Renewable Energy Today articles from November 2005

Renewable Energy Today archives from November 2005

DynaMotive Signs Term Sheet for Proposed $15-million Financing.
November 1, 2005... DynaMotive Energy Systems Corporation recently announced it has executed a term sheet with a U.S.-based investor that intends to lead a syndicate of investors to purchase up to $15 million of DynaMotive securities consisting of seven percent...

WindStor Turbine to Power Local Michigan Apartments.
November 1, 2005... McKenzie Bay International, Ltd. subsidiary WindStor Power Company recently announced the groundbreaking for a commercial wind turbine at the Pioneer Bluff senior citizen apartment complex in Ishpeming, MI. According to WindStor, The...

EWEA Launches Strategic Research Agenda for Wind Sector.
November 1, 2005... The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) recently announced the launch of a strategic research agenda for the wind energy sector, titled Prioritizing Wind Energy Research, which "lays out the fundamental tasks facing the sector and calls for...

Naanovo To Build Three Waste-to-Energy Plants in Vietnam.
November 1, 2005... Vietnam News Service (VNS) recently reported that Swedish company Naanovo Energy, Inc. will invest $650 million in three waste-to-energy plants in Vietnam. According to VNS, Naanovo will build its first plant in Thanh Hoa for more than $48...

David Evans and Associates Announces Green Tag Purchase.
November 2, 2005... Portland, OR-based engineering design and development firm David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) recently announced a new agreement with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) under which the company will purchase renewable energy...

Ormat Technologies Announces New Board Appointments.
November 2, 2005... Ormat Technologies, Inc. recently announced the appointment of GF Energy, LLC president and CEO Roger Gale and Elon Kohlberg, Royal Little professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, as independent directors to the...

Clean Energy Signs Distribution Agreement With IST.
November 2, 2005... Clean Energy, Inc. recently announced the completion of a distribution agreement with Industrial Solar Technology Corporation (IST), a company that has more than 20 years experience in thermal solar concentrating troughs that convert the sun's...

Australian Gas Light Company Acquires Southern Hydro Assets.
November 2, 2005... The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) recently announced it has expanded its power generation portfolio with the acquisition of Southern Hydro for $1.4 billion from New Zealand energy company Meridian Energy, Ltd. This follows an earlier...

ENDESA to Acquire 51 Percent of Italian Wind Farm Owner.
November 2, 2005... ENDESA recently announced the signing of an agreement with Italian group Merloni to acquire a 51-percent interest in MF Power. According to ENDESA, MF Power owns three wind farms with a total installed capacity of 60 megawatts (MW). The...

Wild Horse Wind Farm Orders D-VAR Systems From AMSC, GE.
November 3, 2005... American Semiconductor Corporation (AMSC) and GE Energy recently announced an order from the Wild Horse Wind Farm project for two D-VAR voltage regulation systems. According to AMSC and GE Energy, the D-VAR systems will be used to help...

Solectria Installs New PV System at Manufacturing Facilities.
November 3, 2005... Solectria Renewables, LLC recently announced it has completed the installation of a 12-kilowatt (kW) grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) system at its manufacturing facilities in Lawrence, MA. According to Solectria, the system includes 108...

U.K. Minister Seeks Recognition of Nuclear Power as Renewable.
November 3, 2005... U.K. newspaper The Times recently reported that British science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury declared during a recent House of Lords discussion of energy security issues that he supports the consideration of nuclear power as a...

FOE Report Finds World Bank Missing Renewable Targets.
November 3, 2005... Friends of the Earth (FOE) recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Power Failure: How the World Bank is Failing to Adequately Finance Renewable Energy for Development," which finds that the bank has fallen "far short" of its own...

TEP Contributes to Solar Power Project in Downtown Tucson.
November 4, 2005... Tucson Electric Power (TEP) recently announced its participation in a new 60-kilowatt photovoltaic project in downtown Tucson, AZ that will increase the city's solar power capacity while at the same time help the utility increase its use of...

Canadian Hydro Provides Update on Biomass Operations.
November 4, 2005... Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. recently announced that for the third quarter ended September 30, the 25-megawatt (MW) Grande Prairie EcoPower Centre generated 13,349 megawatt-hours, or 32 percent of what was expected. According to...

Gamesa Subscribes Four Wind Power Contracts With Tecneira.
November 4, 2005... Gamesa Eolica recently anounced it has subscribed four contracts with Portuguese firm Tecneira S.A. for the supply of 30 Gamesa model G83-2.0 MW wind turbines, which will generate a total power output of 60 megawatts (MW). According to...

