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N.M. Regulators Modify PNM Renewable Plan, Approve 22 MW of Utility-Scale Solar Build
Sept. 1, 2010– Plans to add utility-scale solar power facilities by PNM Resources’ New Mexico utility, PNM, were unanimously approved yesterday by state regulators. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission approved 22 megawatts of utility-scale solar power facilities that will involve various sites throughout New Mexico. <<Read more>>
Trade Winds, Sound Policies Push Portugal to the Renewable Energy Forefront
Sept. 1, 2010 — Portugal has made dramatic changes in its energy policy over the last five years under the government of Prime Minister José Sócrates. The country’s installed renewable energy capacity more than tripled between 2004 and 2009, from 1,220 megawatts (MW) to 4,307 MW, and renewables now represent roughly 36 percent of electricity consumed. <<Read more>>
International PV experts gather in San Jose Nov 30 –Dec 1 to discuss how to drive down LCOE and boost MW output through improved balance of systems engineering
What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities’ solar megawatts added to the grid grew from 169 MW in 2008 to 279 in 2009, a growth of 66 percent in a year when electricity demand as a whole declined as the result of an economic downturn.
SDG&E Bolsters Its Renewable Portfolio With More Solar and Wind Energy From California
Aug 27, 2010 — San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today announced that it has signed and submitted for approval a second 20-year power-purchase agreement with an LS Power subsidiary to procure up to 45 megawatts (MW) of solar energy from the proposed Centinela Solar Energy facility, to be located 90 miles east of San Diego in California’s Imperial Valley. <<More>>
[Arizona] State Regulators Back Tucson Electric Power’s Plans for 10 New Renewable Power Projects
Aug. 25, 2010 — The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has expressed its support for Tucson Electric Power’s plan to purchase the output of 10 new renewable power projects that together will generate nearly 150 megawatts (MW), enough energy to power more than 30,000 Tucson homes. <<Read more>>
Small tidal power plant packs oversize potential ; Tidal power is one of the ways Maine can benefit from alternative energy development. – Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
A 60-kilowatt power plant can look kind of small in a world that usually measures generating capacity in thousand-times-bigger increments of megawatts. But the little tidal plant in Eastport represents a giant achievement because it promises so much for the future. Maine is overdependent on
AT&T Enlists (ACORE Member) SunEdison to Add 2MW of Solar Power in California by 2011
Aug. 23, 2010 — AT&T and SunEdison activated a new 296-kilowatt roof top solar power installation in San Diego yesterday. In addition to the installation in San Diego, AT&T has contracts with SunEdison to deploy five other solar power installations in California by the second quarter of 2011, equating to approximately 2 megawatts (MW) of total solar capacity for all six sites, to help offset its energy use. <<Read more>>
Run the green energy through new motors – Ontario Farmer
If you want to know how much electricity Ontario is using at
any one point, go to www.theimo.com/imoweb/siteShared/demand_price.
asp? sid=ic . Power usage is graphed on the hour. On August 19 at 4 o’clock, the province was using just over 20,000
megawatts. The summer high, set August 1, 2006, was
Georgia Power to double purchase of solar energy – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Power is doubling the amount of solar energy it will buy from independent producers, the chairman of the state Public Service Commission announced Thursday. Speaking to a conference of solar entrepreneurs, Chairman Lauren McDonald said the utility will buy another 2.5 megawatts of
New law boosts two solar projects; Credit eligibility will aid funding; SALISBURY – The Boston Globe
The state’s adoption of an economic development law has provided a
major boost to two renewable energy projects in Salisbury. The legislation, signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick on Aug. 5,
includes a provision increasing from two to six megawatts the maximum size at
which a solar project is
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