Renewable Energy Today articles from October 2004

Renewable Energy Today archives from October 2004

Konarka Announces New Large Fund Investments.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Konarka Technologies, Inc., recently announced it has received equity investments from large funds in Massachusetts and California. According to Konarka, the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund and California's Angeleno Group recently invested...

Knight & Carver Name New Wind Blade Engineer.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Knight & Carver recently announced it has named Rafey Navaid to the newly created position of wind blade engineer for the company's Wind Blade Division. Knight & Carver said Navaid will provide engineering, planning and analysis for the...

Sea Breeze Receives Environmental Permit for New BC Wind Farm.(Sea Breeze Power Corporation)(British Columbia)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Sea Breeze Power Corporation recently announced the issuance of a British Columbia Environmental Assessment Certificate for the $550-million Knob Hill Wind Farm in Vancouver Island, BC. According to the company, the wind farm is expected to...

Australia Cuts Tariff on Import of Turbine Components.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Australian newspaper The Mercury recently reported that the country's federal government has reduced its tariff on the import of components used in wind energy turbines in an effort to assist the growing wind energy manufacturing sector in the...

CHA to Host Hydropower Forum in Gatineau, Quebec.(Canadian Hydropower Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA) will host "Forum on Hydropower 2004 -- Hydropower in North America: Supply, Security and Sustainability" October 27 and 28 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec. CHA will conduct its annual...

Weekly Update.(Calendar)
October 1, 2004... NINTH NATIONAL GREEN POWER MARKETING CONFERENCE, October 4-6, 2004, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albany, NY U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, October 12-14, 2004, Universities at Shady Grove Conference Center, Rockville, MD AWEA WIND...

TransCanada, USGen Sign Hydro Assets Agreement.(USGen New England, Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... TransCanada has offered to purchase several New England hydroelectric facilities from financially troubled USGen New England, Inc. The offer, worth $505 million in cash, is subject to approval by the bankruptcy court administering USGen's...

Construction Commences on New Vietnamese Hydro Plant.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) recently reported that construction has begun on a new 72-million-kilowatt-hour hydropower plant in Quang Nam, Vietnam. According to ABC, the plant is the first of 10 such projects under...

South Korea to Construct Two New Tidal Power Plants.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Online news source Dong-A Ilbo recently reported that South Korea's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) has announced it will begin construction next month on a 355.1-billion-won (approximately $31-million) tidal power plant on...

GE Announces 2,500th Installation of 1.5-megawatt Wind Turbine.(General Electric)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... General Electric (GE) Energy recently announced that its 2,500th 1.5-megawatt wind turbine has been installed as part of ENEL's Littigheddu project in Sardinia, Italy. "Our 1.5-megawatt wind turbine has been proven in nearly every wind...

NTPC Announces Plans to Build Hydropower Plants.(National Thermal Power Corporation)
October 4, 2004... India's Financial Express recently reported that National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), a public sector company wholly owned by the government of India, plans to add more than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric generation capacity by...

Akeena Solar Settles Lawsuit With CA Town Over Visible Panels.(California)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2004... Akeena Solar recently announced it has agreed to remove three solar panels from view atop its commercial building in order to settle the company's lawsuit with the Town of Los Gatos over the rooftop solar installations. Akeena Solar said...

New EU Energy Commissioner Encourages Renewables Use.(European Union)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2004... Reuters recently reported that incoming European Union (EU) energy commissioner Laszlo Kovacs, during a confirmation hearing last week, urged member states to expand the geographical diversity of EU energy imports, encourage energy efficiency...

Dutch Workshop Participants Call for Action on Offshore Wind.(EU Policy Workshop on the development of offshore wind energy)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2004... The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) recently announced that participants of the Dutch EU presidency's "EU Policy Workshop on the development of offshore wind energy" published late last week a declaration calling for action at the EU...

Poll Finds Strong Support for Wind Energy in Germany.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2004... The Boston Herald reported last week that a recent survey conducted by German market researcher Emnid found that a majority of Germans support building more wind turbines and expanding the amount of renewable energy in the country's power mix....

