Renewable Energy to the Grid
PG&E Announces New Green Energy Program to Give Electric Customers More Renewable Options
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) said today that it has asked state regulators for permission to offer a new clean energy program that will give electric customers an opportunity to support 100 percent renewable energy for an average of a few dollars a month. ...
Canada on Track to Install More Than 1,500 MW of New Wind Energy Capacity in a Record Setting 2012
Canada will enjoy another record year for wind energy development in 2012 with the addition of approximately 1,500 MW of new installed capacity, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association....
PG&E Ranked as Nation's Top Utility for Solar Installations
A new survey by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) ranks Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) as the nation's top electric utility in the amount of solar power added to its system in 2011. ...
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Adds 1.5 MW Solar Array
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative has announced that with the addition of a new 1.5 MW solar array, anticipated to be completed in May 2012, all businesses and residences in north central New Mexico will receive electricity provided by solar power on sunny days. ...
Solar Energy Applications Now Open for Consumers Energy Residential Customers
Residential electric customers served by Consumers Energy can now submit applications to participate in the utility's Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP). ...
Bujagali Energy Successfully Delivering First 50MW Of Clean Energy to the Ugandan Electricity Grid
Bujagali Energy Limited (BEL), the owner and operator of the Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Plant (Bujagali) has confirmed that the first 50MW unit has been delivering power reliably to the national grid for transmission and distribution to the Ugandan public since Feb. 22, and that the unit has since successfully completed the mandatory reliability test run. ...
SEPA Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Helping Utilities Integrate Solar Power
2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). ...
Dominion Virginia Power Offshore Wind Study Recommends Ocean Substations Be Added in Atlantic
One offshore substation platform with two 230,000-V power lines is appropriate to transmit to shore every 500-700 MW of wind-generated electricity constructed off the coast of Virginia, a study done at Dominion Virginia Power's request recommends. ...
Offshore Wind Coordination in UK Could Save Up to £3.5 Billion
Energy regulator Ofgem and the Department of Energy and Climate Change have published a report showing how more coordination in the development of offshore links and infrastructure can be achieved. ...
Investments in North American Wind Energy Installations Will Total $145 Billion through 2017
Although the North American wind energy industry lags in key areas compared to Europe and Asia, falling costs and larger, more efficient turbines are helping give rise to a sense of cautious optimism....
Tucson Electric Power Selects AREVA Solar as Technology Partner for Innovative CSP Booster Project
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is partnering with AREVA Solar on an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) addition to TEP's H. Wilson Sundt Generating...
BPA Proposes Resolution to Electricity Oversupply
The Bonneville Power Administration has proposed compensating wind energy producers within its section of the grid for periodically reducing their output when necessary to keep the electricity supply from exceeding demand during high river flows. ...
Europe Installs 21% More New Wind Energy in 2010
In 2011, 9,616 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU, making a total of 93,957 MW - enough to supply 6.3% of the EU's electricity, according to figures published by the European Wind Energy Association....
Utility Embarks on Renewable Energy Project
Georgia Power linemen install photovoltaic panels on poles as part of an 18-month research project....
OG&E Completes Crossroads Wind Farm Project
OG&E has completed the Crossroads wind farm in northwestern Oklahoma. ...
SDG&E to Expand Local Solar Market, Increase Customer Access
San Diego Gas & Electric has filed with the California Public Utilities Commission for approval of its new solar proposal called "connected.....to the sun."...
ABB Wins $50 Million Transmission Grid Order to Increase Wind Power Use in Texas
ABB has won an order worth over $50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), to provide electrical equipment that will improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power. ...
Massachusetts Court Upholds Cape Wind Contract with National Grid
In a major legal victory for Cape Wind, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in two decisions unanimously upheld the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between Cape Wind and National Grid. ...
DOI Secretary Salazar Approves Renewable Energy Projects in California, Oregon
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced the approval of two renewable energy projects that further advance President Obama’s initiative for a rapid and responsible move to utility-scale production of renewable energy....
Bahrain Explores Creation of Green Energy Agency
Spurred by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) initiatives, Bahrain is evaluating a plan to establish an energy agency dedicated to renewable energy and conservation. ...
