Chile to manufacture wind turbine towers
June 30,2011 –Chile’s Arrigonio Metalurgica is said to be building the first wind turbine tower manufacturing facility in South America.….
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Solar photovoltaic projects win loan guarantees
June 30,2011 –The U.S. Energy Department awarded conditional loan guarantees worth $4.5 billion to three alternating current CadmiumTelluride (Cd-Te) thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) projects that will use First Solar modules and inverters.….
Xcel cleared on federal charges from fatal hydroelectric fire
June 29,2011 –Xcel Energy Inc. and its unit, Public Service Co. of Colorado, were acquitted of five counts of violating federal safety regulations June 28 following the 2007 deaths of five workers in a tunnel at a 320 MW pumped hydroelectric facility…
Nigeria and China sign Kainji Dam modernization contract
June 29,2011 –The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has signed a contract with Hydro China and Harbin Electricity Corporation of China for the rehabilitation of the Kainji hydroelectric dam.….
Australian gas transport giant diversifies into wind
June 28,2011 –Australia’s largest gas infrastructure business APA Group has announced it will acquire the 80 MW Emu Downs wind farm in Western Australia and development rights for an adjacent 130 MW site for A$171m ($180m).….
Coal-to-biomass conversion plan filed by Dominion Virginia
June 28,2011 –Dominion Virginia Power asked Virginia regulators for approval to convert three 63 MW coal-fired power stations to biomass at a cost of $165 million.….
200 MW wind farm to be built by NextEra unit
June 27,2011 –Xcel Energy Inc. signed a contract with NextEra Energy Resources LLC, a unit of NextEra Energy Inc., to build a 200 MW wind farm in eastern Colorado.….
Solar energy project in Spain to use SolarReserve technology
June 27,2011 –Termosolar Alcazar, a 50/50 joint venture between U.S.-based SolarReserve and Spanish developer Preneal, said the Spanish government award a tender for the venture’s 50 MW solar thermal plant to be built in Alcazar de San Juan.….
Solar energy parts supplier chosen for 15 MW project
June 27,2011 –Solon Corp. chose Schletter Inc. as racking supplier for an unnamed 15 MW (AC) ground mount solar installation in California’s Central Valley.….
6–27 QuickVote results
June 27,2011 –Will solar overtake wind as the most favored U.S. renewable energy source?.…
