Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued the following news release:

Electric generation from renewable resources in Texas increased 7 percent in 2012, compared to 2011, with capacity up by about 16 percent.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) provided these updates to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) this week in the 2012 Annual Report on the Renewable Energy Credit Trading Program.

Generators participating in the state's renewable energy credit trading program reported 33.9 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable generation in 2012, compared to 31.7 million MWh in 2011 -- a 7 percent overall increase. At more than 32.5 million MWh in total generation, wind power continued to lead the pack, with solar generation representing the largest rate of growth, nearly quadrupling last year's output, and energy from biomass sources more than doubling the 2011 total.

The following information was released by the office of the governor of North Carolina:

Governor Pat McCrory signed into law landmark legislation (H.B. 484) today that creates a framework for the establishment of wind energy facilities in North Carolina and signals the governor's continued support for an "all-of-the-above" energy plan.

Power generation by all plants run by Ukrainian National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom fell by 5.4% to 29.982 billion kWh in January-April 2013, the company has said.

Power generation by all plants run by Ukrainian National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom fell by 6% or 1,917 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), to 29.982 billion kWh in January-April 2013, the company has said.

Nuclear power generation accounted for a record low of 1.7 percent of the 940.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generated by Japan's 10 utilities in fiscal 2012 amid the closure of most nuclear plants, an industry body said Friday.

"Nargund (Gadag district): At a remote village in Nargund taluk, one man seems to be oblivious of the power shortage that has gripped the state.

Siddappa Hulajogi is working to raise the height of a windmill he installed four years ago in his farm to make it more efficient and productive. The windmill, made of waste materials, generates power that lifts water from a borewell on Hulajogi's farm, and also lights up the bulbs in the homes of the illiterate farmer and his brother.

THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the huge Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm eight miles off the North Wales coast.

With a planned installed capacity of 576 megawatts (MW) the Gwynt y Môr wind farm is one of the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction in Europe and the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables.

When completed, the installed capacity of Gwynt y Môr wind farm will be equivalent to almost the entire capacity of all onshore and offshore wind farms currently operational in Wales.

Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday temporarily reduced the power output from one of the country's only two running nuclear reactors to 80 percent for a week of cleaning.

P2 SOLAR INC ("PTOS-L") - Acquires First Renewable Energy Project In India

P2 Solar, Inc. (the "Company" or "P2") announces it has acquired a unique renewable energy project to develop a mini-hydro facility in Punjab, India, on the Sidhwan irrigation canal in the city of Ludhiana. P2 now owns the project outright through its new wholly owned subsidiary, Jagat Energy Private Limited and will be moving to begin construction as soon as this summer.

The project involves the installation of a 700 KW mini-hydro facility in a minor canal diversion project, creating little impact on the water channel and surrounding terrain. This type of hydro power installation has long been used around the world and is highly environmentally sustainable. The project provides rights to several kilometers of canal space, so the possibility for significant project expansion over phases is extensive. A PV Solar power plant can be built on the free space above the canal as well.

Power generation by all plants run by Ukrainian National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom fell by 5.4% to 29.982 billion kWh in January-April 2013, the company has said.

Dubai, May 17 -- Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable-energy company, and the Export Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) - the official export credit agency of the United States - today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which they will explore opportunities to structure and deploy up to $2bn worth of Ex-Im Bank's finance supporting U.S. exports to Masdar's future projects.

Power generation by all plants run by Ukrainian National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom fell by 5.4% to 29.982 billion kWh in January-April 2013, the company has said.

Australia, May 18 -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, filed an application (2008360253) on Aug. 6, 2008, for 'Wind turbine blade and wind power generator using the same.'

Inventor(s): Kentaro Hayashi and Hiroshi Nishino Application Status: Withdrawn The original document can be viewed at: http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/applicationDetails.do?applicationNo=2008360253 For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

The Sierra Club issued the following news release:

Today, the Sierra Club's My Generation Campaign welcomed news that California has broken another record in its continued expansion of clean energy generation having reached 150,000 rooftop solar installations.

TORNESS Nuclear power station has opened to the public for the first time since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America.

The power station unveiled its new visitor centre yesterday before taking guests on a guided walk of the power station - the first since 2001.

Jammu, May 17 -- The Centre must make richer, more developed States take up the responsibility for switching to renewable energy and reducing the country's dependence on coal

If there are two words that describe India's current energy scenario, they will be: inefficient and starving. Power cuts are back with a bang and the country's apex electricity regulator has confirmed that 21 major coal power plants are running with stockpile that won't last beyond seven days. Coal, we all know, won't last forever; yet we insist that we have more of it. We are importing more coal than ever before without worrying that it is pushing the fiscal deficit to dangerous levels. The over-dependence on this fossil fuel, rather than powering India, has instead turned into an Achilles' heel in India's growth story.

Fortunately, we know the way out. Renewable energy can help ease this economic and rising energy burden while uplifting the lives of millions who are currently languishing in the dark. But sadly, if the announcements at the recently-held Clean Energy Ministerial meet are considered, we might add that our energy planning is inequitable and hypocritical as well.

A program that encouraged thousands of California homeowners to install solar energy systems is under attack and could suffer crucial setbacks if one of the state's biggest utilities gets it way.

The reason: Utilities say their business model is suffering from residential solar installations.

The Edison Electric Institute, which lobbies on behalf of electric utilities across the nation, blames the solar energy net-metering program for harming utilities' revenue and goes so far as to compare the utilities' battle for relevance in energy distribution to the U.S. Postal Service's competition with private companies like FedEx.

Net energy metering is the system that allows residential and business customers that use solar energy to gain credit for extra energy produced by their solar panels as it flows back to the grid.

Power generated by consumer photovoltaic systems now makes up just 1 percent of the power distributed in the state. (Wind, bio-gas and fuel-cell generation are also part of the net metering program but generate only a fraction of the power that solar does.)

The following information was released by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV):

By UNLV Media Relations

UNLVwill take a leading role in a $20 million research project that will enhance solar energy technology and advance understanding of the connection between solar energy, water, and the environment in Nevada.

Over the course of the five-year grant, UNLV will receive $7.4 million to lead the solar energy and water components of the research project. The rest of the funding will go to the University of Nevada, Reno and the Desert Research Institute.

The share of nuclear power generation in the total amount of electricity produced in Japan in fiscal 2012, which ended in March, stood at 1.7 pct, down 9.0 percentage points from the previous year, an industry group said Friday.

 Envirogen Technologies announced the launch of a new technology offering designed to help industrial facilities manage their air emissions performance and meet regulatory and permit requirements through the control of volatile organic contaminants (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and odors. The Envirogen Sustainable Emissions Control offering features the use of both biological and enhanced adsorption treatment technologies to address a broad range of contaminants covered under the Clean Air Act and state air quality regulatory programs. Used alone or together, the two technology approach allows Envirogen to treat organic and inorganic, polar and non-polar emission constituents at varying concentrations and air flow rates. These emission control solutions can be an order of magnitude less expensive than those provided by traditional emissions control technologies, while at the same time reducing chemical and energy consumption, providing recycle/re-use options and lowering overall carbon footprint. The initial applications for Envirogen Sustainable Emissions Control will be in refinery and chemical manufacturing facilities, but the solutions are applicable in a broad range of manufacturing environments.

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