Ontario could play host to three separate nuclear waste disposal sites, according to information filed at recent hearings.

Two of the proposed sites have already been publicly discussed, although the simultaneous search is causing confusion in the area near the Bruce nuclear station on Lake Huron. One is to store high-level waste - spent nuclear fuel. A second would hold low- and intermediate-level waste from operating nuclear reactors.

But now it seems a third site is possible - one to store waste from reactors that have been taken out of service and dismantled. That waste is called "decommissioning waste."

(SeeNews Renewables) - Jun 18, 2013 - Italy's Enel Green Power (BIT:EGPW) said Monday it will sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Enel.si to Enel Energia for EUR 92 million (USD 122.8m) as part of its strategy to focus on growth and renewable plants development.

June 17, 2013

ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- As Southern Californians prepare for summer, Southern California Edison (SCE) is asking customers to be especially conservation-minded to help keep the electric grid stable and reliable during hot weather when energy use spikes, particularly without the power generated from the San Onofre nuclear plant .

June 18, 2013

Coal is expected to continue to be a dominant fuel in power generation due to its low cost and abundance. Nearly ten billion tons of coal was produced globally in 2012, and over 40% of global electricity was coal powered. On a levelized cost of production basis, the global market value of coal-fired electricity exceeded $ 400 billion. Nonetheless, conventional coal power generation is a leading contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and is increasingly being regulated and not incentivized. Further, clean and renewable energy sources are beginning to challenge conventional fossil fuels.

(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.

ENP Newswire - 18 June 2013

Release date- 14062013 - Kyocera Corporation announced that it has donated solar power generating systems to four secondary schools in Tanzania and three primary schools in Uganda.

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.

- 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.

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a notice called: Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies.

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.