Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) today announced an agreement to partner in two of Sempra U.S. Gas & Power's solar power facilities, the 150-megawatt (MW) Copper Mountain Solar 2 plant near Las Vegas and the 150-MW Mesquite Solar 1 power plant near Phoenix.

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Under the sales agreement, each company will own a 50-percent interest in the two solar facilities, which are among the largest photovoltaic plants in the U.S.  Sempra U.S. Gas & Power will continue to provide operations and maintenance services to both plants.

ADURAI, May 22 -- After a brief lull in electricity outages due to high output by windmills, Tamil Nadu Electricity Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has been forced to revert to unscheduled power cuts of around 10 hours due to dip in wind power generation and outages in units of three power stations, including Madras Atomic Power Station.

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the largest producer of oil and gas in Oman, and GlassPoint Solar , the global leader in solar enhanced oil recovery, today announced the successful commissioning of the Middle East's first solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project. By harnessing the sun's energy with GlassPoint's Enclosed Trough technology , the solar EOR project produces a daily average of 50 tons of emissions-free steam that feeds directly into existing thermal EOR operations at PDO's Amal West field in Southern Oman. The 7MW system is in regular operation and recently passed its first performance acceptance test since coming online, exceeding contracted steam output by 10 percent.

GlassPoint's Enclosed Trough technology harnesses energy from the sun, to produce emissions-free steam for Petroleum Development Oman's (PDO) thermal EOR operations at its Amal West field in Southern Oman. (Photo: Business Wire)

THE situation is really quite serious. We will have to keep our coal-fired power stations open and get fined by the EU," says UK energy expert, Prof Ian Fells.

Speaking from his home in Gosforth, he continued: "By 2015 we will be vulnerable. For the last four years the Government has been sitting on its hands doing nothing, and this is really unacceptable."

Back in 2004 Prof Fells warned of the UK's looming energy crisis and he followed this up in 2008 with a 50-page paper elaborating on his views.

Its publication was picked up by various media outlets and he recounts: "I appeared on Radio Four with Lord Hutton (Government minister with responsibility for energy security issues) where I was accused of being an alarmist.

CALGARY, May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Energy consumers are facing cost pressures from multiple directions. Wholesale natural gas prices have been climbing substantially from their record lows. Oil prices have only recently cooled slightly after reaching nearly $100 a barrel (WTI) earlier this year. That makes it that much more important to minimize costs to retail buyers, wherever possible. There is little room in the energy network for unnecessary costs. But in a regulated system, profits for utilities must remain healthy too, if we expect them to stay active in the market.

Ideological environmentalism has killed many of our most important natural-resources companies. Millions of jobs and billions of dollars have been lost. Now that coal, America's leading energy source, is in the cross hairs of climate-change campaigners, the situation will only get worse - much worse. Unless, that is, major energy suppliers work together to fight environmental fundamentalism, a growing force that is focused on destroying all energy sources aside from the hopelessly ineffective alternative-energy sector.

Sadly, such cooperation is a long way from happening. Instead, a kind of civil war rages within the energy industry, in which large power companies in oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear and hydro often work to discredit their competitors in an attempt to gain an advantage for short-term profit. All the while, their real enemy, and indeed the enemy of us all - aggressive environmentalism - continues its long campaign to dismantle the Western world's primary energy sources.

A COMPANY that specialises in helping utilities and electricity-distribution companies improve electrical grids across Europe is on course to increase its workforce by almost half this year.

Since its establishment in 2008, Swansea-based S&C Electric Europe, has seen rapid growth with the number of employees increase by over 127% between 2010 to 2012.

A BARGE with legs is heading to Swansea Bay to start assessing its suitability for a huge tidal lagoon.

Tidal Lagoon Power plc said the jack-up barge crew and other vessels will spend four weeks investigating the seabed.

ContourGlobal announced that it has acquired 100 percent 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.

A 90-ACRE solar park could be created on agricultural land in Dundry. Renewable energy firm Green Energy UK Direct has revealed plans to build a solar energy park on land at Downs Farm at Dundry Downs in the village.

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Renewable Energy Generation Ltd
22 May 2013
22 May 2013
Renewable Energy Generation Ltd ("REG")
Ramsey Wind Farm extension
Renewable Energy Generation Limited ("REG") (AIM: WIND), the UK renewable energy group, today announces that Huntingdonshire District Council has resolved to grant planning permission for an extension to its operating Ramsey wind farm.
Construction of four new turbines adjacent to the existing Vestas 1.8MW machine will boost the site's clean energy output to around 27GWh per annum, making it one of REG's most productive wind farms.
Formal planning permission is expected to follow shortly and subject to the expiry of the three month legal challenge period, the project is expected to enter construction in 2014.
Andrew Whalley, REG Chief Executive Officer, said: "The existing turbine has performed extremely well since we installed it in 2008 so the extra four turbines will be an excellent addition to REG's portfolio.
"Achieving a resolution to grant planning permission at local authority level is tremendously welcome as it avoids the need to enter the time-consuming appeal process."
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US-based investment banking giant Goldman Sachs plans to invest $2.9bn in Japanese renewable energy projects over the next five years.

 GDT Tek, Inc., (OTC: GDTK) today announced the elimination of over $10,000,000 of debt. The debt eliminated as per agreement with regard to certain assets and corresponding debt that incurred for the development of those assets. These assets and now its corresponding debt belong to the Private Company that was once public. GDTK released all rights to those assets thereby eliminating debt from GDT Tek's balance sheet. The steps taken collectively in the past few weeks, including this debt reduction, properly positions GDTK for government grants, bonds and other quality debt financing.

The Auditor is expected to have completed the initial Audits within two weeks.  It is also expected to have all quarterly filings and June 30, 2011 completed and filed before end of June 2013.  The goal is to be completely current with the completion of all financials to be filed before September 2013, the due date for GDT Tek's fiscal year-end report for the year June 30, 2013.

Dubai, May 21 -- Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the largest producer of oil and gas in Oman, and GlassPoint Solar, the global leader in solar enhanced oil recovery, today announced the successful commissioning of the Middle East's first solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project. By harnessing the sun's energy with GlassPoint's Enclosed Trough technology, the solar EOR project produces a daily average of 50 tons of emissions-free steam that feeds directly into existing thermal EOR operations at PDO's Amal West field in Southern Oman. The 7MW system is in regular operation and recently passed its first performance acceptance test since coming online, exceeding contracted steam output by 10 percent.

Reflecting its longstanding commitment to military recruitment, Southern Company has been named a top employer for both active duty and veteran military in a pair of recent surveys. Southern Company is the top-ranked energy company and No. 19 overall in the Military Times EDGE Best for Vets 2013: Employers survey and has been named to the Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military® winners by CivilianJobs.com for the fourth consecutive year.

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ANILA, May 21 -- Mindanao-focused holding firm Alcantara Group on Tuesday said it is on track to produce an additional 282 megawatts (MW) and raise its total electricity generation capacity to 436 MW by 2016 to meet growing demand in the power-starved southern Philippine island.

 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."

A decision by federal regulators on whether to allow the restart of one of San Onofre's shuttered nuclear reactors has been pushed back at least to mid-June.

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.