GAIA to Provide Batteries for Turbine System Backup Power.
November 4, 2005... Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) recently announced that its German subsidiary GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH (GAIA) has received a contract from a leading German supplier of wind turbines to purchase lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries as backup...

FSEC Receives IREC Award for SunSmart Schools Program.
November 4, 2005... The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) recently announced it has received an Innovation Award from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) for serving as project lead on Florida's SunSmart Schools Program, a partnership with the...

Weekly Update.
November 4, 2005... ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION'S (EMA) 9TH ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE, November 6-9, 2005, The Argonaut Hotel, San Francisco, CA BEIJING INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE, November 7-8, 2005, The Great Hall of the People, Beijing,...

NGP Blue Mountain Proposal Reviewed, Designated as 'Tier 1'.
November 7, 2005... Nevada Geothermal Power, Inc. (NGP) recently announced that its power proposal, submitted this June to Sierra Pacific Power and Nevada Power in response to a request for proposals by the jointly owned Nevada utilities, has been favorably...

Xantrex Unveils 'Energy Club' Program for Renewable Dealers.
November 7, 2005... Xantrex Technology, Inc. recently announced the launch of a new "loyalty program," dubbed the Xantrex Energy Club, for its renewable energy dealers to provide them with benefits to help increase sales of Xantrex products. According to...

GE Energy Turbines to Support Japanese Wind Energy Projects.
November 7, 2005... GE Energy recently announced that its 2.5-megawatt (MW) wind turbine technology has been selected for three projects in Japan currently being developed by Clean Energy Factory, Inc. According to GE Energy, the wind projects will be located...

Hydro-Quebec Issues Call for Tenders for 2,000 MW of Wind.
November 7, 2005... Hydro-Quebec Distribution recently issued a call for tenders for the purchase of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power generated in Quebec to help meet the long-term electricity needs of provincial customers. According to Hydro-Quebec,...

EMG to Develop Wind Energy Projects in Midwest.
November 8, 2005... Edison International subsidiary Edison Mission Group, Inc. (EMG) recently announced it has entered into a joint development agreement with Midwest Wind Energy, LLC of Chicago to provide funding and support to advance a series of the company's...

Blair Switches on Co-operative Insurance Society Solar Tower.
November 8, 2005... Co-operative Insurance Society, Ltd. (CIS) recently announced that British Prime Minister Tony Blair has switched on the company's new solar tower project. Although the work to cover the 400-foot service tower of the building in the center...

Vestas Receives Turbines Order from Airtricity.
November 8, 2005... The Vestas Group recently announced that it has received an order for 36 of its V80-2.0 MW wind turbines from Airtricity Developments, Ltd. According to Vestas, the turbines will be used at the Braes of Doune wind project in Stirlingshire,...

WorldWater & Power Awarded First DuPont Solar Contract.
November 8, 2005... WorldWater & Power Corporation recently announced it has been awarded a bid contract to build and install the first solar electric power generation system for DuPont. According to WorldWater & Power, the photovoltaic (PV) system will...

AWEA Predicts Wind Industry Will Break Installation Records.
November 8, 2005... The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) stated late last week in its Third Quarter Market Report that the U.S. wind energy industry will install about 2,500 megawatts (MW) of new wind power this year. According to AWEA's assessment of...

Xantrex Receives $12-million Order From Clipper Windpower.
November 9, 2005... Xantrex Technology, Inc. recently announced that it has received a $12-million order from Clipper Windpower Technology, Inc. for wind converters to be delivered next year. According to Xantrex, the converters will be used in Clipper's new...

ARISE Announces Closure of Private Placement.
November 9, 2005... Kitchener, Ontario-based solar power interest ARISE Technologies Corporation recently announced it has closed the second tranche of a private placement of convertible secured debentures and, in addition, converted $195,468 of outstanding debt...

New Report Assesses China's Wind Power Potential.
November 9, 2005... Greenpeace China recently announced the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association's (CREIA) release of a new report, sponsored by Greenpeace and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), which finds that China could "at least double...

DOE Says Federal Government Has Exceeded Renewables Goal.
November 9, 2005... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that the federal government currently uses 2,375 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from renewable sources, enough power for 225,000 homes. According to DOE, the government, the nation's...

