(SeeNews Renewables) - Jun 18, 2013 - UK power company Rurelec Plc (LON:RUR) said on Monday it will get a USD-7.2-million (EUR 5.4m) loan from the Inter-American Investment Corp for its 5.3-MW hydropower plant (HPP) in Peru, reaching financial close on the project.

INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY INC ("INE-T") - Extends its Revolving Term Credit Facility to 2018

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. ("Innergex" or the "Corporation") has extended its $425 million revolving term credit facility with a new five-year term ending in 2018.

"This credit facility provides us with a flexible instrument to finance our growth. We are very pleased to have successfully extended it with our current syndicate of lenders, and we appreciate their show of confidence in our company", states Michel Letellier, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent no. 8,456,033 on June 04, 2013, to Empire Magnetics Inc (California), titled as "Antenna mounted wind power generator"

Kyocera Corp. announced that it has donated solar power generating systems to four secondary schools in Tanzania and three primary schools in Uganda.

According to a release, donation ceremonies were held at the schools in Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and Bushenyi (Uganda), in which the company conveyed hopes for the solar systems to help improve the schools' infrastructure and contribute to the students' educational development.

The Company noted that the installations are part of larger donation projects that have been ongoing since 2009, in which Kyocera has been providing solar power generating systems to schools in Tanzania and Uganda that have no access to the electricity grid. The five-year projects consist of 600-watt solar power generating systems for 35 schools in total, each with storage batteries as well as basic equipment such as lamps, TV sets and radios - lighting up the classrooms and diversifying learning activities for the students. Furthermore, the solar systems are occasionally used as an electricity source for the people of the community to charge their mobile devices. With additional installations at seven schools in the last fiscal year, donations have already been made to a total of 28 schools, with seven more to follow by March 2014.

New Zealand Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NZ)(OTCQX:NZERF) ("NZEC" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has finalized the Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") to acquire strategic upstream and midstream assets (the "Acquisition") from Origin Energy Resources NZ (TAWN) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG) (collectively "Origin"), subject to meeting the financing condition precedent by August 14 and the government approval condition precedent by September 13, in order to close the Acquisition by September 20, 2013. The assets being acquired include three net Petroleum Mining Licences totaling 23,049 acres in the main Taranaki Basin production fairway (the "TWN Licences") as well as the Waihapa Production Station and associated gathering and sales infrastructure. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. More information regarding the Acquisition is available in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2012, which was filed today on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

- Ukraine's wind and solar power plants raised electricity generation by 114.3 percent in May, as compared to the same month of 2012, to reach 100 million kilowatt-hours, the State Statistics Service said in its report.

The Ontario Power Authority's Hydroelectric Contract Initiative continues to ensure that cost-effective hydroelectricity is available to meet the needs of Ontarians.

TORONTO, June 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Trent Energy Inc. today celebrated the grand opening in Peterborough of the Stanley Adamson Powerhouse, a hydroelectric project developed by Trent Energy, a subsidiary of Peterborough Utilities Inc., together with Trent University.  This marks the redevelopment and expansion of a hydroelectric facility that has been in operation since 1921.

The redevelopment and expansion project was enabled by the Ontario Power Authority's Hydroelectric Contract Initiative (HCI), a program to negotiate new contracts for qualified existing Ontario hydroelectric generation facilities, as part of the province's commitment to increase its supply of clean, renewable generation.

The following information was released by the Sierra Club:

On Monday, REVERB, a non-profit focused on making music tours more environmentally sustainable, launched 2013's "Last Summer on Earth" tour at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Texas. The tour features Barenaked Ladies, Guster, and Ben Folds Five. Each of the concert venues will include an interactive and educational "Eco-Village" with tents where music fans can learn about ways to protect the environment and fight climate disruption. One of the issues that concert-goers can learn about is the risks of illegal logging and the importance the Lacey Act, a century-old piece of legislation that prohibits trade in illegally harvested timber.

The first unit of Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started commercial operation. Construction on the first phase of the project, which features four power generation units to be built at a cost of 50 billion yuan (approx. US$7.96 billion), began in 2007 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The four units will generate 30 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually by then, accounting for 16 per cent of the total electricity consumption in 2012 in Liaoning province. Construction on the second phase of the project, which features two power generation units to be built with an investment of 25 billion yuan (approx. US$4.08 billion), started in May 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The power plant will generate 45 billion kwh of electricity after it is fully completed in 2016.

LONGUEUIL, QC, June 17, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: INE) ("Innergex" or the "Corporation") has extended its $425 million revolving term credit facility with a new five-year term ending in 2018.

