Innergex increases its net installed capacity by 53 % as Ashlu Creek starts commercial operation

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. announces that the Ashlu Creek run-of-river hydroelectric power generating plant (”Ashlu Creek”), with a net installed capacity of 49.9 MW, is now in commercial operation. As the required performance tests were carried out successfully, BC Hydro has retroactively set the official commercial operation start... 

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Electric vehicles, infrastructure power 2009 Beyond Oil conference

Shiny new electric vehicles, emitting only low-whirring sounds, glistened as they darted among the few sun breaks in Seattle outside a Cascadia Center conference titled Beyond Oil: The Sustainable Communities Initiative. The all-electric Ford Focus made its debut at the late-October event, co-sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory. Ford’s Focus... 

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World Energy Brokers 1.4 Million CER Deal over the World Green Exchange

World Energy Solutions, Inc., an operator of online exchanges for energy and green commodities, today announced it has successfully brokered a purchase agreement for over 1.4 million certified emissions reductions (CERs) on the World Green Exchange®. The deal, significant in both volume and revenue, was conducted on behalf of B-road International... 

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Constellation Energy to Sell Downstream Gas Business

Constellation Energy announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Houston-based downstream natural gas unit to Macquarie Group. Terms were not disclosed. The pending divestiture is one of several strategic initiatives the company has undertaken in recent months to reduce risk in its merchant businesses and improve liquidity through the... 

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Suntech and Standard Solar Reach 5 Megawatt Solar Panel Supply Agreement

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, and Standard Solar, Inc. are looking forward to powering cleaner energy solutions throughout the Mid-Atlantic U.S. under a new agreement by which Suntech will supply up to 5 megawatts of photovoltaic solar panels to the Maryland-based solar developer... 

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SymPowerco Receives Government Grant Application Review

SymPowerco Corporation CEO John Davenport announces that the company is in receipt of a secondary review of its application for a series of development grants from a major North American Government Agency. SymPowerco is in the final stages of the grant application process after having submitted its application to a rigorous academic and industrial peer... 

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Obama Administration Pushes Accelerator for Renewable Fuels

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the new President of the United States yesterday has combined with Canadian efforts to spark a North American explosion in the growth of renewable fuels, says Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). “When President-elect Obama took the oath of office, a new North American... 

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RES Americas Announces Completion Of Hackberry Wind Project

Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas), a national leader in the development and construction of wind power projects, announced completion and commencement of commercial operations of its Hackberry Wind Project, a $350 million wind farm in Shackelford County, Texas. RES Americas is the developer, construction contractor, operator of the project,... 

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Kitimat LNG Obtains Environmental Approvals, Signs Agreement With Mitsubishi Corporation for LNG Terminal

Kitimat LNG Inc. and Mitsubishi Corporation announced that they have signed a Heads of Agreement under which Mitsubishi will acquire terminal capacity and an equity stake in Kitimat LNG’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal. The Heads of Agreement sets forth the terms, pursuant to which Mitsubishi will commit to purchase 1.5 million... 

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Horizon Wind Energy Announces Commercial Operation of Three Wind Farms

Horizon Wind Energy, owned by EDP Renovaveis, the fourth largest wind energy producer in the world, fully commissioned over 500 megawatts (MW) in December of 2008. The 201 MW Meridian Way Wind Farm, located in north central Kansas in Cloud County, the 102.9 megawatt (MW) Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm located near the city of Arlington in Gilliam County,...