EDF Energies Nouvelles Signs Close to 1,000 MW of New Operations & Maintenance Contracts in the United States

As part of its Operations & Maintenance business, EDF Energies Nouvelles is announcing the signature, by its US subsidiary enXco, of four new contracts covering 981 MW in capacity with US electricity companies. These contracts lift the total capacity managed by EDF EN under operations & maintenance contracts in the United States to over 3,000 MW. enXco, leader in operation and maintenance services for wind farms in the United States, has... Read more..

Inergy Receives “Impact Award” From National Association of Small Business Investment Companies

Inergy, L.P. announced that The National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (NASBIC) has named Inergy a recipient of its 50th Anniversary “Impact Awards.” Inergy is being honored at a luncheon presentation today during the NASBIC’s 50th Annual Meeting & Private Equity Conference. Inergy – along with Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company, and Quiznos, a national franchise company with over 5,000 restaurants... Read more..

Inergy Holdings, L.P. Declares 13th Consecutive Increase in Quarterly Cash Distribution

The Board of Directors of Inergy Holdings GP, LLC, general partner of Inergy Holdings, L.P., today announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution to $0.65 per limited partner unit ($2.60 annually) for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. This represents an approximate 6.6% increase over the previously declared quarterly distribution of $0.61 per limited partner unit and an approximate 21.5% increase over the distribution for the same quarter... Read more..

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 to approximately 75 percent of LG&E’s service territory. As of early this morning, 159,000... Read more..

Horizon Wind Energy Opens Kansas City Development Office

Horizon Wind Energy LLC (Horizon), a leading wind project developer, owner, and operator, owned by EDP Renovaveis, has just opened the doors to its new office located in Overland Park, Kansas. Horizon is currently constructing the 201 megawatt (MW) Meridian Way Wind Farm in Concordia, Kansas, and has hundreds of megawatts under development across the state. Kansas ranks number 12 in wind power in the United States with less than 400 MWs installed,... Read more..

GreenMan Technologies, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Largest Project in Missouri to Date

GreenMan Technologies, Inc., a leading regional tire recycler of over 12 million scrap tires per year and emerging leader in patented cold-cure recycled rubber molded products, today announced its wholly owned recycled products subsidiary, Welch Products, has been awarded a multiple site playground project in Platte County, Missouri. The agreement was entered into by Welch’s playground division, National Safe Surfacing Initiative (NSSI). The... Read more..

Seventeen Energy Companies Purchase Licenses under the Katz Portfolio of Patents Which Cover Customer Service Operations

It was announced that seventeen of the nation’s energy and utility companies have purchased licenses under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and licensed through A2D, L.P. These separate licenses cover services offered by each of the companies in the “Energy and Utility Services” field of use. These services, including power outage reporting and customer service, are delivered through automated systems as... Read more..