Ontario, Manitoba to Evaluate Joint Hydroelectric Grid.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2004... Ontario, energy minister Dwight Duncan told a news conference last week that he has signed an agreement with Manitoba officials to explore a $5.50-billion project to bring hydroelectric power from Manitoba to Ontario. Duncan said the...

PA Governor Says PUC Decision Will Hurt Renewables Generation.(Pennsylvania)(Public Utility Commission)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2004... Pennsylvania governor Edward Rendell recently criticized the state Public Utility Commission's (PUC) decision to reject Pittsburgh, PA-based Duquesne Light Company's proposed six-year rate cap, including a planned increase in the amount of...

Enercon Selects Maxwell Ultracapacitors for New Turbines.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2004... Maxwell Technologies, Inc. recently announced that wind turbine producer Enercon GmbH has selected Maxwell's BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors for backup energy storage and power delivery in its new E-48 800-kilowatt wind turbines. According to...

CCEF Announces New PV Energy Incentive Program.(Connecticut Clean Energy Fund)(photovoltaic)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2004... The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) recently announced a new clean energy incentive program that provides a total of $1.8 million in rebates -- up to $25,000 per household -- to customers who install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in...

Western Wind, New Brunswick Power Sign Purchase Deal.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2004... Western Wind Energy Corporation recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Eastern Wind Power, Inc. has completed a 20-year power purchase agreement with New Brunswick Power under which Western Wind is required to produce and sell...

Spire Sells Turnkey PV Production Line to Spain's Solaria.(Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente)(photovoltaic)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2004... Spire Corporation recently announced it has won a contract to supply Madrid, Spain-based Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente, of Madrid, Spain, with its solar module manufacturing equipment. According to Spire, the order, signed last week, is...

Hydro-Quebec Selects Cartier Wind, Northland Wind Bids.(Brief Article)
October 7, 2004... Hydro-Quebec Distribution recently announced it has selected six bids from Cartier Wind Energy, Inc. and two bids from Northland Power, Inc. and Northland Power Income Fund in response to a call for tenders for the purchase of wind-generated...

XsunX Signs Collaborative R&D Deal With MVS.(XsunX, Inc)(research and development)(MVSystems, Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 7, 2004... Solar power company XsunX, Inc. recently announced it has signed an agreement with research and development (R&D) interest MVSystems, Inc., (MVS) to aid in the development of the company's semi-transparent solar electric glazing processes. ...

Alliant Energy Says PTC Extension to Support New Wind Projects.(Brief Article)
October 7, 2004... Alliant Energy recently announced that the extension of the federal renewable energy production tax credits (PTC) bill, approved by the government earlier this week, will allow the company's utilities to proceed with plans to add 230 megawatts...

SolarMission, SEPL to Develop Solar Towers in China.(Brief Article)
October 7, 2004... Melbourne, Australia-based SolarMission Technologies, Inc. recently announced it has signed an investment agreement with Sunshine Energy Pty Ltd. (SEPL) granting "technology rights" for the companies to build, own, operate and maintain "Solar...

AWEA Releases New 'Green Pricing Resource Guide'.(American Wind Energy Association)(Green Pricing Resource Guide)(Brief Article)
October 7, 2004... The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) recently announced the availability of the "Green Pricing Resource Guide," a new publication designed to "introduce power providers to all the concepts they need to be aware of to create a successful...

Suncor, EHN, Enbridge Submit Proposal for Ontario Wind Farm.(Suncor Energy, Inc.)(EHN Wind Power Canada, Inc.)(Enbridge, Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2004... Suncor Energy, Inc., EHN Wind Power Canada, Inc., and Enbridge, Inc., recently announced the filing of a joint proposal to build a 75-megawatt wind power project near Ripley, Ontario. The companies, which also jointly own and operate the...

