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Delaware Passes RPS with Solar Carve-out (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| The Delaware General Assembly passed a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) early Sunday morning that will require 20% of the state's electricity to come from renewable resources by 2019, with 2% of that energy coming from solar. |
PG&E Adds Utility-Scale Solar Projects to Its Power Mix (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has entered into agreements with two developers of utility-scale photovoltaic solar power: Cleantech America LLC and GreenVolts, Inc. The agreements will deliver up to seven megawatts (MW) of utility-scale renewable solar energy for PG&E's customers throughout Northern and Central California. Cleantech America's CalRENEW-1 project, located near PG&E's Mendota substation in Fresno County, will provide PG&E with five megawatts of energy and will represent one of the largest photovoltaic facilities in the United States. The GreenVolts GV1 solar plant, to be located on eight acres in Tracy, California, will provide PG&E's customers with an additional two megawatts of renewable power. Under the agreements, the projects will be completed in 2009. |
Mendota Solar Plant Planned (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| A San Francisco company has chosen west Fresno County for a massive solar facility -- one that would be the largest in California and the leading edge of a potentially important new Valley industry. The project, if approved by Fresno County officials, would feature photovoltaic panels covering about 40 acres near Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s Mendota substation, said Bill Barnes, chief executive of project developer Cleantech America LLC. ...According to California Energy Commission records, it would be the state's largest unless overtaken by future projects before it opens in 2009. |
Suzlon Signs 300 MW Wind Power Contract (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suzlon Energy A/S of Denmark, recently extended its contract with PPM Energy to add 300 megawatts (MW) of wind turbine capacity -- and become one of the largest single contracts in the history of the company and the U.S. wind energy industry. |
PowerBuoy Grid Connection Compliant with Int'l Standards (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announced that its PowerBuoy® interface with the electrical utility power grid has been certified as compliant with international standards. An independent laboratory, Intertek Testing Services, provided testing and evaluation services to certify that the OPT systems comply with designated national and international standards. As a requirement for utility connections, generation resources such as OPT's PowerBuoy, must conform to international safety standards, including UL1741 and IEEE1547. |
European Wind Power Markets to Exceed 130 GW by 2015 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| European wind power markets will continue to grow steadily in the next eight years from a total installed base of 48,452 MW at year-end 2006 to 130,816 MW at year-end 2015, according to a new study from Emerging Energy Research (EER). |
Oregon Approves 50% Solar Tax Credit (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| Oregon's legislative session has ended -- and June 2007 will be remembered as one of the sunniest month on record. Building on the momentum of its new Renewable Energy Standard, Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several key solar policies designed to encourage solar manufacturing and the installation of solar hot water and photovoltaic (PV) systems in the state. |
U.S. Expands Renewable Energy Cooperation with Sweden (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| Cooperation on renewable energy and vehicle technologies between the U.S. and Sweden is under way through a recent agreement that includes establishing a bilateral working group to explore prospective projects. |
Geothermal Potential in the Gulf of Mexico (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| I hear that there is geothermal power potential in the Gulf of Mexico. Is that true? Where is it located, and will it ever be developed? - Danielle J., Dallas, Texas |
Sempra Generation Enters Renewable Energy Market (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 09:00:33
| Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of the San Diego-based Sempra Energy, is entering the renewable energy development business, starting with a 250-megawatt (MW) wind-power generation project in Baja California, Mexico. Sempra Generation has agreed to acquire the development assets associated with the proposed La Rumorosa Wind Power project under a co-development arrangement with San Diego-based Cannon Power Corp. The La Rumorosa project would generate power from as many as 125 wind turbines to be installed along the easterly ridge lines of the Sierra Juarez, about 70 miles east of San Diego and across the U.S.-Mexico border. The project could be operational by mid-to-late 2010. Under terms of the proposed purchase agreement, Cannon Power will provide technical assistance and co-develop the project with Sempra Generation. |
Oregon to Expand Business Energy Tax Credit (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-03-2007 at 03:00:55
| On June 25, two days before adjourning the session, the Oregon legislature passed HB 3201 to expand the scope of Oregon's existing Business Energy Tax Credit ("BETC"). |
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