Publication No. WO/2013/069785 was published on May 16 by WIPO.

Title of the invention: LIGHT GUIDE BODY, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE

Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA [JP/JP]; 22-22, Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 5458522 (JP)
Inventors: TSUKIO Daisuke; .
UCHIDA Hideki; .
UMEDA Tokiyoshi; .
YUI Hideomi; .
ASAOKA Yasushi;

 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.

CHENNAI, May 20 -- Power transmission losses, which had continued to rise under the DMK regime and peaked at 9.82 per cent in 2009-10, reduced during 2011-12, after the AIADMK led by J Jayalalithaa took over the reins of the government.

These are among the inferences contained in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on May 15, on the functioning of the State's electricity body between 2007 and 2012.

GREEDY energy giants have pushed up household bills by more than £250 a year and given their profits a multi-billion pound boost.

New research reveals today that power industry mark-ups - the difference between what firms pay for energy and the price they charge customers - rocketed by 39% for electricity and 69% for gas in the past 10 years.

Europe could save €45bn by 2030 if renewable energy installations were built on sites that offer the highest power yields, according to a new study by Siemens.

In 2009, Coenraad van Blerk, a director of Green Hydro Power, obtained a patent from the South African patent office for an "electricity generating arrangement" but two years later Rand Water put out a tender for what he has claimed is the same thing.

At stake for Rand Water is a tender to build four hydropower plants on Johannesburg's vast hydraulic network, which could generate R43-million worth of electricity each year.

New Delhi, May 20 -- USA based Areva Solar Inc filed patent application for systems and methods for producing steam using solar radiation. The inventors are Conlon William M, Tanner Peter M, Venetos Milton and Hanson Robert J.

The United States Army, The Government of USA has issued the following news release:

On May 9, 2013, the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy), in close coordination with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to procure solar energy from a photovoltaic Renewable Energy Generation System (REGS) located on Fort Irwin in California. The government estimates the size of the system at 15 megawatts, subject to final specification by the selected developer. The Solicitation, SP0600-13-R-0412, is posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov.

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.

-- Acquisition adds to ContourGlobal's growing Caribbean and Renewable Energy Portfolio

 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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.