GER to Acquire Biomass Power Plants in Italy.(Green Energy Resources)(Italiana Commissionaria Legnami of Cremona)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2004... Huntington, NY-based Green Energy Resources (GER) recently announced plans to acquire three biomass-fueled power plants in Italy as part of its previously announced merger with Italiana Commissionaria Legnami of Cremona, Italy. GER is an...

Great River Energy Announces New Wind Farm Project.(planning)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2004... Great River Energy recently announced plans to purchase power from PPM Energy's proposed 100-megawatt wind farm in Minnesota. According to the company, the Trimont Area Wind Farm (TAWF) contracted PPM Energy, a subsidiary of ScottishPower,...

CanWEA Commends Canadian Government Expansion of WPPI.(Canadian Wind Energy Association)(Wind Power Production Incentive)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2004... The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) recently commended the federal government for committing in its Speech from the Throne earlier this week to support the development of Canadian wind energy by raising the federal Wind Power...

EPA Reports Growth in Green Power Partnership.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
October 8, 2004... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that the Green Power Partnership, its voluntary government-industry program that works to mainstream the purchasing of green power electricity generated by renewable energy sources,...

Weekly Update.(calendar)(Calendar)
October 8, 2004... U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, October 12-14, 2004, Universities at Shady Grove Conference Center, Rockville, MD AWEA WIND POWER PROJECT SITING WORKSHOP: EMERGING ISSUES AND TECHNOLOGIES, October 13-14, 2004, Embassy Suites...

Sustainable Energy Technologies Names New Controller.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2004... Power electronics interest Sustainable Energy Technologies, Ltd. recently announced the appointment of Jay Harris as its new controller. According to the company, Harris previously worked for nine years as controller for manufacturing and...

NZ Mayor Urges Federal Officials to Approve Hydro Project.(New Zealand)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2004... The New Zealand Herald reported last week that John Hurley, mayor of New Zealand's (NZ) Tasman region, recently urged the New Zealand Parliament's commerce committee to accept the region's application to build a new 60- to 70-megawatt...

Iberdrola Begins Production at New Maza Wind Farm in Spain.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2004... Spanish wind energy company Iberdrola recently announced it has begun production at its new 49.5-megawatt (MW) Maza wind farm located within the municipal boundaries of Campillo de Atobuey and Paracuellos de la Vega. According to the...

U.K. Preschool Proposes Wind Turbine, Solar Panel Installation.(St. Gregory and St. Patrick's preschool)
October 13, 2004... Local British newspaper the Whitehaven News recently reported that the head teacher at St. Gregory and St. Patrick's preschool in Whitehaven has announced plans to install a 15-meter-tall wind turbine and solar panels on school grounds. ...

SEC Issues Renewables, Energy Efficiency Recommendations.(Sustainable Energy Coalition)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2004... The Sustainable Energy Coalition (SEC) recently announced that 27 of its member groups have sent officials in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal agencies a detailed set of recommendations...

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USPS Completes PV Installation, Energy Efficiency Upgrades.(United States Postal Service)(photovoltaic)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently announced that Chevron Energy Solutions has completed major energy efficiency upgrades and a solar power installation at the USPS West Sacramento Processing & Distribution Center. According to USPS,...

McKenzie Bay to Install Turbines at Michigan Schools.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... McKenzie Bay International, Ltd. recently announced it has signed an agreement with Michigan's Brighton Area School District to install wind turbines and its WindStor electricity management system at four regional schools. McKenzie Bay...

BT Group to Purchase Renewable Energy For Local Facilities.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... BT Group recently announced it has signed several three-year contracts with Npower and British Gas to provide one thousand million kilowatt-hours (TWh) of electricity from renewable sources and more than 1.1 TWh of low carbon fuel-efficient...

World Bank Approves Loan for Indian Hydro Project.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... The International Rivers Network (IRN) recently announced that the World Bank's executive board has approved a $45-million loan from the organization's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), that will support the...

