ENP Newswire - 23 May 2013

Release date- 21052013 - Vancouver, BC - Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange-'WND') (OTCQX-'WNDEF') today announced that WWE Equity Holdings Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P., has completed its compulsory acquisition of the outstanding common shares of Western Wind, at a price of $ 2.60 in cash per Common Share, pursuant to the notice of compulsory acquisition made under Section 300 of the Business Corporations Act and now owns 100% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Thank you, Madam Chair, Ranking Member Swalwell, and Members of the Committee. I am Dona Crawford, Associate Director of Computation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). I welcome the opportunity to provide my perspective on high performance computing (HPC). There are major opportunities and challenges associated with developing exascale computing, the next generation of HPC capability. At the same time, exascale computing is critically needed to support national security priorities, advance science and technology, and enable greater innovation in U.S. industry.

I applaud the Committee for its determined support to maintain U.S. leadership in HPC. The U.S. has benefited immensely from the investments the nation has made in developing and applying HPC capability. The U.S. has enjoyed a long record of success and unparalleled leadership in computing for many years. The world took notice, and many other nations started investing in HPC and now strive to challenge U.S. leadership in this critical arena. It is imperative that we continue to make smart investments of our limited resources to maintain U.S. HPC leadership.

Hyderabad, home to several information technology, pharmaceutical and construction companies, goes without power for more than eight hours every day, making the state capital akin to a very large and crowded furnace in these days of summer. The crowds may not stay quiet about this when elections to the state assembly come around next summer.

KOCHI: Experts have approved Greater Cochin Development Authority's (GCDA) plan to install windmills at Marine Drive to generate power for street lights on the stretch.

ENP Newswire - 23 May 2013

Release date- 21052013 - ATLANTA - Reflecting its longstanding commitment to military recruitment, Southern Company has been named a top employer for both active duty and veteran military in a pair of recent surveys.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) efforts to reduce office space consistent with the Federal Freeze the Footprint policy.

NRC was established in 1975 as an independent Federal agency to license and regulate the Nation's civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment. As such, we regulate the safety of all 102 operating nuclear power plants, and over 5,000 nuclear materials, medical, industrial, and fuel cycle licensees in the United States.

To fulfill its responsibility, the NRC performs the following regulatory functions: develops regulations and guidance for applicants and licensees; licenses or certifies applicants to use nuclear materials or operate nuclear facilities; regulates the decommissioning of facilities; inspects and assesses licensee operations and facilities to ensure that licensees comply with NRC requirements and takes appropriate follow-up or enforcement actions when necessary; evaluates operations experience of licensed facilities and activities; and conducts research, holds hearings, interfaces with domestic agencies and international partners, and obtains independent reviews to support regulatory decisions. Many of these functions require special facilities, such as: secure hearing spaces, emergency response centers, technical and law libraries, a public document room, public meeting facilities, and numerous collaborative workspaces.

Importance of Collocation

Watchara Pusayanawin

The Nation

After its successful launch of Lopburi Solar with a capital investment of more than Bt10 billion, and expected return of investment (ROI) within 10 years on projected Bt1.3-billion annual revenue, Natural Energy Development Co (NED) is exploring the possibility of setting up a 20-megawatt wind-powered electricity-generation plant.

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) regulations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (18 CFR part 380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897]), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the Drum-Spaulding Project (FERC No. 2310) and the Yuba-Bear Project (FERC No. 2266) and has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the projects. The Drum-Spaulding Project is located within three primary river basins, the South Yuba River, Bear River, and North Fork of the North Fork American River, in Nevada and Placer Counties, California, and occupies 994 acres of federal lands administered by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Bureau of Reclamation. The Yuba-Bear Project is located within three major river basins, the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, and Bear River, in Sierra, Nevada, and Placer Counties, California, and occupies 1,748 acres of federal lands administered by the Forest Service and BLM.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature's Energy Committee that's aimed at expanding Maine's natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses' electricity costs and making it more affordable for residents to abandon oil heat.

LePage won't support the bill unless it also requires wind developers prove their projects will lower electricity costs in order to receive state approval and raises the 100-megawatt limit energy generation facilities must meet so they can count toward the state's renewable energy goals, according to Patrick Woodcock, who directs LePage's energy office.