Next Week's Publishing Schedule.
November 10, 2005... EIN will not publish its newsletters on Friday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. We will resume our regular production schedule on Monday, November 14. (EIN EDITOR: 11/9)

Schneider Power Solicits Bids for Wind Project Debt Financing.
November 10, 2005... Canadian wind energy company Schneider Power, Inc. recently issued a call for bids to provide commercial debt financing for the company's wind farm projects in Ontario. According to Schneider, a single contract will be awarded to a...

IBF, Clean Edge to Host Clean-Tech Investor Summit in CA.
November 10, 2005... International Business Forum (IBF) and Clean Edge, Inc. will host the 2nd Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit on February 1 and 2, 2006 at The Lodge at Rancho Mirage in Palm Springs, CA. According to conference organizers, the objective to...

UD to Lead $53-million Solar Cell Initiative.
November 10, 2005... The University of Delaware (UD) recently announced it is leading a broad consortium that stands to receive nearly $53 million in funding for an effort looking to more than double the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the next 50...

Alaskan Electric Cooperative Orders New Wind Turbines.
November 10, 2005... Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corporation, recently announced it has secured a contract with the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) for the installation and commissioning of three additional NorthWind 100...

Members of Congress Urge Greater Renewables Program Funding.
November 10, 2005... The Sustainable Energy Coalition recently announced that a letter delivered earlier this week to the White House from a bipartisan group of 126 members of Congress urges President Bush to "significantly" increase funding for federal energy...

Weekly Update.
November 10, 2005... TEXAS RENEWABLES '05, November 13-15, 2005, Hilton University of Houston, Houston, Texas RENEWABLE ENERGY IN EUROPE: REMOVING BARRIERS, DEVELOPING TRADING, MEETING TARGETS, November 24-25, 2005, Hilton Waldorf, London, England WORLD...

Sterling Planet, Con Edison Offer Renewable Energy Options.
November 14, 2005... GreenShift Corporation recently announced that its portfolio company Sterling Planet, Inc. has executed an agreement with Con Edison to provide renewable energy options to utility customers in its service area. According to GreenShift, the...

ICP Solar Introduces New Line of 'Sunsei' Products.
November 14, 2005... ICP Solar recently announced the launch of its new Sunsei line of solar products. According to ICP Solar, the company's solar cells -- the foundation of all Sunsei products -- deliver 50 percent more power per square inch than competing...

EREC Expresses Need for Stronger Renewables Declaration.
November 14, 2005... The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) recently commented that while it believes the ministers and decision-makers from more than 100 countries who attended last week's Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference set "a strong...

Ohio Energy Project.
November 14, 2005... Ohio Energy Project (OEP), an award-winning nonprofit organization, promotes energy and energy efficiency education throughout the state via a "Kids Teaching Kids" approach in which older students are trained at Youth Energy Summits to teach...

DayStar Retains Capstone to Conduct Executive Search.
November 15, 2005... DayStar Technologies, Inc. recently announced it has retained professional executive recruiting agency Capstone, Inc. to conduct a nationwide search for a chief operating officer and vice president of manufacturing. According to DayStar,...

Ormat Technologies Reports Third-quarter Financial Results.
November 15, 2005... Sparks, NV-based Ormat Technologies, Inc., a company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business, recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, reporting a quarterly net income of...

Basin Electric Sets 10-percent Renewables Target for 2010.
November 15, 2005... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that Basin Electric Power Cooperative is looking to generate 10 percent of its power supply from renewable sources by the end of the decade. According to AP, Basin currently obtains approximately...

ENDESA to Acquire ERCs From Huaneng Wind Farms in China.
November 15, 2005... ENDESA recently announced it has signed an agreement with Chinese utility Huaneng Group to acquire emission reduction certificates (ERCs) from the three wind farms owned by Huaneng subsidiary Huaneng New Energy Industrial Company, Ltd. (HNEIC)....

Vestas Receives Turbine Order for Tasmanian Wind Farm.
November 15, 2005... The Vestas Group recently announced it has received an order for 25 V90-3.0 megawatt wind turbines for the Studland Bay Wind Farm located in Tasmania. According to Vestas, the 75-megawatt Woolnorth Studland Bay Wind Farm order will be...

New Santa Clara Solar Project Adds to City's Green Power Program.
November 16, 2005... Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the City of Santa Clara, CA's municipal electric utility, recently announced a new solar project that will provide a portion of the solar power supply for SVP's renewable energy program Santa Clara Green Power. ...

Ormat Honored as Distinguished Business of the Year in Nevada.
November 16, 2005... Geothermal and recovered energy power business Ormat Technologies, Inc. recently announced it has received the Nevada governor's Distinguished Business of the Year award for 2005. "The purpose of this award is to honor those companies that...

