May 19, 2013 (FinancialWire) -- Electric energy company NextEra (NYSE: NEE) said it recently ordered 59 wind turbines from General Electric (NYSE: GE) to expand NextEra's 100.3-megawatt Tuscola II project in Tuscola County, Michigan. With construction expected to be complete by the end of the year, utility provider DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) has agreed to purchase the electricity for 20 years, according to reports.

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Inventor(s): Kentaro Hayashi and Hiroshi Nishino Application Status: Withdrawn The original document can be viewed at: http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/applicationDetails.do?applicationNo=2008360253 For any query with respect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

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.

Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C., issued the following news release:

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 6% or 1,917 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), to 29.982 billion kWh in January-April 2013, the company has said.

New Energy Technologies, Inc., developer of see-through solar cells for generating electricity on glass windows, announced that researchers have successfully achieved faster fabrication time, improved transparency, and a two-fold increase in power conversion efficiency.

According to a release, researchers achieved today's advances by way of a novel, patent-pending breakthrough, which enables fabrication of large-scale mini-module SolarWindow devices, important to commercial deployment of the world's first-of-its-kind glass window capable of generating electricity.

Generating electricity on glass windows is possible when New Energy researchers spray ultra-small, see-through solar cells on to glass surfaces. These novel spray-on techniques have been pioneered, advanced, and unveiled in operating prototypes by scientists who initiated early research efforts with New Energy Technologies under a Sponsored Research Agreement at the University of South Florida (USF). The Company's SolarWindow technology has since progressed significantly beyond early research, and is now in advanced product development.

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.

CURRENTLY, the industrial sector, which utilises about 38 per cent of the total available power, has nearly 3,000 megawatts of installed in-house power generation capacity.

Besides saving on energy costs, these Captive Power Plants ensure that industrial units get uninterrupted, reliable and stable supply of electricity for smooth production operations.

The textile industry alone has over 2,000-megawatt (MW) in installed capacity in Captive Power Plants (CPPs), whereas cement, paper, chemical and steel sub-sectors have also in-house power generation facilities. However, these are apparently not enough to meet the total power requirement of these industries, which, resultantly, need electricity from the national grid as well.

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.

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has issued a notification, paving the way for power distribution companies to gradually recover fuel price adjustment of past eight months from consumers, an unpopular move that may spell trouble for the incoming PML-N government.

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.

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has finally issued notifications of last eight month's fuel price adjustment (FPA) under which recovery from power consumers would be made in monthly bills to be issued from June to October 2013.

"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.

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.

Lawmakers are currently considering an omnibus bill that could give the state new, unprecedented authority within the New England natural gas and electricity markets. The energy bill combines components of 10 other pieces of legislation: It expands the mission of Efficiency Maine Trust and changes how Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative money is spent. Most controversially, it gives the Maine Public Utilities Commission the authority to both negotiate and approve contracts to purchase a percentage of natural gas pipeline capacity either within or outside Maine. If that section is not substantially rewritten, it should be thrown out.

This is an ambitious bill, and the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology will be working during the coming days to refine it and address concerns. Committee members must analyze it carefully because, while this bill has some good elements supported by both parties, such as its funding of energy conservation programs and its directive to Efficiency Maine to focus more on fuel efficiency measures, one component in particular needs attention.

New Delhi, May 16 -- 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.