Juhl Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: JUHL), the leader in Community Wind Power, today announced the recent acquisition of two wind energy projects located in western New Brunswick, Canada from Canadian developer Terravis Wind. The projects are being developed under NB Power's "Embedded Generation" program, which is designed to allow Independent Power Producers to sell electricity to the NB Power distribution system at a fixed, stable price and under a long-term contract. 

"The acquisition of the TerraRidge and TerraVista projects, each of which are 1.65 MW in size, represents our first two renewable energy projects that will be located outside of the United States," stated Corey Juhl, Vice President of Development for Juhl Energy, Inc.  "As we expand our reach throughout North America, Juhl is actively seeking to partner with and/or acquire mid-stage wind project developments that fit our current growth strategy."

(600401) "Hareon Solar Technology Co., Ltd." (the Company) -- Announcement on Outward Investment of Establishing Turpan Haixin Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd. and Building 20 MW Photovoltaic Grid-connection Power Generation Project by Wholly-owned Subsidiary

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NEW DELHI, May 20 -- The government of India issued the following news release:

The surplus power from the States can be transferred to a power deficit State through the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) from the source of supply depending upon the available transfer capacity (ATC) between the point of supply and point of drawl. Open Access in transmission (introduced by the Central Government through Electricity Act, 2003), trading mechanism and Power Exchange in accordance with the relevant regulations notified by CERC facilitate this process. National Grid, for evacuation of power from generating sources located in different regions in the country and facilitating transfer of power from surplus to deficit regions, is in place. In addition, licenses have been granted for trading of power. Power exchanges have also been set up for facilitating transfer of power from surplus to deficit States. The surplus power available with the States is also supplied by the States to other needy and desirous States under bilateral arrangements.

KOCHI: Look, who's tilting at windmills? Well, bitten by the alternative energy bug, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) has decided to harness wind power, of all places, at Marine Drive! The development authority is planning to tap wind energy for power lighting systems at the Marine Drive walkway. In the first phase, the authority plans to generate about five kilowatt electricity which can power 100 lights installed at the walkway on a trial basis.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated December 29, 2009, as supplemented by letter dated November 22, 2011 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML100040087 and ML113270063, respectively), for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, located in San Luis Obispo County, California.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0100 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, using any of the following methods:

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power Jyotiraditya M Scindia replies to a query on 'Hydro Power Generation Capacity' raised by Kishanbhai Vestabhai Patel and Ravneet Singh on April 25, 2013.

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/3BL Media/ - BOSTON, May 21, 2013 /3BL Media/ - Energy efficiency is estimated to be a multi-hundred-billion dollar investment opportunity in the United States, but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investors, who together manage approximately $70 trillion in assets globally.

That is the key finding ofPower Factor: Institutional Investors' Policy Priorities Can Bring Energy Efficiency to Scale, a new report issued today by Ceres and its Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR). Based on the input of nearly 30 institutional investors and other experts from the energy, policy and financial sectors, Power Factor cites three areas of policy-utility regulation, demand-generating policies and innovative financing policies-that can take energy efficiency financing to a scale sufficient to attract significant institutional investment.

INDORE: Realizing benefits of power generation from solar energy, three houses in Indore have gone for solar plant.

Envis Technology deputy CEO Uday Bhole, who has worked closely on some domestic project says, "Though solar power plants are being used in commercial set-ups, including industries and at few public places like parks, college campus, a solar plant at home is always advantageous."

TESTIMONY-BY: MR. JOSEPH H. PYNE, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AFFILIATION: KIRBY CORPORATION

Statement of Mr. Joseph H. Pyne Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kirby Corporation

Committee on House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the

May 21, 2013

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

Good morning. My name is Joe Pyne, and I am the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Corporation, the nation's largest inland and coastal tank barge operator. Kirby has revenues of approximately $2.5 billion per year and has a market capitalization of approximately $4.5 billion. We employ some 4,600 Americans and operate over 1,300 Jones Act vessels.

Kirby has been in the marine transportation business since 1969. I am pleased to appear before you today on behalf of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP) to stress the importance of the domestic U.S.-flag fleet and the coastwise laws to our U.S. transportation system and the role that they play in meeting the economic, homeland, and national security needs of the United States.

WAM Abu Dhabi, 20th May 2013 (WAM) - The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the country's independent nuclear regulatory body, has invited the public to review and comment on its draft Regulatory Guide on the Certification of Reactor Operators and Senior Reactor Operators at Nuclear Facilities.

