Laidlaw Reaches Agreement with Public Service Company of New Hampshire for Power Purchase Agreement for New Hampshire Biomass Project

Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc., through its affiliate, Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, LLC, announced that it has reached agreement with Public Service Company of New Hampshire (“PSNH”) on the material terms of a contemplated 20-year power purchase agreement for Laidlaw’s Berlin, New Hampshire Biomass Energy Project. The agreement between the parties contemplates the sale of 100% of the Berlin Project’s electric output, capacity and renewable energy... Read more..

Emission Credits Corporation and World Energy Solutions Conduct Breakthrough Carbon-Offsets Auction

Emission Credits Corporation (ECC), an agricultural aggregator of sequestered carbon offsets produced exclusively from farmland in Alberta, today announced it sold more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon credits on August 20, 2008 using the World Green Exchange. This deal marks the second large-scale carbon-offsets transaction for ECC this year and its first using an auction. While terms of the deal remain confidential, ECC acknowledged the World Energy... Read more..

Constellation Energy Serves up Wind Power for the 2008 US Open

Constellation Energy announced that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy (CNE), is helping to turn the court green at the 2008 US Open in Flushing, N.Y. CNE will supply an estimated 2,000 Green-e certified wind Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to match the electricity consumption at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for the duration of the US Open held Aug. 25-Sept. 7, 2008. “We’re... Read more..

City of Waco Conducts Successful Electricity Auction on World Energy Exchange

World Energy Solutions, Inc. announced that the City of Waco, Texas conducted its first ever electricity auction via the World Energy Exchange. The City awarded a 24 month contract for 116,800,000 kwh, or 58,400,000 kwh annually. The auction was a highly competitive event, culminating with a total of 63 bids. “We’ve been wanting to try a reverse auction for some time, as we believed the process could significantly benefit the City and,... Read more..

Largest Ground-Mounted Solar Power Tracking System East of Mississippi River Being Built at Merck & Co., Inc. Headquarters

By the end of 2008, the world headquarters of Merck & Co., Inc. in Whitehouse Station, N.J., will have the largest ground-mounted solar power tracking system in the eastern half of the United States. A 1.6-megawatt SunPower solar tracking power system, comprising approximately 7,000 solar panels, will cover seven acres of Merck’s 1,000-acre site. Through a type of arrangement that is making large solar installations more feasible, the system... Read more..