PPL Completes Sale of Remaining Hydroelectric Assets in Maine to River Restoration Trust

PPL Corporation announced Friday that it has completed the sale of its remaining three hydroelectric generating facilities in Maine to the Penobscot River Restoration Trust for approximately $24 million. This sale culminates an agreement reached in 2004 by PPL and a coalition of environmental groups and governmental agencies to facilitate the removal... 

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TRC Named Engineering Consultant in $3 Million Substation Design Project

TRC Companies, Inc., a recognized leader in engineering, consulting and construction management that provides integrated services to the environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate markets, today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million contract to serve as the engineering consultant on the Keene Road Substation Project for the Bangor... 

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Pierre Fortin to Leave Canadian Hydropower Association

The Canadian Hydropower Association would like to announce that Pierre Fortin, President of the Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA), will be leaving his post in April 2009, after ten years of service to the association. During his term as President, the CHA has become not only a leader in the energy sector, but also the recognized voice of the hydropower... 

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AMSC Manufactures and Ships Superconductor Wire for Project HYDRA Prototype Power Cable

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, announced today that it has manufactured and shipped approximately 17,000 meters (56,000 feet) of its proprietary second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire, branded as 344 superconductors, from the company’s manufacturing facility in Devens, MA for... 

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Patriot Energy Corporation Announces the Birth of TelTeck-H2O Professional Cycling Team

Patriot Energy Corporation announce the official launching of the Professional Cycling Team TelTeck-H2O. The announcement was made official through a press conference on Saturday morning at 11:00 am in Varese, Italy where the World Cycling Championship was being held. Team Manager Max Radoni and Team Sport Manager Francesco Frattini unveiled for the... 

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GDF SUEZ Builds Hydro Plant in Panama

A subsidiary of GDF SUEZ will start the construction of a 115 MW run-of-the river hydro project following an auction for energy companies which took place on 9 September 2008. As a result of this auction, 100 MW have been sold to distribution companies for a period of 10 years, between 2013 and 2022. GDF SUEZ will provide 6,000 GWh for the length of... 

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Axia Capital Partners, LP Announces Sale of Hydroid, LLC

Axia Capital Partners, LP, announced today that it has completed the sale of the assets and business of Hydroid, LLC to Kongsberg Maritime, AS, a division of Kongsberg Gruppen, for approximately $80 million and an earn-out based on Hydroid’s 2008 and 2009 operating performance. Hydroid is a manufacturer and supplier of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles... 

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Brazil Turning to Sugarcane Bagasse Power Generation to Reduce its Dependence on Hydropower

Brazil is increasingly turning to alternative power generation fuels such as biomass in order to increase electricity supply and reduce its dependence on hydropower. Biomass power represents around 4.1 percent of the total installed capacity in Brazil at present and most biomass cogeneration is based on sugarcane bagasse. At present, sugarcane bagasse... 

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China Holdings, Inc. Announces Development, Investment & Construction of Inner Mongolia Ontniute Wind Energy Power Plants

China Holdings, Inc., a global diversified asset holdings company and its subsidiaries, headquartered in the U.S., engaged in multiple China-focused business activities including energy, clean energy, resources, utilities, and finance, today announced the Company, and its controlled subsidiary: China Power, Inc. have executed a three(3) year development,... 

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Tecogen Introduces Inverter-Based CHP Module to Europe

Tecogen has signed its first long-term sales representation agreement in the European Union. Hydrochem Sp. z o.o., based in Warsaw will represent Tecogen’s combined heat and power (CHP) products in Poland, and the Baltic republics (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia). Concurrent with the signing, Hydrochem has placed its initial purchase order for... 

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