Alstom has been awarded three contracts at hydroelectric power sites operated by Canadian utilities Hydro-Québec and Manitoba Hydro totaling approximately €40 million (approx. $50 million).

GE has shipped 12 LM6000-PC Sprint aeroderivative gas turbine-generators to the Dorad Energy power plant in Ashkelon, Israel, to fulfill part of its $200 million contract with Wood Group GTS.

Recurrent Energy, a North American solar project developer, announced that three of its solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Sacramento County, Calif. have achieved commercial operation.

After delivering his planned speech to at the 2012 Nuclear Energy Assembly audience, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko on May 23 spoke to the media for the first time since he announced his resignation from the agency just two days prior.

Andes Mainstream Renewable Power has entered the first stages of developing a 162 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

APR Energy signed a new 100 MW contract in Latin America to provide its fast-track, temporary power solutions.

Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc. (MNES) has opened its Charlotte Engineering Center to support the building of new nuclear power plants and supply replacement components, engineering and maintenance services for operating nuclear power facilities.

A CH2M HILL-led consortium has been awarded a $929 million contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a combined-cycle power plant, using GE technology, for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Australia.

Spectra Energy Corp. May 21 received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, which will transport natural gas supplies to Con Edison’s distribution markets in northern New Jersey and New York City.

GE’s LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine technology has been selected for the 85 MW ALPEK Cogeneration project at its subsidiary Petrotemex’s site in Mexico.

Oregon-based Element Power Americas is working toward a Phase II to the already operational site at the 50 MW Macho Springs Wind Energy Facility in Luna County, N.M.

Hawaii Electric Light Co. (HELCO) and Hu Honua Bioenergy have signed a power purchase agreement to provide Hawaii Island with 21.5 MW of capacity fueled by biomass.

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced that it has begun shipments of its U.S.-made solar modules for a 127 MW, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) installation in southwestern Arizona.

NuScale Power LLC on May 21 said it has submitted its proposal to participate in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program to accelerate the deployment of small modular reactors.

Siemens has received an order for 50 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 115 MW for the El Arrayán wind power plant in Chile, approximately 400 kilometers north of Santiago.

The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison have signed a $65 million loan agreement for the construction of a 20 MW solar park in Picture Rocks, Ariz.

Alterra Power Corp. said it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of wind development assets at four sites in coastal British Columbia from a group of sellers led by English Bay Energy Limited.

RMT Inc. (RMT), a renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor specializing in the design, engineering, and construction of wind and solar energy generating facilities, is adding 555 MW to its renewable energy practice in 2012.

Apple has won state approval for a 20 MW solar farm, the largest proposed solar installation in North Carolina near its data center in Maiden.