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Minnesota Power hydro dam rehabilitation nears completion

The facility, which is Minnesota Power's largest hydropower generator, will be partially restored to service by the end of 2013 and completely reha...

TransAlta, MidAmerican sell geothermal energy to California city

Under the renewable power purchase agreement, CalEnergy will provide the power from a portfolio of geothermal generating facilities in California's...

Dominion Virginia Power kicks off solar energy purchase program

Participating customers purchase all of the electricity for their homes or businesses from the company on their current rate schedule

Gamesa, Infigen settle on wind turbine maintenance agreements

In accordance with the agreement, Gamesa will provide warranties, wind turbine maintenance services and replacement parts for the turbines until Ju...

AES to provide energy storage facility for PJM market in Ohio

To be located at DP&L Tait generating station, just south of Dayton, Ohio, the AES battery array will provide frequency regulation service to t...

Nevada solar energy project canceled

The company was unable to sign necessary power purchase agreements to sell the energy to utilities in Nevada or neighboring states

Siemens will shut down solar energy unit

The company said is has lost some $1.34 billion on the solar energy part of its business since 2011

Energy storage for ancillary services to pass $3.8 billion in revenue by 2023

Worldwide revenue from energy storage systems for ancillary services will increase from less than $590 million in 2013 to more than $3.8 billion in...

The top 10 utilities for renewable energy

Which U.S. power companies are selling the most renewable energy to their ratepayers?

SoCalGas Energy Resource Center wins LEED certification

SoCalGas benefited from the incorporation of the latest sustainable features in the ERC's design

Toshiba wins turbine order for Laos hydropower project

The Nam Ou Stage 5 Hydropower Plant is a joint venture of Sinohydro Resources Ltd. and Électricité du Laos

Wind energy project could be blocked by proposed county ordinance

The commission has already passed a 180-day moratorium preventing to project, and the current plan is for the ordinance to be presented to the plan...

What is a 'gribble' and why could it produce biomass energy?

New biomass-degrading enzymes from novel sources such as the gribble may prove beneficial to the biofuels industry

Geospatially aware analytics poised to help utilities optimize billions in assets

The original geospatial application, geographic information systems (GIS), has evolved from software for drawing maps to a location-aware, anytime,...

PSO requests proposals for wind energy resources

Any purchases under the RFP will largely go to replace a PPA, which is expiring at the end of 2015

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Electric Light & Power

May 2013
Volume 91, Issue 3
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