Please Accept Our Apologies for Last Week's Technical Problems.
October 19, 2004... During the week of October 11, EIN Publishing experienced, for the first time in eight years, a computer crisis the extent of which disabled us from sending out our daily newsletters and communicating with our subscribers via e-mail. We greatly...

CO Electric Cooperatives Oppose Renewables Amendment.(Colorado, San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... Local Colorado newspaper the Valley Courier reported earlier this week that the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (SLVREC) has announced its opposition to Colorado's Amendment 37, a measure that would require all utilities in the state...

USPS Completes PV Installation, Energy Efficiency Upgrades.(United States. Postal Service, photovoltaic cells)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently announced that Chevron Energy Solutions has completed major energy efficiency upgrades and a solar power installation at the USPS West Sacramento Processing & Distribution Center. According to USPS,...

SatCon Introduces 500-kW Photovoltaic Inverter.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... SatCon Technology Corporation recently announced the launch of the latest advance in its family of photovoltaic inverters, the 500-kilowatt (kW) grid-connected PowerGate. According to SatCon, the introduction of the product, which is...

Sustainable Energy Technologies Names New Controller.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... Power electronics interest Sustainable Energy Technologies, Ltd. recently announced the appointment of Jay Harris as its new controller. According to the company, Harris previously worked for nine years as controller for manufacturing and...

McKenzie Bay to Install Turbines at Michigan Schools.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... McKenzie Bay International, Ltd. recently announced it has signed an agreement with Michigan's Brighton Area School District to install wind turbines and its WindStor electricity management system at four regional schools. McKenzie Bay...

GE Energy to Supply Turbines for Projects in Quebec.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... GE Energy recently announced it has been contracted to supply up to 660 wind turbines and operation and maintenance services for eight projects in Quebec. The projects, to be completed during the 2006-2012 timeframe, are expected to generate...

BT Group to Purchase Renewable Energy For Local Facilities.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... BT Group recently announced it has signed several three-year contracts with Npower and British Gas to provide one thousand million kilowatt-hours (TWh) of electricity from renewable sources and more than 1.1 TWh of low carbon fuel-efficient...

World Bank Approves Loan for Indian Hydro Project.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... The International Rivers Network (IRN) recently announced that the World Bank's executive board has approved a $45-million loan from the organization's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), that will support the...

U.K. Government Announces Funding for New Solar Power Projects.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... PA News recently reported that British energy minister Mike O'Brien has announced government funding for 17 new national solar power projects totaling 1.4 million pounds (approximately $2.5 million), including installations at the Dinburgh...

GE Energy to Provide Turbines for Two Wind Facilities in China.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... GE Energy recently announced it is supplying 14 of its 1.5-megawatt (MW) wind turbines for the Chongming Wind Facility and the Nanhui Wind Facility to be constructed in Shanghai, China. Additionally, GE Energy said it will provide technical...

NZ Mayor Urges Federal Officials to Approve Hydro Project.(New Zealand, John Hurley)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... The New Zealand Herald reported last week that John Hurley, mayor of New Zealand's (NZ) Tasman region, recently urged the New Zealand Parliament's commerce committee to accept the region's application to build a new 60- to 70-megawatt...

Two New Wind Farms Approved in Scotland.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... BBC recently reported that Scottish deputy enterprise minister Allan Wilson has announced that two new wind power projects have been approved at sites in Braes of Doune and Farr in the Highlands. According to BBC, the Braes of Doune wind...

Researchers Say Hydrogen Cars Dependent on Wind, Nuclear Power.(Andrew Oswald, Jim Oswald)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... Coventry, England's University of Warwick recently announced that university economist professor Andrew Oswald and energy consultant Jim Oswald have authored a new article, titled "The Arithmetic of Renewable Energy," which maintains that "any...

Iberdrola Begins Production at New Maza Wind Farm in Spain.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... Spanish wind energy company Iberdrola recently announced it has begun production at its new 49.5-megawatt (MW) Maza wind farm located within the municipal boundaries of Campillo de Atobuey and Paracuellos de la Vega. According to the...

