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Mass Megawatts Wind Power to Make Use of New Tax Legislation

Mass Megawatts Wind Power noted that the US President Obama has approved a tax package legislation that includes one-year extension of the deadline for starting construction of new renewable energy projects.

27 Dec 2010

Abengoa Solar Completes Funding for Solano Solar Plant

Abengoa Solar has proclaimed that it has concluded a $1.45 billion funding out of the total $2 billion needed for constructing Solana, the largest solar generating plant in the world, which would generate 250 net MW of solar power.

27 Dec 2010

Iberdrola Renewables Enters Power Purchase Deals for New Harvest Wind Farm

Iberdrola Renewables announced that it has sold the renewable energy output from the New Harvest wind power plant to Ameren Illinois, and Commonwealth Edison (ComEd).

27 Dec 2010

Enhanced Wind Energy Powers More Homes

TransAlta recently announced commissioning of 123 megawatts (MW) from two wind facilities, one in Alberta, the other in New Brunswick, both ahead of schedule and on budget.

27 Dec 2010

SolarReserve Announces Purchase of Long-lead Materials and Equipment

SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of solar power projects, recently announced itsplans to purchase long-lead material and equipment with finance from the department of energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program for its Crescent Dunes solar energy project in Tonopah, Nevada, and Rice project in Riverside County, California.

27 Dec 2010

Increase in Biomass Power Plants in East Texas

Aspen Power is building a plant in Texas that will burn woody debris to make steam that will generate electricity. The $128 million plant in Lufkin will start full operations in spring 2011.

27 Dec 2010

First Shoreline Wind Turbine Installed in North Myrtle Beach

North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina has installed an off-shore wind turbine, initiating a new source of green and renewable energy. Santee Cooper installed its first wind turbine at Oceanfront Park recently, as part of the city's green power program.

27 Dec 2010

Solar Streetlights and Water Boreholes Enhance Rural Lives

Chief Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, announced at the commissioning of the water borehole project provided for the Ibute-Nze community in the Udi Local Government Area, recently, that around 25 communities within Enugu West had so far benefitted from the water project that formed part of his constituency projects.

27 Dec 2010

Solar Panel Provider Wins another Patent

Westinghouse Solar, a manufacturer and distributor of solar power systems, recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has granted the company another patent for its solar panel technology.

27 Dec 2010

Solarpraxis Concludes PV Power Plants Conference

The recently concluded conference in Las Vegas has revealed that there is a demand for solar projects and its know-how in the US for information on financing and policy for large-scale PV projects.

27 Dec 2010

BNP Paribas Focuses on Low-Risk Energy

According to the CEO of BNP Paribas Joost Bergsma, the amount of €160m raised through the Clean Energy fund, exceeded the group’s expectations. Capital from the fund launched in 2008 has been invested in solar and onshore wind assets in Italy, France and Ireland.

27 Dec 2010

Offshore Wind to be Next Clean Energy Source

According to a recent report, around 6 GW of offshore wind projects have been proposed along the Atlantic coast that should power about 1.5 million average U.S. homes each year.

27 Dec 2010

German-Designed Solar Systems for Canadian Market

Germany-based Sovello, a fully integrated manufacturer of solar modules, recently announced the launch of its Project Pro Module manufactured in Ontario.

27 Dec 2010

Brazil Gets Powered by Wind Energy

GE Technology, a Latin American provider of wind energy, recently announced that four developers would supply more than 400 megawatts of clean, wind energy to the country’s renewable energy capacity. These include 258 of GE’s 1.5 and 1.6-megawatt wind turbines.

27 Dec 2010

Solar Power Partners and JCM Capital Launch Fund for Photovoltaic Solar Projects

Solar Power Partners and Toronto-based JCM Capital have recently introduced a Fund to develop, finance, own, and operate 200 MW of solar projects in Ontario. The team has initiated a 20 MW to start construction in 2011.

27 Dec 2010