"This credit facility provides us with a flexible instrument to finance our growth. We are very pleased to have successfully extended it with our current syndicate of lenders, and we appreciate their show of confidence in our company", states Michel Letellier, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

Chairman Sindh Board of Investment Muhammad Zubair Motiwala said that the quality of huge reserves at Thar Coal has been recognized by the world renowned institutions and at Clean Coal Forum 2013 held from 13th to 14th June 2013 at Beijing, China.

THE first of 160 wind turbines has been installed at Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm.

It marks a major milestone in the construction of the two billion euro windfarm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the wind to power around a third of the total number of households in Wales. The 3.6 megawatt Siemens turbine was fitted more than eight miles off the North Wales coast, using the Seajack vessel last month.

Workers at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant were forced to evacuate a part of the plant due to a carbon dioxide leak, federal regulators said Monday.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 8,466,581, issued on June 18, was assigned to PetraSolar Inc. (South Plainfield, N.J.).

"System and method for utility pole distributed solar power generation" was invented by Shihab Kuran (Green Brook, N.J.). According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing grid connected utility pole distributed solar power generation is disclosed. The system includes a utility pole, an inverter and one or more solar panels. Each of the one or more solar panels is mounted on the utility pole. The method includes receiving solar energy at the one or more solar panels. The one or more solar panels convert the solar energy to direct current (DC) electrical energy. Further, the method includes transmitting the DC electrical energy to the inverter, which is mounted on the utility pole. The inverter can be integrated with one or more solar panels to form an alternating current photovoltaic (AC PV) module. Furthermore, the method includes converting the DC electrical energy to alternating current (AC) electrical energy by the inverter and transmitting the AC electrical energy to a grid for power distribution." The patent was filed on Nov. 18, 2008, under Application No. 12/733,513. *For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) ? Top stories of China's power and coal industries on June 18 as follows:

1. The China Coal Price Index (CCPI), a composite index tracking coal prices in China, dropped 0.4 point to stay at 163.2 points by June 14, according to statistics published on www.cctd.com.cn on Monday.

Power coal demand has not seen obvious increase on the coming of habitual peak season for coal consumption. Coal stocks at power plants remained high while their coal consumption kept low. Power coal prices dropped on sluggish transactions.

ENP Newswire - 18 June 2013

Release date- 14062013 - This week in Brussels, the consortium of the European Twenties project presented the findings of this pioneering R&D+i initiative to the European Commission.

The purpose of this initiative, coordinated by Red Electrica de Espana, has been to advance the development of new technologies for the large-scale incorporation of wind power into the European electricity system and, therefore, contribute to achieving the EU's objectives regarding energy matters for 2020.

 Midwest Energy Emissions Corp.(OTCQB: MEEC) today announces an update on its current operations and offers a market discussion by its President and CEO.

As background, in April of 2012, theU.S. EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)rule was finalized, requiring U.S. coal and oil-fired units over 25 megawatts in size to reduce mercury emissions by approximately 90% (the exact amount depending on the mercury content in the fuel burned), starting in April 2015.  The EPA believes that this law affects 1,100 coal and 300 oil-fired units and estimates the annual cost of compliance with the new standards to be approximately $9 billion.  Currently, several states have established their own limits on mercury emissions, providing for a near-term market opportunity for MEEC; while the major market for mercury removal resulting from MATS's deadline for compliance will be realized in less than two years.   All power plants affected by the MATS rule will be required to be fully compliant with the MATS standards by April 2015 (with a one year extension available in certain circumstances). This new mercury emissions capture services market will create a large and on-going, annual revenue stream for the very best suppliers of such services.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 8,464,990, issued on June 18, was assigned to Idea Labs Inc. (Owasso, Okla.).

"Pole mounted rotation platform and wind power generator" was invented by Juan Esteban Flores (Owasso, Okla.). According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pole mounted rotation platform and wind power generator that is secured to an existing structure, which may or may not be vertical, to augment an existing power grid. The pole mounted rotation platform and wind power generator includes a wind sail assembly and a platform capable of rotating about the existing structure. The pole mounted rotation platform and wind power generator may be assembled, secured, leveled and aligned to the existing structure as component parts and in such a manner that any existing equipment on the existing structure does not need to be repositioned or relocated. During usage, the wind sail assembly rotates about the existing structure via the rotation platform, the resulting rotational energy is converted to electrical power, and the electrical power is output to a suitable power-using, -storing or -converting system." The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2010, under Application No. 12/893,632. *For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

Office of the Minnesota House of Representatives has issued the following bill:

A bill for an act
1.2relating to energy; abolishing 2025 renewable energy standards; making
1.3clarifying changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3.8851,
1.4subdivision 3; 216B.1691, subdivisions 2d, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9; repealing Minnesota
1.5Statutes 2012, section 216B.1691, subdivisions 2a, 2b, 2c.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: