Fossil & Biomass | May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Richard Halstead The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif.

The Marin County Civil Grand Jury issued a report this week championing a landfill gas-to-energy project at Redwood Landfill and urging local officials to foster it and other projects at the landfill.

International | SHANGHAI, May 16, 2013 -- SinoCast Daily Business Beat

Shanghai Taisheng Wind Power Equipment Co., Ltd. announces that it plans to take over 51 percent equities in Nantong Blue Island Offshore Co., Ltd. so as to build a 3-10MW offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing base.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tracie Mauriello Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Army Corps of Engineers is a big step closer to resuming work on the Lower Monongahela's crumbling locks and dams after a U.S. Senate vote Wednesday reauthorizing up to $12.5 billion in water projects over the next decade.

Business & Corporate | TOPEKA, Kan., May 16, 2013 -

The Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WR) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share payable Jul. 1, 2013, on the company's common stock. The dividends are payable to shareholders of record as of Jun. 7, 2013.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | DENVER, May 16, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE

The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) announced that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 13 - 1001, the Advanced Industries Acceleration Act, yesterday in Greeley, Colo.

Solar | May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Joyce The Mount Airy News, N.C.

For 30 years, land once occupied by a city landfill has sat unused, but that could be changing with plans for a solar farm at the site.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE

The following commentary is by Dr. Randy Moravec, Executive Director of the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power: Did you know your electric company may be charging you for taxes that it never pays to the federal treasury?

Nuclear | May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Annette Cary Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is ending its increased oversight of Energy Northwest's nuclear power plant near Richland, it said in a letter released Wednesday.

Business & Corporate | May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Rachel Wells The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.

The city signed a 22-month contract Wednesday with Homefield Energy, locking in an electricity rate of $0.04539 per kilowatt hour for Ameren customers who remain in a new electric aggregation program.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Brian Bowling The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The government should be able to pursue its claim that the former owners of an Indiana County coal-fired power plant failed to install required pollution controls in the 1990s because the absence of those controls makes the plant one of the largest sources of air pollution in the country, a lawyer representing state regulators argued Wednesday.

Grid Operations | May 16 - Anchorage Daily News (AK)

A proposed new high-voltage power line along a busy stretch of the Parks Highway through Wasilla is drawing fierce opposition with some residents, business owners and the city planner arguing it would mar the view and could hurt retailers, restaurants and other businesses.

Business & Corporate | May 16 - New Haven Register (CT)

The Town Council and the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday night approved a five-year contract with a Foxboro, Mass., company to procure wholesale power for the community's municipal electric company.

Business & Corporate | May 16 - Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)

Windsor on Wednesday became the first city to join the Sonoma Clean Power Authority, created as an alternative to PG&E to provide a greener product at competitive, if not cheaper rates.

International | HELSINKI, FINLAND -- (Marketwired) -- 05/16/13 --

Metso Corporation's press release on May 16, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. local time Finland's largest pellet-fired heating plant, which was supplied by Metso to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy, Tampere, is based on a technological solution that is the first of its kind in the country.

Grid Operations | May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Nok-Noi Ricker Bangor Daily News, Maine

Central Maine Power Co.'s $1.55 billion upgrade to double its electric grid's capacity has meant a multi-million dollar investment in town that is helping offset projected state revenue cuts, Town Manager Paul White said.