PT Inco Announces Plans to Construct New Dam in Indonesia.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... PT International Nickel Indonesia (PT Inco) recently announced plans to increase its hydroelectric power generating capacity by 33 percent by constructing a third $150-million dam on the Larona River in Karebbe, Indonesia. "The new dam is...

U.K. Preschool Proposes Wind Turbine, Solar Panel Installation.(St. Gregory and St. Patrick's preschool)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... Local British newspaper the Whitehaven News recently reported that the head teacher at St. Gregory and St. Patrick's preschool in Whitehaven has announced plans to install a 15-meter-tall wind turbine and solar panels on school grounds. ...

South Australia Breaks Ground on New Wind Farm.(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... Patrick Conlon, minister of infrastructure for the Australian state of South Australia, recently announced that construction has begun on a new 33-turbine, $120-million Australian ($88 million U.S.) wind farm on the state's Eyre Peninsula. The...

SEC Issues Renewables, Energy Efficiency Recommendations.(Sustainable Energy Coalition)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2004... The Sustainable Energy Coalition (SEC) recently announced that 27 of its member groups have sent officials in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal agencies a detailed set of recommendations...

Weekly Update.(Calendar)
October 19, 2004... NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENTURE FAIR: VENTURE CAPITAL FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, October 24-26, 2004, Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA CLEANTECH VENTURE FORUM V, October 25-27, 2004, Intercontinental Toronto Centre, Toronto,...

Horizon Organic to Purchase Wind Energy for Supply Chain.(Horizon Organic Holding Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2004... Horizon Organic recently announced plans to replace, beginning January 1, 2005, the electrical power used in its operations with wind energy. According to Horizon Organic, the switch to renewable power is part of the company's attempt to...

U.K. Creates Task Force to Boost Biomass Supply, Demand.(Brief Article)
October 20, 2004... The U.K. Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recently announced it has created a new task force intended to boost the production and consumption of biomass-based fuels. Additionally, DEFRA said the government has...

CHC to Amend Scope of Bakun Supplemental Water Project.(Cordillera Hydro Power Corporation)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2004... Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro, Ltd. recently announced that Cordillera Hydro Power Corporation (CHC), a 50 percent owned joint venture with Aboitiz Equity Ventures in the Philippines, has decided to amend the scope of the...

PA to Purchase 10 Percent of State Energy From Renewables.(Pennsylvania, Community Energy Inc., Strategic Energy LLC)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2004... Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) secretary Kathleen McGinty recently announced during PennFurture's fifth annual "GreenPower: Turn It On!" awards ceremony that the state has doubled its renewable electricity purchase...

Northern Power to Supply Turbines for Alaska Wind Project.(Northern Power Systems Inc., Alaska Village Electric Cooperative)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2004... Northern Power Systems, Inc. (NPS) recently announced it has won a contract worth $1.9 million to supply seven 100-kilowatt wind turbines to the nonprofit Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC). The NorthWind 100 units, which are...

TransAlta Opens New 68-MW Wind Farm in Calgary.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2004... TransAlta Corporation announced last week it has begun commercial operations at its 68-megawatt (MW) Summerview wind farm near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The $100-million facility comprises 38 Vestas V80 1.8-MW wind turbines and is operated...

Offshore Wind Turbine Plan to Move Ahead in Wales.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2004... Wales' Daily Post newspaper reported earlier this month that the National Assembly for Wales has approved a plan to construct 30 wind turbines approximately 6.8 miles off the Porthcawl coast of southern Wales. According to the Post, the...

California Energy Commissions Awards PV Grant to Konarka.(California Energy Commission)(Brief Article)
October 21, 2004... Konarka Technologies, Inc. recently announced that the California Energy Commission has awarded the company a grant under its Energy Innovations Small Grant Program to bring aesthetically integrated plastic photovoltaics (PV) to the roofing...

LBNL Reports on State Funding for Renewable Energy Projects.(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)(Brief Article)
October 21, 2004... The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) recently announced that a new reported released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), titled "The Impact of State Clean Energy Fund Support for Utility-scale Renewable Energy Projects,"...