Publication No. WO/2013/068748 was published on May 16 by WIPO.

Title of the invention: WAVE POWERED GENERATOR

Applicants: MARINE POWER SYSTEMS LIMITED [GB/GB]; 27 Down Leaze Cockett Swansea West Glamorgan SA2 0GQ (GB)
Inventors: FOSTER, Graham; (GB)

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a rule called: Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit.

The rule, published in the Federal Register on May 20 by Andrew L. Bates, Acting Secretary of the Commission, states: "The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its security regulations for the transport of irradiated reactor fuel (the terms "irradiated reactor fuel" and "spent nuclear fuel" are used interchangeably in this rule). This rulemaking establishes generically applicable security requirements similar to the requirements currently imposed by NRC Order EA-02-109, "Issuance of Order for Interim Safeguards and Security Compensatory Measures for the Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Greater than 100 Grams." This rulemaking also establishes performance standards and objectives for the protection of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) shipments from theft, diversion, or radiological sabotage. Additionally, this rulemaking addresses, in part, a 1999 petition for rulemaking from the State of Nevada (PRM-73-10) that requests the NRC to strengthen the regulations governing the security of SNF shipments against malevolent acts. This rule will apply to each NRC licensee who transports, or delivers to a carrier for transport SNF."

New Delhi, May 20 -- GE (NYSE: GE) and Greenwich, Conn.,-based Green Waste Energy (GWE) today announced they have signed a frame agreement for GE to supply an undetermined number of ecomagination[1] qualified Jenbacher gas engines to power a series of Advanced Recycling and Energy Conversion (AREC) plants that GWE's development subsidiary, Green Waste Energy Development (GWED), plans to build around the world.

People are an intriguing lot, which, for those of us in the social sciences, makes them all the more interesting to study. For those in the public or private sector, though, humans can be perplexing, and often vexing creatures for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes there's no apparent link between what people think - or say they think - and how they act. Other times, people are difficult to persuade that change is good. And more times than not, people want their cake and eat it too.

Even when confronted with unassailable facts - for example, lower costs of electricity or lower carbon footprints - some people will cling tenaciously to old ways. Conversely, a few might abandon old ways and jump on radical bandwagons for no apparent reason. More likely, though, people will say they embrace something - the green movement, for example -- but what they really mean is, "I embrace your embracing it; I'm too set in my ways to do much changing."

Being an engineer

ENP Newswire - 21 May 2013

Release date- 17052013 - DES MOINES, Iowa - MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) announced today the formation of CalEnergy, LLC, a new special purpose entity that will allow CalEnergy to market reliable green power in a new way.

WYLFA nuclear power station could generate electricity until the end of 2015 - potentially securing more than 600 jobs for another 15 months.

The Anglesey nuclear plant secured permission in October 2010 to extend the operational life of the two reactors to December 2012.

The following information was released by the Department of Energy, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory:

Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration identified two unique methods for this energy storage approach and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

Compressed air energy storage plants could help save the region's abundant wind power which is often produced at night when winds are strong and energy demand is low for later, when demand is high and power supplies are more strained. These plants can also switch between energy storage and power generation within minutes, providing flexibility to balance the region's highly variable wind energy generation throughout the day.

SUMMARY: This action would establish more stringent vehicle emissions standards and reduce the sulfur content of gasoline beginning in 2017, as part of a systems approach to addressing the impacts of motor vehicles and fuels on air quality and public health. The proposed gasoline sulfur standard would make emission control systems more effective for both existing and new vehicles, and would enable more stringent vehicle emissions standards. The proposed vehicle standards would reduce both tailpipe and evaporative emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. This would result in significant reductions in pollutants such as ozone, particulate matter, and air toxics across the country and help state and local agencies in their efforts to attain and maintain health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Motor vehicles are an important source of exposure to air pollution both regionally and near roads. These proposed vehicle standards are intended to harmonize with California's Low Emission Vehicle program, thus creating a federal vehicle emissions program that would allow automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states. The proposed vehicle standards would be implemented over the same timeframe as the greenhouse gas/fuel efficiency standards for light-duty vehicles, as part of a comprehensive approach toward regulating emissions from motor vehicles.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments. Comments must be received on or before June 13, 2013.

Power projects developer Globeleq has opened the 44MW Eolo de Nicaragua wind farm in Central America.

The Eolo wind farm is situated in the province of Rivas on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, about 123km south of the capital Managua.