Malaysian Builder Signs MOA With Egco for Hydro Plant in Laos.
November 16, 2005... Malaysia's Business Times recently reported that Malaysian construction company Gamuda Berhad has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Thai power company Electricity Generating plc (Egco) for the creation of a joint venture to commence...

Nevada Geothermal Completes Phase I Drilling at Pumpernickel.
November 17, 2005... Nevada Geothermal Power, Inc. recently announced the completion of four thermal gradient wells at the Pumpernickel geothermal power project in Nevada. According to Nevada Geothermal, the drilling represents the completion of the first...

Invenergy Plans Wind Project for Greenbrier County, WV.
November 17, 2005... Local West Virginia newspaper the Charleston Gazette recently reported that Invenergy Wind is looking to build a new wind farm in Greenbrier County, WV that would feature 124 turbines with a generating capacity of 186 megawatts (MW). ...

Clean Power Vermont Says State Needs More Wind Farms.
November 17, 2005... Clean Power Vermont (CPVT), an organization created to highlight the need for cleaner, more affordable energy options for the state, recently commenced operations. CPVT said wind power could potentially meet 20 percent of the state's...

Report Identifies U.K. as Best Wind Resource in Europe.
November 17, 2005... The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently released a new report, conducted on behalf of DTI by Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, which finds that the U.K. has "the best wind resource in Europe," with a recorded...

Infocast to Host Wind Power Finance & Investment Conference.
November 17, 2005... Infocast, Inc. will host Wind Power Finance & Investment, a conference designed to provide "the latest intelligence on the current market environment for putting together wind power deals," February 8 through 10 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in...

WI Legislators Introduce Energy Efficiency & Renewables Act.
November 18, 2005... Wisconsin state senator Robert Cowles and state representative Phil Montgomery recently introduced a bill, known as the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Act, which includes the major recommendations submitted by the Task Force on Energy...

Hemlock Semiconductor to Commence Headquarters Expansion.
November 18, 2005... The Dow Corning Corporation recently announced that Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation will begin construction next month of a $400- to $500-million expansion of its headquarters in Hemlock, MI. According to Dow Corning, the expansion, which...

Utility Wind Interest Group to Change Name, Tax Status.
November 18, 2005... The Utility Wind Interest Group (UWIG), a body established in 1989 to "provide a forum for the critical analysis of wind technology for utility applications and...serve as a source of credible information on the status of wind technology and...

Distributed Power to Purchase Chinese Hydropower Company.
November 18, 2005... Distributed Power, Inc. recently announced it has reached an agreement to acquire a hydroelectric company in BoaDing, located in China's Hebei Province. According to Distributed Power, the company also plans to acquire up to 240 megawatts...

Weekly Update.
November 18, 2005... RENEWABLE ENERGY IN EUROPE: REMOVING BARRIERS, DEVELOPING TRADING, MEETING TARGETS, November 24-25, 2005, Hilton Waldorf, London, England WORLD COUNCIL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY'S (WCRE) WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSEMBLY (WREA) -- WORLD RENEWABLE...

TX Association Names HelioVolt Member Company of the Year.
November 21, 2005... HelioVolt Corporation recently announced it has been named "Member Company of the Year" by the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association. According to HelioVolt, the company is being honored on the basis of advances it has made in...

Ormat Announces Commissioning of New Geothermal Plant in NV.
November 21, 2005... Ormat Technologies, Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary, Ormat Nevada, Inc., has commissioned a new geothermal power plant that was constructed under Nevada's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) legislation. According to Ormat, the...

Sharp Solar Helps Power 'Extreme Makeover' Home.
November 21, 2005... Sharp Electronics Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, recently announced its contribution of a solar energy system to ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for a project in Douglas, KS. According to Sharp,...

Spire Appoints New European Sales and Service Representative.
November 21, 2005... Spire Corporation recently announced it has appointed German company J.v.G Thoma GmbH as its European sales and service representative. According to Spire, the company selected J.v.G Thoma to help meet increasing European demand for solar...

Federal Agencies Announces New Rules for Hydropower Facilities.
November 21, 2005... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the Departments of the Interior and Commerce, recently announced new interim final rules intended to improve licensing procedures for hydropower while protecting threatened and...

Idaho Power Files Request to Purchase Landfill Power.
November 22, 2005... Idaho Power recently announced it has filed a request with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) asking the commission to approve a power purchase contract with G2 Energy Hidden Hollow, LLC for the purchase of electricity from a...

