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... 

Oglethorpe Power Announces Plans To Build Biomass Electric Generating Facilities

Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC), the nation’s largest power supply cooperative, today announced plans to build as many as three 100 megawatt (MW) biomass electric generating facilities in Georgia. Designed to utilize woody biomass, one of the state’s most abundant renewable resources, the power plants will be carbon-neutral and provide... 

Westar Energy Sends Crews to Kentucky to Assist E.ON U.S. With Power Restoration Efforts

Westar Energy crews are heading east to help E.ON U.S. with power restoration from outages caused by intense winds as remnants of Hurricane Ike pushed through the state. E. ON U.S., based out of Louisville, Ky., owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU). Remnants of Ike caused power outages... 

Dominion Retail Completes Purchase of Texas REP Cirro Energy

Dominion Retail, an energy marketing subsidiary of Dominion, has closed on the purchase of Cirro Energy, a Texas retail electric provider (REP). Cirro Energy was founded in 2001 to provide superior customer service and substantial savings to business and residential customers throughout the deregulated areas of Texas. Cirro Energy supplies about 2.3... 

Titan Energy Worldwide Sentry 5000(TM) Mobile Utility System Makes Gulf Coast Debut in Aftermath of Hurricane Gustav

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc., a leader in manufacturing, marketing and servicing of energy generation products and services, announced that the Company’s Sentry 5000(TM) Mobile Utility System was successfully deployed in critical situations after Hurricane Gustav made landfall along the Gulf Coast earlier this month, including operation at the... 

Babcock & Brown Commences Construction of Majestic Wind Farm in Texas Panhandle

Babcock & Brown, a leader in wind energy development, operation and maintenance, today announced the closing of financing and commencement of construction of its 79.5 megawatt (MW) Majestic Wind Farm near Panhandle, Texas, northeast of Amarillo. The project is expected to finish construction and reach full commercial operation before the end of... 

Duke Energy Finalizes Catamount Energy Acquisition

Duke Energy has finalized its acquisition of Catamount Energy Corporation, announced on June 26, 2008. “The Catamount purchase further positions Duke Energy with additional expertise, resources and a proven track record to continue our growth in the wind business,” said Wouter van Kempen, president of Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS),... 

Exelon CEO to Urge Congress to Develop a Marshall Plan for Energy

In testimony before the U.S. Senate Energy Committee on Sept. 12, Exelon Chairman, President and CEO John Rowe will call on Congress to develop a 21st century Marshall Plan for energy, as part of a three-part plan to address the nation’s energy challenges. “I believe nothing less than a comprehensive national effort for energy will put us on the... 

Progress Energy Sending Crews, Contractors to Assist in Ike Restoration

Progress Energy is sending more than 800 company and contract workers from the Carolinas and Florida to Texas to assist utilities there with expected damage and power outages from Hurricane Ike. The company’s deployment of 385 employees and 437 contract personnel is larger than deployments made in support of utilities in Louisiana and Texas after... 

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. Announces Series of Event Dates and Product Demonstrations

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc., a leader in the manufacturing, sales and service of power generation equipment, announced today the schedule for a series of upcoming events and live demonstrations planned in cooperation with military partners and its national distribution network to promote its product line of standby and emergency power generation equipment...