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.

 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 -- In an effort to spur the development of new generating technologies and contribute to forest health in the state, Xcel Energy filed today with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval of a demonstration project to solicit electricity production from gasification of forest biomass.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- United States Patent no. 8,446,028, issued on May 21, was assigned to Fung Gin Da Energy Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (Pingtung County, Taiwan).

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Western Wind Energy Corp. -- (the "Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange -- "WND") (OTCQX -- "WNDEF") today announced that WWE Equity Holdings Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P., has completed its compulsory acquisition of the outstanding common shares ("Common Shares") of Western Wind, at a price of $2.60 in cash per Common Share, pursuant to the notice of compulsory acquisition made under Section 300 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), and now owns 100% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Owens Corning and Constellation announced the development of a 2.6-megawatt (DC) solar generation project that will supply clean energy to the company's thermal and acoustical insulation plant in Delmar, N.Y.

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 -- United States Patent no. 8,446,033, issued on May 21.

"Savonius rotor wind power generator system and method" was invented by Roy D. Gaul (Houston), Claude P. Brancart (Brunswick, Maine) and Vincent L. Gaul (Robinson, Ill.). According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Savonius rotor wind power generator system and method utilizes a large diameter rotor increased in sized to produce a proportional decrease of the rotation rate while the peripheral speed remains constant. The large diameter rotor operating at low rotation rates (less than 10 rpm) produces high torque, and electrical power is generated by means of a multiplicity of generators positioned around its periphery that are sized and have gear ratios matched to selectable ranges of wind speed to allow efficient automated electrical power generation over a range of wind speeds from about three meters per second to more than 40 meters per second. The arrangement, sizing, and control of these generators enable production of synchronous AC power generation over a much larger range of wind speeds than can be achieved with conventional horizontal axis turbines." The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2010, under Application No. 12/703,191. *For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

The electricity shortfall rose to 9,000MW on Monday, forcing the power managers to increase outages up to 18 hours across the country.

The urban areas were badly hit by crisis and facing upto 16-18 hours loadshedding while there was virtually no electricity in rural areas of the country. The severe shortage of fuel for IPPs and Wapda-owned Gencos are the main reason behind the worst loadshedding crisis, according to officials of the power sector.

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."

Chennai, May 22 -- The entire nuclear power generation programme is based on the premise that it is the cleanest form of energy because there are no emissions, no carbon generation, no mountains of fly ash such as one finds in a coal-based thermal power station and the power stations do not add gaseous or particulate matter to the atmosphere. The only danger is a Chernobyl-type explosion which released radioactive material, or the kind of nuclear meltdown that occurred in Three Mile Island that, fortunately, was contained. Then, of course, there was Fukushima where the nuclear power station was wrecked by a tsunami and it only the heroic sacrifices by dedicated Japanese engineers prevented the mishap from turning into a disaster that could have devastated Japan.

Our activists and even a section of scientists have questioned the government's policy of entering into a nuclear pact with the US and adopting an aggressive programme of nuclear power generation. Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu, a proposed power station in Maharashtra and now a nascent proposal for a power station in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh have all sparked off public protests on grounds of safety. The prime minister and his government have assured the nation that a nuclear disaster cannot repeat itself in India because of the design and construction of our nuclear plants.

/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.

SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the proposed rule (RM13-2-000) which was published in the Federal Register of Friday, February 1, 2013 (78 FR 7524). The regulations revised the pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures (SGIP) and pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) originally set forth in Order No. 2006.

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.

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.

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."

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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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.