News

  • The winds of change are coming to Wyoming County. BP Wind Energy, in partnership with Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, held a dinner at the Noxen fire hall on Tuesday to update residents on the Mehoopany Wind Farm Project, a series of 88 wind turbines to be erected across 9,000 acres stretching from Monroe Township to Mehoopany.
  • Enerfin Energy Company of Canada Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Spanish Group Elecnor, has announced today the successful closing of a $250 Million Senior Secured Construction and Term Loan Facility for its 100 megawatt ("MW") l'Érable Wind Farm project in Quebec (Canada), currently under construction.
  • Solar power gathered in space and sent back to Earth through microwaves or lasers could provide the renewable energy of the future, Scottish engineers say.
  • The Thailand Automotive Institute (TAI) is seeking a new product champion for the country in the alternative energy sector, says newly appointed president Patima Jeerapaet.
  • There is a 50 percent chance that residential Appalachian Power customers could pay higher rates under Century Aluminum's proposed special rate structure, a commodities analyst said.
  • An ongoing trade fight over which nation will dominate the emerging solar power industry took a new turn Tuesday when U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced a proposal to prohibit Chinese products from taking advantage of U.S. tax credits.
  • Ameren officials warned Tuesday of scammers who are trying to illegally obtain the Social Security numbers of customers in Illinois and Missouri.
  • News that the Kansai region will be asked to cut summer power consumption by at least 15 percent and that plans are afoot for outright restrictions on electricity use, including rolling blackouts, was greeted calmly by area political leaders and residents.
  • Under the revised "Power Block First" proposal for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), Illinois electricity customers could save an estimated $437.7 million over a 20-year period, including more than $250.6 million in the plant's first five years of operation, according to a rate impact analysis conducted by Pace Global LLC, a Siemens business.
  • Row after row of solar panels sat soaking up the sun Tuesday on the roof of the senior residence at Sustainable Fellwood.