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Iberdrola Renovables now has 41 wind farms in the US
Iberdrola Renovables has produced 6,046 million kilowatt hours (kWh) at all its facilities around the world in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 16.5 % on the same period last year. Of the total, 5,771 million kWh were generated by the company’s wind farms, which continued to form the core of Iberdrola Renovables’ business in the quarter, accounting for 95.5% of the generation mix. Of the total, 2,962 million kWh was generated in the ... [more]
Good Energy gets social energy from GoodBrand and Company
Good Energy has turned to creative and social insight agency, GoodBrand & Company to help bring its vision - of changing the way energy is produced and used in the UK - to life. Good Energy tasked the agency to bring on board new customers and encourage a growing demand for renewable energy in the UK. The acquisition campaign, which encourages people to ‘join the homegrown energy movement’, will launch on 21st June , with direct mail and email... [more]
We need all possible sources of energy to replace our dependence on declining fossils fuels
We have heard a lot from politicians over the last month about the economy, immigration, defence and tax. However there has been very little discussion about how we are going to deal with one of the biggest issues facing this country over the next decade. Where is our energy going to come from? With plentiful supplies of coal in the first half of the 20th century and gas and oil from the North Sea since the 1980s, the UK has until recent times... [more]
Flexitricity brings increased energy-asset reliability to UK businesses and reduces carbon emissions in the national electricity system
Flexitricity believes it could unlock revenue streams worth millions of pounds annually to private industry, and help reduce Britain’s carbon footprint, using a unique system that harnesses the hidden flexible capabilities of existing commercial energy assets, such as standby generators, electricity consuming equipment, combined heat and power (CHP) generators and hydro generators. Using its patented aggregation technology, Flexitricity’s cli... [more]
Growing interest in Latin America to promote renewable technologies
According to Fitch Ratings, the prospects are good for renewable energy development in Latin America and the Caribbean, even as development across the region remains in the early stages and information on clean power initiatives is limited. There is growing interest from Latin American governments to promote renewable technologies, and most countries possess abundant renewable energy sources such as wind, small hydro, biomass and solar. Fitch ... [more]
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Duke Energy's Brazil Unit Seeks To Expand Beyond Hydro Power
Duke Energy's Brazil Unit Seeks To Expand Beyond Hydro Power
Angola to spend $18 bln to end power cuts by 2016
Angola to spend $18 bln to end power cuts by 2016
Hydroelectric project performing close' to expectations
Despite the late arrival of summer in Whistler, causing water flows in Fitzsimmons Creek to peak in July instead of the typical June, performance of the new hydroelectric power plant has been 'pretty close' to expectations, according to the project
Boralex Power Income Fund Declares Cash Distribution
Boralex Power Income Fund has today declared a cash distribution in the amount of $0.01667 for the period from September 1, 2010 to September 15, 2010, being the expiry date of the offer made Boralex Inc. to acquire all the issued and outstanding trust units of the Fund, as extended and varied.
Big Tulloch Reservoir power project generates interest
Environmental regulations, unanticipated work and construction delays have added about $8 million to the cost of a project to expand power generation capacity at the Lake Tulloch Dam by more than a third. Yet the project, now halfway complete, is still expected to be profitable, according to board members and the general manager of Tri-Dam Project, the partnership which maintains the dam and is ...
TVA's new "vision" includes more nuclear power, less coal
The Tennessee Valley Authority is embarking on a plan to almost double its production of nuclear energy while also working toward completing the long-dormant Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Jackson County.
Hydro-electric power station being considered for the GF area
Preliminary permits have been approved and feasibility studies are under way for a proposed multibillion dollar hydroelectric power station that would be located on the banks of the Minnesota River near Granite Falls.
Developers look to Mississippi River as source of renewable power
ST. LOUIS — For decades, the Mississippi River has been a key passageway for barges and other vessels that move millions of tons of coal and petroleum to help power the nation's economy. These days, developers are looking to the river itself as a power source. No fewer than a dozen hydroelectric projects are proposed just along the stretch of river bordering Missouri. Many would be situated at ...
Pakistani utility suffers in floods
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The recent monsoon flooding has caused Pakistan Electric Power Company an estimated $117 million in losses. Pakistan - Islamabad - Asia - Government - International Monetary Fund
Fitch Rates Paducah Power System's Electric Revs 'A'; Outlook to Negative
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A' rating to the following City of Paducah, Kentucky Electric Plant Board (Paducah Power System, or PPS) revenue bonds: --$3 million refunding revenue bonds, series 2010. The bonds are expected to sell competitively on Sept. 8, 2010, with proceeds refunding PPS's outstanding series 2001 revenue bonds. In addition, Fitch affirms the following ...
