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SWEPCO to Purchase Valley Electric Membership Corporation Assets

American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) utility subsidiary AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has signed a letter of intent to purchase the transmission and distribution assets of Valley Electric Membership Corporation (VEMCO). more...
Filed under: Mergers, Aquisitions & Divestitures

Massey Energy Acquires Dante Coal Reserves

Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) announced today that it has completed an additional acquisition of metallurgical and steam coal reserves from the now bankrupt Appalachian Fuels, LLC. more...
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KEMA executes Technical & Environmental Due Diligence for TenneT acquisition of E.On network

KEMA has been commissioned by Dutch Transmission & System Operator (TSO) TenneT to execute a Technical & Environmental Due Diligence, concerning it’s acquisition of Transpower, the German long-distance power grid company from German utility E.On. more...
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Uranium Energy Corp Grants Option to Neutron Energy to Acquire the Company's Interest in the Cebolleta Uranium Project in New Mexico for $11 Million

Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE-AMEX: UEC, "the Company") announces that the Company has entered into an option agreement (the "Option Agreement") with Neutron Energy, Inc. more...
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AREVA T&D acquires power transformer manufacturer Megatran Electric Ltd. and secures supply agreement with Hydro-Quebec

AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division and the shareholders of Megatran Electric Ltd today announced that they have signed an agreement for AREVA T&D to acquire Megatran, the Canadian-based power transformer manufacturer. more...
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POWER Engineers Acquires GIS Asset Management Firm

POWER Engineers has acquired VELOCITIE Integration, a leading GIS services firm experienced in a wide range of platform-independent solutions. more...
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BP continues to to focus wind business in the US, divests Indian wind assets

As BP continues to focus its wind business on its major development portfolio in the US, it today announced the sale of its wind power interests in India. more...
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Booz Allen Hamilton Awarded Department of Energy National Laboratory Prime Contract For Planning and Analysis Support

Booz Allen Hamilton today announced it has been awarded a prime contract from the U.S. more...
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GE Energy Expands in Growing Offshore Wind Sector with Key Technology Buy

GE announced today the completion of the acquisition of ScanWind. more...
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IAEA Revises Nuclear Power Projections Upward

The IAEA has released the latest update of its annual projections for the future of nuclear power, and both its low and high projections for 2030 are higher than they were last year. more...
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Elster Group Acquires EnergyICT NV - One of the Top Three Global Market Leaders

Elster Group, a technology and innovation driven world leader in smart metering and SmartGrid systems and solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of EnergyICT NV from its management. more...
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Black & Veatch Launches New Service to Support Corporate Transformation Initiatives for Utilities

Black & Veatch today announced a new, proprietary service offering that will help energy and water utilities quickly align their organizations with the rapidly changing business climate. more...
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Itron CEO LeRoy Nosbaum Added as EnergyBiz Leadership Forum Keynote Speaker

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that its chief executive officer and chairman of the board, LeRoy Nosbaum, will join a host of prestigious industry luminaries as keynote speaker at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum, March 8-10, 2009 in Washington, D.C. more...
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Black & Veatch CEO Urges Infrastructure Investments That Deliver Greater Job Growth and Productivity

Len C. Rodman, Chairman, President and CEO of Black & Veatch, said today that stimulus funding in energy, transportation and water infrastructure will provide the greatest returns in achieving U.S. economic recovery, job growth, greater efficiency and productivity. more...
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Black & Veatch Sponsoring Energy Industry Leadership Briefing on Effects of Global Financial Issues

Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today that it is sponsoring an "Implications of the Financial Crisis for the Energy Industry" executive briefing on Wednesday, January 14 in Houston, Texas. more...
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Tracking the Global Bubble: Is Europe at a Tipping-Point?

Dec 1, 2009 - 10:00-11:00am Eastern - Your City

Join Platts as they discuss the changes in gas markets across the globe. William Powell, Editor, Platts International Gas Report will examine the key shifts in the global gas supply/demand balance. Alex Froley, European Gas Markets Editor, Platts will discuss how the gas market in Europe is changing and more. more...

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2nd European Solar Investment and Finance Summit

Dec 2, 2009 - Dec 3, 2009 - Berlin Germany

Successfully Attract and Secure Investment and Finance for Your Solar Projects more...

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2nd European Solar Investment and Finance Summit

Dec 2, 2009 - Dec 3, 2009 - Berlin Germany

Successfully Attract and Secure Investment and Finance for Your Solar Projects more...

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ARTICLES

Ills of Indian Energy Sector and Strategies to Overcome

By Bharathi Seeni -
Asian development bank report projected India's total energy consumption at 1279 MTOE by 2030. Per capita electricity consumption for India stood at 631 Kwh as more...
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A Post Woodstock Perspective on Cap and Trade

By Roger Feldman -
It is the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the Moon Mission, the Miracle Mets, and the Joe Namath Jets. Everything was possible in 1969. It was more...
Filed under: Carbon Trading

Carbon Credit: A Passport to Pollute Our Planet

By Ramanathan Menon -
Most of us favor protecting the environment. We want green grass to grow, clean water to drink, and blue skies to gaze. We want our more...
Filed under: Carbon Trading

Offsetting the Invisible Hand

By Roger Feldman -
The proposed creation and treatment of GHG Offsets represents a microcosm of some of the more problematic issues presented by the overall cap and trade more...
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The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It?

By Dilip James - Recently I saw an advertisement about the smart grid where a man poses the question: "Did you know that more than 30% of the electricity more...
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ENERGY BLOGS

Historical Analysis of Energy Storage Technologies

Blogger Photo By Victor Humphrey - At first glance my first blog posting might be deemed impractical or even illogical by realists, if any can be more...

REGULATORS TO THE RAMPARTS - They Must Lead!

Blogger Photo By Martin Rosenberg - Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont set the tone for the gathering this week of our nation's state utility regulators in more...

Intelligence for the Utility as Well as the Grid

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - What comes first – the smart meter or the ability to capture and effectively utilize the information available from the more...

Gems from Silicon Valley and GreenBeat 2009

Blogger Photo By Kate Rowland - Today’s GreenBeat 2009 conference in San Mateo, California, brought together venture capitalists, analysts, electric utility executives and smart grid solutions more...

Talk About a Revolution

Blogger Photo By Bill Opalka - A second Industrial Revolution, that is. I hear that often at renewable energy conferences, and this week is no different. more...

Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability

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