Puget Sound Energy last week completed the $240 million purchase of a 310-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Longview, Wash., the latest step in the utility’s long-range effort to ensure a reliable, cost-effective energy supply for its growing customer base in Western Washington.
PSE signed an agreement in September to buy the 11-month-old “Mint Farm” power-generating [...]
TGI Solar Power Group Inc., a turnkey supplier of vertically integrated solar systems for a variety of applications ranging from Solar Parks to commercial markets, announces the appointment of Sarmir Ahshrup as a Special Advisor for South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia and India.
A native of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mr. Ahshrup has worked in the engineering [...]
NiSource Inc. unit Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. and MarkWest Energy Partners, LP announced their intention to jointly expand natural gas gathering and processing services to support increased production volumes in the Appalachian Basin of central West Virginia.
Columbia Gas and MarkWest are in discussions with several natural gas producers regarding plans to provide new gathering [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Transformers Market in India 2011″ report to their offering.
Rise in power sector and government initiatives is boosting the transformer market, finds Netscribes
Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., launches a report on the Transformers Market in India 2011 as part of Netscribes Power Industry report series.
Mumbai, India January 5, [...]
EnergyConnect, an industry leader in innovative demand response technologies, announced that it has been selected as a provider to the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal government agencies.
“Demand response is an essential component to any long-term, national energy strategy, and it is affirming to see the federal government leading by example,” said George Barnes [...]
Welwind Energy International Corp., announces that it has successfully signed a binding joint venture partnership for a 49% interest in a wind farm project owned by Ningxia Electric Power Corp. (NEP).
‘A La Shan Zuo Qi Windfarm Ltd.’ (project company of NEP) is a 49.5 MW wind farm, expandable to 400 MW. The partnership will give [...]
Carmanah Technologies Corporation has received a follow up order through Dubai-based GESOLAR — the company’s authorized aviation distributor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — to supply additional solar-powered portable airfield lights for civilian airfield applications. This latest order, valued at more than $1.2 million, provides the tools to enhance visibility and safety at remote [...]
Cal-Bay International, Inc. announced the company has received a green light for the development of five West Coast commercial vehicle hybridization installation centers.
CBI today announced the “green light” for the construction of the centers from the CA-based hybridization company, who informed CBI that they have secured the first hybridization retrofit agreement with an established [...]
The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) has filed a stipulation it agreed to with Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS), a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. In the stipulation, CUB and WPS agreed to several initiatives that will help WPS customers conserve energy. The proposal is subject to Commission approval.
In [...]
Gulf Ethanol Corporation announced the implementation of its third-generation feedstock pre-processing unit. “With each development of the technology, we become more efficient in our processing,” noted Bill Carmichael, Gulf’s President.
Gulf is now expanding its testing protocols beyond sorghum and corn to sawdust, switchgrass and grass clippings. The company feels each of these feedstocks has potential [...]