Amtech Receives Order From Asian Solar Cell Manufacturer.
November 22, 2005... Amtech Systems, Inc. recently announced it has received a $900,000 order for its solar diffusion furnace and S-300L automation from an Asian solar cell manufacturing company. "I am pleased with the recent increase in orders from the...

Exelon Wind Energy Sales Pass 1-million MWh Mark.
November 22, 2005... Exelon Corporation recently announced that it has sold more than 1 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of wind energy. Exelon noted that the company has 20-year agreements to purchase power generated from the Mill Run and Somerset wind farms,...

Pacific Hydro Launches New Sustainable Communities Fund.
November 22, 2005... Australia's Pacific Hydro, Ltd. recently announced the launch of a new Sustainable Communities Fund designed to provide financial support for local communities in which the company operates wind farms. Funding will be used in areas including...

Next Week's Publishing Schedule.
November 23, 2005... EIN will not publish its newsletters on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will resume our regular production schedule on Monday, November 28. (EIN EDITOR: 11/22)

Indian Tribe Receives Rebate for Solar Power Installation.
November 23, 2005... Sierra Pacific Power recently announced it has presented the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe with a $50,390 rebate check for its use of solar energy at the tribe's new administration building in Nevada. The rebate was provided through Sierra...

Fronius Appoints New Western Regional Sales Manager.
November 23, 2005... Brighton, MI-based Fronius USA, LLC recently announced the appointment of Chad Medcroft to the position of western regional sales manager for the company's solar electronics division. Medcroft will be responsible for key accounts in western...

Ontario Government Approves New Green Power Projects.
November 23, 2005... The Ontario Ministry of Energy recently announced that the provincial government has approved nine new renewable energy projects. According to the ministry, the projects include eight new wind farms and a water power project and are the...

Portuguese Wave Power Group Outlines Country's Potential.
November 23, 2005... AFX News recently reported that Portuguese weekly Semanario Economico has revealed that a new study conducted by wave power interest Centro de Energia das Ondas (CEO) indicates that Portugal's west coast is capable of generating five gigawatts...

Worldwater to Build, Install Solar Power System in NJ.
November 23, 2005... Worldwater and Power Corporation recently announced the signing of a $928,928 contract for the construction and installation of a photovoltaic (PV) electric power system for a commercial building in Sewell, NJ. According to Worldwater,...

EIN Launches 'Green Building Today' Daily Newsletter.
November 28, 2005... "Green Building Today" focuses on the emerging technology, science and public policy issues associated with environmentally friendly buildings and construction. As with all of our newsletters, we will provide concise, timely summaries of...

CVPS Exercises Option to Sell Catamount Energy.
November 28, 2005... Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) recently announced that its Catamount Resources Corporation subsidiary will sell its entire interest in subsidiary wind energy company Catamount Energy Corporation to New York-based private equity...

Maine College to Meet All Electricity Needs With Renewables.
November 28, 2005... Bates College in Lewiston, ME recently announced plans to purchase its entire electricity supply from state renewable energy sources, specifically biomass-generating plants and small hydropower producers. According to Bates, the college...

Vitasti Completes Acquisition of Windblade.
November 28, 2005... Vitasti, Inc. recently announced it has completed the acquisition of Windblade Power Corporation, which controls a wind farm site on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. According to Vitasti, Windblade is looking to become a leader in...

United Solar Ovonic President Receives World Technology Award.
November 28, 2005... United Solar Ovonic, LLC recently announced that company president Subhendu Guha has received the 2005 World Technology Award in Energy for his work on the science and technology of thin-film amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon materials and...

CA Winery to Utilize Solar System at Production Facility.
November 29, 2005... Cline Cellars recently announced "substantial" completion of the winery's new solar electric system, which was designed and built by Novato, CA-based SolarCraft Services, Inc. and will provide 100 percent of the annual electricity needs for the...

Xantrex Receives NREL Funding For Solar Inverter Work.
November 29, 2005... Xantrex Technology, Inc. recently announced it has received $873,000 in funding from the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) through the Photovoltaics Manufacturing Research and Development Initiative. ...

PSI Issues RFP for 100 Megawatts of Renewable Energy.
November 29, 2005... PSI Energy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cinergy Corporation, recently issued a call for proposals for up to 100 megawatts for a supply portfolio of energy and capacity generated from renewable and/or environmentally friendly sustainable...