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Oglethorpe Power approved to build plant

Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Oglethorpe Power Corp. announced Wednesday it has received final approval from its 39 member cooperatives to build a 605-megawatt natural gas power plant, potentially in Smarr. More...

DWP drops plan to build 85-mile power transmission line across the desert

Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Facing enormous costs and fierce opposition from environmental groups, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Wednesday announced that it has dropped plans to build an 85-mile-long "green" power transmission line across desert wilderness preserves and scenic ridgelines. More...

DEC acts to cut fish kills at utilities: Equipment would save aquatic life in rivers; but cost is a major concern

Mar 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Power plants could face costly new requirements intended to prevent water intakes from killing massive amounts of fish and fish eggs, under a proposal announced Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. More...

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German antitrust authority proposes coal plants sell-off

Mar 11 - Power Engineering International - Utilities including RWE and E. ON could be forced to sell coal fired power plants in exchange for extended operations at their nuclear power plants, under proposals by the German Federal Antitrust Office. Nuclear power plants are Germany's most profitable largescale power generators and investors in E.ON, RWE, Energie BadenWuerttemberg (EnBW) and Sweden's Vattenfall were eyeing billions of euros of extra profits. The German government wants to change a law requiring the nuclear plants to be shutdown by the mid- 2 02 Os. More...

Firms pick windy Nevada for turbine plant

Mar 11 - United Press International - Two U.S. firms and one from China said Thursday they planned to build a 320,000-square-foot wind turbine manufacturing plant in Nevada. U.S. Renewable Energy Group, a private equity firm, along with A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd of Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, said they were working with American Nevada Co., a real estate development firm, to chose a site for the plant that would provide 1,000 manufacturing jobs, the Las Vegas Sun reported. Bruce Deifik, president The Greenspan Corp., parent of American Nevada, said the companies were scouting the Las Vegas Valley for up to 1,000 acres of property to build a wind turbine plant. More...

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. -- Faulkner Power Plant Achieves New Output Record

Mar 11 - Business Wire - Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX.V: NGP, OTCBB: NGLPF) is pleased to announce that work to replace the damaged power cable systems at the Faulkner 1 plant has enabled all three turbine generator units to be placed into operation and for the Company to re-establish commercial power production. More...

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EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Contracts for Installation of Electrical Systems at Riverside Energy Resource Center

Mar 11 - Business Wire - EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses announced that, as previously reported during its February 2010, Fourth Quarter '09 Earnings Call, its Dynalectric San Diego (http://www.dyna-sd.com/) and Dynalectric Los Angeles (http://www.dyna-la.com/) subsidiaries have been awarded contracts for the installation of electrical systems for the Riverside Energy Resource Center in Riverside, California. Dynalectric San Diego and Dynalectric Los Angeles will be responsible for the installation, start-up and commissioning of all the electrical systems at the Riverside Energy Resource Center (RERC), built to address Riverside's growing demand for electricity. In addition to the traditional electrical scope of work, Dynalectric San Diego and Dynalectric Los Angeles will also be responsible for the installation of all systems, including the plant controls systems, as well as the installation of a lightning protection system, fire alarm system, security system, and tele/data and fiber optics systems. More...

Residential 'microgrid' community to inform smart grid market model

KEMA - KEMA has partnered with Dutch energy research center ECN, advanced software company Humiq and utility Essent to create a living smart grid demonstration community. more...

Ballard to Receive DOE Funding to Advance Non-Automotive Fuel Cell Commercialization

VANCOUVER, March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) announced today that it has $6.2 million in project funding from the U.S. More...

Bloom Energy unveils its 'Bloom Box' fuel cell

Mar 08 - San Jose Mercury News - After working in secrecy for eight years, a Sunnyvale, Calif., startup vaulted onto center stage in the cleantech revolution Feb. More...

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