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

December 14, 2009 Category: Renewable Energy, Wind Energy
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... 

ENMAX Green Power Selects URS to Build Natural Gas-Fired Power Generating Facility

February 11, 2009 Category: Natural Gas
ENMAX Green Power Selects URS to Build Natural Gas-Fired Power Generating Facility

URS Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by ENMAX Green Power Inc. to provide engineering, procurement, construction, startup, testing and commissioning services for a new 120-megawatt simple-cycle power generation facility in Alberta, Canada. The natural gas-fired facility is located about 40 kilometers north of Calgary near the... 

Suntech Solar Panels to Power Largest PV Solar Project in the Middle East

January 19, 2009 Category: Solar Energy
Suntech Solar Panels to Power Largest PV Solar Project in the Middle East

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced it has supplied 5MW of Suntech solar panels for a 10MW solar electricity system to power Masdar City, the world’s first carbon neutral city being built in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The panels will form part of the largest solar... 

Sonelgaz Signs $1 Billion in Service Agreements with GE Energy, Targeting Improved Efficiency, Output for Algerian Power Plants

November 25, 2008 Category: Natural Gas

Taking another important step toward meeting Algeria’s growing energy needs, state-owned power company Sonelgaz has signed service agreements with GE Energy worth more than US $1 billion. The service agreements will help to improve efficiency, output and reliability of 51 gas turbines installed in 13 power plants across the country. The agreements... 

Casa Energia Expo-2008

Casa Energia Expo, the important event dedicated to homes that produce and save energy, will be held once again at the Datchforum of Assago, Milano, from 7 to 9 November, and will have on show materials, technologies, products and services for a new way of living able to combine comfort, wellbeing and environmental sustainability. With 6, 000 square... 

GE Energy to Provide Distribution Management System for EDF Energy Networks in London

GE Energy announced today that EDF Energy Networks is installing GE’s power distribution management software system to help manage EDF’s London electricity distribution network. The new distribution system completes the final phase in EDF’s integration strategy that will benefit eight million customers in the United Kingdom. Since privatization... 

Duke Energy Ohio Reaches Agreement on Electric Security Plan

Duke Energy Ohio announced today that a settlement agreement has been reached with most intervening parties, the Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel on its electric security plan under Ohio’s new energy law. The agreement, which establishes generation rates for 2009 through 2011, must be... 

Iskraemeco Ltd. Joins eMeter’s IntegratedMDM(SM) Interoperability Program

October 25, 2008 Category: Energy Management, Green Energy

eMeter, a global leader in clean energy technology, has announced that leading Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) technology company, Iskraemeco Ltd, has agreed to participate in its IntegratedMDM program. “The resounding participation of leading AMI companies in eMeter’s IntegratedMDM program highlights the value of close cooperation and... 

Pacific Gas and Electric Plans to Deploy up to 3.3 Million GE Meters Equipped with SmartMeter(TM) Technology by 2011

October 23, 2008 Category: Electric Energy, Electricity

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) of California plans to deploy as many as 3.3 million GE meters equipped with SmartMeter™ technology to utility customers in northern and central California. These meters will help customers manage their energy consumption and costs, while helping the utility improve customer service. Overall, PG&E plans to... 

Landis+Gyr Unveils Four-Year Advanced Metering Contract with PG&E

Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy management offering utilities next generation “smart grid” solutions, today announced a four-year contract to supply a major portion of the planned deployment of more than 5 million advanced electric meters to California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Under the agreement, the... 

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