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.

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.

The following information was released by the office of the governor of North Carolina:

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 5.4% to 29.982 billion kWh in January-April 2013, the company has said.

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.

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.

ENP Newswire - 17 May 2013

Release date- 16052013 - SCHENECTADY, N.Y - GE (NYSE: GE) and Greenwich, Conn.,-based Green Waste Energy today announced they have signed a frame agreement for GE to supply an undetermined number of ecomagination qualified Jenbacher gas engines to power a series of Advanced Recycling and Energy Conversion plants that GWE's development subsidiary, Green Waste Energy Development, plans to build around the world.

Dubai, May 16 -- In a truly unique achievement for the United Power Company (UPC), the company recently announced that their Manah Power Plant located in Nizwa has successfully clocked over 6000 Loss Time Incident (LTI) free days.

Coronado Resources announced that it has entered into a binding share purchase agreement dated May 13, (the "Share Purchase Agreement"), whereby Coronado has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Opunake Hydro Limited ("OHL") from TAG Oil and Opunake Hydro Holdings Limited ("OHHL") in exchange for common shares of Coronado (the "OHL Acquisition"), subject to the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase Agreement.

According to a release, under the Share Purchase Agreement, Coronado agrees to issue 13,015,410 common shares to TAG in exchange for 90 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of OHL and 1,446,157 common shares to OHHL in exchange for 10 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of OHL, representing an aggregate purchase price of CDN$5,584,000 based on the volume weighted average price of Coronado's common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") for the 20 consecutive trading days ending on May 10.

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding is now looking seriously at other Asean countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines after gearing up for expansion in both domestic and international markets including Laos and Australia, The Nation reports.

GENEVA, May 17 -- Publication No. WO/2013/068748 was published on May 16.

Title of the invention: "WAVE POWERED GENERATOR." Applicants: MARINE POWER SYSTEMS LIMITED (GB). Inventors: Graham Foster (GB). According to the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "The generator comprises: at least one energy capturing float (2) which is movable in response to wave motion; a reaction member (1) to be positioned below the energy capturing float; connecting lines (4a, 4b,4c,4d) for connecting the at least one energy capturing float to the reaction member and defining a spacing (D3) between the energy capturing float and the reaction member; energy convertors (3a,3b,3c,3d) for converting relative movement between the reaction member and at least one respective energy capturing float to useful energy. The generator includes depth setting means such as adjustable lines (8a,8b) connected to auxiliary floats (7a,7b) or adjustable mooring lines (9a,9b 9c,9d) securing the reaction member to the sea bed B for setting the depth (D1) of the reaction member in the sea." The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2012 under Application No. PCT/GB2012/052775. *For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

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ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) is the licensee and owner of the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (ZNPS) in Zion, Illinois.

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By letter dated January 10, 2013, ZS submitted an application requesting that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the indirect transfer of control of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48 for the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 held by ZS, including the General License for the Zion Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).

The transfer will occur as a result of a proposed transaction whereby the current ultimate parent holding company of ZS, Energy Solutions, Inc. (ES, Inc.), would be directly acquired by Rockwell Holdco, Inc. (Rockwell), a Delaware corporation that was formed for the purpose of acquiring ES, Inc. and is held by certain investment fund entities organized by controlled affiliates of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC (ECP II). No physical changes to the ZNPS are being proposed.

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.

TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation Inc. has reported a big drop in first-quarter net income as the bottom line was hurt by higher operating expenses and depreciation costs and lower earnings on nuclear funds.

Georgia Power announced that it has added 53.5 megawatts (MW) of new biomass capacity to the company's generation portfolio.

According to a release, the addition of the biomass capacity is made possible through a 20-year purchase power agreement (PPA) with Rollcast Energy, Inc., under which Georgia Power will receive all generation output of the newly completed Piedmont Green Power plant, located in Barnesville, Ga. The plant, which began commercial operation on April 19 after two years of construction, will provide enough electricity to power more than 35,000 homes.

GENEVA, May 17 -- Publication No. WO/2013/067916 was published on May 16.

Title of the invention: "NEW BLADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR HORIZONTAL-AXIS WIND POWER GENERATOR." Applicants: Xiangzeng Zhang (CN). Inventors: Xiangzeng Zhang (CN). According to the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "A new blade of composite material for a horizontal-axis wind power generator, having an independent pneumatic wing profile (1) and a bearing structure (2). The pneumatic wing profile (1) has an outer longitudinal beam (2) provided on the outside thereof, for improving the longitudinal bending strength of the blade. This design can guarantee power, improve the bending strength of the blade, and significantly increase the efficiency of the material and reduce the cost of the blade." The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2012 under Application No. PCT/CN2012/084155. *For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

Office of the MP Michael Ellis, UK Government has issued the following news release:

Consumers will have to pay even more for their energy to fund the switch to renewable energy, under legislation published this morning.