Research and Markets Releases New Solar PV Report.(Photovoltaics)(Brief Article)
October 21, 2004... Dublin, Ireland-based market research report publisher Research and Markets recently announced the availability of a new offering titled "Solar Photovoltaics 2003 Edition 1." According to Research and Markets, the report examines the status...

FedEx to Build Solar Array Atop Oakland Airport Hub.(FedEx Corporation)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2004... FedEx Corporation announced this week plans to build a new photovoltaic system atop its hub at Oakland International Airport. Once built, the 904-kilowatt array will cover 81,000 square feet on the roofs of two buildings and will provide...

Texas A&M, MPE to Host Emissions Reduction Summit in TX.(Metropolitan Partnership for Energy)(Texas)(Emissions Reduction and Energy Leadership Summit 2004)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2004... Texas A&M University's Energy Systems Lab and the San Antonio, TX-based Metropolitan Partnership for Energy (MPE) will host "Emissions Reduction & Energy Leadership Summit 2004," an event featuring separate Texas Emission Reduction Program...

CEC Provides Incentives to Local Schools for PV Installation.(California Energy Commission)(photovoltaic)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2004... The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently announced plans to award 30 state schools $4.5 million in incentives to install their own solar photovoltaic (PV) systems of up to 30 kilowatts (kW), potentially harvesting a total of 700 kW...

U.S. Campuses Participate in Energy Independence Day.(Energy Action)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2004... Clean energy organization Energy Action recently announced that more than 250 college campuses throughout the U.S. participated in Energy Independence Day earlier this week, an environmental rally aimed at encouraging government support for...

Canada's MSC Unveils New Wind Energy Atlas.(Meteorological Service of Canada)(Brief Article)
October 22, 2004... Environment Canada (EC) recently released a new Canadian Wind Energy Atlas that offers a large database of high-resolution wind statistics from across Canada. The agency said the new atlas was compiled using research from EC's Meteorological...

Weekly Update.(Calendar)
October 22, 2004... NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENTURE FAIR: VENTURE CAPITAL FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, October 24-26, 2004, Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA CLEANTECH VENTURE FORUM V, October 25-27, 2004, Intercontinental Toronto Centre, Toronto,...

RWE npower to Purchase Biomass from ESD.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Reuters recently reported that British utility RWE npower has signed a purchase agreement with ESD Biomass for 30,000 tons of processed coppice willow annually to be burned at RWE's coal-fired Didcot power plant in an attempt to help reduce the...

Norway Approves Construction of New Wind Farm.(Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate)(Ytre Vikna wind park)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Reuters recently reported that the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) said it has granted concession to regional utility Nord-Troendelag Elektrisitsverk (NTE) to construct the proposed 249-megawatt (MW) Ytre Vikna wind park...

GE Energy Wins $38 Million in Chinese Hydro Contracts.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... GE Energy announced last week it has received orders from two hydroelectric facilities in China to provide more than $38 million in generator equipment and services. One order, worth $35 million, is for GE to provide four turbine-generator...

CCEF Launches 'Project 100' Initiative to Support Renewables.(Connecticut Clean Energy Fund)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) recently announced it has launched "Project 100," an initiative that supports newly enacted state legislation requiring local electric distribution companies to enter into power purchase agreements for...

Energy Cooperative Honored for Solar Buyback Program.(Energy Cooperative Association)(Annual Green Power Leadership Award Ceremony)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... The Energy Cooperative Association of Pennsylvania recently announced it was honored earlier this month during the Fourth Annual Green Power Leadership Award Ceremony in Albany, NY for its Solar Buyback Program. According to the Energy...

Yellowstone Capital Launches New Renewable Energy Fund.(Yellowstone Capital, Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2004... Yellowstone Capital, Inc. announced last week it has created the Yellowstone Energy Ventures (YEV) fund, investing in early-stage companies in the renewable power and energy technology sector. The fund, which will consider companies...