Shaw Chairman Urges National Commitment to Build Nuclear Power Plants

The Shaw Group Inc. Chairman J.M. Bernhard Jr. called for a national commitment to build up to 50 nuclear power plants by 2030, telling a gathering of power industry leaders that the jobs, clean electricity and energy independence created by a “nuclear renaissance” offer a unique platform to achieve the “hope and change” pledged by President-elect Barack Obama. “If this nation and the Obama administration are truly serious about controlling... Read more..

Vattenfall Acquires Britain’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Vattenfall has acquired the Thanet Offshore Wind project off Margate, Kent, for the sum of GBP 35 million (SEK 435 million). On completion, the wind farm will have an installed capacity of some 300 MW. This will be almost three times the size of Lillgrund, Vattenfall’s largest wind farm in Sweden to date, and about the same size as Horns Rev in Denmark, in which Vattenfall has a majority stake. Vattenfall acquired the rights to build Thanet Offshore... Read more..

Ocean Power Technologies Wins New $3 Million Contract from US Navy

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announce that it has been awarded a new $3 million contract for participation in the second phase of the US Navy’s Deep Water Active Detection Systems (“DWADS”) program, which is designed to utilize sophisticated data gathering and communications systems. This advanced technology program has prospective applications using multiple PowerBuoys® for homeland security including powering sensor networks over wide areas... Read more..

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Further Expands Its Clean Energy Platform: Opens 4.8 Megawatt Gas-to-Energy Facility at Clinton County Landfill

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced today that operations at its Clinton County landfill gas-to-energy plant, producing clean energy from landfill methane gas, began ahead of schedule. This facility is the company’s fifth landfill gas-to-energy project. The new landfill gas-to-energy plant, located at the company’s Clinton County landfill in Morrisonville, NY,... Read more..

American DG Energy Generates Clean Energy at Penacook Place

American DG Energy Inc., a leading On-Site Utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling systems, today announced it is now generating clean, low-cost energy at Penacook Place, an independent not-for-profit nursing and rehabilitation facility, located in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The energy is produced with a 75 kW On-Site Utility energy system, which Penacook did not need to buy or finance. The Company estimates Penacook will save... Read more..

Belmar Unveils One of the Largest Solar Parking Structures in the Western United States

Continuum Lakewood Development Company, in association with MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, Oak Leaf Energy Partners and SunPower Corporation , is dedicating today a 1.75-megawatt solar power system that has been constructed on three parking garages at the Belmar mixed-use development in Lakewood, Colo. It is one of the largest solar parking structures in the Western U.S. “This solar project delivers... Read more..

Energy Quest Signs MOU for Energy From Waste Venture in Romania

Energy Quest, Inc., an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture to jointly own and construct the installation of a 500 tons per day of MSW (municipal solid waste) to 20 MW Power gasification plant in Romania with CO.F.A.M.M. (COFAMM) of Romentino,... Read more..

Ocean Power Technologies Launches PowerBuoy for US Navy

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announces that it has installed and commissioned one of its autonomous PowerBuoy® systems off the coast of New Jersey under contract from the US Navy in connection with a unique program for ocean data gathering. The Navy’s Deep Water Active Detection System (“DWADS”) program is designed to utilize sophisticated data gathering and communications systems. This advanced technology program has prospective applications,... Read more..

Rooftop Solar Power Now the Best Investment Under the Sun

With today’s passage of the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 — which includes the best incentives for solar power in a generation — Akeena Solar, Inc., one of the nation’s leading designers and installers of solar power systems, believes the key elements are now in place for unprecedented growth in residential solar adoption. “Finally, the federal government has implemented a set of policies that will spur the long... Read more..

Phoenix Suns Teams With EI Solutions and Tioga Energy on Solar Energy System

EI Solutions, a leader in smart solar solutions, and Tioga Energy, a leading renewable energy services provider, announced today plans to provide the Phoenix Suns with the power of the sun. The companies will install a 194-kilowatt solar system to supply power to the team’s home arena, US Airways Center, which is owned by the City of Phoenix. The project was formally announced yesterday at a press conference by Suns guard and two-time NBA MVP Steve... Read more..