When Goldwind USA, Inc. needed a local, experienced partner to produce its 85 meter wind turbine towers in North America it turned to Broadwind Energy, Inc. Goldwind selected Broadwind to supply approximately 70 wind turbine towers for its Shady Oaks project in Lee County, Illinois, set for installation during the second half of 2011. Tim Rosenzweig,...
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. On October 27, 2009, Algonquin Power Income Fund became a wholly owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (collectively “APUC”), maintaining the same operations and business activities, but under...
Magnetek, Inc. today reported the results of its 2011 fiscal second quarter ended January 2, 2011. Second Quarter Results In its second quarter of fiscal 2011, Magnetek recorded revenue of $26.1 million, a 36% increase from the second quarter of fiscal 2010 and a 5% sequential increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2011. The increase in sales from...
TransCanada Corporation today announced its Bison Pipeline became operational on Friday, January 14. The 303-mile (487-kilometre), 30-inch-diameter interstate pipeline has an initial capacity of 407 million cubic feet a day, all of which is currently under long-term contract. With additional compression, the pipeline is expandable to 1 billion cubic...
Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today discussing the company’s revenue projections for 2011. According to the American Housing Survey, there were 128,203,000 housing units in the United States in 2007 (Source: www.census.gov). If only one tenth of 1% of the approximately 128 million housing units were to purchase the Tri-Brid Solar...
The Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL), a program of the Masdar Institute, committed to raising awareness and engaging students and young professionals in the renewable energy and sustainability fields, announces its program and sponsors for 2011. Growing support from the private sector, including local companies such as Emirates Nuclear Energy Company...
Cape Wind completed its Federal permitting process today with the receipt of a final permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), continuing the project’s forward progress to creating jobs and increasing energy independence from the 468 megawatt offshore wind farm. EPA’s approval came 24 hours after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued...
WindTamer Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a package of state and local incentives valued at approximately $1.5 million. The package is in support of WindTamer’s proposed expansion at its Rochester, New York facility. The project includes leasehold improvements, acquisition and installation of machinery and equipment, training...
ZBB Energy Corporation, the leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced today that their ZESS 500 has been deemed a fully operational and validated success. It is installed at CSIRO’s Energy Centre in Newcastle, Australia, as part of the Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies (AEST) program. This marks the...
The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) today announced its decision regarding Portland General Electric Company’s 2011 general rate case, ending a public review process that began in February 2010. The commission approved an overall price increase of approximately 3.9 percent, which will be allocated across all PGE customer classes. Together...