Paris, May 23 -- The controversial Jaitapur nuclear power project, against which local residents and activist groups have been protesting, may only be commissioned by 2021 at the earliest. That's if the contract for the two European pressurized reactors (EPRs) between state-owned Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd(NPCIL) and France's Areva SAis inked in the current calendar year. This looks ambitious, given that the two companies still need to iron out critical issues such as India's Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, credit arrangements for the construction and the final cost of the project located in Maharashtra. The Euro7 billion general framework agreement signed in December 2010 during former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to India deals with the supply of two EPRs, each with a capacity to produce 1,650MW of electricity, and uranium supply for a period of 25 years for the Jaitapur project.

B2B energy retailer Haven Power has been on a significant acquisition drive since 2011. It has seemingly redoubled this effort in the past few quarters, picking up customers using the hook of competitive pricing allied with superior customer service. This strategy puts heavy strain on an already under pressure margin, with Drax Power admitting in its recent annual report that it expects "Haven Power to make a modest loss up to 2015." Datamonitor's soon to be published "Structural Balances of Key Power and Gas Retailers in Great Britain" shows this may be due to a change in Drax Power's market position, specifically in relation to its relationship with Centrica. Contracted power sales to Centrica were around 7TWh in 2012 but will be significantly lower in 2013, in the region of 2-3TWh.

Vision 2030...

During the discussion of the logistics services sector opportunities,
Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, CEO of Etihad Rail said: "Our
participation in this forum is a reflection of Etihad Rail's
dedicated efforts to enhance cooperation with European companies,
including French firms. The forum offers an opportunity to highlight
the various benefits of the Etihad Rail project, which is expected to
contribute to a paradigm shift in the transportation sector and
change the map of local and regional transport, connecting to key
ports and neighboring countries. The forum provides direct
communication between Etihad Rail and French companies, facilitating
knowledge transfer, particularly with firms in transport and
infrastructure sectors."
Al Mansoori, stressed the importance of this event, which would open
the prospects for investment between France and the Emirate of Abu
Dhabi and serves to strengthen the strategic partnership between the
two countries in various sectors of development, noting that Abu
Dhabi is currently experiencing a comprehensive economic development
supported by growth in many sectors such as industry, energy,
infrastructure and trade, which make Abu Dhabi an attractive
environment for European investments in general and the French in
particular.

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act by voice vote. The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Pete Olson (R-TX) and Mike Doyle (D-PA), will ensure America's power companies are able to comply with Department of Energy emergency orders to maintain grid reliability without facing penalties for violating potentially conflicting environmental laws.

The Canadian Wind Energy Association issued the following news release:

Alberta can once again be a leader in renewable energy development and address global concern about the province's environmental record by meeting rising electricity demand with new clean wind energy. WindVision 2025: A Strategy For Alberta, released today by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), makes the case for the strategic deployment of more wind energy in Alberta in a direct response to a challenge by Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes for the renewable industry to put forth policy solutions to help "green the grid".

Since the country's first wind farm was constructed in southern Alberta in 1993, the province has installed 1,100 MW of wind energy - but this represents just a small fraction of the available resource. Alberta currently sits in third place for total installed wind energy capacity - behind Ontario and Quebec. WindVision 2025 makes the case that Alberta is well positioned to take strategic advantage of its significant wind resource, access to skilled trades, and interest by independent power producers.

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, MAY 23, 2013: AS per the re-assessment studies carried out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) during 1978-1987, the hydro power potential in terms of Installed Capacity (I.C.) is estimated at 148701 MW out of which 145320 MW of the potential consists of hydro electric schemes having I.C. above 25 MW.

Australia, May 23 -- Ivor Kempson, Queensland, owns the trademark (1452980) for 'EVOLUTION SOLAR AUSTRALIA' and 'GLOBE CUTS SATELLITE & RADAR' from Oct. 20, 2011, through Oct. 20, 2021.

I'd like to thank our witnesses for being with us today. Today we are meeting on four bills to expand American energy production, create American jobs, cut through bureaucratic red tape and streamline a regulatory process that is forcing companies to avoid federal land for energy production in search of state and private land more amenable to energy development.

We will be hearing witness testimony on four bills. H.R. 555, the "BLM Live Internet Auctions Act," would bring BLM leasing into the 21st century by amending the Mineral Leasing Act to allow BLM to conduct lease sales through the internet.

New Delhi, May 23 -- In Uttar Pradesh, about 824 MW of grid interactive power generation capacity have been installed through renewable energy sources. Apart from this, about 212 MW off grid renewable energy power generation capacity have been also installed.