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Dominion Virginia Power Can Now Offer Green Power
Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Virginia Power has received approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission to offer its customers two new options to purchase...
Zero-Max Introduces Disc Couplings For Wind Industry
Plymouth, Minn.-based Zero-Max Inc., a manufacturer of power transmission components, has introduced composite disc couplings for the wind turbine industry. The couplings are...
TVA RFP
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to supply up to 2,000 MW of power generation from renewable...
Midwest ISO Names New CEO
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. (Midwest ISO) has named John R. Bear - currently president and chief operating officer - as CEO....
LUDECA Hires Hart For Condition Monitoring Division
Doral, Fla.-based LUDECA Inc. - a vendor of preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance tools - has hired Mickey Harp, an experienced vibration analyst...
Noble Provides Updates For Wind Projects
Essex, Conn.-based Noble Environmental Power's 100.5 MW Noble Clinton and 81 MW Ellenberg windparks - both located in Clinton County, N.Y. - have...
Sunflower Electric Sues Sebelius Administration
Hays, Kan.-based Sunflower Electric Power Corp. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, against Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius,...
Midwest ISO Approves Regional Expansion Plan
The board of directors of the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. (Midwest ISO) has approved the 2008 Midwest ISO Transmission Expansion Plan...
PJM Board Authorizes Transmission Additions, Upgrades
The PJM Interconnection board has approved $1.6 billion in electric transmission systems additions and upgrades for the grid that serves 51 million people...
Green-e Energy Certifies WPPI’s Green Power Programs
Wisconsin Public Power Inc.'s (WPPI) Green Power for Business and its companion program for residential customers is now Green-e Energy certified, according to...
enXco Signs O&M Agreement For Edom Hills Wind Project
Escondido, Calif.-based enXco Service Corp.(eSC), an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, has signed an operations and maintenance (O&M) management agreement with a subsidiary of...
FPL Energy Donates To Wind For Schools Program
FPL Energy has pledged $10,000 to support the South Dakota Wind for Schools program, according to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC)....
AIM PowerGen CEO Honored With Hedley Palmer Award
Mike Crawley, AIM PowerGen Corp.'s president and CEO, has won the 2008 Hedley Palmer Award for his outstanding contributions to Ontario's electricity generation...
CCC Wind Energy And Turbine Technology Program
Clinton Community College (CCC) now offers an associate in applied science degree in wind energy and turbine technology. The wind energy and turbine...
FERC Approves Incentives for Two Transmission Projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved rate incentives for two transmission projects proposed by Tallgrass Transmission LLC and Prairie Wind Transmission...
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase
Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 7,282 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2e) in 2007 - an increase of 1.4%...
Midwest Wind Energy Completes Sixth Project
Chicago-based Midwest Wind Energy LLC (MWE) has completed development of its sixth wind power project, surpassing the $1 billion threshold in developed project...
World Energy Conducts Major U.S. Voluntary Carbon Market Auction
NativeEnergy, an international marketer of carbon offsets and renewable energy credits, has agreed to a contract for 145,000 verified emission reductions (VERs) with...
DNV Developing New Safety Standards
DNV - a global provider of risk management services, headquartered in Norway - along with five industry partners, is developing a specific safety...
3TIER Releases New Wind Map of the World
Seattle-based 3TIER, an independent provider of global renewable energy assessment and forecasting, has unveiled a 5 km resolution global wind map based on...