Opcon Enters into Cooperation Agreement in Japan Regarding Opcon Powerbox

Opcon has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Japanese company Miura Co. with around 2,000 employees and with recorded sales of over JPY 70 billion in 2007. The agreement is part of a broad investment for growth. In time, the aim is to conclude a distribution and resale agreement between Opcon and Miura regarding Opcon Powerbox. Miura’s... 

Tags: American energy department, Electricity, electricity production, energy, Energy Efficiency, high electricity prices, Japan, Miura Co., Opcon AB, Partnership, renewable energy sources, Rolf Hasselström, United States

Terra-Gen Power, LLC Acquires Renewable Energy Projects from Airstream Energy, LLC

Terra-Gen Power LLC,, a wholly-owned affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, announced today that, through an affiliated project company, it has acquired a portfolio of six wind projects from Airstream Energy LLC. The projects, which are located in Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico are in various stages of development and, when fully... 

Tags: Acquisition, Airstream Energy LLC, ArcLight Capital Partners, Cameron Epard, Colorado, Jim Pagano, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Partnership, Terra-Gen Power LLC, United States, wind energy, Wyoming

NACEL Energy Updates Channing Flats Texas Wind Energy Project

NACEL Energy Corporation, a wind power company in business to generate clean, renewable energy, today confirmed it has commenced the collection of site specific wind measurement data at its Channing Flats project site in Moore County, Texas, with the installation of a 60 meter (200 ft.) NRG Systems meteorological tower transmitting data back to NACEL... 

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Polaris Geothermal Announces Approval of New Tariff and Amendments to Power Purchase Agreement

Polaris Geothermal Inc. announce that its Nicaraguan subsidiary, Polaris Energy Nicaragua S.A., has signed an addendum to the existing Power Purchase Agreement entered into between PENSA and the energy distributor in Nicaragua. The Addendum has also been approved by Nicaraguan utility regulator Instituto Nicaraguense de Energia (“INE”). The... 

Tags: Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economica, Central American Bank, Electricity, energy distributor, imported oil, Instituto Nicaraguense de Energia, Latin America, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Nicaragua, petroleum products, Polaris Energy Nicaragua S.A., Polaris Geothermal Inc., renewable energy projects, renewal energy, Tom Ogryzlo

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces Investment in Geothermal Entity

U.S. Energy Corp. announced that it has invested $3.445 million in Standard Steam Trust LLC, a private geothermal exploration and development company based in Denver, Colorado. Current capitalization of SST (with other partners) is $13.8 million (25% USE), which now includes approximately 60,000 acres of BLM, state and fee leases in seven prospect areas... 

Tags: clean energy, Colorado, Denver, energy, energy sources, geophysics, Investment, Keith Larsen, Mark Larsen, nominal energy inputs, oil and gas plays, renewable energy mandates, renewable energy sector, Standard Steam Trust LLC, U.S. Energy Corp., United States, Utah

XsunX Provides Overview on Positive Developments for the Renewable Energy Industry

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology Company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt amorphous thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, provides a look into 2008’s initiatives, legislation, and events set to positively impact the Renewable Energy Industry and reduce dependence on carbon based fuels. – In... 

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Ocean Power Technologies and Leighton Contractors Sign Agreement to Develop Wave Power Stations

Ocean Power Technologies, a subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announce that it has signed an agreement with Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd to develop wave power projects off the east and south coasts of Australia. This agreement is in line with OPT’s global plan to form alliances with strategic partners in key areas of the world and will... 

Tags: Alliance, Australia, energy projects, energy solutions, George W. Taylor, Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., oil and gas sectors, Partnership, Phil Cooper, PowerBuoy, PowerBuoy technology, renewable energy, transportation infrastructure, wave power, wave power technology

Euro BioEnergy Holdings Acquires German Biomass Power Plant Biomasse HKW Herbrechtingen

Euro BioEnergy Holdings, a European biomass development platform, today announced the acquisition of German biomass power plant Biomasse Heizkraftwerk Herbrechtingen GmbH from its former owners Sturm Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Fortum Power Holding B.V., and Ingenieurburo Oskar von Miller GmbH. Financial details were not disclosed. Biomasse Heizkraftwerk... 

Tags: Acquisition, Angermann M&A International GmbH, bio-energy projects, Biomasse Heizkraftwerk Herbrechtingen GmbH, Dieter Waffel, Electricity, energy, Euro BioEnergy Holdings, Fortum Power Holding B.V., Georg von Kriegsheim, German Pellets GmbH, Germany, Hamburg, Herbrechtingen BioHKW power plant, Ingenieurburo Oskar, Management Change, Miller GmbH, MMC Energy UK LTD, NovusEnergy GmbH, renewable energy law, Sturm Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Sturm Holz GmbH

Green Power EMC’s Renewable Energy Agreement Generates Jobs and Electricity

Green Power EMC (GPEMC), a partnership of 38 electric membership corporations (EMCs) in Georgia, today announced plans to purchase 17 MW of biomass energy from Multitrade Rabun Gap (MRG), LLC. The Rabun Gap project will use woody waste as the primary fuel in a conventional boiler for the generation of steam to power a steam turbine electric generator. The... 

Tags: alternate energy projects, biomass energy, Electricity, energy, Enhanced Oil Resources Inc., Georgia, GPEMC, greener energy, Hurt, Michael Whiteside, Multitrade Biomass Holdings, North Carolina, North Carolina border, Rabun Gap, Rabun Gap facility, renewable energy options, Reorganization, Ridgeway, United States, Virginia

Made-In-Canada Ethanol Reaches 1 Billion Litre Milestone

The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association today congratulated Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative (IGPC) on the official opening of its new 150 million litre ethanol plant. “Today marks a milestone day in the production of renewable fuels in Canada. With IGPC’s new plant, Canada now produces over a billion liters of ethanol a year,”... 

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