Woodstock, Minnesota. more...
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Report says China is squeezing U.S. firms out of its massive wind-power market

U.S. companies are getting squeezed out of the big Chinese wind-power market even as Dallas investors are bringing Chinese firms here via a big wind farm in Texas, according to a new industry report. more...
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Mitsubishi Electric to Launch New "PV Series" Intelligent Power Modules for Solar Power Generation Systems

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today the launch of its new "PV Series" intelligent power modules (IPM), mainly for use in residential photovoltaic (PV) inverters. more...
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City proposes $2 million loan for Spanish wind turbine company

Ingeteam, which announced last month it will build a wind turbine parts factory in the Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, would receive a $2 million forgivable loan under a proposal to be reviewed Thursday by the city Redevelopment Authority. more...
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US Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference

 Apr 12, 2010 - Apr 13, 2010 - Chicago USA

Develop robust strategies to secure your US wind manufacturing market share. Get real OEM supplier qualification insight to translate into component orders for your company. Learn from Siemens Windpower, Nordex USA, Clipper Windpower and many more at the: US Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 12-13th 2010 more...

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US Wind Energy Operations and Maintenance Summit

 Apr 20, 2010 - Apr 21, 2010 - Dallas, TX - USA

Operating and Maintaining wind farms costs big money and can make a big dent in your bottom line. But that cost can be significantly reduced by adopting outstanding O&M strategies that will reduce downtime and improve the performance of your wind farm. more...

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Essentials of Energy Risk Management

 Apr 13, 2010 - Apr 14, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

The volatility of energy prices has highlighted the need for energy professionals in all areas to develop a functional proficiency in the management of energy risks. This program imparts a practical understanding of the array of tools and concepts that are at the core of the contemporary energy markets. more...

 Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Electric Business Understanding Seminar

 Apr 19, 2010 - Apr 20, 2010 - Chicago, IL - USA

Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the electric industry. Position yourself for career advancement by gaining a solid understanding of how the electric business works including key physical, market, and regulatory aspects and how market participants navigate this complex business to achieve success. See event website for additional more...

 Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Electric Market Dynamics Seminar

 Apr 21, 2010 - Apr 22, 2010 - Chicago, IL - USA

Electric Market Dynamics offers participants an in-depth understanding of North American electric markets and how they function. Enhance your career by furthering your knowledge of market structures, pricing mechanisms, services offered in markets, and how various participants use the markets to manage risk and enhance opportunity. See event website for more...

 Filed under: Fossil & Biomass
 
 

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUED

Solar Power, Inc. (SOPW) Wins 2.24 Megawatt District-Wide Solar Project with Baldwin Park Unified School District

SolarPower, Inc. ("SPI") (OTCBB: SOPW) announced today that The Company has won a contract with Baldwin Park Unified School District ("BPUSD") to install multiple photovoltaic solar systems across its school district. more...
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Southern California Edison Launches Request for Offers from Independent Power Producers for Solar Program

Southern California Edison (SCE) is requesting offers from independent power producers for the utility's Solar Photovoltaic Program. more...
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Alcoa and National Renewable Energy Lab Testing New Innovative Concentrating Solar Power System

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it is jointly testing an advanced solar technology with the U.S. more...
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Feds send special team to inspect Davis-Besse

With more questions arising out of the latest situation at Davis-Besse, federal regulators announced late yesterday they have dispatched a special inspection team to the Ottawa County nuclear plant. more...
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DOE Releases New Report on Benefits of Recovery Act for Small Businesses in Clean Energy, Environmental Management Sectors

The Department of Energy today released a new report highlighting the benefits of the Recovery Act to small businesses throughout the clean, renewable energy industry and environmental management sector. more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

NRC to hold public meeting on March 23 to discuss efforts to improve performance of Ginna Nuclear Plant

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, March 23 regarding the agency's annual assessment of safety performance for the Ginna nuclear power plant during 2009. more...
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GE Sees Bright Future for Thin Film Solar Technology

With the race on in earnest to have the most efficient, low-cost solar module on the market, GE (NYSE: GE) announced it is focusing its research and development efforts on thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology in conjunction with PrimeStar Solar Inc., the startup firm in which GE is a majority investor. more...
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York County approves using wind turbines to generate electricity

New regulations in York are the first of their kind on the Peninsula regarding use of wind turbines for generating electricity. more...
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Energy developers say sage grouse decision manageable

Western energy developers were a bit nervous earlier this month as the government weighed Endangered Species Act protections for a small desert bird. more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Strip mining adds to coal's greenhouse emissions, study says

Mountaintop removal coal mining adds to greenhouse gas pollution by destroying forests and potentially releasing carbon dioxide that was previously trapped inside rock and soil, according to a recent scientific paper. more...
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ARTICLES

The Promise of using Wind Power to enhance Hydroelectric Power

By Harry Valentine -
An interesting phenomenon has been noted at several coastal wind farms in the western UK that are located along the Irish Sea. On clear days more...
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Life After 40: Suppliers Anxious to Support Life Extension Initiatives for Aging Nuclear Power Plants

By Geoff Gilmore -
With the world's electricity demand continuing to grow, and with the desire to reduce the world's emission output from traditional fossil fuel plants, countries are more...
Filed under: Nuclear

The Potential for Rechargeable Electric Municipal Public Transportation

By Harry Valentine -
The official worldwide history of electrically powered public transportation began in the year 1890 when electric trams and electric streetcar replaced horse drawn trams and more...
Filed under: Energy Storage

Economic Theory and the End of the Day in Copenhagen

By Ferdinand E. Banks - About a month ago, toward the conclusion of an important workshop at the Scuola di Dottorato in Scienza Ambientali of the University of Siena (Italy), more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Eliminating all Man-Made CO2 -- Earth gets Warmer?

By Bob Ashworth -
Do you realize that CO2 emissions created by man's activities, combustion of fuels, etc. (called anthropogenic emissions) is miniscule compared to the emissions of CO2 more...
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ENERGY BLOGS

Bipartisan Group of 29 Governors Urges Action on Wind Energy

By Tom Gray - The bipartisan Governors' Wind Energy Coalition today urged Congress to enact a renewable electricity standard (RES) and other policies so more...

Green technology helping Grow the Economy are Not Linked to Fact

By Michael Edwards - [External Link] it has been reported that for every green job created in Spain they have lost two jobs. The fact more...

Weaving the Threads: Perspectives from the American Coal Council's Spring Meeting

Blogger Photo By Peter Spinney - I was recently asked to make a presentation at the American Coal Council's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida about more...

As frm power stations -whether hazardous.

By Dharam Bir Arora - As far as my experience in the power generation field goes,ash is an inert and harmless.Many a time ash has more...

Where is the wind?

By Allen Sartain - Where can I find information regarding locations where wind is adequate for generation? To start with, I am specifically interested more...

Monitoring System for Overhead Line Conductors. Meeting the demands of a changing power environment

Blogger Photo By LIOS Technology - Providing sufficient electrical power reliably requires ongoing monitoring of temperatures within overhead transmission lines that are more susceptible to atmospheric more...
 

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