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.

This is the project that everyone likes," said John Wright, Executive Director of Business Development at Northland Power in Canada. This is a bold statement to make about any power project, and indeed quite rare to hear it said about a hydropower one. It is, however, the firmly held belief of the company which hopes to develop what could become Canada's largest pumped storage facility; and only the second one in Ontario.

What makes the proposed Marmora pumped storage project unique is that it already has most of the components it needs in place. The plan is to utilise an existing, disused open pit mine to create a project of a closed loop configuration. It will have the ability to generate 400MW of power for five hours flat out, with a reservoir capacity of 25-30Mm3.

Furthermore, what makes Wright and his colleagues believe so strongly in this scheme is the fact that the project is needed. "Ontario has made great progress in relation to its renewable energy portfolio," Wright explains, adding that the province's current generation of 1700MW of renewable power is set to increase to 10,700MW. "But what the province is finding now is that the system has the potential to be more volatile to operate and needs tools to help time-shift power."

ENP Newswire - 21 May 2013

Release date- 17052013 - For the first time in New South Wales, produced water from deep in coal seams will be blended with fresh water and used to irrigate crops at Gloucester in an innovative trial, with early results proving successful.

New Delhi, May 20 -- NTE Hybrid, the hybrid renewable energy technology joint venture between NTE Energy and Energy Investors Funds (EIF), is pleased to announce the award of its second set of patent claims by the United States Patent & Trademark Office. This patent expands the applicability of NTE Hybrid's groundbreaking hybrid technology to non-combined cycle fossil fuel fired power plants, including coal, oil and natural gas fired facilities. This new patent substantially increases the range of facilities in which NTE Hybrid's technology can be applied.

TSURUGA, Japan, May 17 Kyodo

Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday temporarily reduced the poweroutput from one of the country's only two running nuclear reactors to 80 percent for a week of cleaning.

In 2012, U.S. installations of photovoltaic ("PV") solar generation reached 3,313 megawatts, an industry record and an increase of 76 percent over 2011, according to a recent announcement by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. The number of solar installations in the U.S. in 2012 exceeded 90,000, and the rent payment schedule included 83,000 installations of distributed solar generation in the residential market. GTM Research and SEIA expect that the residential market for solar generation will surge in 2013 and beyond, as third-party solar financing options become more widely available.

TOKYO, May 17 Kyodo

MODEC Inc., a maker of floating oil production platforms, and theSaga prefectural government have announced that what they call the world's first experiment to generate electricity from a combination of tidal and wind energy systems will start this fall off the coast of the prefecture.

Spain is facing many challenges trying to integrate a large amount of renewable energy (wind and solar) into real-time dispatch of its power generation to meet electricity demand. To meet sustainable criteria for grid stability and reliability, the major utilities in Spain are looking into alternative storage projects, and especially pumped storage projects. Spain has one of the most dynamic markets for pumped storage in southern Europe with a total installed capacity of 5350MW in operation against a total estimated potential of 13,000MW. Spain is slated to construct additional projects in the coming decades. One government report on renewable energy plans for 2011-2020 estimates a target installed capacity of about 6300MW by 2015 and 8800MW by 2020. Iberdrola, Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF), and Endesa are the three main utilities that are expected to undertake these developments to fulfill the government objective.

The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release:

Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration identified two unique methods for this energy storage approach, and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

Compressed air energy storage plants could help save the region's abundant wind power - which is often produced at night when winds are strong and energy demand is low - for later, when demand is high and power supplies are more strained. These plants can also switch between energy storage and power generation within minutes, providing flexibility to balance the region's highly variable wind energy generation throughout the day.

The renewable power generated by 66 megawatt (AC) Alpine solar photovoltaic facility is being sold to PG&E under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Located in northern Los Angeles County, Alpine will generate enough energy to meet the annual needs of approximately 53,000 homes at peak daytime capacity. Because the facility produces electricity without fossil fuels, it helps avoid the annual emission of 36,000 tons of carbon into the atmosphere, or the equivalent of taking 6,600 cars off the road. "The opening of Alpine marks a dramatic shift in the way energy is generated in California," said Randy Hickok, senior vice president of NRG Solar. "As the largest operating photovoltaic facility in the state, Alpine is not only providing PG&E with a renewable source of energy, but contributing to cleaner air and a smaller carbon footprint for the state, ultimately helping meet California's renewable portfolio standards."

To help increase the reliability and capacity of British Columbia's energy supply in Canada, BC Hydro is reinvesting in the Gordon M Shrum (GMS) station, which is situated next to WAC Bennett dam. One of the biggest of BC Hydro's generating stations, GMS is considered to be one of the most important components of the utility's electrical system: it supplies more than 12% of all electricity produced in BC each year. Now more than 40 years old, GMS requires significant investment to renew ageing equipment. Extensive work to upgrade the station involves various projects and eight of the ten generating units at the plant.

GMS has 30 transformers that increase the voltage at the station to 500,000V for efficient transmission of electricity over long distances. Nine transformers were replaced in an earlier project that ended in 2011. A new C$12.5M contract includes the supply of three replacement 500kV transformers and was awarded to Siemens Canada in September 2012. The new transformers are scheduled to arrive on site in August 2013.

Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) will supply panels to the first solar energy field, which is under construction at Sde Boker. As part of the $20 million deal, Suntech will also supply panels to another solar energy field, which is under construction at Kibbutz Hatzerim.

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. 8,446,034, issued on May 21.

"Electric power generation using a wind chute" was invented by Geoffrey Stevens (Tacoma, Wash.). According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This device will generate electric power using wind current as long as the wind is sufficient to inflate and move a chute to a predetermined point. The chute is then inverted and retrieved by the device to start the cycle of inflation over again. The device will enable the generation of power that is reusable and clean and environmentally friendly." The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2011, under Application No. 13/272,900. *For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the largest producer of oil and gas in Oman, and GlassPoint Solar, a leader in solar enhanced oil recovery, have commissioned the Middle East’s first solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project.

Ministry of Power, The Government of India has issued 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.

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.

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.