Ministry of Power, The Government of India has issued 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.

The State of California has issued the following news release:

The military services have installed a total of 130 megawatts of solar photovoltaic energy systems at U.S. installations, and have plans to complete 1.1 gigawatts of new photovoltaic capacity by 2017, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- Chih-Cheng Tai, Sunnyvale, Calif., Lucas J. Myslinski, San Jose, Calif., Chyh-Yih Chang, Xinzhuang, Taiwan, Shih Ming Tseng, Campbell, Calif., and Shih Hsiang Tseng, Campbell, Calif., have developed a patent (8,441,152) for a "renewable energy transmission, generation, and utilization device and method."

TOKYO, May 17 Kyodo

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.

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.

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.

From the Caribbean Summit of Political and Business Leaders that took place in the British Virgin Islands last week, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) and NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) on Friday announced a new global alliance to expand the use of renewable energy systems at Starwood properties.

The alliance will begin with three properties, including the installation of a 1.3 megawatt (MW) solar array at the Westin St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands where NRG will build, own and operate the project. This array will provide clean, efficient power to the resort helping to reduce local air emissions and the impact of shipping on the fragile Caribbean ecosystem by directly reducing demand for diesel fuel imports.

TOKYO, May 17 Kyodo

MODEC Inc., a maker of floating oil production platforms, and theSaga prefectural government have announced that what they call the world's first experiment to generate electricity from a combination of tidal and wind energy systems will start this fall off the coast of the prefecture.

NTE Hybrid, the hybrid renewable energy technology joint venture between NTE Energy and Energy Investors Funds (EIF), is pleased to announce the award of its second set of patent claims by the United States Patent & Trademark Office. This patent expands the applicability of NTE Hybrid's groundbreaking hybrid technology to non-combined cycle fossil fuel fired power plants, including coal, oil and natural gas fired facilities. This new patent substantially increases the range of facilities in which NTE Hybrid's technology can be applied.

NTE Energy and EIF formed NTE Hybrid in 2010 with the goal of creating one of the world's lowest cost and most reliable renewable energy technologies. Following the award of its first patent issued on April 24, 2012, NTE Hybrid has continued to develop and improve the efficiency, applicability and versatility of the company's hybrid renewable energy technology to expand its application throughout the power industry.

The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release:

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.

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.

Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) will supply panels to the first solar energy field, which is under construction at Sde Boker. As part of the $20 million deal, Suntech will also supply panels to another solar energy field, which is under construction at Kibbutz Hatzerim.

Pakistan is going through intense energy crisis and to resolve it the government should have give the solar sector a serious focus Energy crisis, especially very costly and scarce electricity is the most pressing economic problem of Pakistan and the government needs to fully utilized abundant solar energy in the country and the first steps in this regard would be turning all government buildings offices, schools, colleges, universities, healthcare centers, police stations, streetlights, railways installations, etc on total solar power.

This single step if carried out dedicatedly would not only save billions of rupees in the head of electricity bills but also help in provision of more electricity to domestic sector and industry, thus denting the menace of load shedding.

New Delhi, May 18 -- ContourGlobal announced today that it has acquired 100% of the shares of the company holding the wind and diesel power generation assets on the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire from the administrator of the company's shareholder. The assets are the sole power generation facilities on the island of Bonaire and integrate renewable and conventional energy production sources to provide reliable power to the island's 16,500 inhabitants.

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a notice called: Electric Power Research Institute; Seismic Evaluation Guidance.

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following press release:

This past Monday, May 13, a three-judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) released its decision that the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) process should be considered a license amendment proceeding that affords the opportunity for a hearing.

EMEC - the European Marine Energy Centre - on Orkney is a facility Scotland should be proud of. In the nearly 10 years since it opened its doors it has achieved a solid reputation and is now involved in a number of overseas collaborative projects.

This is good for Scotland and good for the marine energy sector.

SOLAR energy is free although there is a cost in the building of collectors and other equipment required to convert the energy into electricity.

Active solar energy on the other hand is science and technology driven wherein we capture the heat from the sun and reuse it at a time.

Energy security and independence along with climate change have become among the top issues in Zambia.