Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy will jointly develop the 21 MW Auwahi Wind farm in Hawaii.

ABB has completed the acquisition of Thomas & Betts, a Tennessee-based provider of low-voltage products.

Brazilian state-run power company Eletrobras Eletrosul says it will invest $615 million into new transmission projects to help meet power demands expected during the 2014 World Cup.

TAS Energy has been awarded a contract for a energy storage project at a new 1,300 MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Virginia.

GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business opened an electrical distribution product and service solutions manufacturing plant in Chile.

AES Gener and AES Energy Storage announced the commercial operation of the second energy storage project in Northern Chile, integrating 20 MW of advanced battery-based energy storage with a 544 MW thermal power plant.

GE’s Waukesha gas engines factory manufactured and recently delivered two, 1 MW cogeneration sets for the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s (FCPC) planned biogas combined heat and power (CHP) project in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley.

Siemens Energy said it has received its first order for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine in North America.

Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) have released a report analyzing the September 2011 blackout that left 2.7 million customers in Southern California, Arizona and Baja, Calif. in the dark.

GE's Energy Storage business, a unit of GE Transportation, recently signed a Business Cooperation Agreement with Arista Power Inc. to jointly promote and market Arista's new Power on Demand System that will incorporate GE's new Durathon Batteries.

Capstone Turbine Corp. said it sold 30 more C65 microturbines to be used in the Eagle Ford shale play.

ABB has won $45 million worth of orders from Oncor to provide technology that will increase transmission capacity, stabilize the grid and help integrate renewable energy in Texas.

Acclaim Energy Advisors secured twenty years of electrical reliability for Clear Lake City Water Authority (CLCWA) by providing them with the service of nine 500 MW generators.

Xtreme Power Inc. signed an agreement with the Kodiak Electric Association to install a 3 MW power management and energy storage solution on its Pillar Mountain Wind Project in Alaska.

Brazil-based Cemig (NYSE: CIG) said it will invest 2.16 billion reais ($1.18 billion) in new electricity projects in 2012.

ABB dedicated the Canyon Power 69 kV GIS switchyard to the city of Anaheim, Calif.

ABB won an order worth around $90 million from American Transmission Co. (ATC) to supply a power solution that will help control the flow of power and enhance grid stability in the state of Michigan.

Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) has begun testing a new 1.5 MWh energy storage system at the 500 kW Doney Park solar power plant in Arizona.

ABB, 4R Energy, Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) and Sumitomo Corp. of America have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF, an all-electric car.